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Early Quenya

nóte

noun. dew

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. nōte “dew” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NOSO (QL/67), and as ᴱQ. nóte “dew” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/68). It also appeared as ᴱQ. nōtē­ in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s as a cognate of ᴱN. nûd “wet” (PE13/122).

Cognates

  • En. nûd “wet” ✧ PE13/122

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NOSO “*damp, wet” ✧ QL/067

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NOTO > nōte[nōtē] > [nōte]✧ QL/067

Variations

  • nōtē- ✧ PE13/122
  • nōte ✧ PME/068; QL/067
Early Quenya [PE13/122; PME/068; QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tanta

noun. number

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAÞA “count” ✧ QL/090

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TAÞA > tanta[tanθā] > [tanθa] > [tanta]✧ QL/090
Early Quenya [QL/090] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rin

noun. dew

A word for “dew” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√RIŊI (QL/80).

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RIŊI “*cold” ✧ QL/080

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√RIŊI > rin[riŋg] > [rin]✧ QL/080

Variations

  • rin ✧ LT1A/Ringil; QL/080
Early Quenya [LT1A/Ringil; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by