Eldamo : Early Quenya : aksa¹

ᴱQ. aksa¹ n. “waterfall” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

⚠️ᴱQ. axa¹, n. “waterfall” (Category: Brook, Stream, River): ᴺQ. !lantasírë “waterfall, (lit.) falling river”

A word for “waterfall” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the root ᴱ√ASAKA (QL/29). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as a cognate of G. acha of the same meaning (GL/17).

References ✧ GL/17; LT1A/Asgon, Helkaraksë; QL/29

Glosses

“waterfall” ✧ LT1A/Asgon; LT1A/Helkaraksë; QL/29

Element In

ᴱQ. Aksan(da) ✧ LT1A/Asgon (Aksanda)
ᴱQ. Helkarakse “Icefang” ✧ LT1A/Helkaraksë

Cognates

G. acha “waterfall” ✧ GL/17; LT1A/Asgon

Derivations

< ᴱ√ASAKA “*waterfall” ✧ QL/29

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ASAKA > aksa

[asakā] > [asaka] > [aska] > [aksa]

✧ QL/29