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Early Quenya

yava-

verb. to hold

Variations

  • yava ✧ PE16/133
Early Quenya [PE16/133] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yava-

verb. to bear fruit

A verb appearing in the form ᴱQ. yavin “bears fruit” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ẎAVA having to do with fruit (QL/105).

Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹ√YAB “fruit” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I think ᴺQ. yava- “to bear (fruit), ✱yield, bring forth, produce” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Cognates

  • G. gav- “to produce, yield, bear fruit”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ẎAVA “*fruit” ✧ LT1A/Yavanna; QL/105

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√Ẏ̯AVA > yavin[jaβ-] > [jav-]✧ QL/105
Early Quenya [LT1A/Yavanna; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by