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Qenya 

yáwe

noun. ravine, cleft, gully

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ravine, cleft, gully” derived from primitive ᴹ✶yagwē (Ety/YAG). As published in The Lost Road, this word was glossed “ravine, cleft, gulf”, but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to “ravine, cleft, gully” in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (EtyAC/YAG).

Cognates

  • N. iau “ravine, cleft, gulf” ✧ Ety/YAG

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶yagwē “ravine, cleft, gulf” ✧ Ety/YAG
    • ᴹ√YAG “yawn, gape” ✧ Ety/YAG

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶yagwē > yáwe[jagwē] > [jaɣwē] > [jāwē] > [jāwe]✧ Ety/YAG
Qenya [Ety/YAG; EtyAC/YAG] Group: Eldamo. Published by