12.58 Tall ᴹQ. aiqa adj. “steep, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] tall; high, lofty, sublime; chief” A word for “steep” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√AYAK “sharp, pointed” (Ety/AYAK). Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s also had ᴱQ. aiqa “steep” (QL/29). The English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s translated
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Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words: 12.565 Bit, Small Thing
12.565 Bit, Small Thing ⚠️ᴱQ. mitta n. “piece, bit” The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. min (mind-) “a bit, piece” under the early root ᴱ√MINI (QL/61). The English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s instead had ᴱQ. mie “bit” = “small piece” (PE15/70) while Early Qenya word-lists of this same
Select Elvish Words: 12.56 Small, Little
12.56 Small, Little ⚠️Q. cinta adj. “small” A word for “small” in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 derived from the root √KIT or √KIN (PE17/157). Neo-Quenya: This word is fairly obscure, so I would used other words for “small” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, such as níca. Q. -incë suf.
Select Elvish Words: 12.55 Big, Large, Great
12.55 Big, Large, Great ᴹQ. alta adj. “large, great in size” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ÁLAT “large, great in size”, so probably of similar meaning (Ety/ÁLAT). It had a prefixal form alat- as in ᴹQ. Alataire “Great Sea”, a name appearing in The
Select Elvish Words: 12.54 to Measure
12.54 to Measure Q. lár n. “league; †stop, pause” A Númenórean unit of measure that was translated as “league”, 5000 rangar in length or about 5277 yards, which is very close to an English league = 3 miles or 5280 yards (UT/279, 285). Its original meaning was “stop, pause” as
Select Elvish Words: 12.53 to Grow
12.53 to Grow ᴹQ. alwa adj. “well-grown” An adjective for “well-grown” appearing in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s (PE22/23). The word alwa also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√GAL(AS), but was struck through (EtyAC/GAL(AS)). The rejected form in The Etymologies it was
Select Elvish Words: 12.51 Form, Shape
12.51 Form, Shape Q. canta n. “shape, framework, [ᴹQ.] frame; shaped” A word for “shape, frame(work)” mentioned in both the first (TQ1) and second (TQ2) versions of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1940s and early 1950s (PE18/33, 90). It also appeared as an adjective and quasi-suffix ᴹQ. kanta “shaped” in the
Select Elvish Words: 12.48 South
12.48 South Q. hyar- pref. “left-hand, south” A prefix meaning either “left-hand” or “south”, depending on context (PE17/18). It is derived from the root ᴹ√KHYAR. Q. hyarmen n. “south, (lit.) left-hand direction” The Quenya word for “south” and the name of tengwa #33 (LotR/1123). It is a combination of ᴹ√KHYAR
Select Elvish Words: 12.47 North
12.47 North Q. formen n. “north, [ᴹQ.] right-hand [direction]” The Quenya word for “north” and the name of tengwa #10 (LotR/1123). It is a combination of ᴹ√PHOR “right-hand” and √MEN “way”, so named because it is the direction to the right when facing west (PE17/18; PE22/23; Ety/PHOR, MEN). It is
Select Elvish Words: 12.46 West
12.46 West Q. andú- pref “going down, setting (of sun), west” A prefix having to do with going down, setting (of sun) and the west (PE17/18) based on √NDU “descend”. See, for example, Andúril “Flame of the West” (LotR/277; PE17/34) or Andustar “Westlands” (UT/165). Q. andúna adj. “western” A longer