Eldamo : Middle Quenya : salqe

ᴹQ. salqe n. “grass” (Category: Grass)

ᴹQ. salquë, n. “grass, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] long mowing grass” (Category: Grass)

A noun for “grass” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) (Ety/SALÁK).

Conceptual Development: The noun ᴱQ. salki “grass” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa derived from the early root ᴱ√SḶKḶ (QL/84; PME/84), but it was -salke in ᴱQ. Andesalke “Africa, Long Grass” (QL/31; PME/31). ᴱQ. salqe appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s as a cognate to ᴱN. halb “grass, long mowing grass” (PE13/147).

Reference ✧ Ety/SALÁK ✧ “grass”

Element In

ᴺQ. !porisalquë “corn, (lit.) flour-grass”
ᴺQ. !salquecápo “grasshopper”
ᴺQ. !salquecolca “manger, (lit.) grass-box”
ᴺQ. !salquenor “grassland, meadow”

Cognates

Ilk. salch “grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
N. salab “herb” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
ON. salape “herb, green food plant” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Derivations

< ᴹ✶salakwē “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK (SALÁK-(WĒ))
- < #ᴹ√SALAK “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK (#SALÁK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) > salqe

[salakwē] > [salkwē] > [salkwe]

✧ Ety/SALÁK

ᴱQ. salqe n. “grass, long mowing grass” (Category: Grass)

Reference ✧ PE13/147 ✧ “grass, long mowing grass”

Cognates

ᴱN. halb “grass, long mowing grass” ✧ PE13/147

Derivations

< ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ “*grass, mow”

ᴱQ. salki n. “grass” (Category: Grass)

References ✧ PME/84; QL/31, 84

Glosses

“grass” ✧ PME/84; QL/84

Variations

salki ✧ PME/84; QL/84
#salke ✧ QL/31

Inflections

salki-

stem

✧ QL/84

Element In

ᴱQ. Salkinóre “Africa, *(lit.) Grass Land” ✧ QL/84 (Salkinōre)
ᴱQ. Andesalke “Africa, (lit.) Long-grass” ✧ QL/31

Cognates

G. salc “green cut grass, ensilage”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ “*grass, mow” ✧ QL/84

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ > salki

[sḹki] > [sḹke] > [salke]

✧ QL/84