Q. luinë (luini-) adj. “blue” (Category: Blue)

Q. luinë (luini-), adj. “blue” (Category: Blue)

ᴱQ. hyúnë “deep blue”

ᴱQ. nin “blue (colour), blueness, blue green”

ᴱQ. ninwa “blue”

References ✧ LotR/377; PE17/66, 71; RGEO/58; SA/luin; VT48/23-24, 28

Glosses

• “blue” ✧ PE17/66; PE17/71 (luini); SA/luin (luin); VT48/23; VT48/24; VT48/28

Variations

• luine ✧ PE17/66; VT48/23; VT48/24; VT48/28
• luini ✧ PE17/71
• luin ✧ SA/luin

Inflections

luini	plural	“blue”	✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
luini	plural		✧ PE17/66
luíni	plural	“blue”	✧ RGEO/58
luinĭ-	stem	“blue”	✧ PE17/66

Element In

• ᴺQ. !luicarnë “purple”
• ᴺQ. !luinion “lapis lazuli, (lit.) blue-rock”
• ᴺQ. !luinyellë “bluebell”
• Q. Andúnë pella Vardo nu luini tellumar “West beyond [the borders of] Varda’s under blue domes” ✧ RGEO/58
• Q. Andúnë pella Vardo tellumar nu luini “beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
• Q. Helluin “?Ice or Sky Blue” ✧ SA/luin
• Q. Luinil “*Blue Star” ✧ SA/luin
• Q. #luinincë “bluish”
• Q. menelluin “cornflower (colour), *(lit.) sky-blue”
• Q. sanomë tarnë Olórin, Aracorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta Gimli mi lossëa “There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white” ✧ PE17/71

Cognates

• S. luin “blue” ✧ SA/luin; VT48/23; VT48/28
• T. luinë “blue” ✧ VT48/28

Derivations

• < ✶luini “blue” ✧ VT48/24
  • < √LUY “blue” ✧ VT48/24
• < √LUY “blue” ✧ VT48/23

Phonetic Developments

√LUY > luine	[luini] > [luine]	✧ VT48/23
✶luini > luine	[luini] > [luine]	✧ VT48/24

ᴹQ. lúne (lúni-) adj. “blue” (Category: Blue)

References ✧ Ety/LUG²; EtyAC/LUG²

Glosses

• “blue” ✧ Ety/LUG²

Variations

• lúne ✧ Ety/LUG²
• lúna ✧ EtyAC/LUG²

Changes

• lúna >> lúne “blue” ✧ EtyAC/LUG²

Element In

• ᴹQ. Lunoronti “Blue Mountains” ✧ Ety/LUG² (Lúnoronti)

Cognates

• Dan. lygn “pale” ✧ Ety/LUG²
• Ilk. lûn “pale” ✧ Ety/LUG² (luin)
• N. lhûn “blue” ✧ Ety/LUG²

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶lugni “blue” ✧ Ety/LUG²; EtyAC/LUG² (lugnā)
  • < ᴹ√LUG² “*blue” ✧ Ety/LUG²

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶lugni > lúne

[lugni] > [lugne] > [luŋne] > [lūne]

✧ Ety/LUG²

ᴱQ. lúne (lúni-) adj. “blue, deep blue” (Category: Blue)

References ✧ LT1A/Nielluin; MC/213, 220; PE16/56-57, 60, 62, 72, 74-75, 77; PME/41; QL/57

Glosses

• “blue” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin; MC/220; PE16/62; PE16/75
• “blue, deep blue” ✧ QL/57 (lūne)

Variations

• lúnë ✧ LT1A/Nielluin; MC/213; MC/220; PE16/56; PE16/57; PE16/60; PE16/62; PE16/74; PE16/75
• luune ✧ PE16/72; PE16/77
• lūne ✧ PME/41; QL/57

Related

• hyúne “deep blue” = lūne ✧ PME/41

Inflections

lūni-

stem

✧ QL/57

Element In

• ᴱQ. laivarisse lúnelinqe talalínen tinwelindon? “*in the blue-flowing sea with sails like stars?” ✧ PE16/77
• ᴱQ. lúnelinqe “flowing; *blue-water” ✧ MC/213
• ᴱQ. lutsilya lúne veasse “*sailing on a blue sea” ✧ PE16/56; PE16/57; PE16/60
• ᴱQ. Nielluin “Bee of Azure, Blue Bee, Sirius” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin (Niellúnë)
• ᴱQ. veasse lúnelinqe “upon the blue streams of the sea” ✧ MC/220; PE16/62; PE16/72; PE16/74

Cognates

• G. luim “blue” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin