Eldamo : Middle Quenya : erya

ᴹQ. erya adj. “single, sole” (Category: Alone, Only)

ᴹQ. erya, adj. “single, sole, [ᴱQ.] only” (Category: Alone, Only)

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “single, sole” under the root ᴹ√ERE “be alone, deprived” (Ety/ERE). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, ᴱQ. erya was glossed “only, single” as an adjectival form of ᴱQ. er “one (only, alone)” (PE14/82).

Reference ✧ Ety/ERE ✧ “single, sole”

Cognates

N. eriol “single, alone” ✧ Ety/ERE
S. air “lonely”

Derivations

< ᴹ√ER “one, only, be alone, deprived” ✧ Ety/ERE (ERE)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ERE > erya

[erja]

✧ Ety/ERE

ᴱQ. erya adj. “only, single” (Category: One)

See ᴹQ. erya for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE14/82 ✧ “only, single”

Elements

er¹	“one, only, alone, a single”	✧ PE14/82
#-ya	“adjective suffix”	✧ PE14/82 (#-ya)