Eldamo : Quenya : alalmë

Q. alalmë n. “inflorescence” (Category: Bloom)

⚠️Q. alalmë, n. “inflorescence” (Category: Bloom): Q. lós “inflorescence, mass of flowers”

A word appearing as {alalbe >>} alalme “inflorescence” in notes from around 1959, derived from √GAL² (PE17/153). Compare this to [ᴹQ./ᴱQ.] alalme “elm” from The Etymologies of the 1930s and the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (Ety/ÁLAM; QL/29); in the 1959 notes Tolkien decided “elm” was albe.

Neo-Quenya: In these 1959 notes, the root √GAL² had a connection to flowers seen nowhere else; see alma “flower” for discussion. As such, I think this “inflorescence” word was a transient idea, and I would use other words like lós and olos “inflorescence” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

References ✧ PE17/153

Glosses

“inflorescence” ✧ PE17/153; PE17/153 (alalbe)

Variations

alalme ✧ PE17/153
alalbe ✧ PE17/153

alma “flower”

Changes

alalbe >> alalme ✧ PE17/153

Derivations

< √GALAB “flower” ✧ PE17/153 (GAL-AB)
- < √GAL² “grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom” ✧ PE17/153
< √GAL² “grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom” ✧ PE17/153

Phonetic Developments

√GAL > alalme	[galalme] > [ɣalalme] > [alalme]	✧ PE17/153
√GAL-AB > alalbe	[galalbe] > [ɣalalbe] > [ɣalalβe] > [alalβe] ? [alalbe]	✧ PE17/153