laica (2) ("k")adj."keen, sharp, acute, piercing" _(LAIK, LT2:337 in the Etymologies as printed in LR, the final vowel is misread as -_e instead of -a, VT45:25). Possibly obsoleted by #1 above. Compare aica #1.
Quenya
laica
green
laica
adjective. green
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. laicalassë “green-leaf, green as leaves”
- ᴺQ. laicelumir “malachite (lit.) green-flowing-jewel”
- Q. Laicolassë “Green-foliage” ✧ PE17/056
- ᴺQ. laimaril “emerald”
- Q. Laiquendi “Green-elves”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶laikā > laica [laikā] > [laika] ✧ Let/282 √LAY > laika [laikā] > [laika] ✧ PE17/159 Variations
- laikā ✧ PE17/084
- laika ✧ PE17/159
laica
keen, sharp, acute, piercing
laiqua
green
laiqua ("q")adj. "green" (LÁYAK, LT1:267, MC:214), "Qenya" pl. laiquali ("q")(MC:216). Occurs in the phrase laiqua'ondoisen ("q") "green-rocks-upon" (MC:221; this is "Qenya"), Laiqualassë ("q") masc. name "Legolas" (Greenleaf) (LT1:267). Used as noun in the phrase mi laiqua of somebody clad "in green" (PE17:71). In later material, the word for "green" appears as laica, and the cognate of Legolas is said to be Laicolassë, q.v. (PE17:56)
laiqua
adjective. green
Changes
laiqua→ laikā “green” ✧ PE17/084Cognates
Derivations
- ✶laikwā ✧ PE17/153
Element in
- ᴺQ. laiquaril “emerald”
- Q. sanomë tarnë Olórin, Aracorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta Gimli mi lossëa “There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white” ✧ PE17/071
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶laiquā > laiqua [laikwā] > [laikwa] ✧ PE17/153
ezel(la)
adjective. green
maica
sharp, piercing
maica (1) ("k")adj. "sharp, piercing" (SA:maeg), cf. hendumaica and the noun maica below.
aica
sharp
aica (1) ("k") adj. "sharp" _(AYAK) or "fell, terrible, dire" (PM:347; according to PM:363 seldom applied to evil things)_. In Aicanáro, q.v.
ecya
sharp
#ecya adj. "sharp" in Ecyanáro ("k") "Sharp Flame", masc. name, Sindarin Aegnor(VT41:14, 19). The Quenya form of Aegnor is elsewhere given as Aicanáro instead.
ezel
green
ezel, ezella adj. "green" (in Vanyarin Quenya only). Adopted and adapted from Valarin. (WJ:399)
nexa
sharp, angular
nexa adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55; the editor indicates that the reading is uncertain, so the variant nerca may be preferred.)
céva
fresh, new
céva ("k")adj. "fresh, new" (VT48:7, 8)
nerca
sharp, angular
nerca adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55), variant nexa (reading uncertain).
virya
fresh
virya (1) adj. "fresh" (VT46:22)
wenya
green, yellow-green, fresh
wenya adj. "green, yellow-green, fresh" (GWEN), apparently "fair, beautiful" ("probably originally "fresh, fair, unblemished especially of beauty of youth") in a later deleted note (PE17:191).
laica (1) adj. "green" (in older sources laiqua) (Letters:282, PE17:159). Laicolassë (laica + #olassë) "green-foliage" (PE17:46), Quenya cognate of Sindarin Laegolas (dialectal form Legolas); compare olassië. Adj. laicalassë "green as leaves", literally "green-leaf" (PE17:56).