Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : KWAM

ᴹ√KWAM root. “*sick”

ᴹ√KWAM root. “*sick”

A root connected to sickness, first appearing as ᴱ√QAMA from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. qáme “sickness, nausea”, ᴱQ. qama- “to be ill, vomit”, G. cwam “ill”, and G. côma “disease, illness” (QL/76; GL/26, 28). It reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√KWAM with derivatives ᴹQ. qáme, N. paw and Ilk. côm “sickness” (Ety/KWAM). It does not appear again in Tolkien’s later writing, but there is nothing contradicting its validity either.

Reference ✧ Ety/KWAM

Derivatives

> Ilk. côm “sickness” ✧ Ety/KWAM
> ᴹQ. qáme “sickness” ✧ Ety/KWAM
- ⇒ ᴺQ. quámëa “sick, *nauseous”
> N. paw “sickness” ✧ Ety/KWAM
> ᴺQ. quam- “to be ill, vomit”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !quamna “vomit”
> ᴺS. ^pavra- “to ail, be ill”

ᴱ√QAMA root. “*sick”

See ᴹ√KWAM for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/76

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶qāmē
- > G. côma “disease, illness” ✧ GL/26
  - ⇒ G. cômathol “diseased, ill” ✧ GL/26
> ᴱQ. qama- “to be ill, vomit” ✧ QL/76
> ᴱQ. qamba “unwell, sick” ✧ QL/76
> ᴱQ. qáme “sickness, nausea” ✧ QL/76
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Fenuqámen “*Poison of Sickness”
- ⇒ ᴱQ. qámea “sick” ✧ QL/76
> G. cwam “ill”
> G. cwanc “sickly, poorly, seedy”
- ⇒ G. cwancha- “to ail” ✧ GL/28
- ⇒ G. cwanchri “ailment” ✧ GL/28