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==Quenya==
==Quenya==


'''''aikasse''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "mountain-peak".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 349</ref>
'''''aikasse''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "mountain peak".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 349</ref>


[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger|Helge Fauskanger]] has suggested that the form ''aicassë'' (retaining its meaning, and perhaps also include the meaning of Qenya ''aikasse'', see below) could be valid [[Neo-Quenya]].<ref>[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 16 June 2011)</ref>
[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger|Helge Fauskanger]] has suggested that the form ''aicassë'' (retaining its meaning, and perhaps also include the meaning of Qenya ''aikasse'', see below) could be valid [[Neo-Quenya]].<ref>[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 16 June 2011)</ref>

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Quenya

aikasse is a Quenya word meaning "mountain peak".[1]

Helge Fauskanger has suggested that the form aicassë (retaining its meaning, and perhaps also include the meaning of Qenya aikasse, see below) could be valid Neo-Quenya.[2]

Etymology

Cognates

  • Noldorin oegas ("mountain peak")
  • Quenya aikale ("peak")

Qenya

aikasse is a Qenya word meaning "pinetree".[3][note 1]

Cognates

Notes

  1. The editor's note for aigos in Parma Eldalamberon XI (third impression May 2004) says that aikasse is the "Quenya form". However, all other entries refer to Qenya.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 349
  2. Helge Kåre Fauskanger, "Quettaparma Quenyallo" at Ardalambion (accessed 16 June 2011)
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 17