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Early Quenya

lin

noun. snake

A word for “snake” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with a stem form of {linge- >>} ling- (QL/54).

Cognates

  • G. ling “small snake”

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • lin ✧ QL/043
  • Lin² ✧ QL/054
Early Quenya [QL/043; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lin

noun. melody, air, tune, musical voice

Cognates

  • G. glin “sound, voice, utterance” ✧ PE15/25; LT1A/Lindelos

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIÐI “sing” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; PME/054; QL/054

Element in

  • Eq. Laurelin “Singing-gold” ✧ PE15/25
  • Eq. Lindelokte “Singing Cluster” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; LT1A/Lindelos; PE15/25
  • Eq. Lindelóte
  • Eq. linda “singing”
  • Eq. lindele “music, song” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/054
  • Eq. lindea “singing, *musical” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lindelin “melody, tune” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lindelokte “laburnum, (lit.) singing cluster” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lindórea “singing at dawn (esp. of birds)” ✧ QL/054

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LIŘI > lin[linðǝ] > [linð] > [lind] > [lin]✧ PME/054
ᴱ√LIŘI > lin¹[linðǝ] > [linð] > [lind] > [lin]✧ QL/054

Variations

  • lin ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; PME/054
  • linde ✧ PE15/25
Early Quenya [LT1A/Lindelos; PE15/25; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linda

adjective. singing

Element in

  • Eq. Ondolinda “Singing Stone” ✧ LT1A/Gondolin

Elements

WordGloss
lin“melody, air, tune, musical voice”

Variations

  • linda ✧ LT1A/Gondolin (linda)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lingo

noun. snake

ilma

noun. air

A word for “air” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/142), probably based on the early root ᴱ√ILU “ether”. Later ᴹQ. Ilma was used for “Starlight” (Ety/GIL; LR/205).

Elements

WordGloss
ILU“ether, the slender airs among the stars”
Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oqi

noun. snake

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OQO “curve, bend” ✧ QL/070

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OQO > oqi[okʷī] > [okʷi]✧ QL/070
Early Quenya [PME/070; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nemba

noun. thread

A noun for “thread” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NEME having to do with sewing (QL/65).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NEME “*sew” ✧ QL/065

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NEME > nemba[nembā] > [nemba]✧ QL/065
Early Quenya [PME/065; QL/065] Group: Eldamo. Published by