Early Quenya
kiw-
verb. *to germinate, impregnate
Derivations
- ᴱ√GIWI “*germinate, impregnate” ✧ GL/39
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√giu̯i > kiu̯ [giw-] > [kiw-] ✧ GL/39 Variations
- kiu̯ ✧ GL/39
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A Qenya word or word-element in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive giu̯i, the basis for G. giothra- “germinate” and so perhaps of similar meaning (GL/39). It demonstrates how primitive initial g became k in Early Qenya of the 1910s. There is nothing in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon of similar form and meaning.