Eldamo : Quenya : alda

Q. alda n. “tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

Q. alda, n. “tree, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] branch” (Category: Tree (generic))

References ✧ Let/426; LotR/377, 1113, 1123; MR/100; NM/352; PE17/25, 50, 63, 126, 135-136, 153; PE22/160; RC/385; RGEO/58, 65; SA/alda; UT/167; VT39/7

Glosses

“tree” ✧ Let/426; LotR/1113; LotR/1123; NM/352; PE17/25; PE17/50; PE17/63; PE17/126; PE17/135; PE17/153; PE22/160; RC/385; RGEO/65; SA/alda; VT39/7

Variations

alda ✧ Let/426; LotR/1113; LotR/1123; NM/352; PE17/25; PE17/50; PE17/63; PE17/126; PE17/135; PE17/153; PE17/153; PE22/160; RC/385; RGEO/65; SA/alda; VT39/7

alda “tree” vs. ornë “(tall) tree”

Inflections

Aldu	dual	“two trees”	✧ MR/100
aldalion	genitive partitive-plural		✧ PE17/63
aldaron	genitive plural	“of trees”	✧ LotR/377; PE17/136; RGEO/65
aldaron	genitive plural	“trees-of”	✧ RGEO/58
aldăron	genitive plural		✧ PE17/63
áldaròn	genitive plural	“of trees”	✧ RGEO/58
aldali	partitive-plural	“some/several/a number of trees”	✧ PE17/63
aldar	plural	“trees”	✧ UT/167

Element In

ᴺQ. aldeon “avenue (of trees)”
ᴺQ. !eccalda “cactus, (lit.) spine tree”
ᴺQ. !milpialda “olive tree”
ᴺQ. ^paltalda “palm tree”
ᴺQ. !relyávalda “fig-tree”
Q. Aldalómë “Tree-twilight” ✧ RC/385
Q. Aldamir “*Tree Jewel”
Q. Aldanil “Lover of Trees”
Q. aldarembina “tree-meshed” ✧ PE17/136
Q. Aldarion “*Son of Trees”
Q. Aldaron “Lord of Forests, (lit.) Of Trees” ✧ SA/alda
Q. Aldëa “*Tuesday, Tree-day (Númenórean)”
Q. aldinga “tree-top”
Q. Aldudénië “Lament for the Two Trees” ✧ MR/100; SA/alda (Aldudenië)
Q. Aldúya “*Tuesday, Day of the Two Trees”
Q. culumalda “laburnum, *(lit.) orange-tree”
Q. Malinalda “Tree of Gold” ✧ SA/alda
Q. yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron “long years numberless as the wings of trees” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
Q. Nísimaldar “Fragrant Trees” ✧ UT/167
Q. yéni únótimë ve aldaron rámar “long-years not-countable as trees’ wings” ✧ RGEO/58

Cognates

Nan. galad “tree” ✧ PE17/50
S. galadh “tree” ✧ Let/426; LotR/1113; NM/352 (galað); PE17/25; PE17/50; PE17/63; PE17/136; PE17/153 (galað); PE17/153 (galað); RGEO/65; SA/alda
T. galada “tree” ✧ NM/352

Derivations

< √GAL² “grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom” ✧ PE22/160
< ✶galadā “great plant, tree” ✧ Let/426; NM/352 (galada); PE17/25; PE17/50; PE17/63; PE17/135; PE17/153 (galadā́); PE17/153; VT39/7 (ʒalda)
- < ʒalðā < ʒalaðā < galadā ✧ PE17/135
- < √GAL² “grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom” ✧ Let/426; PE17/25 (GALA); PE17/135; PE17/153; PE17/153
- < ᴹ√GALAD “tree”
  - < ᴹ√GAL² “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA (GALA)

Phonetic Developments

✶galadā > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ Let/426
✶galada > alda	[galada] > [galda] > [ɣalda] > [alda]	✧ NM/352
✶galadā > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ PE17/25
✶galadā > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ PE17/50
✶galadā > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ PE17/63
✶galadā > ʒalaðā > ʒalðā > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [ɣalðā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ PE17/135
✶galadā́ > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ PE17/153
✶galadā > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ PE17/153
√GAL > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ PE22/160
AQ. ʒalda > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ VT39/7

ᴹQ. alda n. “tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

References ✧ Ety/GALAD; LR/41; PE22/21-22, 47, 51, 116, 124-125; SD/302; TMME/182

Glosses

“tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD; LR/41; PE22/21; PE22/22; PE22/51 (’alda); SD/302

Variations

alda ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD; LR/41; PE22/21; PE22/22; SD/302; TMME/182
’alda ✧ PE22/47; PE22/51

Inflections

aldar

plural

“trees”

✧ PE22/116; PE22/124; PE22/125

Element In

ᴹQ. Aldalemnar “Week of the Trees” ✧ Ety/GALAD
ᴹQ. aldar olar sana nóresse “trees grow in that land” ✧ PE22/116; PE22/116
ᴹQ. aldarwa “having trees, tree-grown”
ᴹQ. lavaralda “tree with long green leaves with golden undersides and pale flowers with a yellow flush”
ᴹQ. Malinalda
ᴹQ. Aldaron “Lord of Forests” ✧ Ety/GALAD
ᴹQ. i·aldar hinna ólar “the tree is still growing” ✧ PE22/116; PE22/116
ᴹQ. lilótime alda amaliondo aranyallesse túno “*[the] many-flowered tree of Amalion in the kingdom of Túna” ✧ TMME/182
ᴹQ. malka aldar ólar “*how much do trees grow” ✧ PE22/124
ᴹQ. malkar i·aldar i·ólar nóressella “how great are the trees that grow in your land?” ✧ PE22/124
ᴹQ. masse akime aldar “where are the trees (to be found)” ✧ PE22/125

Cognates

Ilk. gald “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD
N. galadh “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD; LR/41; PE22/47; SD/302 (galað)

Derivations

< ᴹ√GALAD “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD (GÁLAD); Ety/GALAD (GÁLAD)
- < ᴹ√GAL² “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA (GALA)
< ᴹ✶galadā “tree” ✧ SD/302
- < ᴹ√GALAD “tree”
  - < ᴹ√GAL² “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA (GALA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√GÁLAD > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ Ety/GALAD
ᴹ√GÁLAD > alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ Ety/GALAD
ᴹ✶galadā > Alda	[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]	✧ SD/302

ᴱQ. alda n. “tree, branch” (Category: Tree (generic))

References ✧ GL/19; LT1/85; LT1A/Aldaron; LT2A/Galdor; PE13/159; PE16/139; PME/29, 74; QL/29; VT40/8

Glosses

“branch” ✧ PE16/139
“tree” ✧ GL/19; LT1A/Aldaron; LT2A/Galdor; PME/29; QL/29

Variations

alda ✧ GL/19; LT1A/Aldaron; LT2A/Galdor; PE13/159; PE16/139; PME/29; QL/29; PME/74 (#alda)

Inflections

i aldas	definite plural	“the trees”	✧ LT1/85
aldar	plural		✧ VT40/8

Element In

ᴱQ. Aldar
ᴱQ. aldare “wood”
ᴱQ. aldea “tree-shadowed” ✧ LT1A/Aldaron; QL/29
ᴱQ. Aldaron “King of Forests” ✧ LT1A/Aldaron
ᴱQ. aldeon “avenue (of trees)” ✧ LT1A/Aldaron; QL/29
ᴱQ. paltyalda “palm tree” ✧ PME/74
ᴱQ. san sirilla ter i·aldar “*at that time following through the trees” ✧ VT40/8

Cognates

ᴱN. alt “bough, branch” ✧ PE13/159
G. †alwen “tree” ✧ LT2A/Galdor (†alwen)
G. âl “wood (material)” ✧ GL/19

Derivations

< ᴱ√ALA² “spread‽” ✧ LT1A/Aldaron; QL/29

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ALA² > alda

[aldā] > [alda]

✧ QL/29