Select Elvish Words 3.81: Insect
Select Elvish Words 3.79: to Hunt
3.79 to Hunt
- ᴹQ. fafarra- vb. “*to keep on hunting”
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A frequentative form of ᴹQ. fara- appearing in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 (PE22/112), hences meaning something like “*to keep on hunting”. It replaced an archaic form †papharra-.
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Select Elvish Words 3.75: Deer, Elephant, Camel
3.75 Deer
- S. aras n. “deer, hart, *stag”
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A word in the name Cabed-en-Aras “Deer’s Leap” (S/224; UT/150). Its primitive form ✶aras(sō) was translated “hart” (PE21/82), so this word probably refers to a male deer.
3.77 Elephant
Select Elvish Words 3.72-3.74: Lion, Bear, Fox
3.72 Lion
- Q. rá (ráv-) n. “lion”
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An archaic word for “lion” mentioned in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, versus more common Q. rauro (PE19/99, 104).