ᴹQ. lilta- v. “to dance” (Category: to Dance)
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dance” derived from the root ᴹ√LILT of the same meaning (Ety/LILT).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lilt- “to dance” under the early root ᴱ√LḶTḶ (QL/55), where short syllabic [ḷ] became [il] (PE12/11). It reappeared in the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, where its past forms lalsie or †laltye indicate the development of long syllabic [ḹ] to [al] (PE14/58; PE15/71). After Tolkien decided that syllabic ḷ, ṇ, ṛ were not vowels in Primitive Elvish, he revised the root to ᴹ√LILT as noted above, so that the verb would probably have a more regular past like *liltane.
Reference ✧ Ety/LILT ✧ “dance”
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√LILT > lilta- | [lilta-] | ✧ Ety/LILT |
ᴱQ. lilt- v. “to dance” (Category: to Dance)
References ✧ PE14/58; PE15/71; QL/55
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| lalsie | past | ✧ PE14/58; PE15/71 | |
| laltye | past | ✧ PE14/58 | |
| †laltye | past | ✧ PE15/71 | |
| lilte | present | “dance” | ✧ PE14/58; PE15/71 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ✶lḷt > lalsie | [lḹtie] > [laltie] > [laltsie] > [lalsie] | ✧ PE14/58 |
| ᴱ✶lḷt > laltye | [lḹtje] > [laltje] | ✧ PE14/58 |
| ᴱ✶lḷt > lilte | [lḷt-] > [lilt-] | ✧ PE14/58 |
| ᴱ√LḶTḶ > lilt- | [lḷt-] > [lilt-] | ✧ QL/55 |