Eldamo : Quenya : ontavalië

Q. ontavalië n. “puberty, *(lit.) able to beget” (Category: Age)

Q. ontavalië, n. “puberty, *(lit.) able to beget” (Category: Age)

A term for “puberty” in notes from 1959 (NM/120-121), apparently a combination of onta- “beget” and a noun form of √BAL “having power”, so perhaps meaning “*able to beget”.

References ✧ NM/120-121

Glosses

“puberty” ✧ NM/120; NM/121

Elements

onta-	“to beget”
√BAL	“power; powerful, mighty; have power”