Eldamo : Quenya : ló

Q. ló prep. “(away) from; by agent [of]” (Category: From, Away)

Q. ló, prep. “(away) from; by agent [of]; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] ablative element” (Category: From, Away)

A rarely used prepositional equivalent of -llo (VT49/24; EtyAC/LŌ). In one note from 1969 Tolkien said “lō̆ as independent word was used only with person; thus not Manwello but lo Manwe, and usually in sense ‘by agent’ (VT49/24)”. As an example Tolkien gave the phrase nahtana lō Turin, apparently meaning “slain from [by agency of] Turin”. I interpret this to mean ló can only be used with animate beings, and no longer means “away from” by rather “by agency of”.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s lō was given as a derivative of the “ablative element” ᴹ√LŌ (EtyAC/LŌ).

References ✧ VT49/24

Glosses

“away from” ✧ VT49/24 (ollo)
“by agent [of]” ✧ VT49/24 (lō̆)
“from” ✧ VT49/24 (lo)

Variations

ollo ✧ VT49/24
lo ✧ VT49/24
lō̆ ✧ VT49/24

ló “(away) from; by agent [of]” is the prepositional form of the suffix -llo “(movement) from; ablative suffix”

Element In

Q. lomentie “?away-journey, departure”
Q. i hyarma tentanë Melcorello “the left hand pointed away from Melkor” ✧ VT49/6
Q. lo Manwë “*from (by agency of) Manwe” ✧ VT49/24
Q. nahtana ló Turin “*slain by Túrin” ✧ VT49/24

Derivations

< ✶lō¹ “ablative, from (a place within the world)”

ᴹQ. ló¹ prep. “ablative element” (Category: From, Away)

See Q. ló for discussion.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/LŌ ✧ lō “ablative element”

Derivations

< ᴹ√LŌ “ablative element” ✧ EtyAC/LŌ

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LŌ > lō

[lō]

✧ EtyAC/LŌ