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Q. veryanwë n. “wedding” (Category: Wedding, Marriage)

Q. veryanwë, n. “wedding” (Category: Wedding, Marriage)

A word for “wedding” in notes from 1968, a combination of the root √BER “man/wife” and Q. yanwë “joining” (VT49/44-45).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this word was ᴱQ. vestale “wedding” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a noun form of vesta- “to wed” under the early root ᴱ√VEŘE [VEÐE] (QL/101). ᴹQ. vestale “wedding” reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, also related to vesta- “to wed”, but under the 1930s root ᴹ√BES (Ety/BES).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I prefer to retain the 1930s form of the root ᴹ√BES in order to keep attested Sindarin/Noldorin forms. However, veryanwe could still be derived form this root, from *bes+yanwē, since s > z > r before y. Thus veryanwë “wedding” is compatible with my preferred “marriage” root and I recommend its use. ᴹQ. vestale “wedding” might also remain valid as a variant.

References ✧ VT49/45

Glosses

Variations

Changes

Inflections

veryanwesto 2nd-dual-poss genitive “*of your wedding” ✧ VT49/45
veryanweldo 2nd-pl-poss genitive “*of your wedding” ✧ VT49/45

Elements

BER “to mate, be mated, joined in marriage” ✧ VT49/45
yanwë “joining” ✧ VT49/45

Element In


ᴹQ. vestale n. “wedding” (Category: Wedding, Marriage)

See Q. veryanwë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/BES, WED

Glosses

Elements

vesta-¹ “to wed” ✧ Ety/BES
-le “abstract noun”
ᴹ√BES “wed” ✧ Ety/WED

Cognates


ᴱQ. vestale n. “wedding” (Category: Wedding, Marriage)

See Q. veryanwë for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/101 ✧ “a wedding”

Elements

vesta- “to wed, marry, join others in marriage; (refl.) to get married” ✧ QL/101
#-le “abstract noun” ✧ QL/101 (#-le)

Cognates