Early Quenya
luin
adverb. ago
Derivations
- ᴱ√LUHU “*time” ✧ QL/056
Element in
- Eq. luina “ago” ✧ QL/056
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LUHU > luin [luxin] > [luɣin] > [luin] ✧ QL/056
luina
adjective. ago
ninda
adjective. blue
ninwa
adjective. blue
Changes
ninya→ ninda ✧ PE16/138Cognates
- En. nainn “blue” ✧ PE13/164
Derivations
Element in
- Eq. Nierninwa “Sirius, Blue bee” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin
- Eq. sinqitalla laiqaninwa “*sparkling green and blue” ✧ VT40/08
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶nindyā > ninya [nindʲā] > [nindʲa] > [ninja] ✧ PE13/164 ᴱ√NINI > ninwa [ninwā] > [ninwa] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- ninya ✧ PE13/164; PE16/138 (
ninya)
ninya
adjective. blue
laiwa
adjective. pale
Cognates
- En. lhui “pale” ✧ PE13/149
Derivations
- ᴱ✶sleiwa “pale” ✧ PE13/149
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶sleiwa > laiwa [sleiwā] > [sleiwa] > [leiwa] > [laiwa] ✧ PE13/149
iye
adverb. ago
níva
adjective. pale
Element in
- Eq. níve qímari ringa ambar “the pale phantoms in her cold bosom” ✧ MC/213
yú-
prefix. ago
Element in
- Eq. yúye “long ago” ✧ PE15/68
Variations
- yū- ✧ PE15/68