Eldamo : Quenya : -a

Q. #-a suf. “adjectival suffix” (Category: Affix)

Q. #-a, suf. “adjectival suffix” (Category: Affix)

This suffix is frequently used to create the adjective form of a noun, especially in the form -ëa for nouns ending in -ë. This function dates back to CE. ✶-ā.

References ✧ LotR/1116; MC/223; PE16/96; PE17/115, 149; VT39/20

Element In

ᴺQ. ^aitalëa “reverent, worshipful, religious”
ᴺQ. aurëa “sunny, sunlit; *daytime”
ᴺQ. ^nornolassëa “having oak-leaves”
Q. Aldëa “*Tuesday, Tree-day (Númenórean)”
Q. andúna “western”
Q. #endëa “middle”
Q. fínëa “dexterous”
Q. ilaurëa “*daily”
Q. ilyarëa “*daily”
Q. laurëa “golden (of hue)”
Q. lillassëa “having many leaves”
Q. lilótëa “having many flowers”
Q. #lómëa “shadowed, gloomy”
Q. mírëa “jewelled”
Q. nöa “former; yesterday; tomorrow”
Q. núla¹ “dark, occult, mysterious”
Q. oialëa “eternal”
Q. rávëa “roaring”
Q. #taurëa “forested”
Q. úfanwëa “not veiled, unveiled”
Q. úpahtëa “speechless”
Q. vëa¹ “seeming, apparent”
Q. yaimëa “wailing”
Q. airëa “holy (applied to persons)” ✧ PE17/149
Q. †amaurëa “dawn, early day, morning” ✧ MC/223 (†amaurëa)
Q. eressëa “lonely” ✧ LotR/1116
Q. ilucara “omnificent” ✧ VT39/20 (ilukara)
Q. nieninquëa “like a snowdrop” ✧ PE16/96
Q. túrëa “mighty, masterful” ✧ PE17/115

Derivations

< ✶-ā “adjectival”

ᴱQ. #-a suf. “adjectival suffix” (Category: Affix)

References ✧ PE14/47, 51, 79; PE15/67, 73; PE16/100; QL/30, 33-35, 37, 39, 42-43, 47-49, 51-58, 60-61, 63-70, 72-83, 86-88, 90-92, 94-97, 99, 101-103, 105

Variations

#-a ✧ PE14/47; PE14/51; PE14/79; PE15/67; PE15/73; PE16/100; QL/30; QL/30; QL/33; QL/33; QL/34; QL/35; QL/37; QL/37; QL/39; QL/39; QL/42; QL/43; QL/47; QL/47; QL/48; QL/48; QL/48; QL/49; QL/49; QL/51; QL/51; QL/51; QL/52; QL/53; QL/53; QL/53; QL/53; QL/53; QL/54; QL/54; QL/54; QL/54; QL/54; QL/55; QL/55; QL/55; QL/56; QL/56; QL/56; QL/56; QL/56; QL/57; QL/57; QL/57; QL/57; QL/58; QL/60; QL/61; QL/61; QL/63; QL/63; QL/64; QL/64; QL/65; QL/66; QL/67; QL/68; QL/68; QL/68; QL/69; QL/69; QL/70; QL/72; QL/72; QL/73; QL/74; QL/74; QL/76; QL/76; QL/76; QL/77; QL/77; QL/77; QL/78; QL/78; QL/79; QL/80; QL/81; QL/81; QL/82; QL/83; QL/83; QL/86; QL/87; QL/88; QL/88; QL/90; QL/91; QL/91; QL/91; QL/91; QL/91; QL/92; QL/94; QL/95; QL/96; QL/96; QL/97; QL/99; QL/101; QL/101; QL/102; QL/103; QL/103; QL/105
#-ea ✧ QL/74; QL/75; QL/77; QL/77; QL/91; QL/92; QL/92; QL/92

Element In

ᴱQ. aldea “tree-shadowed”
ᴱQ. asampe(a) “cavernous”
ᴱQ. assea “bony”
ᴱQ. avíka “very much alike”
ᴱQ. eressea “lonely”
ᴱQ. kaurea “timid”
ᴱQ. lintuilindórea “of autumn; when many swallows congregate and sing at dawn”
ᴱQ. #lómea “*gloomy”
ᴱQ. Makarnea “Red-handed”
ᴱQ. wilwarinda “butterflylike”
ᴱQ. aistalea “worshipful” ✧ QL/34
ᴱQ. alasta “of marble, marble” ✧ QL/30
ᴱQ. atempa “(strong) dislike” ✧ QL/90
ᴱQ. auqa “awkward, clumsy (of things), difficult” ✧ QL/33
ᴱQ. aurea “sunny, sunlit” ✧ QL/33
ᴱQ. ekkia “thorny” ✧ QL/35
ᴱQ. fanórea “absent-minded” ✧ QL/37 (fanōrea)
ᴱQ. hatsea “rushing, rapid” ✧ QL/39
ᴱQ. helinillea “*violet [colour]” ✧ QL/39
ᴱQ. illia “in multitudes” ✧ QL/42
ᴱQ. isqalea “clever” ✧ QL/43
ᴱQ. kaimassea “confined to bed, a-bed, bedridden” ✧ PE14/79
ᴱQ. karneambara “*red-breasted” ✧ QL/48
ᴱQ. kiryassea “what is on board ship” ✧ PE14/47
ᴱQ. kityalea “ticklish, susceptible, sensitive” ✧ QL/47
ᴱQ. koirea “alive, lively” ✧ QL/48
ᴱQ. kómea “globe-shaped, round” ✧ QL/47 (kōmea)
ᴱQ. kotsia “nutty” ✧ QL/48
ᴱQ. kulmarinda “orange-coloured” ✧ QL/49
ᴱQ. kulurinda “orange-coloured” ✧ QL/49
ᴱQ. lassea “with leaves, leafy” ✧ QL/51
ᴱQ. latukenda “of tin” ✧ QL/51
ᴱQ. laumea “dark, stormy” ✧ QL/51
ᴱQ. laurea “golden” ✧ PE15/73
ᴱQ. lempea¹ “decimal” ✧ QL/52
ᴱQ. lempea² “half” ✧ PE14/51
ᴱQ. limpalassea “much roaring” ✧ QL/53 (limpa(pa)lasse(a))
ᴱQ. lindea “singing, like music, *musical” ✧ QL/54
ᴱQ. lindelea “melodious” ✧ QL/54
ᴱQ. lindórea “singing at dawn (esp. of birds)” ✧ QL/54 (lindōrea)
ᴱQ. líneneldora “having many beeches” ✧ QL/53 (līneneldora)
ᴱQ. linqea “watery” ✧ QL/54
ᴱQ. lintasarindea “having many willows” ✧ QL/53 (linta(ta)sarind(e)a)
ᴱQ. lintuilinda “many-swallows of autumn” ✧ QL/53
ᴱQ. lintyulussea “having many poplars” ✧ QL/53
ᴱQ. liqistea “transparent” ✧ QL/54
ᴱQ. listea “full of grace, blessed” ✧ QL/55
ᴱQ. loimea “thirsty” ✧ QL/56
ᴱQ. lómina “shadowy” ✧ QL/55 (lōmina)
ᴱQ. lótea “full of blossom” ✧ QL/56 (lōtea)
ᴱQ. lotórea “flourishing” ✧ QL/55 (lotōrea)
ᴱQ. luina “ago” ✧ QL/56
ᴱQ. lúlea “sapphirine” ✧ QL/57 (lūlea)
ᴱQ. lúmia “pertaining to time, temporal” ✧ QL/56 (lūmia)
ᴱQ. lúrea “overcast, dark [of weather]” ✧ QL/57 (lūrea)
ᴱQ. maksilistea “powerful, having possession of or authority over” ✧ QL/57
ᴱQ. málea “able” ✧ PE15/67
ᴱQ. malikondea “of amber” ✧ QL/58
ᴱQ. maqalea “handy, skilled (with hands)” ✧ QL/57
ᴱQ. melitsa “beloved, favourite” ✧ QL/60
ᴱQ. mírea “smiling” ✧ QL/61 (mīrea)
ᴱQ. mirmila “rippling” ✧ QL/61
ᴱQ. mulda “powdery” ✧ QL/63
ᴱQ. murmea “slumbrous” ✧ QL/63
ᴱQ. naikelea “agonizing” ✧ QL/65
ᴱQ. nardilea “perfumed” ✧ QL/68
ᴱQ. narka¹ “snappy, ill-tempered” ✧ QL/64
ᴱQ. násea “loathsome” ✧ QL/64 (nāsea)
ᴱQ. niqissea “snowy” ✧ QL/66
ᴱQ. nornea “of oak” ✧ QL/67
ᴱQ. númea “in the west, western” ✧ QL/68 (nūmea)
ᴱQ. nyenya “querulous, tearful, plaintive” ✧ QL/69
ᴱQ. olórea “dreamy, dreamlike” ✧ QL/69 (olōrea)
ᴱQ. órea “of the dawn, Eastern” ✧ QL/70 (ōrea)
ᴱQ. palassea “foaming (of the sea)” ✧ QL/72
ᴱQ. pampil(e)a “tremulous” ✧ QL/72 (pampila)
ᴱQ. pínea “small” ✧ QL/73 (pīnea)
ᴱQ. pirindea “cylindrical” ✧ QL/74
ᴱQ. pirúk(end)ea “pirouetting, whirling lightly” ✧ QL/74 (pirūkea)
ᴱQ. poldórea “muscular, powerful” ✧ QL/75 (poldōrea)
ᴱQ. pómea “northern” ✧ QL/74 (pōmea)
ᴱQ. qalmea “deathly” ✧ QL/76
ᴱQ. †qalúmea “deadly” ✧ QL/76 (†qalūmea)
ᴱQ. qámea “sick” ✧ QL/76 (qāmea)
ᴱQ. qentea “verbal” ✧ QL/77
ᴱQ. qilda “quiet, hushed, still” ✧ QL/78
ᴱQ. qilea “coloured, -hued” ✧ QL/77
ᴱQ. qim(en)ea “womanly, feminine” ✧ QL/77 (qimea)
ᴱQ. qínea “squeaking” ✧ QL/77 (qīnea)
ᴱQ. qinqelea “languorous” ✧ QL/77
ᴱQ. qirqirinda “murmuring” ✧ QL/78
ᴱQ. raustea “of prey” ✧ QL/79
ᴱQ. rua “steady, still, tranquil” ✧ QL/80
ᴱQ. saikelea “famished” ✧ QL/82
ᴱQ. salamba “twanging, throbbing, resounding, echoing” ✧ QL/81
ᴱQ. saminda “silken” ✧ QL/81
ᴱQ. siliq(in)a “flinty” ✧ QL/83 (siliqa)
ᴱQ. silmea “*of the moon” ✧ QL/56
ᴱQ. silqeléna “having tresses” ✧ QL/83 (silqelēna)
ᴱQ. silqelossea “with hair like white flowers” ✧ PE16/100
ᴱQ. sunqelea “westering, setting” ✧ QL/87
ᴱQ. susúlima “full of wind, windy, airy” ✧ QL/86 (susūlima)
ᴱQ. talanda “burdened, weighed down, sad” ✧ QL/88
ᴱQ. talqea “glassy” ✧ QL/88
ᴱQ. telella “elfin” ✧ QL/91
ᴱQ. telerea “elfin” ✧ QL/91
ᴱQ. telpea “silvern” ✧ QL/91
ᴱQ. telúmea “final, conclusive, end; last; extreme” ✧ QL/91 (telūmea)
ᴱQ. telusta “outer, extreme, ultimate” ✧ QL/91
ᴱQ. tendilea “feeling; sentimental” ✧ QL/91
ᴱQ. †tilwínea “shining” ✧ QL/92 (†tilwīnea)
ᴱQ. timpina “fine, powdered, sprayed” ✧ QL/92
ᴱQ. timpínea “made of spray, full of fine showers, showery (of weather)” ✧ QL/92 (timpīnea)
ᴱQ. tiqilindea “thawing, slushy” ✧ QL/92
ᴱQ. tólea “central, middle” ✧ QL/94 (tōlea)
ᴱQ. †túrea “mighty” ✧ QL/95 (†tūrea)
ᴱQ. turinda “royal, of the ruling dynasty; in power” ✧ QL/96
ᴱQ. turinqia “royal, Queenly” ✧ QL/96 (turinqia)
ᴱQ. ulwea “alder-grown” ✧ QL/97
ᴱQ. valdea “of moment, important” ✧ QL/102
ᴱQ. valkea “cutting, sharp” ✧ QL/101
ᴱQ. vanest(e)a “beauteous” ✧ QL/99
ᴱQ. vea¹ “similar, like” ✧ QL/101
ᴱQ. waliemba “tropical” ✧ QL/103 (’waliemba)
ᴱQ. werelinda “twirling, pirouetting” ✧ QL/103 (’werelinda)
ᴱQ. yarendila “like a sailor” ✧ QL/105