Eldamo : Early Quenya : loa

ᴱQ. loa n. “life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

⚠️ᴱQ. löa, n. “life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life): Q. löa “(seasonal) year, (lit.) (time of) growth, blooming”; Q. coivië “life, [ᴱQ.] liveliness; ⚠️awakening”

A noun for “life” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAWA, apparently an alternate name of ᴱQ. Vána (QL/52).

Reference ✧ QL/52 ✧ Loa “life”

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LAW̯A > Loa

[lawā] > [lawa] > [laua] > [loa]

✧ QL/52