ᴹQ. *-lka suf. “*amount, quantity” (Category: Much, Many)
- ᴹQ. *-lca, suf. “*amount, quantity” (Category: Much, Many)
A suffix for “amount” in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/108), clearly related to the prefix lak- also having to do with amounts. Tolkien added a sentence saying “To express quantity these forms are often fol[lowed] by
partitive [genitive]” (PE23/108 note #102), for example: *umalca masto “some [indefinite] amount of bread”.
Reference ✧ PE23/108 ✧ “*amount, quantity”
Elements
| lak- |
“a large amount of (any amount less than the whole)” |
Element In
- ᴹQ. hapalka “*of similar amount”
- ᴹQ. hilka “*this much, this great (by us)”
- ᴹQ. ilka “*as much as, as great as”
- ᴹQ. immalka “*of any amount”
- ᴹQ. laqalka “*no quantity”
- ᴹQ. malka “how great, how much”
- ᴹQ. onilka “*the same amount”
- ᴹQ. qáqilka “of all sizes”
- ᴹQ. sanalka “*that much (mentioned)”
- ᴹQ. silka “*this much, this great”
- ᴹQ. talka “*that much, that great”
- ᴹQ. umalka “*of some amount”
- ᴺQ. !aialca “of any amount”
- ᴺQ. !hyalca “a different amount”
- ᴺQ. !ililca “of all sizes”
- ᴺQ. !imalca “the same amount”
- ᴺQ. !yalca “as much as, as great as”