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Early Quenya

purma

noun. blaze, flame

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “flame, blaze” derived from the early root ᴱ√PUŘU [PUÐU] (QL/75), also appearing with the gloss “blaze” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/76).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PUÐU “consume by fire” ✧ QL/075

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PUŘU > purma[puðmā] > [puðma] > [puzma] > [purma]✧ QL/075
Early Quenya [PME/076; QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by