Quenya 

parca

adjective. thirsty

Quenya [PE 22:122] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

parca

naked

parca (2) ("k")adj. "naked", of persons (PE17:86)

parca

dry

parca (1) ("k")adj. "dry" (PÁRAK)

parca

adjective. naked (of persons)

An adjective for “naked (of persons)” derived from √PAR “peel” appearing in notes from around 1959 (PE17/86).

Conceptual Development: There were a couple of similar words in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s: ᴱQ. falka “naked” and ᴱQ. falin “bare, nude, fallow” under the early root ᴱ√FALA “bare, nude” (QL/37). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa these words appeared as falka “naked, bare” and falin “bare, wild, of land” (PME/37).

Neo-Quenya: I would avoid these words for purposes of Neo-Quenya, using ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” instead. In the case of 1959 parca, it conflicts with 1930s ᴹQ. parka “dry”, and while we have number of options for “naked” words, there are not many good options for “dry”.

Cognates

  • S. parch “naked (of persons)” ✧ PE17/086

Derivations

  • PAR “peel, peel, *bare” ✧ PE17/086

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
PAR > parka[parka]✧ PE17/086

Variations

  • parka ✧ PE17/086

fauca

thirsty

fauca ("k") adj. "thirsty" (PHAU; original glosses "thirsty, parched; lit. open-mouthed", VT46:9)

halla

naked

[halla (2) adj. "naked" (VT46:14), changed by Tolkien to helda]

soica

thirsty

soica ("k") adj. "thirsty" (VT39:11)

soica

adjective. thirsty

An adjective for “thirsty” in notes from around 1960 derived from the root √SOK “drink” via i-infixion (VT39/11), which produced a small class of desiderative words in Quenya, as in “desiring to drink”. See the entry ᴹQ. fauka for earlier and alternate words for “thirsty”.

Derivations

  • SOK “drink, gulp, quaff, drain” ✧ VT39/11

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
SOK > soika[soika]✧ VT39/11

Variations

  • soika ✧ VT39/11

helda

naked, stripped bare

helda (1) adj. "naked, stripped bare" (SKEL, SKAL1)