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Early Quenya

purya-

verb. to set fire to

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “set fire to” and derived from the early root ᴱ√PUŘU [PUÐU] “consume by fire” (QL/75).

Cognates

  • G. bordd “fireplace” ✧ PE13/116

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶búrı̯ā ✧ PE13/116
    • ᴱ√PUÐU “consume by fire”
  • ᴱ√PUÐU “consume by fire” ✧ QL/075

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶búrı̯ā > purya[burja-] > [purja-]✧ PE13/116
ᴱ√PUŘU > purya-[puðja-] > [puzja-] > [purja-]✧ QL/075

Variations

  • purya ✧ PE13/116
Early Quenya [PE13/116; QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by