A suffix for “place” or “spot” coined by Röandil in a 2023-02-24 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) based on nómë “place” from the 1940s, 50s and 60s. As such its stem would end in m, as in Aldanon “Tree-place” becoming Aldanomesse “in Tree-place”. The suffix -non serves as an alternative to men, another popular suffix for “place, spot” in Quenya neologisms using the somewhat dated meaning of men from the 1930s. I personally considered both -non and -men to be acceptable for “place”, but think -men might also mean “way” consistent with its later meaning.
Quenya
arëa
adjective. close, nearby
-non
suffix. -place, -spot (forms place-names, area nouns)
latsë
noun. area, space, room
caimasan
bedchamber
caimasan ("k")noun "bedchamber" (caimasamb-, as in pl. caimasambi) (STAB)
corin
circular enclosure
corin ("k")noun "circular enclosure" (KOR). In the early "Qenya Lexicon", this word was defined as "a circular enclosure, especially on a hill-top" (LT1:257). (Con-)alcorin ("k") *"blessed garth (in the centre)" (VT27:20, 23, 24)
cormë
circular enclosure, garth
cormë ("k")noun "circular enclosure, garth", or possibly mound" (VT27:20, 24, 25)
enda
noun. heart; centre, heart; centre, *interior
A word clearly derived from the root √ENED “middle”. In the context of Elvish psychology, Tolkien described it as:
> This we translate “heart”, though it has no physical reference to any organ of the hröa [body]. It means “centre”, and refers (though by inevitable physical allegory) to the fëa [spirit] or sáma [mind] itself, distinct from the periphery (as it were) of its contact with the hröa (VT39/32).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would assume this word can also be used physically to refer to the “interior” of something.
endë
noun. centre, middle, centre, middle; [ᴹQ.] core
The word ᴹQ. ende first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, glossed either “middle, centre” (Ety/ÉNED) or “core, centre” (Ety/NÉD), and derived from the root ᴹ√ENED “middle” (Ety/ÉNED). In notes from late 1960s Tolkien had {ened >>} ente “centre”, which he clarified was “not used of emotions or thought only physical” (VT41/12). In this context it was derived from √HENET “middle” (VT41/16). But in other writings from the late 1960s, the word as again ende from √ENED “middle” (VT48/25), and I believe √HENET > ente was a transient idea.
Neo-Quenya: Base on its 1930s glosses and the meaning of 1960s ente, I believe ende is a noun referring to a physical centre.
entë
center
entë (2) noun "center" (VT41:16; endë is perhaps to be preferred, see entya)
entë
noun. centre
fuine
noun. deep shadow
PQ. deep shadow, night shade
fuinë
deep shadow
fuinë noun "deep shadow" (PHUY; cf. "Qenya" fuin "night" in MC:221). According to VT41:8, fuinë is not a Quenya form at all, but Telerin for Quenya huinë (but unquestionably, fuinë is quoted as a Quenya form in certain earlier sources; cf. also Fuinur below - perhaps we may assume that fuinë was borrowed into Quenya from Telerin and thus came to co-exist with huinë?
hopassë
harbourage
hopassë noun "harbourage", changed by Tolkien from hopan (KHOP, VT45:22)
huinë
deep shadow
huinë noun "deep shadow" (PHUY), "gloom" (VT41:8), "gloom, darkness" (SA:fuin), also used for "shadow" = Sauron (LR:56). Possessive (adjectival) form huinéva in the name Taurë Huinéva, q.v. In earlier sources, huinë is quoted as a variant of fuinë, but according to VT41:8, huinë is the proper Quenya form and fuinë is Telerin.With prefix nu- "under" and allative ending -nna in nuhuinenna (SD:246); also unuhuinë "under-shadow" (LR:47).
londië
harbourage
#londië noun "harbourage" (PE17:28)
londië
noun. harbourage
An elaboration of londë “haven” appearing within the names Follondië and Hyallondië “North-/South-harbourage” (PE17/28).
lumbulë
noun. dark shadow, heavy shadow; deep in shadow
A noun used in the Namárië poem and loosely translated as “deep in shadow” (LotR/377), but more accurately “heavy shadow, dark shadow” (PE17/72, 168; RGEO/59). It is a derivative of the root √LUB “shadow” (PE17/168), perhaps an elaboration of ᴹQ. lumbe “gloom, shadow” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LUM).
Neo-Quenya: Based on its use, I suspect lumbulë refers to a great expanse of shadow (“shadowness”) rather than an individual cast shadow, which is Q. hala.
mandulómi
hell-shadows
mandulómi noun "hell-shadows" (MC:221; this is "Qenya")
moalin
sheepfold
moalin (moalind-) noun "sheepfold" (QL:60)
nuhuinenna
under shadow
nuhuinenna adj. "under shadow" (allativic: nu-huinë-nna "under-shadow-to") (SD:246); see huinë.
nuruhuinë
death-shadow
nuruhuinë noun "death-shadow" (LR:47, 56, SD:310)
oromar
noun. lofty hall, high-mansion, high (lofty) dwelling
A word appearing in its plural form oromardi, referring to the dwelling of Varda and Manwë on the slopes of mount Taniquetil from the Namárië poem (LotR/377). It is a combination of oro- “up, aloft” and mar(da) “dwelling” (PE17/63-64). Though not a proper name, I suspect this word was poetic and not in general use.
panda
enclosure
panda noun "enclosure" (PAD)
ruimen
fireplace, hearth
ruimen noun "fireplace, hearth" (PE17:183)
ruimen
noun. fireplace, hearth
A word for “fireplace, hearth” in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD) derived from the root √RUYU “blaze, red” (PE17/183). Its second element might be √MEN = “place” (its meaning from the 1930s), though in Tolkien’s later writings this root was more often used for “direction”.
Conceptual Development: Earlier fireplace words from the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s include ᴱQ. arin “hearth” derived from the early root ᴱ√ARA “be dry” (QL/32; PME/32) and ᴱQ. purin (purind-) “hearth” derived from the early root ᴱ√PUŘU [PUÐU] “consume by fire” (QL/76; PME/76).
sambë
room, chamber
sambë (þ) noun "room, chamber" (STAB)
solma
noun. hall, chamber, [main or entry] hall, chamber
A word in 1965 notes on the Lives of the Númenóreans, glossed as “hall” (NM/326) and “chamber” (NM/337). Based on the context where it appeared, it may not simply be an arbitrary chamber, but rather the main or entry chamber to a house. As Tolkien described it: “they were often welcomed to the central solma or hall, where the chief fire burned” (NM/326). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, this is my preferred reading, to make this word more distinct from [ᴹQ.] sambe “room, chamber” (Ety/STAB).
tamin
forge
tamin (taminn-) noun "forge" (LT1:250, cf. QL:88)
tólë
centre
tólë noun "centre" (LT1:269; the word endë is to be preferred in Tolkien's later Quenya)
unuhuinë
under-shadow
unuhuinë prep + noun "under-shadow" (LR:47); see huinë.
andosan
noun. vestibule, (lit.) gate room
asalsambë
noun. guest-room
hexan
noun. toilet, lavatory
A neologism coined by Tamas Ferencz for “toilet”, a combination of √HEK used for things cast out (as in hecil “outcast”) and [ᴹQ.] sambe “room”. This must have been a very late compound, after the initial th of sambe became s. Tamas previously coined another word ᴺQ. satyasambë “privy, lavatory” in the VQP (VQP) using the initial element satya “private”, but I prefer hexan.
mastasan
noun. kitchen
mámalin
noun. sheepfold
parmasan
noun. library [room]
rinyulca
noun. bar, tavern, (lit.) cold-drink-house
satyasambë
noun. privy, lavatory
tamin
noun. forge
vehtesan
noun. living room
A neologism coined by Orondil and Arael posted on 2022-08-18 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an adjectival form the root √AS “beside”.