Eldamo : Quenya : löa

Q. löa n. “(seasonal) year, (lit.) (time of) growth, blooming” (Category: Year)

Q. löa, n. “(seasonal) year, (lit.) (time of) growth, blooming” (Category: Year): ᴱQ. ‽latta “year”; ᴱQ. lúmen “year, period”

References ✧ LotR/1107, 1112; MR/426, 471; NM/6, 10, 84; PE17/120, 159; PE22/168; PM/126; UT/327; UTI/loa, tuilë, yestarë; VT42/10

Glosses

Variations

coranar “(solar) year, (lit.) sun-round” versus löa “(seasonal) year, (lit.) (time of) growth, blooming”
yén “Elvish long year (144 solar years)” versus löa “(seasonal) year, (lit.) (time of) growth, blooming”

Inflections

loär	plural	“sun-years”	✧ NM/84
löar	plural		✧ MR/426; MR/471; NM/6

Element In

ᴺQ. !illöa(va) “annual, yearly, per annum (year as item)”
ᴺQ. !löacasta “season, (lit.) year-quarter”
ᴺQ. !löasta “season, (lit.) year-part”
ᴺQ. !qualöa(va) “annual, yearly, perennial (year as whole)”
Q. loëndë “mid-year (Númenórean calendar), *(lit.) year-middle”
Q. umbë nin i hríve nauva urra (si loa) “I have a feeling that winter will be bad (this year)” ✧ PE22/168

Cognates

Derivations

< ✶lawā “growing, blooming” ✧ PE17/159; VT42/10 (lawa)
- < √LAW “flourish (green), grow” ✧ PE17/159

Phonetic Developments

✶lawā > löa	[lawā] > [loa]	✧ PE17/159
✶lawa > loa	[lawa] > [loa]	✧ VT42/10

ᴱQ. loa n. “life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

A noun for “life” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAWA, apparently an alternate name of ᴱQ. Vána (QL/52).

Reference ✧ QL/52 ✧ Loa “life”

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LAW̯A > Loa

[lawā] > [lawa] > [laua] > [loa]

✧ QL/52