Quenya 

aulë

invention

aulë (1) noun "invention" (GAWA/GOWO); evidently connected to or associated with Aulë, name of the Vala of craft (GAWA/GOWO, TAN), spouse of Yavanna; the name is adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:399)

aulë

shaggy

aulë (2) adj. "shaggy" (LT1:249; this "Qenya" word may have been obsoleted by # 1 above)

aulë

masculine name. The Maker, The Smith

Aulë is the Valar of crafting and smithing, spouse of Yavanna, and his name is variously glossed as “The Maker” (S/44) or “The Smith” (LotR/1137). His Quenya name is an adaptation of his Valarin name Val. Aʒūlēz of unknown meaning (WJ/399). His name may also be related to the word [ᴹQ.] aule “invention”.

Conceptual Development: This name dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, appearing from the beginning in the same form: ᴱQ. Aule (LT1/16), and it was translated “Smith” in an early name list (PE13/104). In Tolkien’s Old English version of the Quenta Noldorinwa, his name is translated as “Cræftfréa”, Old English for “Craft Lord” (SM/208). In The Etymologies, ᴹQ. Aule is derived from the root ᴹ√GAWA and thus connected to ᴹQ. aule “invention” (Ety/GAWA). In the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, Tolkien said that his name was derived from Valarin Aʒūlēz (WJ/399), and this appears to be the last thing Tolkien wrote on the derivation of this name.

Cognates

  • Kh. Mahal “Aulë” ✧ S/044; WJI/Mahal

Derivations

Element in

  • Q. Aulendil “Servant of Aulë”
  • Q. Aulendur “Servant of Aulë” ✧ PMI/Aulë
  • Q. Aulëonnar “Children of Aulë” ✧ PM/391

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Val. Aʒūlēz > Aulë[aɣūlē] > [aulē] > [aule]✧ WJ/399
Quenya [LotR/1137; LotRI/Aulë; MRI/Aulë; PM/391; PMI/Aulë; S/044; SI/Aulë; UTI/Aulë; WJ/399; WJI/Aulë; WJI/Mahal] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sintamo

smith

sintamo noun "smith" (PE17:107-108), cf. more usual variant tamo, q.v.

sintamo

noun. smith

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
tamo“smith, builder”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
sinkitamo > sintamo[siŋkitamo] > [sintamo]✧ PE17/108