An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fiery” with variants sāra and sārea (the second added later) derived from the early root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” (QL/81).
Early Quenya
ruin
noun. peace
Derivations
- ᴱ√RU’U “‽” ✧ QL/080
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√RU’U > ruin [ruɣin] > [ruin] ✧ QL/080
uru
noun. fire
Cognates
- G. ûr “smith” ✧ GL/75
Derivations
- ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
Element in
- Eq. (uru)purnie “conflagration” ✧ QL/075
- Eq. uruvoite “fiery, having fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
- Eq. urúva “like fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√URU > uru [urū] > [uru] ✧ QL/098
karne
adjective. red
Changes
karnea→ karnen ✧ PE16/065Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√KṚNṚ “*red” ✧ QL/048
Element in
- Eq. karneambar “robin, (lit.) red-breast” ✧ QL/048
- Eq. karmalin(da) “russet, orange-red” ✧ QL/048
- Eq. karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite “amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist” ✧ MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. karnevaite úri kilivande hísen nie nie nienaite “*red-skied the sun will gaze through a haze of tears” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. kuluvai ya karnevalinar “*of golden feathers and orange-red ones too” ✧ VT40/08
- Eq. Makarnea “Red-handed”
- Eq. mirukarne “wine-red” ✧ QL/061; QL/061
- Eq. nu karne vaiya “under red skies” ✧ MC/214
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√KṚN > [kṛn]ı̯ǝ > karne [kṛniǝ] > [kṛni] > [kṛne] > [karne] ✧ QL/048 Variations
- karnea ✧ PE16/065 (
karnea)- Karne ✧ PE16/077
sá
noun. fire
Cognates
- G. sâ “fire” ✧ LT1A/Sári
Derivations
- ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári; QL/081
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SAHA > Sā [sax] > [saɣ] > [sā] ✧ QL/081 Variations
- sâ ✧ LT1A/Sári
- Sá ✧ PME/081
- Sā ✧ QL/081
tan(y)a
noun. fire
Cognates
- G. tôn “fire (on a hearth)”
Derivations
- ᴱ√TANA “*fire, kindle”
Element in
- Eq. Fatanyu “Hell”
- Eq. Tana Qentima “Tale-fire” ✧ PE15/07
- Eq. Tanyasalpe “Bowl of Fire” ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë
Variations
- Tanya ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë
- Tana ✧ PE15/07
sár(e)a
adjective. fiery
Derivations
- ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1/248
Variations
- sára ✧ LT1/248
- sārea ✧ QL/081
- sāra ✧ QL/081
qelme
noun. ruin, utter end, perdition, end, death
Derivations
- ᴱ√QELE “perish, die, decay, fade” ✧ QL/076
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QELE > qelme [kʷelmē] > [kʷelme] ✧ QL/076
velka
noun. flame
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).
Cognates
- G. blectha “a flame” ✧ GL/22
Derivations
- ᴱ√(M)BELEKE “*flame” ✧ GL/22
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√melek/mbelek/belek > velka [βelkā] > [βelka] > [velka] ✧ GL/22
An element meaning “fire” in some early names: tanya in ᴱQ. Tanyasalpe (LT1/187), tana in ᴱQ. Tana Qentima equivalent of G. Tôn a Gwedrin “Tale-fire” (PE15/7; LT2/197), and possibly also in ᴱQ. Fatanyu “Hell” (GL/51). Tan(y)a is likely a derivative of the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69, 71).