Eldamo : Quenya : olosta

Q. olosta adj. “dreamy” (Category: Dream)

Q. olosta, adj. “dreamy, *dreamlike” (Category: Dream)

An adjective for “dreamy” appearing in notes from the 1960s as a derivative of the root √OLO-S (UT/396).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. olōrea appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “dreamy” under the root ᴱ√LORO (QL/56) and the gloss “dreamlike” under the root ᴱ√OLOR (QL/69), in both cases an adjectival form of ᴱQ. olōre “dream”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d use olosta for things that are dream-like, and ᴺQ. olorda for people in a dream-like state.

Reference ✧ UT/396 ✧ “dreamy”

Cognates

ᴺS. !olost “drowsy, dreamy, lazy”

Derivations

< √OLOS “dream, vision, fantasy” ✧ UT/396 (olo-s)

Phonetic Developments

√olo-s > olosta

[olosta]

✧ UT/396

ᴱQ. olórea adj. “dreamy, dreamlike” (Category: Dream)

See Q. olosta for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Lórien; QL/56, 69

Glosses

“dreamlike” ✧ QL/69 (olōrea)
“dreamy” ✧ LT1A/Lórien; QL/56 (olōrea)

Variations

olórëa ✧ LT1A/Lórien
olōrea ✧ QL/56; QL/69

Elements

olóre	✧ LT1A/Lórien; QL/56 (olōre); QL/69 (olōre)
#-a	✧ QL/69 (#-a)