Early Quenya
le
pronoun. you (plural)
Element in
- Eq. lelko “you (emphatic); 2nd pl. pronoun” ✧ PE14/052
- Eq. lea- “*your; 2nd pl. possessive” ✧ PE14/052
- Eq. lelya “*your; 2nd pl. possessive emphatic” ✧ PE14/052
- Eq. le·tul ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. le·tulil (en) ✧ PE14/059
Variations
- le- ✧ PE14/052; PE14/085
- le ✧ PE14/059
le
preposition. with (accompaniment)
Cognates
- G. li “with; and” ✧ GL/53
Derivations
- ᴱ√LĒ ✧ QL/052
Element in
- Eq. lerendi “brotherhood, association, college” ✧ QL/052
- Eq. letinwesse “constellation” ✧ QL/052
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LĒ > le [le] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- lē ✧ GL/54
- le ✧ QL/052
- le- ✧ QL/085
lé
noun. a sward, glade
Cognates
- G. lech “smooth place; slide” ✧ GL/53
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEHE “*smooth”
Variations
- lē ✧ GL/53
lea-
prefix. *your; 2nd pl. possessive
Variations
- lea· ✧ PE14/054
tye
pronoun. you
Element in
- Eq. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/030
Variations
- tye ✧ LFC/030
tyúka
adjective. thick
Derivations
- ᴱ√TYU ✧ QL/050
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TYU > tyūka [tʲūkā] > [tʲūka] ✧ QL/050 Variations
- tyūka ✧ QL/050; QL/093
ya(n)
conjunction. and
Derivations
- ᴱ√YA “*and” ✧ QL/104
Element in
- Eq. Eldar yan Indi “*Elves and Men” ✧ QL/043
- Eq. kuluvai ya karnevalinar “*of golden feathers and orange-red ones too” ✧ VT40/08
- Eq. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/030
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√YA > ya(n) [jan] ✧ QL/104 Variations
- ya ✧ LFC/030; PE15/69 (
ya); VT40/08- yan ✧ PE15/69 (
yan); QL/043
A noun glossed “a sward, glade” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as a cognate of (the noun form of) G. lech “smooth place; slide”, thus derived from the same base leχ- [✱ᴱ√LEHE] as similar words (GL/53).