Eldamo : Quenya : yallë

Q. yallë conj. “as, like, [lit.] in the same way as” (Category: Relative Pronouns)

Q. yallë, conj. “as, like, [lit.] in the same way as” (Category: Relative Pronouns): ᴱQ. yallë “a hollow ring”

A word for “as, like” or more literally “in the same way as”, a combination of the relative pronoun ya and the suffix -llë related to lé “way, method, manner” (PE17/74).

Conceptual Development: Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 instead had ᴹQ. íl or ilde of similar meaning, but using the earlier suffix -l(de) (PE23/111).

References ✧ PE17/74

Glosses

“as, in the same way as” ✧ PE17/74
“as, like” ✧ PE17/74

Elements

ya	“which, that (relative pronoun)”
*-llë⁴	“like, in the same way/manner”	✧ PE17/74

Element In

Q. A carnë ta yallë B (carnë) “A did that as / like B (did)” ✧ PE17/74

ᴹQ. ilde conj. “*like that (relative)” (Category: Relative Pronouns)

See Q. yallë for discussion.

References ✧ PE23/111

Glosses

“*like that (relative)” ✧ PE23/111

Variations

ilde ✧ PE23/111
íl ✧ PE23/111

Elements

i²	“that, what (relative pronoun)”
-l(de)	“like, in the same way/manner”