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úle
noun. butter
Element in
- Eq. masta úlea “bread and butter” ✧ PE16/141
mingwe
noun. butter
Derivations
- ᴱ√MṆGṆ “*butter”
io
noun. wine
A word appearing as {úle >> eo >>} io “wine” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/141).
Conceptual Development: A possible precursor to this word is ᴱQ. ulme “a kind of wine” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived the early root ᴱ√ULU “pour” (QL/97).
Changes
úle→ eo ✧ PE16/141eo→ io ✧ PE16/141Cognates
- ᴺS. ŷ “wine”
Variations
- úle ✧ PE16/141 (
úle)- eo ✧ PE16/141 (
eo)
manya
noun. butter
Cognates
- G. mang “butter”
Derivations
- ᴱ√MṆGṆ “*butter” ✧ QL/062
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MṆGṆ > mnʒ+ʒ̑ǝ > mandy·ya > manya [mṇgðʲā] > [mṇgðʲa] > [mṇgja] > [maŋgja] > [maŋja] > [manja] ✧ QL/062 Variations
- manya ✧ QL/062
miru
noun. wine
A word appearing as ᴱQ. miru “wine” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s as the basis for the name of the drink of the Valar: ᴱQ. miruvóre (QL/61; PME/61).
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writing, the initial element of Q. miruvórë was derived from the Valarin word Val. mirub “wine”, but I think ᴺQ. miru “wine” can also be retained as an adaptation of that Valarin word.
Cognates
Element in
- Eq. mirukarne “wine-red” ✧ QL/061
- Eq. miru mirmila “*wine rippling” ✧ QL/061
- Eq. mirúva “like wine, winy” ✧ QL/061
- Eq. miruvóre “nectar, drink of the Valar, sweet drink” ✧ LT1A/Miruvor; QL/061
Variations
- Miru ✧ QL/061
telpe
noun. butter
A Qenya word for “butter” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s from primitive ᴱ✶t’lḗpe (PE13/154), a temporary repurposing of the form usually used for “silver”, which in this document was ᴱQ. telqe from primitive ᴱ✶kelekwé (PE13/140).
Cognates
- En. tlî “butter” ✧ PE13/154
Derivations
- ᴱ✶t’lḗpe “butter” ✧ PE13/154
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶t’lḗpe > telpe [telepē] > [telepe] > [telpe] ✧ PE13/154 Variations
- telpe ✧ PE13/154
The word for “butter” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s was ᴱQ. manya derived from the early root ᴱ√MṆGṆ (QL/62) with the cognate G. mang “butter” from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/56). A similar form ᴱQ. mingwe “butter” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/141, 145), along with an unrelated form ᴱQ. úle “butter” that also appeared as an adjective in the phrase masta {mingwea >>} úlea]] “bread and butter” (PE16/141). In contemporaneous Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the Qenya word for “butter” was ᴱQ. telpe rather than having its usual meaning “silver” as in earlier and later writings (PE13/154).
Neo-Quenya: Of these forms, I prefer ᴺQ. manya for “butter” for purposes of Neo-Quenya since it has the clearest (Neo-Sindarin) cognate ᴺS. mang. I assume these words are derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√MANGYA where ngy became ng in (Old) Sindarin but became ndy in Quenya and then developed into ny.