Eldamo : Early Quenya : kemi

ᴱQ. kemi n. “earth, soil, land” (Category: Earth, Land)

⚠️ᴱQ. cemi, n. “earth, soil, land” (Category: Earth, Land): Q. cemen “the earth; earth, [ᴹQ.] soil”

An Early Qenya word derived from the root ᴱ√KEME and translated “earth, soil, land” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/46) and as “earth, soil” in Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from this same period (PME/46). While this form and derivation are compatible with Tolkien later notions of the Elvish languages, I think it is better to use the later terms cemen for “earth, soil” and nór for “land”.

References ✧ GL/42; LT1A/Kémi; PME/46; QL/46

Glosses

“earth, soil” ✧ PME/46
“earth, soil, land” ✧ LT1A/Kémi; QL/46

Variations

kemi ✧ LT1A/Kémi; PME/46; QL/46
kēmi ✧ GL/42
ken ✧ GL/42

G. -gen cp. kēmi ✧ GL/42

Element In

ᴱQ. Kémi “Earth-lady, Mother Earth” ✧ LT1A/Kémi

Cognates

G. -gen “*earth” ✧ GL/42

Derivations

< ᴱ√KEME “soil” ✧ LT1A/Kémi; QL/46

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√KEME > kemi

[kemī] > [kemi]

✧ QL/46