Eldamo : Quenya : -inqua

Q. -inqua suf. “-ful, complete” (Category: Full)

Q. -inqua, suf. “-ful, complete” (Category: Full)

An adjective suffix for “-full” mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar (Q&E) essay form 1959-60 (WJ/412 note #21) and appearing in words like alcarinqua “glorious” = “*glory-full”. Tolkien indicated it had a variant -unqua where “forms using u were mainly applied to things heavy, clumsy, ugly or bad” (WJ/415 note #31).

Reference ✧ WJ/412

Element In

ᴺQ. !árinqua “sunny, (lit.) sunlight-full”
ᴺQ. !coivenqua “lively, vibrant, vivacious, (lit.) full of life”
ᴺQ. !felminqua “passionate, full of feeling”
ᴺQ. !limpunqua “drunken”
ᴺQ. !nirmunqua “willful”
ᴺQ. !sérinqua “peaceful, full of peace”
ᴺQ. !úcarunqua “sinful”
ᴺQ. !yávinqua “fruitful”
Q. alcarin(qua) “glorious, brilliant” ✧ WJ/412 (alkarinqua)
Q. erinqua “single, alone”

Cognates

S. -eb “adjective suffix” ✧ WJ/412

Derivations

< ✶-ikwā “-ful, adjectival suffix” ✧ WJ/412
- < √KWA “complete, full, whole, all, every” ✧ WJ/412; WJ/415 (kwā)

Phonetic Developments

✶ikwā > -inqua

[-iŋkwā] > [-iŋkwa]

✧ WJ/412