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Early Quenya

kelu-

verb. to flow

Cognates

  • G. celu- “to trickle”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle” ✧ QL/046

Element in

  • Eq. kelu(me) “stream; fountain, spring” ✧ QL/046
  • Eq. kelusindi “river (near its source)” ✧ QL/046

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KELU > kelu-[kelu-]✧ QL/046

Variations

  • kelu ✧ PE14/058
Early Quenya [PE14/058; PE16/134; QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qelu-

verb. to well up

A verb glossed “well up” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√QEL+U, a variant of ᴱ√KELU (QL/76).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QEL+U “*well up” ✧ QL/076

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QEL+U > qelu-[kʷelu-]✧ QL/076
Early Quenya [QL/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by