Early Quenya
onwa
adjective. stony
Cognates
- G. gonwed “rocky”
Derivations
- ᴱ√ƷONO “hard” ✧ QL/070
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ONO¹ > onwa [ɣonwā] > [ɣonwa] > [onwa] ✧ QL/070
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A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. onwa “stony”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. on(d) “a stone” (QL/39).
Neo-Quenya: As the later word for “stony” (having the characteristics of a stone), this word should probably be adapted as ᴺQ. ondova in Neo-Quenya.