Q. #il- pref. “every, *all” (Category: All, Every)
A prefixal form of √IL “all”, appearing as an element in words like ilquen “everybody” (WJ/372), illumë “always” (VT44/9), and ilaurëa “daily = (lit.) *of every day” (VT43/18).
Conceptual Development: In Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948, the prefix ᴹQ. il(u)- meant “all the, the whole, entire” (PE23/101), while ᴹQ. qa(qe)- meant “all, each, every”. However, in Tolkien’s later writings √KWA was glossed “whole, complete, all”, so it seems the meanings of the roots were reversed (VT47/7, 17).
Reference ✧ WJ/372 ✧ “every”
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ᴹQ. il(u)- pref. “all the, the whole, the entire; all, any” (Category: All, Every)
References ✧ PE23/101
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ᴹQ. qa(qe)- pref. “all, all the (with plurals), every; each, every” (Category: All, Every)
References ✧ PE23/101
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