Q. -ya¹ suf. “adjective suffix” (Category: Affix)

Q. -ya¹, suf. “adjective suffix” (Category: Affix)

Reference ✧ PE17/68 ✧ #-ya

Element In

• ᴺQ. !cantalya “four-legged, quadruped, (lit.) four-footed”
• ᴺQ. !ruimenya “fireside, by the fire”
• Q. Aldúya “*Tuesday, Day of the Two Trees”
• Q. Amanyar “Those of Aman”
• Q. Anarya “Sunday, (lit.) Sun-day”
• Q. #apacenya “of foresight”
• Q. #attalya “biped, *(lit.) two-footed”
• Q. #-carya “-doing” ✧ PE17/68 (#karya)
• Q. Eärenya “Sea-day, *Thursday”
• Q. elenya “adjective referring to the stars, *of the stars, stellar”
• Q. entya “central, middle”
• Q. firya “mortal; human”
• Q. Isilya “*Monday, Moon-day”
• Q. #-matya “-eating” ✧ PE17/68 (#-matya)
• Q. Menelya “*Wednesday, Heavens-day”
• Q. minya “first; eminent, prominent”
• Q. Narya “(Ring) of Fire”
• Q. Nenya “(Ring) of Water”
• Q. †tatya “second”
• Q. #tercenya “of insight, *perceptive”
• Q. Valanya “*Friday, Vala-day”
• Q. Vilya “(Ring) of Air”

Derivations

• < ✶-yā² “present participle” ✧ PE17/68 (-ı̯ā)

Phonetic Developments

✶-ı̯ā > #-ya

[-jā] > [-ja]

✧ PE17/68

ᴹQ. [ᴱQ.] #-ya¹ suf. “adjective suffix” (Category: Affix)

Element In

• ᴹQ. arinya “morning, early”
• ᴹQ. formenya “northern”
• ᴹQ. hyarmenya “southern”
• ᴹQ. númenya “western”
• ᴹQ. rómenya “eastern”

ᴱQ. #-ya suf. “adjective suffix” (Category: Affix)

References ✧ PE14/82; QL/32

Element In

• ᴱQ. arinya “fireside” ✧ QL/32
• ᴱQ. erya “only, single” ✧ PE14/82