Eldamo : Early Quenya : alma

ᴱQ. alma n. “face” (Category: Face)

⚠️ᴱQ. alma, n. “face” (Category: Face): Q. cendelë “face, *visage”

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “face, visage”, derived from the early root ᴱ√ALA¹ “gaze”, but this word was deleted (QL/39). It also appeared with the gloss “face” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, where it was not deleted (PM/39).

References ✧ PME/29; QL/29

Glosses

“face” ✧ PME/29
“face, visage” ✧ QL/29 (alma)

Derivations

< ᴱ√ALA¹ “gaze‽” ✧ QL/29

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ALA¹ > alma

[almā] > [alma]

✧ QL/29