Eldamo : Quenya : yo-

Q. #yo- pref. “together (of three or more things)” (Category: Together)

Q. #yo-, pref. “together (of three or more things)” (Category: Together)

A prefix appearing as an element in yomenië “meeting, gathering (of three or more coming from different directions)” in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 (WJ/407). It is clearly based on primitive ✶jō(m) “together” as the plural equivalent of ✶wō (WJ/361), and thus likely means “together (of three or more things)”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. so- “together, grouped” under the early root ᴱ√SŌ, a prefixal equivalent of ᴱQ. le “with (accompaniment)” (QL/85). Given the gloss “grouped”, I think so- also applied to multiple items grouped together.

Reference ✧ WJ/407

o- “together”
yó(m) “[together] with”

Element In

ᴺQ. !yocar- “to assemble, compose, construct”
ᴺQ. !yonávë “company, *companionship, camaraderie”
ᴺQ. !(y)otulma “coincidence, concurrence, simultaneity, synchronicity”
Q. yomenië “meeting, gathering” ✧ WJ/407

Derivations

< ✶yō(m) “together (plural)”

ᴱQ. so- pref. “grouped, together” (Category: Together)

See Q. #yo- for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/85 ✧ “grouped, together”

so- “grouped, together” with force of le- ✧ QL/85
ma- “together, in one”

Element In

ᴱQ. soraksa “shingle” ✧ QL/85
ᴱQ. soleste “collection” ✧ QL/85
ᴱQ. sorakte “beach” ✧ QL/85
ᴱQ. soresta “family” ✧ QL/85
ᴱQ. sovea “alike” ✧ QL/85

Derivations

< ᴱ√SŌ “*together” ✧ QL/85

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SŌ > so-

[so-]

✧ QL/85