Sindarin 

aníra-

verb. to desire, to desire, *long for

Sindarin [AotM/062; SD/129; VT39/34] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aníra-

verb. to desire

Sindarin [SD/129-31] an+*íra- or *níra- (?) OS *anîra-. Group: SINDICT. Published by

aníra

desire

(vb.) aníra- (i aníra, in anírar);

aníra

desire

(i aníra, in anírar);

îr

sexual desire

(VT46:23)

Noldorin 

îr

noun. sexual desire

Noldorin [VT/46:23] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Quenya 

milmë

desire, greed

milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)

yesta-

desire

yesta- (1) vb. "desire" (YES, VT46:23; the latter source indicates that Tolkien did write yesta- with a final hyphen, indicating that this is "desire" as a verbal stem, not as a noun).

írissë

desire

Írissë fem. name (PM:345), evidently connected to írë "desire".

írë

desire

írë (1) noun "desire". (ID). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, írë was also the name of a long carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting long í. (VT45:17).

írë

noun. desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing


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Qenya 

yesta-

verb. to desire

Qenya [Ety/YES; EtyAC/YES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

yes

root. desire

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “desire” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yesta- “desire” and N. iest “wish” (Ety/YES; EtyAC/YES).

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