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Early Quenya

koivie

noun. awakening; liveliness

Cognates

  • G. cwivros “awakening” ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KOẎO “have life” ✧ GL/29

Element in

  • Eq. Koivie-néni “Waters of Awakening” ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni

Variations

  • koivië ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni
Early Quenya [GL/29; LT1A/Koivië-néni; QL/048] Group: Eldamo. Published by

koile

noun. life

koire

noun. life

Cognates

  • En. cuil “life” ✧ PE13/141
  • G. cuil “life, lifetime” ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KOẎO “have life” ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni; QL/048
  • ᴱ✶koile ✧ PE13/141

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
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
Early Quenya [LT1A/Koivië-néni; PE13/141; PE16/060; QL/048] Group: Eldamo. Published by

koi

noun. life

qívie

noun. awakening

Variations

  • qîvie ✧ GL/29
Early Quenya [GL/29] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laume

noun. life

loa

noun. life

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).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAWA “*life (esp. plants)” ✧ QL/052

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAW̯A > Loa[lawā] > [lawa] > [laua] > [loa]✧ QL/052

Variations

  • Loa ✧ QL/052
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