Early Quenya
qama-
verb. to be ill, vomit
Cognates
- G. cwancha- “to ail”
Derivations
- ᴱ√QAMA “*sick” ✧ QL/076
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QAMA > qama- [kʷama-] ✧ QL/076
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A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qama- “am ill; vomit” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76).
Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. quam- “to be ill, vomit” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, especially since ᴹ√KWAM continued to be associated with sickness in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/KWAM).