Quenya 

Alatairë

great sea

Alatairë place-name "Great Sea", name of the Western Ocean between Beleriand and Valinor, called Belegaer in Sindarin (ÁLAT, AYAR/AIR)

alta

large, great in size

alta (1) adj. *"large, great in size" (root meaning)(ÁLAT). Alat- in Alatairë, q.v.

-úmë

large

-úmë (3) suffix "large" (of quantity)", as in liyúmë "host" (VT48:32)

alat-

large, great in size

alat- prefix "large, great in size". (ÁLAT, cf. VT45:5). In Alatairë.

úra

large

úra (2) adj. "large" (UR), probably obsoleted by #1 above

nerdo

large, strong man

nerdo noun "large, strong man" (compare nér) (VT47:33)

pol

large, big (strong)

pol (2) adj. "large, big (strong)". Since this would be the sole example of a monosyllabic Quenya adjective, it may be that Tolkien is here citing the root POL rather than a complete word. Cf. polda.

Sindarin 

beleg

adjective. large

adj. large, great. Q. melek-.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:115] < _mbelek_ < BEL, MBEL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

beleg

adjective. large

adj. large, great, big. . This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:115] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

iaun

adjective. large

adj. large, extensive, wide, vast, huge. Q. yāna-. >> -ion

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:42:99] < YAN vast, huge. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

belegaer

place name. Great Sea

Name of the “Great Sea” lying between Middle-earth and Valinor (S/37). This name is a compound of beleg “mighty” and gae(a)r “sea” (SA/beleg, gaer; PM/363).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as N. Belegar (LR/14), soon revised to Belegaer (LR/19). In The Etymologies, it appeared as Belegoer (Ety/ÁLAT, AY, BEL), a reflection of Tolkien’s uncertainty on whether the diphthong [[n|[ai] became [oe] or [ae]]]. In the later Silmarillion revisions from the 1930s, he used Belegaer consistently following the [[n|revision of [oe] to [ae]]].

Elements

WordGloss
beleg“great, mighty; large, big, great, mighty; large, big, [ᴱN.] huge”
gaear“sea”

Variations

  • belegaer ✧ PE17/149
Sindarin [PE17/149; PM/363; PMI/Belegaer; S/037; S/238; SA/beleg; SA/ëar; SA/gaer; SI/Belegaer; SMI/Belegar; UTI/Belegaer] Group: Eldamo. Published by

daer

large

daer (great), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.

daer

large

(great), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.

duin

large river

(i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54)

Telerin 

gaiar

noun. Great Sea

Cognates

  • Q. ëar “sea, great sea, sea, great sea, [ᴹQ.] open sea; water” ✧ PM/363

Derivations

  • gayār “sea, the terrifier” ✧ PM/363
    • GAY(AR) “awe, dread; astound, make aghast; sea” ✧ PE17/027; PM/363; WJ/400

Noldorin 

belegoer

place name. Great Sea

Changes

  • BelegarBelegaer ✧ LR/019
  • BelegarBelegaer “Great Sea” ✧ SMI/Belegar

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Alataire “Great Sea” ✧ Ety/ÁLAT; Ety/AY

Elements

WordGloss
beleg“great, large”
oer“sea”

Variations

  • Belegar ✧ LR/014; LR/019; LRI/Belegar; SMI/Belegar
  • Belegaer ✧ LR/019; LRI/Belegar
Noldorin [Ety/ÁLAT; Ety/AY; Ety/BEL; LR/014; LR/019; LRI/Belegar; SMI/Belegar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

alataire

place name. Great Sea

Another name of the “Great Sea” (N. Belegoer) appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as compound of alta “great (in size)” and aire “sea” (Ety/ÁLAT, AY).

Cognates

  • N. Belegoer “Great Sea” ✧ Ety/ÁLAT; Ety/AY

Elements

WordGloss
alta“large, great in size”
aire“sea”
Qenya [Ety/ÁLAT; Ety/AY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úra

adjective. large

Cognates

  • N. ûr “wide” ✧ Ety/UR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√UR “wide, large, great” ✧ Ety/UR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√UR > úra[ūra]✧ Ety/UR

Gnomish

ûmi

adjective. large

Cognates

Early Primitive Elvish

yn̄t

adjective. large

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YṆTṆ “*(en)large, increase” ✧ QL/106

Derivatives

  • Eq. yanta “large” ✧ QL/106
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

yanta

adjective. large

Cognates

  • G. gant “larger, greater, more, (lit.) increased”

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶yn̄t “large” ✧ QL/106
    • ᴱ√YṆTṆ “*(en)large, increase” ✧ QL/106

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶yn̄t > ’yanta[dʲṇ̄tā] > [dʲṇ̄ta] > [dʲanta] > [janta]✧ QL/106

Variations

  • yanta ✧ PE15/69 (yanta)
  • ’yanta ✧ QL/106
Early Quenya [PE15/69; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úmea

adjective. large

Cognates

Element in

Variations

  • ūmea ✧ QL/097
Early Quenya [QL/097; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haloisi velike

place name. Great Sea

A name of the Great Sea in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/85), a compound of haloisi “(stormy) sea” and velike “great”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Haloisi Velikë).

Variations

  • Haloisi Velikë ✧ LT1A/Haloisi Velikë
Early Quenya [LT1/085; LT1A/Haloisi Velikë] Group: Eldamo. Published by