Q. lasselanta n. “(late) autumn, (lit.) leaf-fall” (Category: Autumn)
The Quenya word for “the fall” as a time of year, a combination of lassë “leaf” and lanta “fall”, so more literally “leaf-fall” (LotR/1107). Strictly speaking, it is not the equivalent of yávië “autumn” [= “harvest”], but covers the period of late autumn through early winter, also known as quellë (LotR/1111).
Conceptual Development: The use of this word as a word for “Autumn” dates back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, where ᴱQ. lasselanta was glossed “the Fall, Autumn” (QL/51). ᴹQ. lasselanta “leaf-fall, Autumn” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the same derivation as given above (Ety/DAT; Ety/LAS¹). In drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices Tolkien briefly considered Lasselanta as an alternate name for October (PM/135), but elsewhere it consistently referred to autumn as a season.
References ✧ Let/382; LotR/1107, 1111; PM/376; RGEO/62
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| lassë | “leaf” | ✧ LotR/1107 |
| lanta | “fall; falling” | ✧ LotR/1107 |
ᴹQ. lasselanta n. “leaf-fall, autumn; October” (Category: Autumn)
References ✧ Ety/DAT, LAS¹; EtyAC/KWEL, LANTA; PM/135
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| lasse | “leaf” | ✧ Ety/LAS¹ | |
| lanta | “fall” | ✧ Ety/DAT | |
| lanta- | “to fall” | ✧ EtyAC/LANTA (lanta-) | |
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ᴱQ. lasselanta n. “the Fall, Autumn” (Category: Autumn)
References ✧ LT1A/Gar Lossion; PME/51, 72; QL/51, 72; VT40/8
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| lasse | “leaf; petal” | ✧ LT1A/Gar Lossion; QL/51 |
| lanta | “fall, falling; fallen, falling” | ✧ QL/51 |
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