Eldamo : Quenya : per-

Q. #per- pref. “half-” (Category: Half)

Q. #per-, pref. “half-, [ᴹQ.] semi-” (Category: Half)

A prefix for “half-” implied by names like Pereldar “Half-elven” (Let/386), clearly based on the root √PER of the same meaning (PE17/173). It may also mean “semi-” as in ᴹQ. Perómandar “semivocalic” (PE18/30).

Reference ✧ Let/386 ✧ #Per- “half-”

Element In

ᴺQ. !pellauca “lukewarm”
ᴺQ. !pellopë “donkey, ass”
ᴺQ. !percoron “hemisphere”
ᴺQ. !perhenta- “to skim, read absentmindedly”
ᴺQ. !perranga “cubit”
ᴺQ. !pertol “peninsula”
ᴺQ. !perwaima “skirt, (lit.) half-robe”
Q. Pereldar “Half-elven” ✧ Let/386
Q. peresta “one half”

Cognates

S. #per- “half”

Derivations

< √PER “half”

ᴹQ. #per- pref. “half-, semi-” (Category: Half)

See Q. #per- for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE18/30 ✧ “semi”

Element In

ᴹQ. Pereldar “Half-eldar”
ᴹQ. #perómanda “semivocalic, *semi-vowel” ✧ PE18/30 (Perómandar)

Derivations

< ᴹ√PER “divide in middle, halve”