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Early Quenya

yanda

adjective. dark, gloomy

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dark, gloomy”, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√YAÐA (QL/105).

Cognates

  • G. gand “dark & gloomy; morose; harsh, ill tempered, sour, gloomy of temper”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YAÐA “*gloom” ✧ QL/105

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√YAÐA > yanda[janðā] > [janða] > [janda]✧ QL/105
Early Quenya [QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by