Early Quenya
senna
adjective. red, brown, red-brown
Cognates
- G. sen “brown-red, russet”
Element in
- Eq. piosenna “holly” ✧ QL/074
tu
pronoun. he
Changes
tu→ hu “he” ✧ PE14/078Element in
- Eq. tára·kasse Taniqetildo, tára·kasisse hu·sórie “on the high top of Taniqetil, on the high peaks he sat” ✧ PE14/046
Variations
tu✧ PE14/046; PE14/079 (tu)
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