Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : GWALA¹

ᴱ√GWALA¹ root. “*brown”

⚠️ᴱ√GWALA¹ root. “*brown”: ᴹ√BARAN “russet, brown”; √GWAL “be stirred, excited; emotion, movement of feelings”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s whose derivatives have to do with “brown” things, such as ᴱQ. wal(i)na “brown” and ᴱQ. Walien “brown” (QL/103). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Reference ✧ QL/103

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. Walien “land of the brown men, tropics” ✧ QL/103
- ⇒ ᴱQ. waliemba “tropical” ✧ QL/103
> ᴱQ. wal(i)na “brown” ✧ QL/103
- ⇒ ᴱQ. karmalin(da) “russet, orange-red” ✧ QL/48