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Qenya 

loa

noun. year

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAW “warm; abound”

Element in

  • ᴹQ. elloa “next year” ✧ PE22/124
  • ᴹQ. nóloa “yesteryear” ✧ PE22/124

olaste

noun. growth

Changes

  • alaste → olaste ✧ PE22/110

Elements

WordGloss
ola-“to grow [up], to grow, grow up, reach its prime, become”
-ste“general action verbal suffix”

Variations

  • alaste ✧ PE22/110 (alaste)

yén

noun. year

Cognates

  • N. în “year” ✧ Ety/YEN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YEN “year” ✧ Ety/YEN

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Arendien “Midyear’s Day”
  • ᴹQ. Endien “Midyear (week)” ✧ Ety/YEN
  • ᴹQ. qantien “century, (lit.) full year” ✧ Ety/YEN
  • ᴹQ. linyenwa “old, having many years” ✧ Ety/YEN
  • ᴹQ. yénie “annals” ✧ MR/200
  • ᴹQ. yenya “last year”
  • ᴹQ. Minyen “first day [of year]” ✧ Ety/YEN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√YEN > yén[jēn]✧ Ety/YEN

Variations

  • yen- ✧ EtyAC/YEN
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