Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : khā

ᴹ√KHAY root. “far, distant, remote”

The earliest hints of this root are some words in the Gnomish Lexicon such as G. hai¹ “there (by him)”, G. haig “way, road, path” and G. haitha- “hie, go, fare, walk” (GL/47), indicating the existence of an early root *ᴱ√HAYA. The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹ√KHAYA “far, distant, remote” with derivatives in Quenya and Noldorin of similar meaning such as ᴹQ. haira “remote, far” and (unglossed) N. hae (Ety/KHAYA; EtyAC/KHAYA). Tolkien’s continued use of words like S. hae “far, very far away” and S. haered “remote(ness)” in later writings indicates its continued validity (LotR/238; PE17/25). In a list of monoconsonantal roots from the late 1960s Tolkien gave ✶khā “far”, perhaps a more rudimentary form of this root, but the list where it appeared was struck through (VT47/35).

References ✧ Ety/KHAYA; EtyAC/KHAYA

Glosses

“far, distant, remote” ✧ Ety/KHAYA (KHAYA)

Variations

KHAYA ✧ Ety/KHAYA

Changes

KHAYA “far, distant” »» KHAYA “far, distant, remote” ✧ EtyAC/KHAYA

Derivatives

> ᴹQ. haira “remote, far” ✧ Ety/KHAYA
- ⇒ ᴹQ. avahaira “*far beyond, very remote” ✧ Ety/KHAYA
- ⇒ ᴹQ. ekkaira “?out-far” ✧ Ety/KHAYA
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !hairië “distance, (lit.) farness”
> ᴹQ. haiya “far off, far away” ✧ Ety/KHAYA
- ⇒ ᴹQ. vahai(y)a “far away” ✧ EtyAC/KHAYA; SD/247
> N. hae “*far” ✧ EtyAC/KHAYA
- ⇒ N. gwahae “*far away” ✧ EtyAC/KHAYA
> ᴺQ. !hailë “removal, distancing”
> ᴺQ. !haita- “to remove, (lit.) make distant”
> ᴺQ. !hayassë “distance”
> ᴺS. !haeda- “to remove, (lit.) make distant”
> ᴺS. !haena- “to leave, depart, (lit.) be(come) distant”
⇒ Q. haila “far beyond”
⇒ Q. Haimenar “*Far-farer”
> S. hae “far, very far away”
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^gwachae “far away”
- ⇒ S. #gwahae “*far away”
  - ⇒ S. Gwahaedir “?Far Watcher” ✧ PM/186
    - ⇒ S. Emyn Gwahaedir “*Hills of the Palantír” ✧ PM/186; PMI/Gwahaedir
- ⇒ S. Haerast “Far Shore” ✧ PE17/27
> S. haer “remote”
- ⇒ S. haered “remoteness, (remote) distance” ✧ PE17/25
- ⇒ S. Haeren “?Remote Lands”
- ⇒ S. haeron “*distant”
  - ⇒ S. Dor Haeron ✧ PM/273

?ᴱ√HAYA root. “go, fare”

See ᴹ√KHAY for discussion.

Derivatives

> G. hai¹ “there (by him)”
- ⇒ G. hant¹ “thither” ✧ GL/48
> G. hai³ “go!, hence, begone, away”
- ⇒ G. haiva “hence!, begone, be off; (as av.) away, hence, off” ✧ GL/47
> G. haig “way, road, path”
> G. haitha- “to hie, go, fare, walk”
- ⇒ G. haithin “gone, departed, lost” ✧ GL/47; LT2A/Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva
  - ⇒ G. Bara Dhair Haithin “Cottage of the Lost Play” ✧ LT2A/Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva