Eldamo : Quenya : lá¹

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

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

References ✧ PE22/153-154, 158, 160-162, 166; PE23/134; VT42/33; VT49/13, 18

Glosses

“don’t” ✧ PE22/158
“no, not” ✧ PE22/160; VT42/33; VT49/13 (lā)
“no, not (it isn’t, it doesn’t, not it)” ✧ PE22/153 (lā)
“not” ✧ PE22/154 (la); PE22/154; PE22/166; PE23/134; VT42/33

Variations

lá ✧ PE22/154; PE22/158; PE22/160; PE22/161; PE22/166; PE22/166; PE23/134; VT42/33; VT42/33
lā ✧ PE22/153; VT49/13
la ✧ PE22/154; PE22/160; PE22/162; VT42/33; VT49/18; PE22/158 (la)

ui “no, it is n[ot]”

Inflections

lanye	1st-sg	“I don’t, not I”	✧ PE22/153
lánye	aorist 1st-sg	“I don’t”	✧ PE22/166

Element In

ᴺQ. !yola “neither, nor”
ᴺQ. !yúla “neither, nor”
Q. ála “do not”
Q. láquet- “to deny (fact or accusation); (lit.) to say ‘it is not’”
Q. alasaila ná lá carë tai mo nave mára “it is unwise not to do what one judges good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
Q. arcas i arano, lá i tário “the king’s crown, not the queen’s” ✧ PE23/134
Q. arcas i arano lá macil “‘the king’s crown, not sword” ✧ PE23/134
Q. itas la tuluvanyë “in that case I shan’t come (something will prevent me)” ✧ PE22/162
Q. lá asanyë “I don’t wish to, I don’t agree” ✧ PE22/166
Q. lá carita i hamil mára alasaila ná “not to do (in this case) what you judge good (would be) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
Q. lá caritas alasaila cé nauva “not doing this may be/prove unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
Q. lá caritas, navin, alasaila ná “not doing this would be (I think) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
Q. la navin caritalyas mára “I do not advise you to do so, (lit.) I don’t judge your doing (it) good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
Q. lasir “rather the reverse” ✧ VT49/18
Q. quistanyes: lá istan “I suppose so, I don’t know” ✧ PE22/158
Q. quí(ta) la tuldes, nánë márië (nin) “[if he had not come], it was well to me (I was glad)” ✧ PE22/158

Derivations

< √LA “no, not; negative; not to be” ✧ PE22/153 (ALA); VT42/33 (ala); VT42/33 (ala)

Phonetic Developments

√ALA > lā	[lā]	✧ PE22/153
√ala > la	[lā]	✧ VT42/33

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