Eldamo : Middle Quenya : toa

ᴹQ. toa adj. “of wool, woollen” (Category: Wool)

ᴹQ. töa, adj. “of wool, woollen” (Category: Wool)

An adjective in The Etymologies of the late 1930s glossed “of wool, woollen” and derived from the root ᴹ√TOW (Ety/TOW).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. oara “of wool”, an adjective form of ᴱQ. oa “wool” under the early root ᴱ√OWO (QL/71).

Reference ✧ Ety/TOW ✧ “of wool, woollen”

Q. töa “wood (as material)” is a homonym of toa “of wool, woollen”

Elements

tó	“wool”
#-a	“adjectival suffix”

Element In

ᴺQ. ^töallë “blanket”

Cognates

N. taw “of wool, woollen” ✧ Ety/TOW

Derivations

< ᴹ√TOW “*wool” ✧ Ety/TOW

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TOW > toa

[towa] > [toa]

✧ Ety/TOW

ᴱQ. oara adj. “of wool” (Category: Wool)

See ᴹQ. toa for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/71 ✧ “of wool”

Elements

oa	“wool”	✧ QL/71
#-ra	“adjectival suffix”	✧ QL/71 (#-ra)