Q. al(a)-¹ pref. “in-, un-, not; †-less, without” (Category: Negation)

Q. al(a)-¹, pref. “in-, un-, not; †-less, without” (Category: Negation)

ᴹQ. il- “no, not”

References ✧ PE22/153, 156, 160; VT42/33

Glosses

• “in-, un-” ✧ PE22/153 (ala)
• “neg[ative], un-, im-” ✧ PE22/156 (ala)
• “†-less; no, non-, without” ✧ PE22/153 (al)

Variations

• al ✧ PE22/153; PE22/153; PE22/153; VT42/33
• ala- ✧ PE22/153; PE22/153; PE22/156; PE22/160; PE22/160; VT42/33

Related

• la- “not, in-, un-”

Element In

• ᴺQ. !alacénima “invisible”
• ᴺQ. !alacestaima “unsearchable”
• ᴺQ. !alacestima “unsearchable”
• ᴺQ. !alafasta “tidy, orderly”
• ᴺQ. !alahastaima “incorruptable”
• ᴺQ. !alahastima “incorruptable”
• ᴺQ. !alahírima “unfindable, impossible to find”
• ᴺQ. ^alaica “blunt”
• ᴺQ. !alairë “unholy”
• ᴺQ. !alaloitala “unfailing”
• ᴺQ. !alalunga “light, unheavy”
• ᴺQ. !alamára “no-good”
• ᴺQ. !alanancárima “indestructible”
• ᴺQ. !alapálima “unshakable”
• ᴺQ. !alapihta “unshrunk”
• ᴺQ. !alapulúna “unleavened, unfermented”
• ᴺQ. !alasóvina “unwashed”
• ᴺQ. !alavahtaina “undefiled”
• ᴺQ. !alavéla “different, various [pl.]”
• ᴺQ. !alavistaima “unchangeable”
• ᴺQ. !alavistima “unchangeable”
• ᴺQ. !aldomë “nowhere”
• ᴺQ. !allumë “never”
• Q. alahasta “unmarred”
• Q. alahen “eyeless” ✧ PE22/153
• Q. Alamanyar “(Elves) Not of Aman” ✧ PE22/156
• Q. alasaila “unwise”
• Q. aleldarin “unelvish” ✧ PE22/156
• Q. aleldarinwa “unElvish” ✧ PE22/156 (aleldarinwa)
• Q. lacaraitë “impossible” ✧ PE22/156 (alákăraite)
• Q. lanotoitë “innumerable” ✧ PE22/156 (alánŏtoite)

Cognates

• S. al-¹ “no, not”

Derivations

• < √LA “no, not; negative; not to be” ✧ PE22/153 (ALA); VT42/33 (ala)

Phonetic Developments

√ALA > al	[al-]	✧ PE22/153
√ala > ala	[ala-]	✧ VT42/33

ᴹQ. al(a)- pref. “not, negative prefix” (Category: Negation)

References ✧ Ety/GALA; EtyAC/ALA, LA; PE19/56

Glosses

• “negative prefix” ✧ PE19/56 (al-)
• “not” ✧ Ety/GALA (ala-)
• “not, pure neg.” ✧ EtyAC/ALA (al(a))

Variations

• al(a) ✧ EtyAC/ALA
• ala- ✧ Ety/GALA; EtyAC/LA (ala-)
• al- ✧ PE19/56; EtyAC/LA (al-)

Element In

• ᴹQ. alaninqitálima “that cannot be made white (again)”
• ᴹQ. alfárima “impossible to pursue”
• ᴹQ. #alfírima “immortal”
• ᴹQ. Alfírimo “Immortal”
• ᴹQ. alistima “unknowable, secret”
• ᴹQ. alkárima “impossible to make”
• ᴹQ. Alkorin ✧ EtyAC/ALA (Alkorin); EtyAC/LA (Alkorin)
• ᴹQ. alómea “voiceless”
• ᴹQ. alqettima “unutterable”
• ᴹQ. altankanta- “to become unfixed”
• N. Alchorin “Not-of-Kôr” ✧ EtyAC/ALA (Alchoron)

Derivations

• < ᴹ√LA “no, not; to be not” ✧ EtyAC/ALA (ALA); EtyAC/LA (ALA)
• < ᴹ✶la- “no, not, negative prefix” ✧ PE19/56 (lă)
  • < ḷ < lă ✧ PE19/56
  • < ᴹ√LA “no, not; to be not” ✧ Ety/LA; Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA (LA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ALA > al(a)	[ala-]	✧ EtyAC/ALA
ᴹ√ALA > ala-	[ala-]	✧ EtyAC/LA
ᴹ✶lă > ḷ > al-	[ḷ-] > [al-]	✧ PE19/56