ᴱQ. lie n. “people, folk” (Category: People, Populace)

References ✧ MC/216; PE13/148; PE15/72, 76; PE16/90, 92, 135, 143; PME/53; QL/53; VT40/8

Glosses

• “folk” ✧ PME/53
• “people” ✧ MC/216; PE15/72; PE15/76; PE16/90; PE16/135; PE16/143
• “people, folk” ✧ QL/53

Element In

• ᴱQ. Eldalie “People of the Elves, Elf-folk”
• ᴱQ. losselie telerinwa “the white people of the shores of Elfland” ✧ MC/216; PE16/90; PE16/92
• ᴱQ. Ondolie
• ᴱQ. lielesta “folk moot” ✧ QL/53
• ᴱQ. liende “the folk, people” ✧ QL/53
• ᴱQ. lilta lie noldorinwa “*the dancing gnome-folk” ✧ VT40/8

Cognates

• ᴱN. lhai “folk, host, people” ✧ PE13/148
• G. lî “folk, many people, ‘they’, a crowd of folk”
• G. lieg “the folk, the citizens”

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶leyé ✧ PE13/148
  • < ᴱ√LĪ “*many”
• < ᴱ√LĪ “*many” ✧ QL/53

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶leyé > lie	[lejē] > [leje] > [leie] > [lie]	✧ PE13/148
ᴱ√LĪ > lie	[liē] > [lie]	✧ QL/53