írë (2) conj. "when" (subordinate conjunction, not question-word: írë Anarinya queluva, "when my sun faileth") (FS). Compare yá #2.
Quenya
malumë
adverb. when
Cognates
- ᴺS. mallú “when, (orig.) what time”
Elements
Word Gloss ma “interrogative particle” lúmë “time, period of time, hour”
malumë
adverb. sometimes, at times
Elements
Word Gloss ma “interrogative particle” lúmë “time, period of time, hour”
ailumë
adverb. sometimes, at times
Elements
Word Gloss ai “supposing, suppose, maybe, supposing, suppose, maybe; *any” lúmë “time, period of time, hour”
yá
when
yá
conjunction. when
Derivations
- √YA “*there, over there; (of time) back, ago, [ᴹ√] there, over there; (of time) back, ago”
Element in
- Q. násië “now and at the hour of our death: Amen” ✧ VT43/34; VT43/34
- Q. yá hríve menë, ringa ná “when winter comes/arrives/is with us, it is cold” ✧ VT49/23 (
yá hríve tene, ringa ná)Variations
- ya ✧ VT43/34
í(qua), illume, iquallume
conjunction. when, whenever
írë
when
lúmelissen
adverb. sometimes, at times
Elements
Word Gloss lúmë “time, period of time, hour”
yá (2) conj. "when" in the sentence yá hrívë tenë, ringa ná "when winter comes, it is cold" (VT49:23). Compare írë #2.