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).
Early Quenya
lauste
noun. life, mode of life
laule
noun. life, mode of life
Changes
laume→ lauste ✧ QL/052Derivations
- ᴱ√LAWA “*life (esp. plants)” ✧ QL/052
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAWA > lauste [lawstē] > [lawste] > [lauste] ✧ QL/052 ᴱ√LAWA > laule [lawlē] > [lawle] > [laule] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- laume ✧ PME/052; QL/052; QL/052 (
laume)- lauste ✧ QL/052
laume
noun. life
loa
noun. life
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAWA “*life (esp. plants)” ✧ QL/052
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAW̯A > Loa [lawā] > [lawa] > [laua] > [loa] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- Loa ✧ QL/052
koi
noun. life
koile
noun. life
koire
noun. life
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Eq. koirea “alive, lively” ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni; QL/048
- Eq. kirilde múna koito ✧ PE16/060
- Eq. koiresta- “to spend one’s life” ✧ QL/048
- Eq. Koirisan “Wednesday”
- Eq. Koiretári
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources 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
A noun appearing as {laume >>} ᴱQ. lauste “life, mode of life” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAWA “✱life (of plants)” (QL/52). Tolkien also gave laule = laume, so presumably this was also equivalent to lauste. The word laume “life” also appeared (undeleted) in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/52).
Neo-Quenya: Since √LAW had a similar meaning in Tolkien’s later writings, I’d retain ᴺQ. laulë “mode of life” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, along with other words derived from it. In the “Neologism of the Day” (NotD) series on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server posted at 2023-06-18, Valerie suggested this word might mean “✱lifestyle” as well.