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!

Middle Primitive Elvish

-tā

suffix. causatives from adjectives

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE17/044; PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ta

root. that

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TA; PE18/033; PE18/060; PE23/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ta

pronoun. impersonal 3rd pl.; pronominal stem

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE18/046; VT43/20] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mbarat

root. fate

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MBARAT; EtyAC/MBARAT; EtyAC/SIL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

syadta

noun. axe-stroke

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SYAD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taʒna

adjective. *high

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tāna

adjective. *high

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-d

suffix. allative

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atta

root. two

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AT(AT); Ety/TATA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atta

cardinal. two

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/63] Group: Eldamo. Published by

da(n)t

root. fall down

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

dat

root. fall down

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DAT; Ety/PEN; Ety/TALÁT; EtyAC/DAT; EtyAC/LANTA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ista-

verb. to know

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/095; PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kanat

root. four

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KÁNAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khe

pronoun. they

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/094; PE23/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kiukā

noun. thigh

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwat

root. fill

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GENG-WĀ; Ety/KAB; Ety/KWAT; Ety/YEN; PE23/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwessē

noun. feather

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maʒtā-

verb. to handle, stroke, feel

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MAƷ; Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ndar

root. sign

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with a single derivative: ᴹQ. narwe “sign, token”, along with an unglossed (and probably incomplete) form nar... (EtyAC/NDAR).

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/NDAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninkwitil(di) tára

place name. High White Horn

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NIK-W; EtyAC/NIK-W] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orta-

verb. to rise

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

reddā

noun. ‘sown’, sown field, acre

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RED; EtyAC/RED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sa

pronoun. demonstrative

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE23/089] Group: Eldamo. Published by

smaldā

noun. gold (as metal)

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/LÁWAR; EtyAC/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tad

adverb. thither

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TA; PE19/052; PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tankla

noun. brooch, clasp, pin

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TAK; PE18/051; PE19/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tata

root. two

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AT(AT); Ety/TATA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

te

pronoun. him, her, it

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE23/074; PE23/075; PE23/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tiukō

noun. thigh

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TIW; EtyAC/TIW] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tār(ō)

noun. king

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ; PE21/55] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wedtā

noun/verb. contract

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yan

root. give

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “give” with derivatives ON. yanta- “give” and ᴹQ. Ariante “Day-bringer” (EtyAC/YAN²). Tolkien marked this entry with a “?”, and elsewhere in The Etymologies he derived ᴹQ. anta-/N. anna- “give” from ᴹ√ANA (Ety/ANA¹), so I suspect this root was a transient idea.

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/YAN²] Group: Eldamo. Published by