Eldamo : Early Quenya : akaire

ᴱQ. akaire (akairi-) n. “‘living beside’, wedded life” (Category: Wedding, Marriage)

⚠️ᴱQ. acairë (acairi-), n. “‘living beside’, wedded life” (Category: Wedding, Marriage): ᴹQ. vesta¹ “matrimony, [ᴱQ.] state of marriage”

A noun for “wedded life” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, more literally “living beside”, based on the early root ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell” (QL/46).

References ✧ QL/46

Glosses

“‘living beside’, wedded life” ✧ QL/46

Variations

akaire ✧ QL/46

Inflections

akairi-

stem

✧ QL/46

Derivations

< ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell” ✧ QL/46

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√KAYA > akaire

[akajri] > [akajre] > [akaire]

✧ QL/46