Eldamo : Quenya : au-

Q. au- pref. “away (from)” (Category: From, Away)

Q. au-, pref. “away (from)” (Category: From, Away)

A prefix meaning “away” derived from √AWA of similar meaning (PE17/24). In one note from the late 1960s, it had variants o and va (VT49/24). In the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, Tolkien further specified that it meant “away from the speaker or the place of his thought” (WJ/365) and thus could not be used with verbs like tul- “come” indicating motion towards something (WJ/368). For these other senses of “away (from)”, the prefix hó- is used instead; see that entry.

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. au “away from” was mentioned as a prefix in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√AVA (QL/33).

References ✧ PE17/24; VT49/24; WJ/365, 368

Glosses

“away” ✧ PE17/24
“away from” ✧ VT49/24
“away from the speaker or the place of his thought” ✧ WJ/365

Variations

au- ✧ PE17/24; VT49/24; WJ/365; WJ/368
o ✧ VT49/24

Element In

ᴺQ. !aucelië “sewer, (lit.) away-flowing”
ᴺQ. !auhanta “refuse, trash, garbage, (lit.) thing thrown away”
ᴺQ. !aulerya- “to rid, free somebody of something”
ᴺQ. !aumanca- “to sell, (lit.) trade away”
ᴺQ. !aumapando “abductor, (lit.) away-seizer”
ᴺQ. !aumenta- “to dismiss, divorce, (lit.) away-send”
ᴺQ. !aupsar- “to wipe away”
ᴺQ. !auquer- “to reject, (lit.) turn away”
ᴺQ. !ausatië “especially, (lit.) setting aside”
ᴺQ. !autulya- “to deport, (lit.) bring away”
Q. #aucir- “to cut off (and get rid of or lose a portion)” ✧ WJ/365 (au-kiri-)

Cognates

T. au- “away” ✧ WJ/367

Derivations

< ✶awa- “away” ✧ WJ/365 (au/awa)
- < √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago” ✧ PE17/143 (AWA/WĀ); WJ/365 (AWA)
< √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago” ✧ PE17/24 (awa); VT49/24 (awa)

Phonetic Developments

✶au/awa > au-

[au-]

✧ WJ/365