ᴹQ. #lesta n. “measure” (Category: to Measure)
A word for “measure” in ᴹQ. Fíriel’s Song from the 1930s, appearing only in its instrumental form lestanen “in measure” (LR/72).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. talma “a weight, measure” under the early root ᴱ√TALA “support” (QL/88), a word also appearing in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “weight” (PME/88).
References ✧ LR/72
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Inflections
| lestanen | instrumental | “in measure” | ✧ LR/72; LR/72 |
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