Q. †rá¹ (ráv-) n. “lion” (Category: Lion)
An archaic word for “lion” mentioned in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, versus more common Q. rauro (PE19/99, 104).
Conceptual Development: This word has a lengthy history in Tolkien’s conception of Elvish, dating all the way back to ᴱQ. rau “lion” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√RAVA (QL/79). In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, Tolkien had rú “lion” (PE21/40). It appeared in The Etymologies from later in the 1930s as ᴹQ. rá “lion” derived from primitive ᴹ✶rāu [rāw] under the root ᴹ√RAW, with plural form rávi (Ety/RAW).
In the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1940s Tolkien had (unglossed) rāva < rāwa (PE19/62), but in Notes for Qenya Declensions from this same period Tolkien had (unglossed) rāu < rắwă (PE21/69). The last clear mention in currently published materials is in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, as discussed above.
References ✧ PE19/99, 104
Glosses
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶rāw > †rá | [rāw] > [rā] | ✧ PE19/99 |
| ✶rāw > rá | [rāw] > [rā] | ✧ PE19/104 |
ᴹQ. rá (ráv-) n. “lion” (Category: Lion)
References ✧ Ety/RAW; PE19/62; PE21/40, 69
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| rávi | plural | ✧ Ety/RAW |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶rāu̯ > rá | [rāw] > [rā] | ✧ Ety/RAW |
| ᴹ✶rāwa > rāva | [rāwa] > [rāva] | ✧ PE19/62 |
| ᴹ✶rắwă > †rāu | [rāwa] > [rāw] | ✧ PE21/69 |
ᴱQ. rau (ráv-) n. “lion” (Category: Lion)
References ✧ LT1A/Meássë; PME/79; QL/79
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| rávi | plural | ✧ LT1A/Meássë |
| rāvi | plural | ✧ QL/79 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√RAVA > Rau | [raβ] > [rau] | ✧ QL/79 |