Quenya
lá
preposition. beyond, over, across, athwart
Changes
- lá → lā “beyond” ✧ PE17/065
Derivations
Element in
- Q. ambela “further still beyond, far away beyond” ✧ PE17/090
- Q. A (ná) calima lá B “A is brighter than B; (lit.) A is bright beyond B” ✧ PE17/090; PE17/090; PE17/091; VT42/32
- Q. caitas lá i sír “it is beyond the river” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. haila “far beyond” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. lanna “athwart, (to a point) beyond, athwart, (to a point) beyond, *across” ✧ PE17/065; PE17/065
- Q. núla “under [beyond]” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. olla “over [beyond]” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. palla “far beyond” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. pella “beyond (boundary or limit)” ✧ PE17/065
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶lā̆ > lá [lā] ✧ PE17/065 ✶laŋa > lā [laŋa] > [laɣa] > [lā] ✧ PE17/065 √LAŊ > la [laŋa] > [laɣa] > [lā] ✧ PE17/065 √ALA/LA > lá [lā] ✧ PE17/090 √LAƷA > lá [laɣa] > [lā] ✧ PE17/091 Variations
- lá ✧ PE17/065 (lá); PE17/065 (lá); PE17/065; PE17/090; PE17/090; PE17/091; VT42/32; VT44/04
- lā ✧ PE17/065; PE17/065
- la ✧ PE17/065