Early Quenya
qíva
adjective. awake
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√QIVI “*awake” ✧ GL/29
Element in
- Eq. qívie “awakening” ✧ GL/29
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QIV > Qîva [kʷīβā] > [kʷīβa] > [kʷīva] ✧ GL/29 Variations
- Qîva ✧ GL/29
An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. Qîva “awake” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√QIV; Tolkien noted it was sometimes confused with ᴱQ. koiva “lively, living” (GL/29).
Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. cuiva “awake” using the later root √KUY.