Quenya 

netya-

to trim, adorn

netya- 1) vb. "to trim, adorn" (VT47:33)

netya-

verb. to trim, adorn

A verb for “to trim, adorn” derived from √NET “trim, pretty, dainty” in notes from the late 1960s associated with one of the etymologies for nettë “(little) girl” (VT47/33).

Derivations

  • √NET “trim, pretty, dainty” ✧ VT47/33

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√net > netya-[netja-]✧ VT47/33

quilya-

verb. to adorn, embellish, colour, to colour, color, embellish, *paint, adorn

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. KWIL “colour, colour, color”

Sindarin 

anta-

verb. add to

_ v. _add to, give. pa.t. ónen (with pron. suff.).

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:147] < ANA/NĀ to, towards – added to, plu-. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

adorn

Adorn

The name Adorn is said to be a of pre-Númenórean origin, adapted in form to suit the Sindarin language.

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

Primitive elvish

ʒan

root. adorn; extend; long

Changes

  • ƷAN → HAN “give” ✧ PE22/163

Derivatives

  • ✶ʒandā “long” ✧ PE17/155; VT47/27

Element in

  • Q. antil “*middle finger” ✧ VT47/26

Variations

  • ƷĂN ✧ PE17/155; PE17/158
  • ʒan ✧ VT47/26
  • ʒăn ✧ VT47/27
Primitive elvish [PE17/040; PE17/155; PE17/158; PE22/163; VT47/26; VT47/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Undetermined

adorn

place name. Adorn

A small river in Rohan that flowed into the Isen (LotR/1065). Tolkien said that the name is “of a form suitable to Sindarin but it is not interpretable. It must be supposed to be of pre-Númenórean origin adapted to Sindarin” (VT42/8, UTI/Adorn).

Undetermined [LotR/1065; LotRI/Adorn; UTI/Adorn; VT42/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

qilya-

verb. to adorn, embellish, colour

A word appearing as ᴱQ. qilya- “adorn, embellish, colour” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QILI (QL/77).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. quilya- in the senses “to colour, embellish” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but for “adorn” I would use the later verb netya- (VT47/33). In the “Neologism of the Day” (NotD) series on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server on 2023-04-30, Luinyelle suggested ᴺQ. quilya- might also be used as the verb for “✱to paint”.

Changes

  • qilta- → qilya- ✧ QL/077

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QILI “*colour” ✧ QL/077

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QILI¹ > qilya-[kʷilja-]✧ QL/077

Variations

  • qilta- ✧ QL/077 (qilta-)
Early Quenya [QL/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by