Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : LOY

√LOY root. “go wrong, fail”

√LOY root. “go wrong, fail, [ᴹ√] miss, fail to go; ⚠️lack, be without”: ᴱ√LOYO “*thirst, parched”

A Quenya-only root in linguistic notes from 1959 meaning “go wrong, fail” with the basic sense of “miss mark, go (or send) wrong, fall short or beside ([one’s] aim, what is due or proper)” (PE17/151); in a marginal note Tolkien also wrote “go awry, ill, wrongly”. Its Sindarin equivalent was √DEW. The root ᴹ√LOY also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “lack, be without; miss, fail to go”, though all of its derivatives were rejected (EtyAC/LOYO).

References ✧ PE17/151, 161

Glosses

“go wrong, fail” ✧ PE17/151 (LOYO)

Variations

LOYO ✧ PE17/151; PE17/161

DEWE “go wrong, fail” approximately same sense as LOYO “go wrong, fail” ✧ PE17/151

Derivatives

> Q. loi- “mistaken, mistake in ...” ✧ PE17/151
- ⇒ 4 compounds
> Q. loica “failing, short, inadequate” ✧ PE17/151
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !hröaloica “cripple”
> Q. loima “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
> Q. loita- “to miss, fail, fall short of (transitive)” ✧ PE17/151
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !alaloitala “unfailing”

ᴹ√LOY root. “lack, be without; miss, fail to go”

See √LOY for discussion.

References ✧ EtyAC/LŌ, LOYO

Glosses

“lack, be without; miss, fail to go” ✧ EtyAC/LOYO (LOYO)

Variations

LOYO ✧ EtyAC/LŌ; EtyAC/LOYO

ᴱ√LOYO “*thirst, parched” later had the sense LOY “lack, be without; miss, fail to go”

Elements

LŌ

“ablative element”

✧ EtyAC/LŌ

Derivatives

⇒ ᴹQ. Korolóra “?Ilkorin” ✧ EtyAC/LOYO; EtyAC/LOYO; EtyAC/LOYO
⇒ N. Corlur “?Ilkorin” ✧ EtyAC/LOYO