Eldamo : Quenya : enwina

Q. enwina adj. “old” (Category: Old)

Q. enwina, adj. “old” (Category: Old)

A word for “old” appearing in the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s (MC/222). It might be related to Q. enwa “yet”.

Conceptual Development: The ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930 had ᴱQ. aire “old”. The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had similarly formed ᴱQ. haura as the cognate of G. hôr “old, aged, ancient (only of things still existing)” based on primitive ᴱ✶χou̯-ră (GL/49).

Reference ✧ MC/222 ✧ “old”

Element In

Q. enwina lúmë “the old darkness” ✧ MC/222

ᴱQ. aire² adj. “old” (Category: Old)

See Q. enwina for discussion.

Reference ✧ MC/214 ✧ aire “old”

Element In

ᴱQ. aire móre ala tinwi “the old darkness beyond the stars” ✧ MC/214

ᴱQ. haura adj. “old, aged, ancient” (Category: Old)

See Q. enwina for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/49

Cognates

G. hôr “old, aged, ancient” ✧ GL/49

Derivations

< ᴱ✶χou̯-ră ✧ GL/49

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶χou̯-ră > haura

[xourā] > [xoura] > [xaura] > [haura]

✧ GL/49