Eldamo : Quenya : -lë

Q. -lë suf. “abstract noun, adverb” (Category: Noun Inflection)

Q. -lë, suf. “abstract noun, ⚠️adverb” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ PE17/58, 74; VT39/16

-ië¹ “abstract noun, adverb”
-le is a variant of the normal form -ië ✧ PE17/58

Changes

-le >> ve “adverbial suffix”; [Tolkien suggested this change because le is a pronominal agent, but the change was not applied in The Lord of the Rings] ✧ PE17/74

Element In

ᴺQ. ^aitalë “reverence, worship, religion”
Q. cendelë “face”
Q. findelë “tress, lock [of hair]”
Q. findilë “head of hair”
Q. #fintalë “trick”
Q. #hantalë “thanksgiving”
Q. #laitalë “praise”
Q. lambelë “phonetics” ✧ VT39/16
Q. lindalë “music”
Q. lumbulë “dark shadow, heavy shadow; deep in shadow”
Q. maitalë “act of doing [artistic] work”
Q. máralë “goodness” ✧ PE17/58
Q. nurtalë “hiding”
Q. oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity” ✧ PE17/59; PE17/74
Q. ontalë “descent”
Q. quellë “late autumn and early winter, (lit.) fading”
Q. quentalë “history, narration” ✧ VT39/16
Q. sillë “like this” ✧ PE17/74
Q. tallë “like that” ✧ PE17/74
Q. tengwelë “language (general term)” ✧ VT39/15 (teñgwele)
Q. tumbalë “depth, deep valley”
Q. vendelë “maidenhood”
Q. yallë “as, in the same way as, like” ✧ PE17/74

Derivations

< ✶-(a)lē “abstract noun, adverb” ✧ PE17/58 (-lē); VT39/16 (-lē)
< √LEÑ “*way, method, manner” ✧ PE17/74 (LEŊ)

Phonetic Developments

✶-lē > -le	[-lē] > [-le]	✧ PE17/58
√LEŊ > -le	[-leŋ] > [-leɣ] > [-le]	✧ PE17/74
✶-lē > -lë	[-lē] > [-le]	✧ VT39/16

ᴹQ. -le suf. “abstract noun” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ PE22/110

Glosses

“general action verbal suffix” ✧ PE22/110 (-lḗ)

Variations

-le ✧ PE22/110
-lḗ ✧ PE22/110

-rḗ “general action verbal suffix” was seldom dissimilated to -le ✧ PE22/110

Element In

ᴹQ. aikale “peak”
ᴹQ. ettele “outer lands, foreign parts”
ᴹQ. farale “hunting” ✧ PE22/110
ᴹQ. hortale “speeding, urging”
ᴹQ. intyale “imagination”
ᴹQ. lindale “music”
ᴹQ. lirule “merry song” ✧ PE22/110
ᴹQ. lúmeqentale “history”
ᴹQ. mankale “commerce”
ᴹQ. meryale “holiday”
ᴹQ. naikele “*anguish”
ᴹQ. nandele “harping, *repetition”
ᴹQ. ontale “descent”
ᴹQ. qelle “Autumn”
ᴹQ. qentale “account, history”
ᴹQ. tenkele “writing (system), spelling”
ᴹQ. vestale “wedding”

ᴱQ. #-le suf. “abstract noun” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ QL/29, 34, 36-37, 41-47, 54-55, 57, 61, 63, 65-66, 69-70, 72, 74-77, 79-80, 82-84, 87, 90-95, 99-101, 103

Element In

ᴱQ. maptale “seizure; robbery by violence; rape, ravishment, forcible seizure and carrying off”
ᴱQ. aiqale “a steep, steepness” ✧ QL/29
ᴱQ. aistale “worship” ✧ QL/34
ᴱQ. ettele “family, kindred (in the wide sense)” ✧ QL/36
ᴱQ. fatsale “(tasseled) fringe” ✧ QL/37
ᴱQ. imbile “swarm, flock” ✧ QL/41
ᴱQ. inqile “sameness” ✧ QL/42
ᴱQ. isqale “cleverness” ✧ QL/43
ᴱQ. kaitoile “rest” ✧ QL/46 (kaitȯile)
ᴱQ. kangale “web” ✧ QL/45
ᴱQ. kankale “laughter” ✧ QL/44
ᴱQ. kilinkele “jingling of (small) bells” ✧ QL/46
ᴱQ. kityale “tickling” ✧ QL/47
ᴱQ. lindele “music, song” ✧ QL/54
ᴱQ. lísele “sweetness” ✧ QL/55 (līsele)
ᴱQ. mantele “gauntlet” ✧ QL/57
ᴱQ. maqale “legerdemain, sleight” ✧ QL/57
ᴱQ. marmale “beach” ✧ QL/63
ᴱQ. miqele “kissing” ✧ QL/61
ᴱQ. naikele “anguish” ✧ QL/65
ᴱQ. nektele “honeycomb” ✧ QL/65
ᴱQ. nessele “pasture, mead; pasturage” ✧ QL/66
ᴱQ. nostale “species, kind; nature” ✧ QL/66
ᴱQ. nyenyele “lament, lamentation, weeping” ✧ QL/69
ᴱQ. ondole “stone monument; stone-cairn” ✧ QL/70
ᴱQ. pampile “trembling” ✧ QL/72
ᴱQ. píqele “bitterness” ✧ QL/74 (pīqele)
ᴱQ. pumpole “bubble; merboy” ✧ QL/75
ᴱQ. qampale “chaffering” ✧ QL/76
ᴱQ. qárele “watchfulness, anxiety” ✧ QL/76 (qārele)
ᴱQ. qentele “sentence; wording, expression, phrase” ✧ QL/77
ᴱQ. qinqele “languor” ✧ QL/77
ᴱQ. rendole “cousinship” ✧ QL/79
ᴱQ. ristale “sowing time” ✧ QL/80
ᴱQ. saikele “famine” ✧ QL/82
ᴱQ. sinqele “mine” ✧ QL/83
ᴱQ. siqile “sighing, lament” ✧ QL/84
ᴱQ. sunqele “sinking, falling, setting of heavenly bodies” ✧ QL/87
ᴱQ. tarkele “great system of roots” ✧ QL/94
ᴱQ. tektele “art of writing, script; writings, documents, papers, scriptures” ✧ QL/90
ᴱQ. tendile “feeling, sentiment” ✧ QL/91
ᴱQ. tengwele “sense” ✧ QL/91
ᴱQ. tintele “sparkling, twinkling (as of frosty stars)” ✧ QL/92
ᴱQ. tiqile “melting, thawing, thaw” ✧ QL/92
ᴱQ. tiutale “strengthening, reinforcement; confirmation; comfort, consolation, easement” ✧ QL/93
ᴱQ. tókele “handling” ✧ QL/94 (tōkele)
ᴱQ. torqele “tropic heat” ✧ QL/94
ᴱQ. tunqele “hearing” ✧ QL/93
ᴱQ. túpele “roofing, tiles, roof” ✧ QL/95 (tūpele)
ᴱQ. vainole “quiver” ✧ QL/100
ᴱQ. vaktele “trade” ✧ QL/99
ᴱQ. vestale “wedding” ✧ QL/101
ᴱQ. víkele “resemblance, comparison” ✧ QL/101 (vīkele)
ᴱQ. wendele “maidenhood” ✧ QL/103 (’wendele)