Quenya 

maquet-

verb. ask

#maquet- vb. *"ask", only attested in the past tense: maquentë (PM:403)

cesta-

verb. ask

Quenya [PE 22:97; PE 22:118, 120ff; PE 22:138] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

cesta-

verb. to ask

Quenya [PE22/138; PE22/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maquet-

verb. *to question, ask

[?it/itē] kestallen, tuluvanye

if you ask me, I shall come

aite[?] kestallen

now, suppose, you ask me

asanye

verb. I will (do so) -- as you ask/order

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iqu-

verb. to beg, ‘pray’ [ask earnestly]

iquirya-

verb. to ask for, request

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can-

verb. command, order

*can*- (2) vb. "command, order" (give an order) or (with things as object) "demand" _(PM:361-362; where various derivatives of the stem KAN- are listed; the verb _can_- is not directly cited, but seems implied by the statement "in Quenya the sense command had become the usual one". The undefined verb _canya**- listed elsewhere [PE17:113] may also be taken as the actual verbal derivative that Tolkien here refers to.)

naham-

verb. to summon

naham- vb. "to summon", passive participle nahamna "summoned" (also in LR:47). Tolkien tentatively considered the alternative forms nahom- with pp. nahomna or natyam- with pp. natyamna; as the passive participle he also considered the form nahemna (cf. nahémë under nahámë below) (VT45:21)

tulta-

verb. send for, fetch, summon

tulta- vb. "send for, fetch, summon" (TUL). Tultanelyes "you summoned him", changed by Tolkien to leltanelyes "you sent him" (possibly tulta- was meant to have the meaning "send" here, but Tolkien decided to use another word) (VT47:22)

yal-

verb. summon

yal- vb. "summon". In enyalië "to recall" (Notes on CO, UT:317)

yal-

verb. to summon, to summon, *call (out to)

nasyal-

verb. to invite, (lit.) summon kindly

A neologism for “invite” coined by Luinyelle posted on 2024-11-03 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of √NATH “welcome, be kind to” and yal- “summon”, so “(lit.) summon kindly”.

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sama-

verb. to bar, exclude

A neologism for “to bar, exclude” coined by Paul Strack in a 2023-04-24 discussion on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), based on ✶stama- of the same meaning.

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telyanta-

verb. to allure, *attract

@@@ later etymology unclear

tyauta-

verb. to lure, bait, (orig.) make taste

A neologism for a “lure, bait” coined by Luinyelle posted on 2026-04-27 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), originally a causative verb from √KYAW “taste” so meaning “make taste”.

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verta-

verb. to dare (tr.)

A neologism for “to dare” as a transitive verb coined by Orondil and Luinyelle, posted on 2025-12-18 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) as a causative verb form of the root BER of similar meaning. I would just stick with attested [ᴹQ.] verya- “dare” since there is no reason to assume it is exclusively intransitive.

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Sindarin 

mabed-

verb. to ask [a question]

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bauda-

verb. ban

v. ban, prohibit, refuse.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:143] prob. < ABA. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

bauda- Archaic

verb. to ban, prohibit, refuse

boda-

verb. to ban, prohibit

Sindarin [WJ/372] Group: SINDICT. Published by

boda-

verb. to ban, prohibit, refuse, forbid

Sindarin [PE17/143; PE22/161; WJ/372] Group: Eldamo. Published by

boda

ban

(vb.) boda- (i voda, i modar) (prohibit)

boda

prohibit

boda- (i voda, i modar) (ban)

boda

ban

(i voda, i modar) (prohibit)

boda

prohibit

(i voda, i modar) (ban)

hesta-

verb. to command, order

A neologism for “to command, order” coined by Parmandil post on 2025-12-18 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a causative verb form of ᴹ√KHES “command”.

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lemma-

verb. to beckon, crook the finger

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nachav-

verb. to summon

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Primitive elvish

ikwi(s)

root. request, ask for

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bāta-

verb. to ban, prohibit, refuse, forbid

Primitive elvish [PE22/161; WJ/372] Group: Eldamo. Published by

stama-

verb. bar, exclude

Primitive elvish [UT/282] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tulyā-

verb. to cause to come, send for, fetch, summon

Primitive elvish [PE22/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nal Reconstructed

root. call, cry

A root implied by the Sindarin words S. nalla- “to cry” and S. nallan “call” (LotR/729; PE17/94). It might be related to ᴹ√ÑGYAL(AM) “talk loud or incoherently” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ÑGAL) and ᴱ√NALA “ring, play” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/64). The true form of the latter might be ✱ᴱ√NDALA given the Gnomish word G. dala- “sing or ring” vs. ᴱQ. nala- of the same meaning (GL/29).

Easterling

ban

masculine name. Ban

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Early Quenya

iq-

verb. to beg, ‘pray’ [ask earnestly]

A verb appearing in its 1st-singular form ᴱQ. iqin in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “I beg, ‘pray’”, derived the early root ᴱ√IQI “request, ask for” (QL/43). Tolkien specified it was used “only in this form” [1st-singular]. I suspect that the gloss ‘pray’ is in its archaic English sense “ask earnestly”.

Neo-Quenya: I would retain this as a general verb ᴺQ. iqu- “beg, ‘pray’ [ask earnestly]”, based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√IKWI(S). Helge Fauskanger used this verb for “to beg” in his NQNT (NQNT). For “pray [to God]” Fauskanger instead used hyam-, and I would do the same for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

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iqisya-

verb. to ask for, request

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. iqisya- or iqista- “to ask for, request” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IQI “request, ask for” (QL/43).

Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this verb as ᴺQ. iquirya- “to ask for, request”, based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√IKWI(S).

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iqista-

verb. to ask for, request

telyanta-

verb. to allure

Early Quenya [PE15/69; QL/090] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

kesta-

verb. to ask

Qenya [PE22/097; PE22/118; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122; PE23/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aiqe e·kestuvan, ni·tuluva

If he asked me/were to ask me, I should come

aiqe kestuvan ni·tuluva

If he asked me/were he to ask, I should come

mana só

*what of that (would ask for a fresh opinion rather than a choice among those already expressed)

pak-

verb. to ask, enquire

naham-

verb. to summon

Qenya [EtyAC/KHAM²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tulta-

verb. to send for, fetch, summon, send hither, (lit.) cause to come

Qenya [Ety/TUL; PE22/107; PE22/114; PE22/117] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

iqi

root. request, ask for

Early Primitive Elvish [QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yama

root. *call, shout

Early Primitive Elvish [QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

lempa-

verb. to beckon, crook the finger

Early Noldorin

ban

masculine name. Ban

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Middle Primitive Elvish

khes

root. command

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “command”, with derivatives ᴹQ. hesto “captain” and a word hest of the same meaning but whose language designation is unclear, perhaps Bel[eriandic] as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne (EtyAC/KHES).

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