Pereldar

half-elven

Pereldar pl. noun "Half-elven" (= Sindarin Peredhil) (Letters:282), in the Etymologies used of the Danas or Nandor (PER). Sg. #Perelda.

lemen

cardinal. five

lemen, alternative cardinal "five" (VT48:6, 20); the word normally appears as lempë, but compare lemenya below.

lemen

cardinal. five

lemnë

cardinal. five

lempë

cardinal. five

lempë cardinal "five" (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK, GL:53, VT42:24, VT47:10, 24); lempëa ordinal "fifth", an analogical formation replacing older lemenya, in turn altered from the historically "correct" form lepenya because of analogy with the cardinal lempë "five" (VT42:25; Vanyarin Quenya maintained lepenya, VT42:26)

lempë

cardinal. five

The Quenya word for “five” derived from the root √LEPEN via the Quenya syncope and metathesis: ✶lepene > lepne > lenpe > lempe (PE17/95; VT42/24; VT47/10; VT48/6; Ety/LEP).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lemin “five” under the early root ᴱ√LEH [LEǶE] “half”, and Q. lempe was “ten” in this 1910s document (QL/52). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, the word lempe was “five” (GL/53). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s (EQG), lemin “five” reappeared and ᴱQ. lempe was “half” (PE14/49, 82, 84). Beginning with The Etymologies of the 1930s the usual Quenya word for “five” was lempe (Ety/LEP), but occasional variants like lemne and lemen continued to appear (PE17/95; VT48/6).

linquë

grass, reed

linquë (2) noun *"grass, reed" (J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator p. 199, note 34)

per-

prefix. half-, half-, [ᴹQ.] semi-

A prefix for “half-” implied by names like Pereldar “Half-elven” (Let/386), clearly based on the root √PER of the same meaning (PE17/173). It may also mean “semi-” as in ᴹQ. Perómandar “semivocalic” (PE18/30).

pereldar

collective name. Half-elven

The Quenya term for those with mixed Mannish and Elvish blood such as Elrond and Elros (Let/386, PM/348), though in The Lord of the Rings itself, only its Sindarin equivalent Peredhil was used (LotR/1034). Pereldar is a compound of the prefix per- “half-” and the plural of Elda “Elf”.

Conceptual Development: The term ᴹQ. Pereldar appeared in The Etymologies, but there it was translated “Half-eldar” and referred to those Elves such as the Danians who turned back on the journey to Valinor (Ety/PER, LR/215). Pereldar was first applied to the Half-elves in the draft of The Lord of the Rings (RS/412). In later writings, the term for the Elves who did not go to Aman was Q. Úmanyar.

peresta

one half

peresta fraction "one half" (1/2), also perta (VT48:11)

peresta

fraction. one half

A word appearing as peresta or perta “half” in notes on numbers from the late 1960s, a combination of √PER “half” with the fractional suffix -sta.

Conceptual Development: Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s had ᴱQ. lempe “one half” with adjective forms ᴱQ. lempea, ᴱQ. lenya, or lemya “half” (PE14/50-51, 84). All of these words were related to 1920s ᴱQ. lemin “five”.

perta

one half

perta fraction "one half" (1/2), also peresta (VT48:11)

perta

fraction. one half

perya-

verb. divide in middle, halve

perya- vb. "divide in middle, halve" (PER)

salquë

grass

salquë ("q")noun "grass" (SALÁK-(WĒ) )

yul-

verb. to drink

A verb for “to drink” from the 1950s and 60s (PE17/63) based on the root √YUL of the same meaning (PE22/155; WJ/416).

permë

noun. half; side (of person or shape)

A neologism coined by Röandil posted on 2022-03-05 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) based on √PER “half”. It functions as a noun for a “half”, but can also be used to mean the “side” of a person or shape.

perwaima

noun. skirt, (lit.) half-robe

A neologism coined by Luinyelle on 2023-08-10, a combination of per- “horse” with [ᴱQ.] vaima “robe”.