Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : telwa

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] telwa adj. and adv. “late, ⚠️last” (Category: Late (adv))

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] telwa, adj. and adv. “late, ⚠️last” (Category: Late (adv))

See ᴱQ. telwa for discussion.

Element In

ᴺQ. !antelwa “later, (lit.) very late”
ᴺQ. !telwina “later”

Derivations

< √TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”

ᴱQ. telwa adj. and adv. “last, late” (Category: Late (adv))

An adjective or adverb appearing as ᴱQ. telwa “last (late)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√TEL+U “to finish, end, close, complete” (QL/91).

Neo-Quenya: The root √TEL had basically the same meaning in Tolkien’s writings in the 1950s and 60s, so I would retained this adjective/adverb for purposes of Neo-Quenya. However, I would limit ᴺQ. telwa to its temporal sense “late”. For example, Helge Fauskanger used telwa only to mean “late” in his Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT). For “last” I would use other words, such as telda “last, final” from 1959-60.

References ✧ LT1A/Teleri; QL/91

Glosses

“last, late” ✧ LT1A/Teleri; QL/91

Derivations

< ᴱ√TEL+U “to finish, close, end, complete” ✧ LT1A/Teleri; QL/91

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TEL+U > telwa

[telwā] > [telwa]

✧ QL/91