Quenya 

morihasta

noun. soot, (lit.) black residue

A neologism for “soot” coined by Orondil posted on 2026-05-27 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of morë “black” and [ᴺQ.] hasta “residue”.

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morteccon

noun. graphite, (lit.) black writing rock

A neologism for “graphite” coined by Luinyelle in a 2022 Discord discussion of words for stones, a combination of morë “black”, [ᴹQ.] tek- “write” and ondo “stone”.

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tuxa

cardinal. hundred; gross, 144

Primitive elvish

tuksa

root. *hundred

Sindarin 

pruin

noun. charcoal


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!

Early Quenya

kekainen

cardinal. hundred (when not multiplied)

A variant word for “a hundred” from the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s appearing as keakai(li) [manuscript version] or kekainen [typescript version] as a combination of ᴱQ. kea “ten” and ᴱQ. kainen “hundred” (PE14/50, 83). It was used “when not multiplied”, so presumably as a stand-alone word as opposed to larger numbers like ᴱQ. yúyo tuksa “two hundred”.

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tuksa pínea

noun. hundred

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keakai(li)

cardinal. hundred (when not multiplied)

tuksa lempea

noun. hundred

Gnomish

pruin

noun. charcoal

A noun appearing as G. pruin “charcoal” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/64) probably related to the early root ᴱ√PUŘU “consume by fire” [PUÐU] (QL/75). Its gloss was deleted.

Neo-Sindarin: I think this word is worth salvaging in Neo-Sindarin, reconceived of as a derivative of an augmented variant of the later root √RUY “blaze (red)”.

Early Primitive Elvish

tuksa

root. *hundred

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant ᴱ√TUKU⁽²⁾ and derivatives like ᴱQ. tuksa “gross, 144” and ᴱQ. tuksa pínea or tuksa lempea “100”, the variation in meaning likely due to the use of the word in duodecimal vs. decimal counting (QL/95). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, ᴱQ. tuksa was used only with the sense “100” (PE14/49, 83). This is the last clear reference to an Elvish word for “100”, so I recommend keeping a Neo-Root ᴺ√TUKSA for this purposes, though Q. haranyë “century” (LotR/1108) hints that Tolkien may have used some of other construction for “100” in his later writings.

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tuksk-

cardinal. *hundred

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