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Early Quenya

laire

noun. meadow

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “meadow” and derived from the root ᴱ√LAẎA (QL/50). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the same gloss (PME/50), and in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as a cognate of G. glair “meadow” (GL/39).

Cognates

  • G. glair “meadow” ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√laẏa > laire[laðʲrē] > [laðʲre] > [lajre] > [laire]✧ PME/052
ᴱ√LAẎA > laire[laðʲrē] > [laðʲre] > [lajre] > [laire]✧ QL/052

Variations

  • lairë ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Early Quenya [GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

avesta

noun. summer

Cognates

  • En. awest “summer” ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶awestá ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶awestá > avesta[awéstā] > [awésta] > [auésta] > [awésta] > [avésta]✧ PE13/137
ᴱ✶awestá > avesta[awéstā] > [awésta] > [auésta] > [awésta] > [avésta]✧ PE13/160

Variations

  • avesta ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160
Early Quenya [PE13/137; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saiwali

noun. summer

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by