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Early Quenya

unqilla(r)

noun. handle of jar; pothook

A word appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as ᴱQ. unqilla “handle of jar; pothook” under the early root ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ that might be an independent root meaning “✱hook”, or might be identical to ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ having to do with ears (QL/98). The contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa had ᴱQ. unqillar “jar handle” (PME/98).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ṆQṆ “*ear” ✧ QL/098

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹ > unqilla[ṇkʷillā] > [ṇkʷilla] > [uŋkʷilla]✧ QL/098

Variations

  • unqillar ✧ PME/098
  • unqilla ✧ QL/098
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