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Early Quenya

lóke

noun. snake, dragon

Cognates

  • G. ulug “dragon” ✧ GL/74
  • G. lûg “snake” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë; PE15/28; PE13/105

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LOKO “twine, twist, curl” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë; QL/055

Element in

  • Eq. foalóke “*serpent that guarded a treasure” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LOKO > lōke[lōki] > [lōke]✧ QL/055

Variations

  • lōke ✧ GL/74; QL/055
  • lókë ✧ LT2/085; LT2A/Foalókë; LT2A/Foalókë; LT2I/lókë
  • Lôke ✧ PE13/105
  • lôke ✧ PE15/28
Early Quenya [GL/74; LT2/085; LT2A/Foalókë; LT2I/lókë; PE13/105; PE15/28; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

lingo

noun. snake

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