Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : (Ñ)GAY

√(Ñ)GAY root. “gape, become wide, open, vast”

⚠️√(Ñ)GAY root. “gape, become wide, open, vast”: √YAN¹ “wide, extensive, large, vast, huge; extend”

A root appearing in notes on words and phrases from The Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s, serving as an explanation for √GAY(AR) “sea” (PE17/27). Its gloss was “gape, become wide, open, vast”, but elsewhere “sea” words were generally attached to roots meaning “awe, dread”, so I think this was likely a transient idea. See the entry on √GAY(AR) for further discussion.

References ✧ PE17/27, 153, 169

Glosses

“gape, become wide, open, vast” ✧ PE17/27 (ÑGAY); PE17/153 (ÑGAY)

Variations

GAY ✧ PE17/27; PE17/153
ÑGAY ✧ PE17/27; PE17/153; PE17/169

GAY(AR) ✧ PE17/27
GAY(AR) ✧ PE17/153

Elements

GAY(AR)

“awe, dread; astound, make aghast; sea”

strengthened

Derivatives

> Q. naira¹ “vast, wide, empty” ✧ PE17/27
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !nairë “space (as a physical dimension)”