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ᴱQ. yaksi n. “cow” (Category: Cow)

⚠️ᴱQ. yaxi, n. “cow” (Category: Cow)
ᴺQ. yaxë “cow”

The noun ᴱQ. yaksi “cow” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√Ẏak “a head of cattle” (QL/105). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon also had ᴱQ. yaksi, but this form was deleted and ᴱQ. yakse was given as the cognate of G. gach “milch cow” (GL/36).

Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, the word for “cow” was ᴱQ. mui (PE16/132), likely related to G. mûs “cow” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s which had a deleted variant {mui} (GL/58). This probable relationship was suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/132).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. yaxë from the Neo-Root ᴺ√GYAK; Helge Fauskanger used this word for “cow” in his Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT).

References ✧ GL/36; QL/105

Glosses

Variations

Changes

Elements

ᴱ√ẎAKA “a head of cattle” ✧ QL/105 (Ẏak)
#-si “feminine suffix” ✧ QL/105 (#-si)

Cognates