ᴺQ. !veryalë n. “challenge, dare” (Category: to Dare)
A neologism for “challenge, dare” coined by Paul Strack specifically for Eldamo based on attested [ᴹQ.] verya- “to dare”. In a 2025-12-18 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Orondil instead suggested ᴺQ. vertalë “challenge, dare” base on hypothetical transitive ᴺQ. verta- “to dare”, but I see no reason to introduce a new verb form. Luinyelle instead suggested ᴺQ. orolahtalë “challenge” in the sense of a “difficult or terrifying task” in a 2026-03-31 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) based on oro “mountain” and lahta- “cross” so more literally “mountain-crossing”, but I think that derivation is too specialized for the more general meaning of a “challenge”.
Elements
| ᴹQ. verya- | “to dare” |
ᴺQ. !orolahtalë n. “challenge, difficult or terrifying task, (lit.) mountain-crossing” (Category: to Dare)
Elements
| Q. oro | “mount, mountain, hill” |
| Q. lahta- | “to cross, pass over, go over; to surpass, excel” |