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ᴺQ. !cemenquasië n. “earthquake” (Category: Earth, Land)

ᴺQ. !cemenquasië, n. “earthquake” (Category: Earth, Land)

A neologism for created by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a compound of cemen “earth” and quasië “shaking”. I prefer this over Helge Fauskanger’s neologism cempalië which he coined for the Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT), because Fauskanger’s used the 1920s verb ᴱQ. pal- for “to shake”, but I find this verb problematic because in later writings the meaning of the root √PAL changed to “wide (open)” (Ety/PAL; PE17/65; VT47/8). I think the 1910s verb ᴱQ. qasa- is a better choice for “shake”, as it does not conflict with later words.

Elements

Q. cemen “the earth; earth”
quas- “to shake, flap, nod, ⚠️rustle”

Cognates


ᴺQ. !cempalië n. “earthquake” (Category: Earth, Land)

See ᴺQ. !cemenquasië for discussion.

Elements

Q. cemen “the earth; earth”
ᴱQ. pal- “to shake”