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ᴺQ. !lortalë n. “swoon, faint, dizziness” (Category: to Sleep; Sleep)

ᴺQ. !lortalë, n. “swoon, faint, dizziness” (Category: to Sleep; Sleep)

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo to replace the Early Qenya noun ᴱQ. fansa “swoon” (QL/37). It is an abstract noun form of ᴺQ. lorta- “faint, swoon”.

Elements

!lorta- “to faint, swoon, become dazed”

ᴱQ. fansa n. “swoon” (Category: to Sleep; Sleep)

A word for “a swoon” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√FANA having to do with dream and visions (QL/37).

Reference ✧ QL/37 ✧ “a swoon”

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√FANA > fansa [ɸansā] > [ɸansa] > [fansa] ✧ QL/37