ᴹQ. alwa adj. “well-grown” (Category: to Grow)
An adjective for “well-grown” appearing in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s (PE22/23). The word alwa also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√GAL(AS), but was struck through (EtyAC/GAL(AS)). The rejected form in The Etymologies it was glossed “healthy, strong, flourishing, [?]well-grown”, with the last gloss “well-grown” being unclear.
References ✧ EtyAC/GAL(AS); PE22/11, 23
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| ᴹ√GAL > alwa | [galwa] > [ɣalwa] > [alwa] | ✧ EtyAC/GAL(AS) |
ᴱQ. alva adj. “?lofty” (Category: High)
A word mentioned in The Qenya Phonology of the 1910s as derived from ᴱ✶alwa (PE12/24). That primitive form also appeared in Gnomish Lexicon Slips from this same period as the basis for G. alw(eg) “lofty” (PE13/109), so perhaps the Qenya word had a similar meaning.
Reference ✧ PE12/24
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