14.32 Often
- ᴹQ. hrillume adv. “*very many times”
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The correlative ᴹQ. hrillume or hrímallume appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/110), a combination of ᴹQ. hrim- “(very) many” and ᴹQ. -llume “times”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would adapt this to ᴺQ. rillumë “very many times, very often, on a great number of occasions, frequently” using rim- “many” to be more compatible with Tolkien’s later writings.
- ᴹQ. li(na)llume adv. “*many a time”
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A correlative combination appearing as linallume or lillume in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/110), a combination of ᴹQ. li(n)- “several, many” and ᴹQ. -llume “times”.
- ᴹQ. tot adv. “often, over and over again, *repeatedly”
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A word in a marginal note to Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 glossed “often, over and over again” and derived from √TOTO “repeat” (PE23/109), so likely “often” in the sense “*repeatedly”.
14.33 Sometimes
- ᴹQ. umallume adv. “some time, *sometime”
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A correlative appearing in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/110), a combination of ᴹQ. uma- “some” and ᴹQ. -llume “time”. In the main text umallume was untranslated, but in drafts it was glossed “some time”.
- ᴹQ. umanar(yas) adv. “someday; in a certain day”
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The correlatives ᴹQ. umanar “someday” and um(an)aryas “in a certain day” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/109), a combination of ᴹQ. uma- “some” and ᴹQ. -ar(yas) “day”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. umaurë “someday” using Q. aurë “day”.
14.34 Never
- ᴹQ. all(an)ar adv. “*on no day”
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The correlative combination ᴹQ. {(a)láqanar >>} allanar or allar appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 along with variants lálar and {láqanaryas >>} alaryas (PE23/109 and note #114), basically combinations of ᴹQ. alla “none” and ᴹQ. -ar(yas) “days”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. alaurë “on no day” using later aurë for “day”.
- Q. allumë adv. “never, *at no time, [ᴹQ.] at no date”
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An adverb for “never” appearing in drafts of the Löa Yucainen poem from 1958 (CPT/1297), a combination of the negative prefix al(a)- with lúmë “time”.
Conceptual Development: Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/111) also had ᴹQ. allume, but in that document it was glossed “at no date” and had a variant láqallume with prefixal láqa- (PE23/109, PE23/110 note #121). This document also had ᴹQ. allan “never” and {aláqan, láqan(an) >>} lálan, allanan “at no time”, combinations of ᴹQ. alla “none” and ᴹQ. -n(an) “time” (PE23/109 and note #114). Drafts had {lá >>} alla “never, at no time” (PE23/110 note #121).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would stick with Q. allumë for “never”, since I believe ᴹQ. -n(an) has abandoned.