Select Elvish Words 10.31: to Boil

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. ’welba “boiling, bubbling” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE (QL/103).

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. velva with the usual sound change initial w to v. Both lb and lv appear in Quenya, but lv is the more common pronunciation (PE17/129).

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. ’welbe “bubble” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE (QL/103).

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. velvë with the usual sound change initial w to v. Both lb and lv appear in Quenya, but lv is the more common pronunciation (PE17/129).

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. ’wele- “it boils, bubbles” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE (QL/103).

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. vel- with the usual sound change initial w to v.

A verb appearing as G. gwel- in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “boil” and “bubble (intr.)” (GL/44). It is clearly based on the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/103).

Neo-Sindarin: Since we have no better “boil” words, I retain ᴺS. gwel- “to boil, bubble” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, but assume it is derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√WEL so that it retains the same form.

A noun appearing as G. gwelaith or gweleth in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “(a) boil, a bubble”, a noun form of G. gwel- “to boil, bubble” (GL/44).

Neo-Sindarin: Since I retain ᴺS. gwel- “to boil, bubble” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would retain ᴺS. gweleth “boil, bubble” as well.

A noun appearing as G. gwelc “bubble” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/44). It is clearly based on the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/103).

Neo-Sindarin: Since we have no better “bubble” words, I would adapt this as ᴺS. gwelch “bubble” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, but assume it is derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√WEL so that it retains the initial w, and with the usual sound Sindarin change of ancient lk to lch.