Quenya 

-ssë

respective

-s (2) ending for the mysterious case sometimes called "respective", actually probably a shorter variant of the locative in -ssë. Pl. -is, dual -tes, partitive pl. -lis.

-ssë

at

-ssë (1) locative ending (compare the preposition se, "at", q.v.); in Lóriendessë, lúmessë, máriessë, yalúmessë (q.v. for reference); pl. -ssen in yassen, lúmissen, mahalmassen, símaryassen, tarmenissen, q.v. Pronouns take the simple ending -ssë, even if the pronoun is plural by its meaning (messë "on us", VT44:12). The part. pl. (-lissë or -lissen) and dual (-tsë) locative endings are known from the Plotz letter only.

-ssë

-ssë

-ssë (3) possible longer form of the 3rd person ending -s; see -s #1. Such an ending probably could not coexist with -ssë #2 above. In one source, Tolkien first queried, then deleted this ending (VT49:49).

-ssë

he loves himself

-ssë (2), 3rd person sg. reflexive ending, melissë "he loves himself", possibly also quernessë *"he turned (himself)" (VT49:20-21). Compare -ttë #2. The ending -ssë* seems prone to confusion with the locative ending; an alternative wording would be the analytical construction melis immo with a separate reflexive pronoun. Tolkien himself changed quernessë to quernes immo **(VT49:20-21).

-ssë

suffix. abstract noun

Cognates

  • S. -as “abstract noun”

Derivations

Element in

  • Q. alanessë “nicotiana, pipeweed, nicotiana, pipeweed, *tobacco”
  • Q. aranus(së) “kingship”
  • Q. carpassë “mouth-system; full organized language, including system, vocabulary, metre, etc.”
  • Q. celussë “freshnet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring”
  • Q. entulessë “return”
  • ᴺQ. failassë “justice, fair-mindedness”
  • Q. findessë “head of hair, person’s hair as a whole”
  • Q. incánussë “mind mastership”
  • ᴺQ. letinwessë “constellation”
  • Q. Lótessë “May, *(lit.) Flower-ness”
  • Q. nassë “nature, true-being, *essence; person, individual” ✧ VT49/30
  • ᴺQ. omolmessë “corporation”
  • ᴺQ. restassë “countryside, the country”
  • Q. táris(së) “queenship”
  • Q. tengwassë “alphabet”

Variations

  • -sse ✧ VT49/30 (-sse)

-ssë

suffix. locative ending

Cognates

Derivations

  • “at; locative, adessive, inessive” ✧ PE21/79

Elements

WordGloss
se“at, in”

Variations

  • -ssë ✧ PE17/062
  • -sse ✧ PE17/135
  • sse ✧ PE21/79
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-ssë

suffix. himself, *herself, itself

Derivations

  • -se-sē̆ “3rd sg reflexive” ✧ VT49/20
    • se “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun” ✧ VT49/20

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
-se-sē̆ > -sse[-sse]✧ VT49/20

Variations

  • -sse ✧ VT49/20

-së

suffix. he, she, it

-s(së)

suffix. he, she, it; him, her, it

Derivations

  • se “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun” ✧ VT49/50

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
se/te > -s[-se] > [-s]✧ VT49/50

Variations

  • -s ✧ PE17/075; PE17/075; PE17/110; PE17/190; VT49/16; VT49/48; VT49/51
  • -re ✧ PE17/075
  • se ✧ PE22/161
  • -sse ✧ VT49/28
  • -se ✧ VT49/51
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-tsë

-tsë

-tsë, dual locative ending (Plotz); see -ssë

essë

he

essë (2) pron? "he" (and also "she, it"?), possible emphatic 3rd sg. emphatic pronoun, attested in the sentence essë úpa nas "he is dumb" (PE17:126)

-s

suffix. he, she, it

se

he, she, it

se (1) pron. "he, she, it" also object "him, her, it", 3rd person sg. Used "of living things including plants" (VT49:37; the corresponding inaimate pronoun is sa). The pronoun comes directly from se as the original stem-form (VT49:50). Stressed form , VT49:51, attested in object position in melin sé "I love him" (VT49:21). Ósë "with him/her", VT43:29; see ó-. Long dative/allative sena "[to/for] him" or "at him", VT49:14, allative senna "to him/her" (VT49:45, 46). Compare the reflexive pronoun insë *"himself, herself".

se

at, in

se (2), also long , preposition "at, in" (VT43:30; compare the "locative prefix" se- possibly occurring in an early "Qenya" text, VT27:25)

-is

respective

-is ending for the plural form of an unidentified case, by some called "respective" or "short locative" (Plotz)

-më

suffix. abstract noun

Derivations

  • -(u)mē “denoting a (single) action”

Element in

  • Q. carmë “art; making, production; structure”
  • Q. indómë “settled character; will of Eru”
  • Q. Nénimë “February, *Wet-ness”
  • Q. normë “race, running, race (running)” ✧ PE17/169
  • ᴺQ. nyarmë “storytelling (general/abstract)”
  • Q. Súlimë “March, *Windy-one”
  • ᴺQ. tirmë “steadfast regard, stare, *gaze”

Variations

  • -me ✧ PE17/169 (-me)

-rë

suffix. abstract noun

Derivations

Element in

  • Q. fanyarë “the skies (not heaven or firmament), the upper airs and clouds” ✧ MC/223
  • Q. mittar(ë) “*entering”
  • ᴺQ. nónarë “generation”
  • Q. Ringarë “December, *Coldness”
  • Q. insangarë “*temptation”
  • Q. vinyarë “youth, youth, *young adulthood”

Variations

  • -re ✧ MC/223 (-re)

-ttë

they love themselves

-ttë (2), 3rd person pl. reflexive ending, as in melittë "they love themselves" (VT49:21). This ending can hardly coexist with #1 above; an alternative wording would be the analytical construction *meliltë intë. Compare -ssë #2.

insë

himself

insë "himself" and "herself", 3rd person sg. personal reflexive pronoun, apparently covering both genders, e.g. *tiris insë "(s)he watches him/herself" (but apparently the general reflexive pronoun immo may also be used, and it may even be preferable since the cluster ns seems unusual for Quenya). Compare insa, the corresponding impersonal form. Insë is derived from earlier imsë, a form that was possibly also used in Quenya (unless "imse" in Tolkien's manuscript is intended as an etymological form only, though it is not asterisked) (VT47:37)

-ro

he

-ro pronominal ending "he", in antaváro, q.v. In Tolkiens later Quenya, the ending -s covers both "he", "she" and "it".

Sindarin 

-as

suffix. abstract noun

Cognates

  • Q. -ssë “abstract noun”

Derivations

Element in

  • S. cannas “[abstract] shape”
  • S. certhas “runes-rows, runic alphabet” ✧ LotR/1123
  • ᴺS. cirias “fleet (of ships)”
  • ᴺS. dagras “slaughter”
  • S. fennas “great door, doorway, gateway”
  • S. galenas “pipeweed, nicotiana, *tobacco”
  • S. iavas “autumn, autumn, *harvest (time)”
  • S. ínias “annals”
  • S. innas “*will”
  • S. Lammas “Account of Tongues”
  • ᴺS. linnas “music”
  • S. lonnas “harbourage”
  • ᴺS. maeras “goodness”
  • S. rammas “great wall”
  • ᴺS. saelas “wisdom”
  • S. sennas “guesthouse” ✧ RC/523
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e

pronoun. he

The meaning "he" is deduced from the apparent function of this word in the so-called "King's Letter", but it also seems possible to interpret it as "indeed" (as in Q. e, LR/63, VT/45:11), used here in a way of formal address expressing the wishes or the will of the King

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e

pronoun. he

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. e “he, she, it”

Element in

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-il

suffix. feminine suffix

A fairly common feminine suffix appearing as -il in Sindarin, either formed on its own or as a variant of the feminine suffix -iel. This suffix was also common Noldorin words in The Etymologies of the 1930s, along with an alternate form -ril that seems to be a feminine agental suffix, the equivalent of masculine -(r)on, seen in pairs like N. melethril/melethron “lover” and N. odhril/odhron “parent” (Ety/MEL, ONO). The -il suffix and its -ril variant are seen all the way back in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s in pairs like G. gwadhril/gwadhron “inhabitant” (GL/47) and G. ainil/ainos “god”, female and male respectively (GL/18). So it seems this feminine suffix was well established in Tolkien’s mind.

Element in

  • S. brethil “princess, (lit.) queen-daughter”
  • S. híril “lady, lady; [G.] princess, †queen” ✧ SA/heru
  • ᴺS. regil “mare”
  • S. Thuringwethil “Woman of Secret Shadow”

-th

suffix. abstract noun

@@@ mostly seems to use base vowel between suffix and root

Derivations

Element in

  • ᴺS. aedaith “reverence, worship, religion”
  • S. cirith “cleft, ravine, defile, cleft, ravine, defile, [N.] pass”
  • ᴺS. dilith “friendship”
  • S. eneth “*name” ✧ VT44/24
  • S. faroth “*hunting”
  • S. firith “fading; [late] autumn” ✧ LotR/1107
  • S. girith “shuddering, shuddering; [N.] horror”
  • S. gweneth “maidenhood, maidenhood, [N.] virginity”
  • S. Gwirith “April, *Freshness”
  • S. henneth “window”
  • S. Ivanneth “September, *Yavanna-ness”
  • S. lalaith “laughter”
  • S. mereth “feast, feast, [N.] festival”
  • S. mirith “jewelry”
  • S. Neldoreth
  • S. peleth “waning, waning, *fading”
  • S. sirith “flowing”
  • S. tirith “watching, guarding, watch, ward, guard”
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na

preposition. at

prep. at (a point of time or place). Ai na vedui Dúnadan. Mae g'ovannen. 'Ah! At last, Dúnadan ! Well met !'.

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na

at

na (followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salos reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”

na

at

(followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salo’s reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”

e

he

1) e (SD:128-31), 2) ho, hon, hono. (The distinctions between these forms are unclear. Possibly ho is the nominative ”he”, whereas hon is the accusative ”him”. Hono could be an emphatic form. It may be that all of these pronouns, except e, are ”Noldorin” and were not maintained in Sindarin proper.)

e

he

(SD:128-31)

ho

he

hon, hono. *(The distinctions between these forms are unclear. Possibly ho is the nominative ”he”, whereas hon is the accusative ”him”. Hono could be an emphatic form. It may be that all of these pronouns, except e, are ”Noldorin” and were not maintained in Sindarin proper.)*

Adûnaic

-zê

preposition. at

A prepositional suffix translated “at” (SD/429), but not appearing in any example sentences. It is perhaps a later repurposing of the draft-dative case suffix -s, since the other draft-cases became prepositional suffixes in later versions of the Adûnaic grammar: draft genitive versus later preposition “from”, draft instrumental -ma versus later preposition -mâ “with”.

Cognates

  • Q. -ssë “locative ending”

Variations

  • ✧ SD/429

-êth

suffix. feminine suffix

A feminine suffix appearing in several names, as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynn (AAD/11). On SD/427, Tolkien said that the affix -th was often found in feminine forms.

Element in

u

pronoun. he

A well-attested pronominal prefix, the masculine singular pronoun “he” (SD/433). See the entry on pronominal-prefixes for more discussion. Tolkien said that it had another variant hu- (SD/433), but this variant was only appears in the early and rejected hunekkū, which was changed to unekkū (see nakh-). Tolkien further indicated that the form u- primitively had an initial consonant [ɣ] or [ʔ] that was lost (SD/433).

Derivations

  • √Ad. ƷU “he”

Variations

  • u-/hu- ✧ SD/433

suffix. feminine suffix

A suffix used to form feminine nouns from common or masculine nouns (SD/435). Another common variant was (SD/438).

Variations

  • ✧ SD/435

Primitive elvish

preposition. at; locative, adessive, inessive

Derivatives

  • Q. se “at, in” ✧ VT43/30
  • Q. -ssë “locative ending” ✧ PE21/79

Variations

  • sē̆ ✧ PE21/79
  • -ssē ✧ PE21/79
  • stē ✧ PE21/79
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-iel

suffix. feminine suffix

Derivatives

  • Q. -iel “-daughter; feminine suffix”
  • S. -iel “daughter; feminine suffix”

Element in

Variations

  • iel ✧ MR/388
  • -el ✧ NM/349; NM/353
  • -elle ✧ NM/349; NM/353
  • r/l-iē̆l ✧ PE17/190 (r/l-iē̆l)
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-(a)rē

suffix. abstract noun

Derivatives

  • Q. -rë “abstract noun”

Variations

  • ✧ PE22/138
  • ărē ✧ PE22/138
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Noldorin 

-as

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • N. oegas “mountain peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • N. bellas “bodily strength” ✧ Ety/BEL
  • N. bregolas “fierceness, fierceness, *ferocity”
  • N. cevnas “earthenware” ✧ EtyAC/KEM
  • N. gonathras “entanglement” ✧ Ety/NAT
  • N. hannas “understanding, intelligence” ✧ Ety/KHAN
  • N. hobas “harbourage”
  • N. dannas “autumn”
  • N. ínias “annals”
  • N. Lhammas “Account of Tongues, Linguistic History”
  • N. moeas “dough” ✧ Ety/MASAG
  • N. maenas “craft, handicraft, art” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG
  • N. ovras “crowd, heap” ✧ Ety/UB
  • N. panas “floor” ✧ Ety/PAN
  • N. pennas “history”
  • N. ram(m)as “*great wall”
  • N. sarnas “cairn”
  • N. thamas “great hall” ✧ Ety/STAB
  • N. tharas “hassock, footstool” ✧ Ety/STAR
  • N. thinnas “shortness, shortening”
  • N. tobas “roofing, roof” ✧ Ety/TOP
Noldorin [Ety/AYAK; Ety/BEL; Ety/KHAN; Ety/MAƷ|MAG; Ety/MASAG; Ety/NAT; Ety/PAN; Ety/STAB; Ety/STAR; Ety/TOP; Ety/UB; EtyAC/KEM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-os

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • N. alagos “storm (of wind)” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK
  • N. hannas “understanding, intelligence” ✧ Ety/BOR
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ho

pronoun. he

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ho

pronoun. he

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶sū̆/sō̆ “masc., he” ✧ Ety/S
    • ᴹ√S “demonstrative stem” ✧ Ety/S

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶sū̆/sō̆ > ho[so] > [ho]✧ Ety/S

Variations

  • hon ✧ Ety/S
  • hono ✧ Ety/S

hon

pronoun. he

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hon(o)

pronoun. he

hono

pronoun. he

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-il

suffix. feminine suffix

-th

suffix. abstract noun

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. -ste “general action verbal suffix”

Element in

  • N. gilith “starlight, *region of the stars”
  • N. girith “shuddering, horror” ✧ Ety/GIR
  • N. gweneth “virginity” ✧ Ety/WEN
  • N. gwilith “air (as a region), air (as a region), *lower sky; [G.] breeze”
  • N. gwilwileth “butterfly”
  • N. meleth “love”
  • N. tirith “watch, guard” ✧ Ety/TIR
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-(r)il

suffix. feminine suffix

Element in

Variations

  • -il ✧ Ety/BARÁD (-il); Ety/BERÉTH
  • -ril ✧ Ety/MEL (-ril); Ety/SLIG (-ril)
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Primitive adûnaic

-th

suffix. feminine suffix

A (primitive?) feminine suffix used in the formation of mîth “baby girl” from the root ✶Ad. √MIYI (SD/427). Tolkien stated that that th was one of the “favoured” feminine consonants (SD/427).

Element in

  • Ad. mîth “baby girl, maid-child, little girl” ✧ SD/427
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ʒu Reconstructed

root. he

A Primitive Adûnaic form attested as u “he” (SD/435), but given the later Adûnaic pronoun Ad. u or hu “he”, the actual primitive pronoun may have been ✱ƷU [ɣu], ✱ʔU or ✱HU [xu], as Tolkien indicated in a footnote (SD/433, note #7). The suffix -u was also a common feature of Classical Adûnaic masculine-nouns.

Derivatives

  • Ad. u “he”

Variations

  • u ✧ SD/435
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Qenya 

-sse

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

Variations

  • -ssë ✧ SM/206 (-ssë)

-sse

suffix. locative ending

-ie

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Andúnie “Sunset(land)”
  • ᴹQ. Nárie “June, *Fire-ness”
  • ᴹQ. qelie “*fading”
  • ᴹQ. Tintánie “Kindler, Star-maker, (lit.) Star-making”
  • ᴹQ. verie “boldness, boldness, *daring”
  • ᴹQ. voronwie “endurance, lasting quality”
  • ᴹQ. yénie “annals” ✧ MR/200
  • ᴹQ. lúmie “annals”

Variations

  • -ie ✧ MR/200 (-ie)

-le

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • ᴹQ. aikale “peak”
  • ᴹQ. ettele “outer lands, foreign parts”
  • ᴹQ. farale “hunting” ✧ PE22/110
  • ᴹQ. hortale “speeding, urging”
  • ᴹQ. intyale “imagination”
  • ᴹQ. lindale “music”
  • ᴹQ. lirule “merry song” ✧ PE22/110
  • ᴹQ. lúmeqentale “history”
  • ᴹQ. mankale “commerce, commerce, *trade [as an activity]”
  • ᴹQ. meryale “holiday”
  • ᴹQ. naikele “*anguish, [ᴱQ.] anguish”
  • ᴹQ. nandele “harping, *repetition”
  • ᴹQ. ontale “descent”
  • ᴹQ. qelle “Autumn”
  • ᴹQ. qentale “account, history”
  • ᴹQ. tenkele “writing (system), spelling”
  • ᴹQ. vestale “wedding”

Variations

  • -lḗ ✧ PE22/110 (-lḗ)

-me

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • ᴹQ. melme “love” ✧ Ety/MEL

e

pronoun. he, she, it

Changes

  • éette “hé” ✧ PE22/121

Cognates

  • S. e “he”

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶e “he, she, it”

Element in

Variations

  • é ✧ PE22/121 (é)
Qenya [PE22/096; PE22/097; PE22/100; PE22/106; PE22/108; PE22/110; PE22/116; PE22/118; PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122; PE22/123; VT27/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ye

preposition. at

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ “at” ✧ PE21/27

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ > ye[je]✧ PE21/27

Doriathrin

-os Reconstructed

suffix. abstract ending

Apparently an abstract noun suffix appearing in the words Aros and thalos, perhaps of the same origin as the abstract endings ᴹQ. -sse and N. -as, though Helge Fauskanger suggested instead that it is related to the locative suffix ᴹQ. -sse (AL-Ilkorin/thalos).

Element in

  • Ilk. Aros ✧ Ety/YAR
  • Ilk. thalos “torrent” ✧ Ety/STAL
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-il Reconstructed

suffix. feminine suffix

Apparently a feminine suffix attested in the name Thuringwethil “(Woman of) Secret Shadow” (Ety/THUR) and the noun tóril “queen” (Ety/TĀ).

Cognates

  • N. -iel “daughter; feminine suffix”

Element in

  • Ilk. tóril “queen” ✧ Ety/TĀ
  • Ilk. Thuringwethil “(Woman of) Secret Shadow” ✧ Ety/THUR
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Old Noldorin 

-le

suffix. abstract ending

Element in

  • On. sphindele “(braided) hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN
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-sse Reconstructed

suffix. abstract ending

Element in

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Middle Primitive Elvish

e

pronoun. he, she, it

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. e “he, she, it”

Element in

  • ᴹ✶e mati-te “he eats him(self)” ✧ PE22/095
  • ᴹ✶e mati-the “he eats him (another man)” ✧ PE22/095; PE22/095
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preposition. at

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. ye “at” ✧ PE21/27
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-ssē Reconstructed

suffix. -ssē

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Gnomish

-os

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • G. aidros “expiation” ✧ GL/17
  • G. ammos “byrne, hauberk, cuirass” ✧ GL/19
  • G. anos “man (fullgrown), warrior” ✧ GL/19
  • G. doros “throne” ✧ GL/19
  • G. archos “savagery, evil temper” ✧ GL/20
  • G. adros “crossing, ford” ✧ GL/17
  • G. auglas “bright sunshine” ✧ GL/20
  • G. alos “forest” ✧ GL/19
  • G. baros “hamlet” ✧ GG/08
  • G. beleth(os) “144, a gross; a great number” ✧ GL/22
  • G. blantos “sycamore” ✧ GL/23
  • G. caithos “causation” ✧ GL/24
  • G. danthos “(artificial) light, illumination” ✧ GL/29
  • G. crithos “circle, ring” ✧ GL/27
  • G. cuithos “life (period of life); living, livelihood” ✧ GL/27
  • G. drauthos “toil, weariness from labour” ✧ GL/30
  • G. cwivros “awakening” ✧ GL/29
  • G. enos “title” ✧ GL/32
  • G. fairthos “liberty” ✧ GL/33
  • G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge” ✧ GL/33
  • G. falchos “cliffs” ✧ GL/33
  • G. fadros “satiety, weariness of anything” ✧ GL/33
  • G. fimlios “skilfulness” ✧ GL/35
  • G. gandos “morose temper” ✧ GL/37 (gandos)
  • G. ganos “youth” ✧ GL/37
  • G. gavos “yield, crop, produce” ✧ GL/38
  • G. glen(d)rinios “slenderness” ✧ GL/39
  • G. gonthos “great rock” ✧ GL/41
  • G. gronthos “oaktree” ✧ GL/42
  • G. gados “union, association, fellowship” ✧ GL/36
  • G. dafros “bark, skin, peel” ✧ GL/29
  • G. gobos “haven” ✧ GL/40
  • G. gwinios “womanhood (time or state)” ✧ GL/45
  • G. cwinglios “archery” ✧ GL/28
  • G. thambros “hall” ✧ GL/72

Variations

  • -os ✧ GG/08 (-os); GL/17 (-os); GL/17 (-os); GL/19 (-os); GL/19 (-os); GL/19 (-os); GL/19 (-os); GL/20 (-os); GL/20 (-os); GL/22 (-os); GL/23 (-os); GL/24 (-os); GL/27 (-os); GL/27 (-os); GL/28 (-os); GL/29 (-os); GL/29 (-os); GL/29 (-os); GL/30 (-os); GL/32 (-os); GL/33 (-os); GL/33 (-os); GL/33 (-os); GL/33 (-os); GL/35 (-os); GL/36 (-os); GL/37 (-os); GL/37 (-os); GL/38 (-os); GL/40 (-os); GL/41 (-os); GL/42 (-os); GL/72
  • -ios ✧ GL/39 (-ios); GL/45 (-ios)
Gnomish [GG/08; GL/17; GL/19; GL/20; GL/22; GL/23; GL/24; GL/27; GL/28; GL/29; GL/30; GL/32; GL/33; GL/35; GL/36; GL/37; GL/38; GL/39; GL/40; GL/41; GL/42; GL/45; GL/72] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-eth

suffix. abstract noun

-ios

suffix. abstract noun

o-

conjunction. he

Element in

  • G. o·gwath lemp nin “he beckons, (lit.) he wags a finger at me” ✧ GL/53 (o·gwath lemp nin*)

Variations

  • ✧ GL/53 ()

on

pronoun. he

Element in

Gnomish [GL/51; GL/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ri

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • G. obauthri “afternoon” ✧ GL/61
  • G. bagri “wares” ✧ GL/21
  • G. bedhri “wedding” ✧ GL/22
  • G. cluimri “pleasant warmth, cosiness” ✧ GL/26
  • G. cuilogri “liveliness” ✧ GL/27
  • G. cuibri “vitality” ✧ GL/27
  • G. cwanchri “ailment” ✧ GL/28
  • G. cwedri “telling (of tales)” ✧ GL/28
  • G. cwim(ri) “body, flesh” ✧ GL/28
  • G. cwithri “whisper” ✧ GL/29
  • G. dodri “falling” ✧ GL/30
  • G. drabri “labouring” ✧ GL/30
  • G. engri “flat surface, level, plane” ✧ GL/32
  • G. faigri “cruelty” ✧ GL/33
  • G. fofri “folly” ✧ GL/35
  • G. fugri “smother (of smoke)” ✧ GL/36
  • G. gimri “hearkening, attention” ✧ GL/38
  • G. glaimri “serenity, fair weather” ✧ GL/39
  • G. glamri “bitter feud” ✧ GL/39
  • G. cagri “joke, jest” ✧ GL/24
  • G. glimri “sheen” ✧ GL/39
  • G. glumri “moroseness, sadness” ✧ GL/40
  • G. golaudri “deluge, flood” ✧ GL/41
  • G. godaithri “education, erudition; grammar” ✧ GL/40
  • G. gudhri “inflammation; conflagration” ✧ GL/42
  • G. gumri “burden (metaphoric), worry, trouble” ✧ GL/43
  • G. gwegri “manhood (time or state)” ✧ GL/44
  • G. haidri “forenoon, after breakfast” ✧ GL/47
  • G. baithri “clothes, clothing” ✧ GL/21
  • G. hestri “consanguinity” ✧ GL/49
  • G. mabwedri “dexterity” ✧ GL/55
  • G. madri “food, edibles; a meal”
  • G. mavri “appetite”
  • G. gothri “warfare” ✧ GL/42
  • G. saigri “hunger (great), famine”
Gnomish [GL/21; GL/22; GL/24; GL/26; GL/27; GL/28; GL/29; GL/30; GL/32; GL/33; GL/35; GL/36; GL/38; GL/39; GL/40; GL/41; GL/42; GL/43; GL/44; GL/47; GL/49; GL/55; GL/61] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ith

suffix. abstract noun

-(o)th

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • G. anoth “manhood†; man (fullgrown), warrior” ✧ GL/19
  • G. bageth “market” ✧ GL/21
  • G. daroth “summit, peak” ✧ GL/29
  • G. ereth “solitude, oneness, loneliness” ✧ GL/32
  • G. faroth “boundary” ✧ GL/34
  • G. gadweth “union, joining; wedding” ✧ GL/36
  • G. guinoth “property” ✧ GL/43
  • G. gwadath(wen) “wandering, journey” ✧ GL/43
  • G. gwandreth “beauty” ✧ GL/44
  • G. gwareth “watch, guard, ward; vigilance” ✧ GL/47
  • G. gwelaith “boil, bubble” ✧ GL/44
  • G. gwilith “breeze” ✧ GL/45
  • G. gwirith “expression, look (on face); look, regard, fixed look; countenance” ✧ GL/47
  • G. brageth “freshness” ✧ GL/23
  • G. heloth “frost” ✧ GL/48
  • G. cweloth “fading” ✧ GL/28

Variations

  • -oth ✧ GL/19 (-oth); GL/28 (-oth); GL/29 (-oth); GL/34 (-oth); GL/43 (-oth); GL/48 (-oth)
  • -eth ✧ GL/21 (-eth); GL/23 (-eth); GL/32 (-eth); GL/36 (-eth); GL/44 (-eth); GL/44 (-eth); GL/47 (-eth)
  • -th ✧ GL/43 (-th)
  • -ith ✧ GL/45 (-ith); GL/47 (-ith)
Gnomish [GL/19; GL/21; GL/23; GL/28; GL/29; GL/32; GL/34; GL/36; GL/43; GL/44; GL/45; GL/47; GL/48] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

-sse

suffix. feminine suffix

Element in

Variations

  • -sse ✧ QL/040 (-sse); QL/055 (-sse)
Early Quenya [QL/040; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-sse

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • Eq. aiqasse “precipice” ✧ QL/029
  • Eq. karkasse “row of spikes or teeth” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. eresse “alone, by oneself, singly, only; once” ✧ QL/036
  • Eq. hontosse “a loud sneeze” ✧ QL/041
  • Eq. kondasse “dragon’s lair” ✧ PE13/162
  • Eq. laiqasse “greenness” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
  • Eq. letinwesse “constellation” ✧ QL/052
  • Eq. liantasse “vine” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. maptalesse “rapine” ✧ PE15/76
  • Eq. polesse “porridge” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. soveasse “resemblance; likelihood” ✧ QL/085
  • Eq. silkesse “harvest” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. siqilisse “weeping willow; lamentation” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. telyantasse “allurement” ✧ QL/090
  • Eq. ulwesse “alder-thicket” ✧ PE15/69 (ulwesse)
  • Eq. vanesse “beauty” ✧ QL/099

Variations

  • -sse ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi (-sse); PE13/162 (-sse); PE15/69 (-sse); PE15/76 (-sse); QL/029 (-sse); QL/036 (-sse); QL/037 (-sse); QL/041 (-sse); QL/048 (-sse); QL/052 (-sse); QL/053 (-sse); QL/075 (-sse); QL/084 (-sse); QL/084 (-sse); QL/085 (-sse); QL/090 (-sse); QL/099 (-sse)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PE13/162; PE15/69; PE15/76; QL/029; QL/036; QL/037; QL/041; QL/048; QL/052; QL/053; QL/075; QL/084; QL/085; QL/090; QL/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-sse

suffix. at, in, by; inessive suffix

Changes

  • -isse-sse ✧ PE14/078
  • -issea-ssea ✧ PE14/078

Element in

  • Eq. kiryassea “what is on board ship” ✧ PE14/046
  • Eq. -lukse “-times” ✧ QL/056

Variations

  • -sse ✧ PE14/046; PE14/078
  • -isse ✧ PE14/047; PE14/047 (-isse); PE14/078; PE14/078 (-isse)
  • -se ✧ PE14/047 (-se); PE14/078
  • -ssea ✧ PE14/078
  • -de ✧ PE14/078
  • -sea ✧ PE14/078
  • -dea ✧ PE14/078
  • -issea ✧ PE14/078 (-issea)
  • -kse ✧ QL/056 (-kse)
Early Quenya [PE14/046; PE14/047; PE14/078; QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ie

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • Eq. aiqie “highness, height” ✧ PE15/74
  • Eq. apantie “display” ✧ QL/034
  • Eq. (uru)purnie “conflagration” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. koivie “awakening; liveliness” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. qívie “awakening” ✧ GL/29
  • Eq. fandelúvie “monstrosity, immoderation, violence, barbarity, grossness” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. anúvie “manhood, doughtyness” ✧ QL/031
  • Eq. unqie “hearing” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. fairie “freedom” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. liltie “dancing, dance” ✧ QL/055
  • Eq. nyarie “fable, story, legend” ✧ QL/068
  • Eq. kondorie “martial ardour” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. oiwie “gloss, glossiness” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. ordie “height, loftiness” ✧ QL/070
  • Eq. pantie “unfolding, opening, revealing” ✧ QL/072
  • Eq. perendie “patience; endurance; an agelong period” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. qeleksie “rot, corruption” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. qolúvie “pestilence” ✧ QL/078
  • Eq. tárie “height”
  • Eq. tulpie “supporting, toleration” ✧ QL/093
  • Eq. tyalie “play, game” ✧ QL/049
  • Eq. úsiéra “*escaped”
  • Eq. vaqi(e) “victory” ✧ QL/100
Early Quenya [GL/29; PE15/74; QL/031; QL/034; QL/037; QL/038; QL/048; QL/049; QL/055; QL/068; QL/070; QL/071; QL/072; QL/073; QL/075; QL/076; QL/078; QL/093; QL/098; QL/100] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-le

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • Eq. aiqale “a steep, steepness” ✧ QL/029
  • Eq. aistale “worship” ✧ QL/034
  • Eq. kityale “tickling” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. ettele “family, kindred (in the wide sense)” ✧ QL/036
  • Eq. fatsale “(tasseled) fringe” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. isqale “cleverness” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. imbile “swarm, flock” ✧ QL/041
  • Eq. inqile “sameness” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. kaitoile “rest” ✧ QL/046
  • Eq. kangale “web” ✧ QL/045
  • Eq. kilinkele “jingling of (small) bells” ✧ QL/046
  • Eq. kankale “laughter” ✧ QL/044
  • Eq. lindele “music, song” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lísele “sweetness” ✧ QL/055
  • Eq. maqale “legerdemain, sleight” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. vaktele “trade” ✧ QL/099
  • Eq. mantele “gauntlet” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. maptale “seizure; robbery by violence; rape, ravishment, forcible seizure and carrying off”
  • Eq. marmale “beach” ✧ QL/063
  • Eq. miqele “kissing” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. naikele “anguish” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nyenyele “lament, lamentation, weeping” ✧ QL/069
  • Eq. nektele “honeycomb” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nessele “pasture, mead; pasturage” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. nostale “species, kind; nature” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. ondole “stone monument; stone-cairn” ✧ QL/070
  • Eq. pampile “trembling” ✧ QL/072
  • Eq. pumpole “bubble; merboy” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. qárele “watchfulness, anxiety” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. qampale “chaffering” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. qentele “sentence; wording, expression, phrase” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qinqele “languor” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. rendole “cousinship” ✧ QL/079
  • Eq. ristale “sowing time” ✧ QL/080
  • Eq. saikele “famine” ✧ QL/082
  • Eq. píqele “bitterness” ✧ QL/074
  • Eq. sinqele “mine” ✧ QL/083
  • Eq. siqile “sighing, lament” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. sunqele “sinking, falling, setting of heavenly bodies” ✧ QL/087
  • Eq. tarkele “great system of roots” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. tektele “art of writing, script; writings, documents, papers, scriptures” ✧ QL/090
  • Eq. tendile “feeling, sentiment” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. tengwele “sense” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. tintele “sparkling, twinkling (as of frosty stars)” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. tiqile “melting, thawing, thaw” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. tiutale “strengthening, reinforcement; confirmation; comfort, consolation, easement” ✧ QL/093
  • Eq. tókele “handling” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. torqele “tropic heat” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. tunqele “hearing” ✧ QL/093
  • Eq. túpele “roofing, tiles, roof” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. vainole “quiver” ✧ QL/100
  • Eq. wendele “maidenhood” ✧ QL/103
  • Eq. vestale “wedding” ✧ QL/101
  • Eq. víkele “resemblance, comparison” ✧ QL/101
Early Quenya [QL/029; QL/034; QL/036; QL/037; QL/041; QL/042; QL/043; QL/044; QL/045; QL/046; QL/047; QL/054; QL/055; QL/057; QL/061; QL/063; QL/065; QL/066; QL/069; QL/070; QL/072; QL/074; QL/075; QL/076; QL/077; QL/079; QL/080; QL/082; QL/083; QL/084; QL/087; QL/090; QL/091; QL/092; QL/093; QL/094; QL/095; QL/099; QL/100; QL/101; QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-me

suffix. abstract noun

Element in

  • Eq. allume “washing” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. qelume “source, origin” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. kelu(me) “stream; fountain, spring” ✧ QL/046
  • Eq. fenume “dragon” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. filume “gossamer” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. kalume “an (artificial) light” ✧ QL/044
  • Eq. palume “plain” ✧ QL/071
Early Quenya [QL/030; QL/038; QL/044; QL/046; QL/071; QL/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-si

suffix. feminine suffix

A feminine suffix in several words from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s such as ᴱQ. felusi “witch” (QL/38) and ᴱQ. varitsi “foreigner (fem.)” (QL/100).

Element in

  • Eq. felusi “witch” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. varitsi “foreigner (fem.)” ✧ QL/100
  • Eq. yaksi “cow” ✧ QL/105

Variations

  • -tsi ✧ QL/100 (-tsi)
Early Quenya [QL/038; QL/100; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-tsi

suffix. feminine suffix

tu

pronoun. he

Changes

  • tuhu “he” ✧ PE14/078

Element in

Variations

  • tu ✧ PE14/046; PE14/079 (tu)
Early Quenya [PE14/046; PE14/079] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ni

suffix. feminine suffix

A common feminine suffix in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s in words like varyani “foreigner (fem.)”, probably a suffixal form of ᴱQ. “woman” (GL/60) and often paired with its masculine equivalent ᴱQ. -nu.

Element in

  • Eq. heruni “lady” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. kuruni “witch” ✧ QL/049
  • Eq. ettani “female cousin” ✧ QL/036
  • Eq. haruni “grandmother” ✧ QL/039
  • Eq. hestani “sister” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. túrani “queen” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. varyani “foreigner (fem.)” ✧ QL/100
  • Eq. veruni “wife” ✧ QL/101
  • Eq. vestani “*bride” ✧ QL/101

Elements

WordGloss
“woman”
Early Quenya [QL/036; QL/039; QL/040; QL/049; QL/095; QL/100; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by