Eldamo : Middle Quenya : lá¹

ᴹQ. lá¹ adv. “no, not” (Category: Negation)

References ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA; PE22/119-120, 122; PE23/74, 78, 99, 103-104, 107, 111

Glosses

“don’t” ✧ PE23/103 (la)
“is not” ✧ PE23/78 (la)
“no” ✧ EtyAC/LA (lá)
“no indeed” ✧ EtyAC/LA (lala)
“no, not” ✧ Ety/LA
“not” ✧ PE22/119 (la); PE22/120 (la); PE22/122 (la); PE23/74 (la); PE23/99 (la); PE23/104 (la); PE23/104 (la); PE23/107 (la)
“not (at all)” ✧ PE23/111

Variations

lá ✧ Ety/LA; PE23/111; EtyAC/LA (lá)
lala ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA (lala)
la ✧ PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/122; PE23/74; PE23/78; PE23/99; PE23/104; PE23/104; PE23/107; PE23/103 (la)

Element In

ᴹQ. laqe[t]- “[unglossed]”
ᴹQ. lau(me) “no, no indeed not, on the contrary” ✧ Ety/LA (laume)
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·túlie ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·utúliévane ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe ni káraza (nila) san ette kára(za) yú “if I were doing this now (I am not), he would be doing it too” ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. atwa e·karne atwa ela “either he did or he did not” ✧ PE23/107
ᴹQ. e·venya ther ar la valya venyate·ko “he heals these others but not can heal him(self)” ✧ PE23/74
ᴹQ. há la i ni·taltane “thát’s not what I meant (referring to something said)” ✧ PE23/78
ᴹQ. la há “(it is) not that!” ✧ PE23/78; PE23/104
ᴹQ. má le·qente? sa ela kenyuvas “[what did you say?] that he will not see it” ✧ PE23/104
ᴹQ. má suntete? há ela kambe mendelta “what was the matter with him? that he could not have his will (what he wanted) of course” ✧ PE23/104
ᴹQ. má sútale? ha nila kave kenyas “what is the matter with you? that I cannot see it” ✧ PE23/104
ᴹQ. nila ista má “I know not what” ✧ PE23/99
ᴹQ. ni·la nyára pa matie “I am not talking about eating” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. nila tyaze matie makse “I do not like eating meat” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. níla tyaze matite sí “I don’t like eating (to eat) it now” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. nila tyaze sine, ni tyaze thé “I don’t like this, I like the other” ✧ PE23/103

Derivations

< ᴹ√LA “no, not; to be not” ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA (LA); EtyAC/LA (LA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LA > lá

[lā]

✧ Ety/LA