Early Quenya
kinda
noun. splinter
Derivations
- ᴱ√KIÐI “cut, split” ✧ QL/047
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√KIŘI > kinda [kinðā] > [kinða] > [kinda] ✧ QL/047
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A noun appearing as ᴱQ. kinda “splinter” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√KIŘI [KIÐI] (QL/047).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think this word can be salvaged as ᴺQ. cirda “splinter, wood shaving” from the later root √KIR.