Eldamo : Quenya : olva

Q. #olva n. “plant, growing things with roots in the earth” (Category: Plant, Herb)

Q. #olva, n. “plant, growing things with roots in the earth” (Category: Plant, Herb)

A word for plants appearing only in its plural form olvar “plants” (S/45; NM/270). It may be related to the roots √OLOB “branch” and √OL “grow”, hence “growing thing” as opposed to a celva = “moving thing” (WJ/341). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think this word refers mainly to plants as a category of beings (as in the Plant Kingdom), as opposed to an individual plant which would laima.

References ✧ NM/270; S/45; SI/olvar; WJI/olvar

laima “plant” has a meaning similar to #olva “plant, growing things with roots in the earth”
olba “branch” may be a variant of #olva “plant, growing things with roots in the earth”

Inflections

olvar	plural	“plants”	✧ NM/270
olvar	plural		✧ S/45
olvar	plural	“growing things with roots in the earth”	✧ SI/olvar
olvar	plural	“living things that grow in the earth”	✧ WJI/olvar

Derivations

< √OLOB “branch”