Eldamo : Sindarin : be

S. #be prep. “in; ?as, like” (Category: Like, Similar)

S. #be, prep. “as, like; ⚠️in” (Category: Like, Similar): ᴱN. a “like”; G. fel “like; (as av.) as, like”

A preposition appearing in the King’s Letter, glossed “in”. Carl Hostetter’s suggested it is connected to the root √MI/IMI “in” via the strengthened form MBI that appears in Q. imbë¹ “between” (VT31/19-20). David Salo instead proposed that it may be a cognate of Q. ve¹ “as, like” derived from primitive ✶bē, suffixed with a form of the definite article -n and having the sense “as in the [Shire-reckoning]” (SG/226). This second option seems more likely to me; the primitive form ✶bē was not published when Carl Hostetter made his analysis. @@@

References ✧ AotM/62; SD/129

Glosses

“in the” ✧ AotM/62 (ben)

Variations

ben ✧ AotM/62

Inflections

ben

definite

“in the”

✧ SD/129

Element In

ᴺS. !govai “alike, similar”
S. egor ben genediad Drannail erin Gwirith edwen “or in the Shire-reckoning the second day of April” ✧ AotM/62; SD/129

Cognates

Q. ve¹ “as, like, similar, after the manner [of]”

Derivations

< ✶bē “as, like”

G. ba prep. “in” (Category: In, Inside)

References ✧ GL/21

Glosses

“in” ✧ GL/21 (b-)

Variations

ba ✧ GL/21
b- ✧ GL/21
bi- ✧ GL/21
b’ ✧ GL/21

Cognates

ᴱQ. ve “as, like” ✧ GL/21

G. bi prep. “in”

References ✧ GL/20, 22

Glosses

“in” ✧ GL/22 (bi)

avin “into” cp. bi ✧ GL/20

Element In

G. bin “into” ✧ GL/22 (bin)
G. bir “in, within, inside” ✧ GL/22 (bir)