ᴱQ. dienda n. “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday” (Category: Yesterday)
A word for “day before yesterday” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the noun ᴱQ. die “yesterday”, along a variant ᴱQ. yendiéra as a combination of ᴱQ. ’yenye(n) “yesterday” and adjective diéra “yesterday’s”, so more literally “yesterday’s yesterday” (QL/105). These words were based respectively on die-’yenda and dyen-diéra.
Reference ✧ QL/105 ✧ “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday”
Elements
| die | “yesterday” | ✧ QL/105 |
| yenda | “yesterday’s” | ✧ QL/105 (’yenda) |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√DYĒ > die-’yenda > dienda | [dʲejendā] > [dʲejenda] > [dʲeienda] > [dʲienda] > [dienda] | ✧ QL/105 |
ᴱQ. yendiéra n. “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday” (Category: Yesterday)
Reference ✧ QL/105 ✧ ’yendiéra “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday”
Elements
| yenye(n) | “yesterday” | ✧ QL/105 (’yenye(n)) |
| diéra | “yesterday’s; (mostly in sense) bygone, over, passed” | ✧ QL/105 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√DYĒ > dyen-diéra > ’yendiéra | [dʲendʲejērā] > [dʲendʲejēra] > [dʲendʲeiēra] > [dʲendʲiēra] > [dʲendiēra] > [jendiēra] | ✧ QL/105 |