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'''''asëa''''' is a [[Quenya]] word which also constitutes the first element of the plant name ''[[asëa aranion]]''. The word means "beneficial, helpful, kindly"<ref>"so according to a [Tolkien's] late note"; [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo]</ref> | '''''asëa''''' is a [[Quenya]] word which also constitutes the first element of the plant name ''[[asëa aranion]]''. The word means "beneficial, helpful, kindly"<ref>"so according to a [Tolkien's] late note"; [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 08:42, 14 May 2011
asëa is a Quenya word which also constitutes the first element of the plant name asëa aranion. The word means "beneficial, helpful, kindly"[1]
Etymology
The word derives from *athea, stem as- and ending -ea; the PQ form was athajâ root ATH "ease, comfort, heal".[2]
Cognates
See also
References
- ↑ "so according to a [Tolkien's] late note"; Quettaparma Quenyallo
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson) pp. 49, 100, 148
