Eldamo : Early Quenya : sunqele

ᴱQ. sunqele n. “sinking, falling, setting of heavenly bodies” (Category: to Sink)

⚠️ᴱQ. sunquelë, n. “sinking, falling, setting of heavenly bodies” (Category: to Sink): Q. andú- “going down, setting (of sun), west”

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sinking, falling, setting of stars, moon, sun, etc.”, an elaboration of ᴱQ. sunqe “going down” (QL/87). In the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “setting of heavenly bodies” (PME/87).

References ✧ PME/87; QL/87

Glosses

“setting of heavenly bodies” ✧ PME/87
“sinking, falling, setting of stars/moon/sun” ✧ QL/87

Elements

sunqe	“going-down, descent, down-fall; abyss, depth”	✧ QL/87
#-le	“abstract noun”	✧ QL/87 (#-le)

Element In

ᴱQ. sunqelaina “falling, fading, setting” ✧ QL/87
ᴱQ. sunqelaine “sunset” ✧ QL/87
ᴱQ. sunqelea “westering, setting” ✧ QL/87