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Select Elvish Words 11.87-11.88: Price, Expensive

11.87 Price

ᴱN. bog n. “price, cost”

A word appearing as ᴱN. bog “price, cost” in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s, clearly based on ᴱN. bag- “trade” and the early root ᴱ√VAKA (PE13/160; QL/99).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. bauch “price, cost” based on the later root ᴹ√MBAKH “exchange”, from primitive *mbākha.

11.88 Dear, Expensive

ᴹQ. armar n. “goods”

A plural noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “goods” derived from the root ᴹ√GAR (Ety/GAR). It was initially given as singular arma meaning {“possessions, goods, property” >>} “a piece of good or property” (EtyAC/GAR, ƷAR).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. vakt- “wares” under the early root ᴱ√VAKA (QL/99).

G. bâl n. “worthy, important; ⚠️great, mighty”

An adjective appearing as G. {bald >>} bâl “worthy, important; great, mighty” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√vḷd (GL/21).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this as ᴺS. ball “worthy, important” to equivalent ᴱQ. valda, as originally suggested by Elaran in a 2018-08-03 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS). I would not use this word for “great, might”, however.

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