Eldamo : Early Quenya : ya(n)

ᴱQ. ya(n) conj. “and” (Category: And)

⚠️ᴱQ. ya(n), conj. “and” (Category: And): Q. yo “both ... and”

The usual word for “and” in the 1910s was ᴱQ. ya(n) (PE15/69, VT40/8). It was derived from the early root ᴱ√YA (or possibly ᴱ√(D)YṆTṆ) in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/104-105). In his later writings, the usual word for “and” was Q. ar, but something like ya(n) survived in the “dual” conjunction yo “both ... and”.

References ✧ LFC/30; PE15/69; QL/43, 104; VT40/8

Glosses

“and” ✧ LFC/30 (ya); QL/104; PE15/69 (ya(n)); PE15/69 (ya)

Variations

ya(n) ✧ QL/104; PE15/69 (ya(n))
ya ✧ LFC/30; VT40/8; PE15/69 (ya)
yan ✧ QL/43; PE15/69 (yan)

Element In

ᴱQ. Eldar yan Indi “*Elves and Men” ✧ QL/43
ᴱQ. kuluvai ya karnevalinar “*of golden feathers and orange-red ones too” ✧ VT40/8
ᴱQ. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/30

Derivations

< ᴱ√YA¹ “*and” ✧ QL/104

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√YA > ya(n)

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✧ QL/104