Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : lenca

ᴱQ. lenka adj. “slow, dull, stiff; left (hand)” (Category: Slow)

References ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/52-53

Glosses

“slow” ✧ LT2A/Glend
“slow, dull, stiff; left hand” ✧ QL/52 (‽lenka)
“slow; left” ✧ QL/53 (‽lenka)

‽lenka “slow; left” compare ‽lenka “slow, dull, stiff; left hand” ✧ QL/53

Element In

ᴱQ. malenka “left handed” ✧ QL/52

Derivations

< ‽ᴱ√LEKE “*slow; left” ✧ QL/52 (‽LEKE)
< ᴱ√LENE¹ “long” ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/53

Phonetic Developments

‽ᴱ√LEKE > ‽lenka	[leŋkā] > [leŋka]	✧ QL/52
ᴱ√LENE > ‽lenka	[lenkā] > [leŋkā] > [leŋka]	✧ QL/53

ᴺQ. !taira adj. “slow” (Category: Slow)

A neologism coined by Luinyelle posted on 2024-01-31 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an adjectival form of √TAY “stretch, extend”. This is an updated version of the early word ᴱQ. lenka “slow” from the 1910s, which was (partly) based on the 1910s root ᴱ√LENE¹ which had derivatives like ᴱQ. lenu- “to stretch”. I prefer to just retain [ᴺQ.] lenca for “slow” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Derivations

< √TAY “mark, line, limit; stretch, [ᴹ√] extend, make long(er)”