Q. alqua n. “swan” (Category: Swan)
The Quenya noun for “swan” derived from primitive ✶alkwā (NM/378; PE18/100; UT/265; Ety/ÁLAK).
Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. alqa dates all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, where it was a derivative of the early root ᴱ√ḶKḶ (QL/30), though it had a variant form alqe in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/18). Other than this one exception, Tolkien stuck with alqua throughout his life. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, ᴹQ. alqa “swan” appeared under the root ᴹ√ALAK “rushing” (Ety/ÁLAK).
References ✧ NM/378; PE18/100; SA/alqua; UT/265; VT42/7
Glosses
Element In
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| ✶alkwā > alqua | [alkwā] > [alkwa] | ✧ NM/378 |
| ✶álkwā > alqua | [alkwā] > [alkwa] | ✧ PE18/100 |
| √alak- > alqua | [alakwā] > [alkwā] > [alkwa] | ✧ SA/alqua |
| ✶alkwa > alqua | [alkwa] | ✧ UT/265 |
| ✶alkwa > alqua | [alkwa] | ✧ VT42/7 |
ᴹQ. alqa n. “swan” (Category: Swan)
Reference ✧ Ety/ÁLAK ✧ “swan”
Element In
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| ᴹ✶alk-wā > alqa | [alkwā] > [alkwa] | ✧ Ety/ÁLAK |
ᴱQ. alqa n. “swan” (Category: Swan)
References ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Alqaluntë; LT2A/Alqarámë; PE13/136, 159; QL/30
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Element In
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| ᴱ√(I)ḶKḶ > Alqa | [ḹkʷa] > [alkʷa] | ✧ QL/30 |