ᴱ√KATYA root. “*gleam”
An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives ᴱQ. kate “gleam, ray” and ᴱQ. katinka “candle” (QL/45). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Reference ✧ QL/45 ✧ KATYA-
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