Q. ai¹ interj. “ah, alas” (Category: Various Cries)

Q. ai¹, interj. “ah, alas” (Category: Various Cries)

ᴱQ. ai “o!, ha!”

References ✧ LotR/377; PE17/61; RGEO/58

Glosses

• “Ah!” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
• “alas!” ✧ PE17/61; RGEO/58

Element In

• Q. ai! lassi lantar laurië súrinen “ah! leaves fall golden in [by means of] the wind” ✧ RGEO/58
• Q. ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen “ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58

ᴹQ. nai interj. “alas” (Category: Various Cries)

Reference ✧ Ety/NAY ✧ “alas”

Cognates

• N. nae “alas” ✧ Ety/NAY (nae, nae)

Derivations

• < ᴹ√NAY “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NAY > nai

[nai]

✧ Ety/NAY

ᴱQ. ea interj. “a cry of pain or woe” (Category: Various Cries)

Reference ✧ PE13/158 ✧ “a cry of pain or woe”

Cognates

• ᴱN. ai “cry of pain or woe” ✧ PE13/158
• ᴱT. aia “a cry of pain or woe” ✧ PE13/158

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶aiya- ✧ PE13/158