Early Quenya
koire
noun. life
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Eq. koirea “alive, lively” ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni; QL/048
- Eq. kirilde múna koito ✧ PE16/060
- Eq. koiresta- “to spend one’s life” ✧ QL/048
- Eq. Koirisan “Wednesday”
- Eq. Koiretári
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√KOYO > koi [koðʲ] > [koj] > [koi] ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni ᴱ✶koile > koile [koðʲlē] > [koðʲle] > [kojle] > [koile] ✧ PE13/141 ᴱ√KOẎO > koire [koðʲlē] > [koðʲle] > [kojle] > [koile] ✧ QL/048 Variations
- koi ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni; QL/048
- koirë ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni
- koile ✧ PE13/141
- koito ✧ PE16/060
koile
noun. life
koi
noun. life
laume
noun. life
loa
noun. life
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAWA “*life (esp. plants)” ✧ QL/052
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAW̯A > Loa [lawā] > [lawa] > [laua] > [loa] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- Loa ✧ QL/052
A noun for “life” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAWA, apparently an alternate name of ᴱQ. Vána (QL/52).