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ᴺQ. !yullas (yullass-) n. “tea” (Category: Food (Other))

ᴺQ. !yullas (yullass-), n. “tea” [created by Tamas Ferencz] (Category: Food (Other))

A neologism for “tea” coined by Tamas Ferencz, a combination of yul- “drink” and lassë “leaf”.

Elements

Q. yul- “to drink”
Q. lassë “leaf”

ᴱQ. tyé n. “tea” (Category: Food (Other))

A word for “tea” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, clearly a loan word from some mortal language, though the path of transmission isn’t clear (QL/49). European words for “tea” are generally based on either Mandarin ch’a via Portuguese or Amoy t’e (a Chinese dialect) via Dutch, becoming in English “chai” or “tea” respectively.

Reference ✧ QL/49 ✧ “tea”