Quenya 

taurina

of wood

taurina adj. "of wood" (TÁWAR)

toina

adjective. wood, wood, *wooden, made of wood

A word glossed “wood” appearing in a list of “large & small” roots from around 1968 derived from primitive ✶tawĭnā (PE17/115) and hence probably an adjective “✱wooden, (made) of wood” as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/toina).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien instead had ᴹQ. taurina “of wood”, an adjectival form of ᴹQ. tavar “wood (material)” (Ety/TÁWAR). The word ᴹQ. toina appeared in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1940s, but was unglossed, so whether it meant “✱wooden” is unclear.


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

taurina

adjective. of wood

Gnomish

alcharn

adjective. of wood, wooden

âlog

adjective. of wood, wooden

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {aldin >>} âlog “of wood, wooden”, an adjectival form of {ald >>} G. âl “wood (material)” (GL/19). A variant form alcharn was written beside it in pencil, perhaps âl + carn “✱wood finished”.