kekt(ǝ)lē

noun. kekt(ǝ)lē

keke

root. to bubble up

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to bubble up”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. kektele “fountain” and G. caithl “source, fount, origin” (QL/46; GL/25). In later writings, “spring” was derived from ᴹ✶et-kelē = ᴹ√ET “out” + ᴹ√KEL “flow”, so that ᴱ√KEKE¹ “to bubble up” was probably abandoned.

keke

root. cluck

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “cluck”, with derivatives ᴱQ. keket “pheasant” and ᴱQ. kekteket “clucking” (QL/46). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth retaining for purposes of Neo-Eldarin.

keket

noun. pheasant

A word appearing as ᴱQ. keket (kekekt-) “pheasant” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√KEKE “cluck” (QL/46).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain this word as ᴺQ. cecet “pheasant” based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√KEK “cluck”.

kekta

noun. jet, spring

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “jet, spring”, derived from the root ᴱ√KEKE “to bubble up” (QL/46).

kekteket

noun. clucking

The word ᴱQ. kekteket “clucking” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KEKE “cluck” (QL/46). In the margin Tolkien wrote cectecet, an early example of him using c in spelling for the sound [k].

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d adapt this word as ᴺQ. cehtecet “clucking”, since in later Quenya phonetics kt became ht (IPA [xt]).

kektele

noun. fountain

kekainen

cardinal. hundred (when not multiplied)

kektelu-

verb. to bubble up

ektele

noun. fountain

keakai(li)

cardinal. hundred (when not multiplied)

vaskelu

noun. fountain

A word for “fountain” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, a combination of the roots ᴱ√VASA and ᴱ√KELU (QL/93).

kelure

noun. fountain

A noun in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s glossed “fountain”, derived from the verb ᴹQ. kelu- “spring forth (of water)” and a suffix of general action: ᴹQ. -re (PE22/110).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is (archaic) ᴱQ. †kektele “fountain” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of the roots ᴱ√KEKE “bubble up” and ᴱ√KELE “flow” (QL/46), also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/46).

eithlios

noun. fountain

eithlos

noun. fountain

ethlios

noun. fountain