Quenya 

angaitya

torment

angaitya noun "torment" (LT1:249); rather nwalmë in Tolkien's later Quenya

nwalmë

torment

nwalmë noun "torment", also name of tengwa #20. Originally pronounced ngwalmë; initial ng had become n in Third Age pronunciation (Appendix E). In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.

nwalmë

noun. torment

Derivations

  • (Ñ)GWAL “suffer torment, (suffer) torment, agony”

Element in

Variations

  • nwalme ✧ LotR/1123
  • ngwalme ✧ LotR/1123 (ngwalme)

Sindarin 

baul

torment

(noun) baul (i maul, o mbaul), pl. boel (i mboel). Also bol- at the beginning of compounds.

baul

torment

(i maul, o mbaul), pl. boel (i mboel). Also bol- at the beginning of compounds.

Primitive elvish

ṇ̃kwalē

noun. torment

[rejected because primitive nasal-voiceless-stop clusters no longer valid]

Derivatives

  • Q. unqualë “death agony, death agony, torment, [ᴹQ.] agony, death” ✧ PE19/078
Primitive elvish [PE19/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

baul

noun. torment

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

baul

noun. torment

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(Ñ)GWAL “(suffer) torment, agony” ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL

Element in

  • N. Balrog “*Torment Demon” ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL
  • N. Boldog “Torment-slayer” ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGWAL > baul[ŋgwāla] > [mbāla] > [mbǭla] > [bǭla] > [boula] > [baula] > [baul]✧ Ety/ÑGWAL
Noldorin [Ety/ÑGWAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

nwalme

noun. torment

Variations

  • ŋwalme ✧ PE22/022
  • ñwalme ✧ PE22/051
Qenya [PE22/022; PE22/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

angaisin(i)e

noun. torment

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve” ✧ QL/034

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NAẎA > angaisine[aŋaðʲsinē] > [aŋaðʲsine] > [aŋajsine] > [aŋaisine] > [aŋgaisine]✧ QL/034

Variations

  • angaisine ✧ QL/034
  • [angaisin]ie ✧ QL/034
Early Quenya [QL/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by