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Q. Cermië n. “July” (Category: Names of the Months)

Q. Cermië, n. “July” (Category: Names of the Months)

Name of the seventh month of the year in the Westron calendar (LotR/1110) corresponding to “July” (PM/134). Its meaning is unclear.

Conceptual Development: In drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices, this name was already ᴹQ. Kermie and it appeared with an alternate name ᴹQ. Nólairë “*After Summer” = ᴹQ. nó “after” + ᴹQ. laire “summer” (PM/134-135).

References ✧ LotR/1110; UTI

Glosses

“July” ✧ UTI/Cermië
“seventh month of the year” ✧ LotR/1110

ᴺQ. !cer- “reap”

Cognates

S. Cerveth “July” ✧ LotR/1110

ᴹQ. Kermie n. “July” (Category: Names of the Months)

See Q. Cermië for discussion.

Reference ✧ PM/134 ✧ Cermië “July”

Nólairë “July” alternative name of Cermië “July” ✧ PM/135

Cognates

N. Cerfeth “July” ✧ PM/135

ᴹQ. Nólaire n. “July, *After-summer” (Category: Names of the Months)

See Q. Cermië for discussion.

Reference ✧ PM/135 ✧ Nólairë “July”

Nólairë “July” alternative name of Cermië “July” ✧ PM/135

Elements

#nó¹	“yester-, *after”
laire¹	“summer”

Cognates

N. Cadloer “July, *After-summer” ✧ PM/136