Eldamo : Middle Quenya : talat

ᴹQ. talat n. “sheet” (Category: Cloth)

ᴹQ. talat, n. “sheet” (Category: Cloth)

A word for “sheet” in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s of unclear derivation.

Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, ᴱQ. talat was “dry land” (PE16/139). The word talat also appeared (unglossed) in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the mid-to-late 1930s (PE22/20).

References ✧ PE21/33, 35; PE22/20

Glosses

“sheet” ✧ PE21/33; PE21/35

Variations

talat ✧ PE21/33; PE21/35; PE22/20

Inflections

[tal]atullo	ablative	✧ PE21/35
†talatyo	ablative; assimilated	✧ PE21/35
talata	accusative	✧ PE21/35
[tal]atunta	allative	✧ PE21/35
talatta	allative; assimilated	✧ PE21/35
talaten	dative	✧ PE21/35
talato	genitive	✧ PE21/35
[tal]atanen	instrumental	✧ PE21/35
†talanten	instrumental	✧ PE21/35
talatwen	instrumental	✧ PE21/35
[tal]atse	locative; assimilated	✧ PE21/35
talatesse	locative	✧ PE21/35
talat	nominative	✧ PE21/35
talatunt	nominative dual	✧ PE21/35
talatsin	nominative plural	✧ PE21/35
talatya	possessive	✧ PE21/35
[tal]atundon	similative	✧ PE21/35

Derivations

< ᴹ√TAL¹ “foot”

ᴱQ. talat n. “dry land” (Category: Earth, Land)

A noun for “dry land” appearing in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s, possibly a derivative of the root ᴱ√TALA “support” from the 1910s, as suggested by Wynne and Gilson (PE16/138). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think it is better to use the later term Q. nór.

Reference ✧ PE16/139 ✧ “dry land”

Derivations

< ᴱ√TALA? “support”