Early Quenya
la
preposition. before; than
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAHA “*open, extend”
Element in
- Eq. malda la munta “better than nothing” ✧ PE14/048; PE14/081
lá
noun. moor, heath, open space
Cognates
- G. lâ “space, room, place”
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAHA “*open, extend” ✧ QL/050
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAHA > lā [laxa] > [laɣa] > [lā] ✧ QL/050 Variations
- lā ✧ PME/050; QL/050
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as lā “open space, moor, heath” and derived from the root ᴱ√LAHA (QL/50). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “moor, heath” (PME/50).