Q. luntë n. “boat” (Category: Boat)
The Quenya word for “boat”, which was well-established. It first appeared as ᴱQ. lunte (lunti-) “ship” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s based the early root ᴱ√LUTU (QL/57). It was used for “boat” in the ᴱQ. Earendel poem from around 1930 (MC/216). ᴹQ. lunte “boat” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LUT “float, swim” (Ety/LUT). Q. lunte “boat” also appeared in the second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ2) from around 1950 (PE18/99).
Neo-Quenya: See the entry for cirya “ship” for a discussion of the possible semantic distinctions of Elvish words for water vessels.
Reference ✧ PE18/99 ✧ lunte “boat”
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ᴹQ. lunte n. “boat” (Category: Boat)
Reference ✧ Ety/LUT ✧ “boat”
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| ᴹ√LUT > lunte | [lunte] | ✧ Ety/LUT |
ᴱQ. lunte (lunti-) n. “ship, boat” (Category: Boat)
References ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë, Ilsaluntë; MC/216; PE15/77; PE16/100, 104, 147; PME/57; QL/57
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| lunti- | stem | ✧ QL/57 |
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| ᴱ√LUTU > lunte | [lunti] > [lunte] | ✧ QL/57 |