Q. lye pron. “you (polite)” (Category: Pronoun)

Q. lye, pron. “you (polite)” (Category: Pronoun)

References ✧ Minor-Doc/1963-12-18; PE17/26, 74; PE19/80; VT43/30; VT49/41, 51, 56

Glosses

• “(to) thee/you” ✧ PE17/26 (†le)
• “S[ingular] 2b” ✧ VT49/51 (lyé)
• “thee” ✧ Minor-Doc/1963-12-18
• “you” ✧ VT43/30 (†le)
• “you (sg.)” ✧ PE19/80

Variations

• lye ✧ Minor-Doc/1963-12-18; PE19/80; VT49/51
• †le ✧ PE17/26; PE17/74; VT43/30; VT49/56 (le)
• lyé ✧ VT49/51

Changes

• le >> lyé “S[ingular] 2b” ✧ VT49/56

Inflections

lyenna	allative	“*upon you”	✧ VT49/41
let	dual	“Dual 2”	✧ VT49/51

Element In

• ᴺQ. !lyenya “yours (polite)”
• ᴺQ. !lyéta- “to address somebody formally using lye”
• Q. i Héru aselyë “the Lord is with thee” ✧ VT43/26
• Q. imlë “yourself (polite)”
• Q. nai elen siluva lyenna “*may a star shine upon you” ✧ VT49/40
• Q. nai lye hiruva airëa Amanar “may thee find a blessed Amanar [Yule]” ✧ Minor-Doc/1963-12-18

Cognates

• S. le “thee, you (polite)” ✧ PE17/26

Derivations

• < ✶le “you (sg.)” ✧ PE19/80; VT49/50 (le/de)

Phonetic Developments

✶le > lye	[lje]	✧ PE19/80
✶le/de > lyé	[lje]	✧ VT49/51