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Qenya 

ráva

noun. lion

ráva

adjective. wild, untamed

Cognates

  • N. rhaw “wild, untamed” ✧ Ety/RAB

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶rāba “wild, untamed” ✧ Ety/RAB
    • ᴹ√RAB “*wild” ✧ Ety/RAB

Element in

  • ᴹQ. ravanda “wilderness” ✧ Ety/RAB

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶rāba > ráva[rāba] > [rāβa] > [rāva]✧ Ety/RAB

Variations

  • ráva ✧ Ety/RAB

ráva

noun. bank (especially of a river)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bank, especially of a river” derived from the root ᴹ√RAB, also the basis for ᴹQ. ramba “wall” (Ety/RAMBĀ; EtyAC/RAMBĀ).

Cognates

  • N. rhaw “bank (especially of a river)” ✧ Ety/RAMBĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RAB “*wall” ✧ EtyAC/RAMBĀ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RAB² > ráva[rāba] > [rāβa] > [rāva]✧ EtyAC/RAMBĀ

Variations

  • ráva ✧ Ety/RAMBĀ

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

ranya

adjective. free

(a)ranya

adjective. free

Cognates

  • N. rhain “free” ✧ EtyAC/RAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶(a)ranyā “free, ?uncontrolling” ✧ EtyAC/RAN
    • ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” ✧ Ety/RAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶(a)ranı̯ā > (a)ranya[aranjā] > [aranja]✧ EtyAC/RAN

merka

adjective. wild, untamed

Changes

  • merkaverka “wild” ✧ Ety/MERÉK

Cognates

  • N. breig “wild, fierce” ✧ Ety/MERÉK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MEREK ✧ Ety/MERÉK; EtyAC/MERÉK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MERÉK > merka[mereka] > [merka]✧ Ety/MERÉK
Qenya [Ety/MERÉK; EtyAC/MERÉK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

verka

adjective. wild

Cognates

  • N. bregol “violent, sudden, *fierce” ✧ Ety/BERÉK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶berékā “wild” ✧ Ety/BERÉK
    • ᴹ√BEREK “*sudden, fierce” ✧ Ety/BERÉK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶berékā > verka[berekā] > [berkā] > [βerkā] > [βerka] > [verka]✧ Ety/BERÉK
Qenya [Ety/BERÉK; Ety/MERÉK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mirima

adjective. free

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MIS “go free, stray, wander” ✧ Ety/MIS

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MIS > mirima[misima] > [mizima] > [mirima]✧ Ety/MIS

noun. lion