Eldamo : Quenya : -on²

Q. #-on² suf. “augmentative, great” (Category: Comparative, Intensive)

Q. #-on², suf. “augmentative, great” (Category: Comparative, Intensive)

An augmentative suffix -on appears as an element in a few Quenya words like ëaron “ocean [great sea]” (PE17/27) and [ᴹQ.] andon “great gate” (Ety/AD). This augmentative suffix -on is better represented in Sindarin. Given the plural form andondi of andon, the stem of this augmentative suffix may be ond-. Compare also primitive “augmentative or male suffixes” -ŏn or -ŏndo (PE17/43).

References ✧ PE17/27

Glosses

“augmentative” ✧ PE17/27 (#-on); PE17/27 (#-on)

Element In

ᴺQ. !puston “paragraph, section [of text], (lit.) great stop”
ᴺQ. !putton “paragraph (marker), section (of text), (lit.) great stop”
ᴺQ. !yulmon “chalice”
Q. †airon “ocean” ✧ PE17/27
Q. ëaren “ocean, great sea” ✧ PE17/27 (eäron)

Cognates

S. -on² “augmentative suffix”

Derivations

< ✶-on(do) “augmentative or masculine suffix”

ᴹQ. #-on² suf. “great” (Category: Comparative, Intensive)

See Q. #-on² for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/AD ✧ #-on “great”

Element In

ᴹQ. andon “great gate” ✧ Ety/AD