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Q. sussë [þ-] n. “puff (of air)” (Category: to Blow)

Q. sussë [þ-], n. “puff (of air)” (Category: to Blow): ᴱQ. pusilla “puff, whiff, breeze”

A noun in notes from around 1957, glossed “puff (of air)” and derived from √THU(S) “blow, cause an air movement” (NM/237).

Conceptual Development: The noun ᴱQ. pusse “a puff” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PUSU of similar meaning, followed by a more elaborate form ᴱQ. pusilla “puff, whiff, breeze”, perhaps a diminutive (QL/76).

Reference ✧ NM/237 ✧ “puff (of air)”

Derivations

< √THUS “evil mist, fog, darkness; blow, cause an air movement” ✧ NM/237
- < thussë < thus ✧ NM/237
- < √THŪ? “blow, cause an air movement”

Phonetic Developments

√thus > thussë > sussë

[tʰusse] > [θusse] > [susse]

✧ NM/237

ᴱQ. pusse n. “puff” (Category: to Blow)

See Q. sussë for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/76 ✧ “a puff”

Element In

ᴱQ. pusilla “puff, whiff, breeze” ✧ QL/76

Derivations

< ᴱ√PUSU “puff, blow, puff out, make swell” ✧ QL/76

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√PUSU > pusse

[pussē] > [pusse]

✧ QL/76