cuin
adjective. alive
cuin
adjective. alive
cuina-
verb. to be alive
coina
alive
coina _("k")_adj. "alive" (LT1:257; Tolkien's later Quenya also has cuina, though coina may still be a valid word: properly, the root of words for "life" is coi- rather than cui-, the latter referring to "awakening" instead)
cuina
alive
cuina ("k")adj. "alive" (KUY). See coina.
ceula
adjective. ?alive (of vegetable)
A word in Quenya Notes from 1957 (QN) derived from the root √KEWE/KWĒ “live of vegetables” (PE17/159), so perhaps an adjective meaning “✱alive (of vegetables)”.
Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. lausiva “living (of plants)” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as an adjective form of ᴱQ. laute “living thing, esp. vegetable” (QL/52).
coirëa
adjective. living, living, [ᴱQ.] lively, alive
An adjective for “living” appearing in notes from the 1950s as part of the phrase Q. coirëa quenya “living speech” (PM/399).
Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. koirea “alive, lively” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KOẎO “have life” (QL/48).
coina
adjective. alive, living
coirëa
living
coirëa adj. "living" (glossed "alive" in LT1:257); coirëa quenya "living speech" (PM:399, VT49:42)
coiva
awake
coiva _("k")_adj. "awake" (LT1:257 - read *cuiva in LotR-style Quenya? Cf. coivië becoming cuivië. On the other hand, the elements cui- and coi- having to do with life and awakening cannot be wholly separated.
eccoita-
awake
#eccoita- vb. "awake" (VT27:10)
cuiva
adjective. awake
cuin
alive
cuin (lenited guin; no distinct pl. form).
cuin
alive
(lenited guin; no distinct pl. form).
cui(w)
adjective. awake, alert, alive
cuileb
adjective. lively, alive
cuina
be alive
(i guina, i chuinar)
brêg
lively
brêg (sudden, quick), lenited vrêg, pl. brîg
brêg
lively
(sudden, quick), lenited vrêg, pl. brîg
et-kuinu
verb. awake, wake up
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!
kuina
adjective. alive
An adjective appearing as ᴹQ. kuina “alive” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).
Conceptual Development: A similar adjective ᴱQ. koina “living, alive” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√KOẎO “have life” (QL/48).
Neo-Quenya: Tolkien vacillated between the two roots √KOY and √KUY for “life”; I prefer to use √KOY for purposes of Neo-Eldarin, so I’d use ᴺQ. coina for “alive”. For “living” I’d using the word Q. coirëa from the 1950s (PM/399).
cuib
adjective. alive
cuilog
adjective. alive, lively
A word appearing as G. cuilog “alive, lively” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of G. cuil “life” (GL/27). Tolkien specified that this word was “usually metaph[oric]”, so probably “lively” was a better translation than “alive”.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d update this word to ᴺS. cuileb “lively” using the later adjective suffix -eb, but for “alive” I’d use [N.] cuin.
cwim
adjective. awake, alert, alive
An adjective appearing as G. cwim “awake, alert, alive” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s from the early root ᴱ√QIV (GL/28).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. cui(w) “awake, alert” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, inspired by the second element of S. echui(w) “awakening”, but for “alive” I’d use [N.] cuin.
cuif
adjective. alive
koina
adjective. living, alive
koirea
adjective. alive, lively
qíva
adjective. awake
An adjective for “alive” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had G. cuib “alive” (GL/27) and in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱN. cuif (cuiv-) “alive” (PE13/141).