Q. olos¹ (olós-) [þ] n. “inflorescence, mass of flowers (on one plant)” (Category: Bloom)
A word for “inflorescence, mass of flowers (on one plant)” in notes on flowers from the same bundle containing Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) written in 1959, with forms lōs and olos (olōs-) which were both based on √LOTH “flower”, the latter with the prefix o- “together” (PE17/160). There was also a form {lūsse, lōs >>} lōs in notes from around 1967, appearing near lótë “flower, a single blossom” and (deleted) {loste} “blossom (conglomeration of small flowers)” (PE17/26). The intended meaning of lōs in these 1967 notes isn’t clear other than that it was flower-related.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lokte (lokte-) “blossom, flowers in bunches or clusters” under the early root ᴱ√LOHO (QL/55). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “flower-cluster” (PME/55) and in the Gnomish Lexicon it was lokse “bunch, cluster” (GL/54).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would mainly used olos (olós-) for “inflorescence, mass of flowers”; compare olass(i)ë “foliage, collection of leaves”. I would use it for any mass of flowers, as opposed olótë “bloom, the flowers collectively of a single plant” from the late 1960s (VT42/18).
References ✧ PE17/160
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| olōs- | stem | ✧ PE17/160 |
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| o- | “together” |
| lós | “inflorescence, mass of flowers” |
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| ✶ñwa-lōth > olos | [ŋwalōtʰ] > [ŋwolōtʰ] > [ŋwolōθ] > [wolōθ] > [olōθ] > [oloθ] > [olos] | ✧ PE17/160 |
Q. lós [þ] n. “inflorescence, mass of flowers” (Category: Bloom)
References ✧ PE17/26, 160
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| lōs- | stem | ✧ PE17/160 |
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| √LOTH > lōs | [lōtʰ] > [lōθ] > [lōs] | ✧ PE17/26 |
| ✶loth > lós | [lōtʰ] > [lōθ] > [lōs] | ✧ PE17/160 |
ᴱQ. lokte (loksi-) n. “blossom (of flowers), (flower) cluster, bunch” (Category: Bloom)
References ✧ GL/54; LT1A/Lindelos; PME/55; QL/54-55
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| [loks]i- | stem | ✧ QL/55 |
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| ᴱ√LOHO > lokte | [loxti] > [loxte] > [lokte] | ✧ QL/55 |