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Qenya 

tanta

adjective. double

Cognates

  • N. tadol “double” ✧ Ety/TATA

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TATA “two” ✧ Ety/TATA

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TATA > tanta[tanta]✧ Ety/TATA

atwa

adjective. double

Cognates

  • S. adu “double”
  • Ilk. ado “double” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AT(AT) > atwa[atwa]✧ Ety/AT(AT)
Qenya [Ety/AT(AT); PE22/023; PE22/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lilta-

verb. to dance

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LILT “dance” ✧ Ety/LILT

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LILT > lilta-[lilta-]✧ Ety/LILT

nande

noun. harp

Changes

  • ñandañande ✧ Ety/ÑGAN
  • nandanande ✧ EtyAC/ÑGAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGAN(AD) “play (on stringed instrument)” ✧ Ety/ÑGAN

Element in

  • ᴺQ. cungandë “violin, (lit.) bow-harp”
  • ᴺQ. langandë “stringed instrument with a neck (lute, guitar, etc.)”
  • ᴹQ. nandele “harping, *repetition” ✧ Ety/ÑGAN
  • ᴹQ. nandelle “little harp, little harp, *lyre” ✧ Ety/ÑGAN
  • ᴹQ. tyalangan “harp-player”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGANAD > ñande[ŋgande] > [ŋande] > [nande]✧ Ety/ÑGAN
ᴹ√ÑGANAD > nande[ŋgande] > [ŋande] > [nande]✧ Ety/ÑGAN

Variations

  • ñande ✧ Ety/ÑGAN
  • ñanda ✧ EtyAC/ÑGAN (ñanda)
  • nanda ✧ EtyAC/ÑGAN (nanda)
Qenya [Ety/ÑGAN; EtyAC/ÑGAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nóte

noun. number

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NOT “count, reckon” ✧ Ety/NOT

Element in

  • ᴺQ. manotë “how many, (lit.) what number”
  • Q. notessë “numeral”
  • ᴹQ. avanóte “without number, numberless”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NOT > nóte[nōte]✧ Ety/NOT