ᴹQ. qalme n. “(process of) death, (death) agony” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “agony, death” derived from the root ᴹ√KWAL “die (in pain)” (Ety/KWAL). In the contemporaneous version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ1) it was glossed “process of death, death agony” (PE18/58).
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s it was ᴱQ. {qalma >>} qalme “death” with archaic variant †qalume, both under the early root ᴱ√QALA “die” (QL/76). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was simply qalme “death” (PME/76), but in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s it was glossed “agony” (PE16/144).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use this word primarily for “death”, but only for painful or unwanted death as opposed to natural or peaceful death, which is fírië (MR/250). The word qualme is most specifically applied to the (painful) process of death, and by extrapolation to pain so great that one feels as if they are dying: nán qualmesse “I am in death agony (actual or figurative)”.
References ✧ Ety/KWAL; PE18/58
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Element In
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KWAL > qalme | [kwalme] | ✧ Ety/KWAL |
| ᴹ√KWAL > qalme | [kwalme] | ✧ PE18/58 |
ᴱQ. qalme n. “death, agony” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)
References ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári; PE16/144; PME/76; QL/76
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Element In
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| ᴱ√QALA > qalme | [kʷalmē] > [kʷalme] | ✧ QL/76 |