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Early Quenya

lalla-

verb. to chatter, babble

lala-

verb. to chatter, babble

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LALA “*babble” ✧ QL/050

Element in

  • Eq. hulále “babble, chatter, conversation” ✧ QL/050

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LALA > lala-[lala-]✧ QL/050

Variations

  • lalla- ✧ PE16/144
Early Quenya [PE16/144; QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hyelle

noun. pebble

A word for “pebble” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/138; PE16/144). Its etymology is unclear, and in later writings ᴹQ. hyelle was used as a word for “glass”.

Early Quenya [PE16/138; PE16/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lalle

noun. pebble

A word for “pebble” the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing under the root ᴱ√LALA, though Tolkien marked it with a “?” and other derivatives of the root had to do with “babble” (QL/50). This word was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/50).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LALA “*babble” ✧ QL/050

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LALA > lalle[lalli] > [lalle]✧ QL/050
Early Quenya [PME/050; QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by