Eldamo : Quenya : hwal-

Q. #hwal- v. “to wash” (Category: to Wash)

Q. #hwal-, v. “to wash” (Category: to Wash): ᴱQ. allu- “to wash”; ᴱQ. lutto- “to swill, wash”

A verb for “wash” appearing in the phrase hwalilmien “we wash ourselves” from Eldarin Pronouns, Demonstratives, and Correlatives (EP1) from the early 1950s (PE23/126), based on the root √SWAL of the same meaning (PE23/122).

References ✧ PE23/126

ᴺQ. sov- “*to bathe” vs. #hwal- “to wash”

Inflections

hwalilmien

aorist 1st-pl-exclusive reflexive

“we wash ourselves”

✧ PE23/126

Cognates

ᴺS. !hwal- “to wash”

Derivations

< ✶swal- “to wash” ✧ PE23/126 (swali-l-mē-jē)
- < √SWAL “wash” ✧ PE23/122