Q. et prep. “out (of)” (Category: Out, Outside)
The basic Quenya preposition for “out”, as seen in et Eärello Endorenna utúlien “Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come” (LotR/967). It is derived from the root √ET of the same meaning. In most of its appearances, the following noun also has the ablative case, and in The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien said “et with ablative = out of: Et elendellor” (EtyAC/ET).
It is less clear whether et can be used without the ablative, and what it means in such cases. We have only one example: et i péti, untranslated but probably meaning “*out of the lips” (VT47/35). This example seems to have the same meaning as et + ablative, meaning movement out of the mouth. But I think et without the ablative might also be used to indicate position as in et i coa “out of the house” = “outside the house (not leaving from it)”. It might even be possible to use the allative with et, such as et i ulonna “out into the rain”.
References ✧ LotR/967; PE17/103; VT43/36, 38; VT44/35; VT47/35
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| etemme | 1st-pl-exclusive-prep | ✧ VT43/36 |
| etengwe | 1st-pl-inclusive-prep | ✧ VT43/36 |
| etel(le) | 2nd-pl-prep | ✧ VT43/36 |
| etel(ye) | 2nd-sg-prep | ✧ VT43/36 |
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ᴹQ. et prep. “out of” (Category: Out, Outside)
References ✧ EtyAC/ET; SD/56
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