12.64 Thick (in Density) ⚠️Q. hyarna adj. “compact, [ᴹQ.] compressed” A word for “compact, compressed” appearing in both the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1940s and the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s, a modern replacement of older hyanna which was the proper derivative of ancient
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Select Elvish Words: 12.63 Thick (in Dimension)
12.63 Thick (in Dimension) ᴱQ. pulu- v. “to swell (intr.)” The verb ᴱQ. pulu- “swell (intr.)” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PULU of the same meaning (QL/75). Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺ√PUL “swell” as a root for purposes of Neo-Eldarin, so I would retain
Select Elvish Words: 12.62 Narrow
12.62 Narrow ᴹQ. arka adj. “narrow” An adjective for “narrow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶akrā under the root ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” (Ety/AK). Q. náha adj. “narrow, *thin” An adjective for “narrow” in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD) derived from √NAKH “narrow, thin” (PE17/166). Neo-Quenya: For
Select Elvish Words: 12.61 Wide, Broad
12.61 Wide, Broad Q. landa adj. “wide, [ᴱQ.] broad” A word for “wide” appearing as an element in the compound landanóre “wide country” in the 1958 poem Löa Yucainen. ᴹQ. landa “wide” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LAD (Ety/LAD). Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. landa “wide,
Select Elvish Words: 12.59 Short
12.59 Short Q. nauca adj. “stunted, shortened, dwarf(ed)” An adjective for “stunted, shortened, dwarf(ed)” derived from the root √NUK of similar meaning, that was “especially applied to things that though in themselves full-grown were smaller or shorter than their kind, and were hard, twisted or ill-shapen” (PE17/45; VT39/7; WJ/413). It
Select Elvish Words: 12.58 Tall
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
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