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Qenya 

noun. lion

Cognates

  • On. “lion” ✧ Ety/RAW
  • N. rhaw “lion” ✧ Ety/RAW

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶rāu “lion” ✧ Ety/RAW; PE19/062; PE21/69
    • ᴹ√RAW “*roar” ✧ Ety/RAW

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶rāu̯ > [rāw] > [rā]✧ Ety/RAW
ᴹ✶rāwa > rāva[rāwa] > [rāva]✧ PE19/062
ᴹ✶rắwă > rāu[rāwa] > [rāw]✧ PE21/69

Variations

  • rāva ✧ PE19/062
  • ✧ PE21/40
  • rāu ✧ PE21/69 (rāu)
Qenya [Ety/RAW; PE19/062; PE21/40; PE21/69] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ráva

noun. lion

ranko

noun. arm

A noun for “arm” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶ranku under the root ᴹ√RAK “stretch out, reach” (Ety/RAK).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. “arm” appeared Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√RAHA “stretch forward”, along with a variant rakta (QL/78). The Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s instead had ᴱQ. ranko “arm” (PE14/76; PE15/69), a form which reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s (see above).

Cognates

  • On. ranko “arm” ✧ Ety/RAK
  • N. rhanc “arm” ✧ Ety/RAK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ranku “arm” ✧ Ety/RAK
    • ᴹ√RAK “stretch out, reach” ✧ Ety/RAK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ranku > ranko[ranku] > [ranko]✧ Ety/RAK

noun. lion