Early Quenya
qolda
adjective. ill
Derivations
- ᴱ√QOLO “*disease” ✧ QL/078
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QOLO > qolda [kʷolā] > [kʷola] ✧ QL/078 Variations
- qolina ✧ QL/078
qolina
adjective. ill
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The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had several similar adjectives under the early root ᴱ√QOLO: ᴱQ. qolda or qolina “ill” and ᴱQ. qolima “sickly, ailing” (QL/78).
Neo-Quenya: I’d adopt ᴺQ. quolina for all these meanings: “ill, sickly, ailing”. I would further assume it applies to any kind of physical ailment, including injury. For someone sick specifically by disease I would use [ᴺQ.] hlaiwa. Not all Neo-Quenya writers accept quo- as a valid combination; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.