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Q. #olva n. “plant, growing things with roots in the earth” (Category: Plant, Herb)

Q. #olva, n. “plant, growing things with roots in the earth” (Category: Plant, Herb)

A word for plants appearing only in its plural form olvar “plants” (S/45; NM/270). It may be related to the roots √OLOB “branch” and √OL “grow”, hence “growing thing” as opposed to a celva = “moving thing” (WJ/341). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think this word refers mainly to plants as a category of beings (as in the Plant Kingdom), as opposed to an individual plant which would laima.

References ✧ NM/270; S/45; SI/olvar; WJI/olvar

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Inflections

olvar plural “plants” ✧ NM/270
olvar plural   ✧ S/45
olvar plural “growing things with roots in the earth” ✧ SI/olvar
olvar plural “living things that grow in the earth” ✧ WJI/olvar

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