Quenya 

ar

day

ar (2) noun "day" (PE17:148), apparently short for árë, occurring in the names of the Valinorean week listed below. Tolkien indicated that ar in these names could also be arë when the following element begins in a consonant (VT45:27). Usually the word for "day" in LotR-style Quenya is rather aurë (or ), q.v.

anar

noun. Sun

The most common Quenya name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (Let/425; PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302, 306).

Conceptual Development: This term appeared in Silmarillion drafts of the 1930s with the gloss “Heart of Flame” (LR/240) and as ᴹQ. Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/ANÁR, NAR¹).

Cognates

  • S. Anor “Sun” ✧ PE17/038; SA/nár

Derivations

  • NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame” ✧ Let/425; PE17/038
  • Anār “Sun” ✧ SA/nár
    • NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NAR > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ Let/425
(A)NAR > anā̆r[anār] > [anar]✧ PE17/038
(a)nar > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ SA/nár

Variations

  • anar ✧ MC/222; PE17/152
  • anā̆r ✧ PE17/038
Quenya [Let/425; MC/222; MR/044; MRI/Anar; NM/280; NM/281; PE17/038; PE17/148; PE17/152; PE21/86; S/099; SA/nár; SI/Anar; UT/022; UTI/Anar; WJI/Anar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

arin

morning

arin noun "morning" (AR1)

árë

day

árë noun "day" (PM:127) or "sunlight" (SA:arien). Stem ári- _(PE17:126, where the word is further defined as "warmth, especially of the sun, sunlight"). Also name of tengwa #31; cf. also ar # 2. Originally pronounced ázë; when /z/ merged with /r/, the letter became superfluous and was given the new value ss, hence it was re-named essë (Appendix E)_. Also árë nuquerna *"árë reversed", name of tengwa #32, similar to normal árë but turned upside down (Appendix E). See also ilyázëa, ilyárëa under ilya. In the Etymologies, this word has a short initial vowel: arë pl. ari (AR1)

arinya

morning

arinya adj. "morning" in the adjectival sense (e.g. *arinya árë "morning sun") and hence "early" (AR1, VT45:6)

Ae

day

Ae (Quenya?) noun "day" (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK - ae was written over ar [# 2] in the names of the Valinorean week, but ar was not struck out.)

úr(in)

proper name. Sun

A late remnant of earlier names for the Sun: ᴱQ. Ûr and ᴹQ. Úrin. In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name was changed from Úrin >> Naira >> Vása (MR/198), but the form Úr(in) occasionally appeared in some later writings (PE17/148, MR/377). This name was a derivative of the root √UR “heat, be hot” (PE17/148).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name was ᴱQ. Ûr, Ur or Úri “Sun”, but literally meaning “Fire” (LT1/187, QL/98). The name became ᴹQ. Úrin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/240). It was rejected in The Etymologies along with the root form ᴹ√UR, but reappeared sometimes in later writing as noted above.

Changes

  • ÚrinNaira ✧ MR/198

Derivations

  • UR “heat, be hot” ✧ PE17/148

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
UR > Úrin[ūrin]✧ PE17/148

Variations

  • Úrin ✧ MR/198 (Úrin); MRI/Úr; PE17/148
  • Úr ✧ MR/377; MRI/Úr
Quenya [MR/198; MR/377; MRI/Úr; PE17/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ala

day

[ala (7) noun "day", also alan "daytime". The forms allen, alanen listed after these words could be inflected forms of them, genitive "of daytime", constracted (allen = al'nen) and uncontracted. However, Tolkien struck out all of this (VT45:13).]

day

noun "day" (of the sun), a full 24-hour cycle (Appendix D) composed of aurë (day, daylight) and lómë "night" (VT49:45). Short - in compounds like Ringarë (q.v.). Allative rénna (VT49:45).

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

Sindarin 

aur

noun. day, sunlight, morning

Sindarin [Ety/349, S/439] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aur

noun. Poet

n. Poet. #sunlight, daylight. Q. aure.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:120] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aur

noun. (whole) day, (whole) day, sunlight, [N.] morning

Cognates

  • Q. aurë “day (as opposed to night), daylight, sunlight, morning, day (as opposed to night), daylight, morning; sunlight, [ᴱQ.] sunshine, gold light, warmth” ✧ PE17/148; SA/ur; PE17/120

Derivations

  • auri “heat, period of sun” ✧ PE17/148
    • UR “heat, be hot” ✧ PE17/148

Element in

  • ᴺS. abor “tomorrow, (lit.) after-day”
  • ᴺS. amor “morning, early day”
  • ᴺS. edinor “anniversary day”
  • ᴺS. iestor “first day of the new year”
  • S. ilaurui “*daily” ✧ VT44/28
  • ᴺS. nedhor “mid-day, noon”
  • S. or- “-day” ✧ PE17/120
  • ᴺS. orchen “dandelion, (lit.) day-eye”
  • ᴺS. ordolel “tomorrow”
  • ᴺS. oreth “hour”
  • ᴺS. oronnad “birthday”
  • ᴺS. orvedui “yesterday”
  • ᴺS. penninor “full year (last day of year), *new year’s eve”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
aurĭ- > aur[auri] > [aure] > [aur]✧ PE17/148
Sindarin [PE17/120; PE17/148; RC/727; SA/ur; VT44/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taur

noun. Poet

n.Bot. Poet. or Arch. #willow. >> taor, tathar

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:81] < _tachaur _< TASĀS. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

anor

noun. Sun

The most common Sindarin name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302-303, 306). The o is the result of ancient ā becoming au and then this au becoming o in polysyllables.

Conceptual Development: The term Anor was first mentioned in conjunction with early tales of Númenor (LR/41). It briefly appeared as N. {ánar >>} Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the entry for ᴹ√NAR (Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹), but as Anor under ᴹ√ANÁR (Ety/ANÁR). In The Notion Club Papers of the 1940s it was Anor, archaic †Anaur (SD/302-303, 306) and it retained this form thereafter.

Cognates

  • Q. Anar “Sun” ✧ PE17/038; SA/nár
  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ SDI2/Anar

Derivations

  • NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame” ✧ PE17/038
  • Anār “Sun” ✧ SA/nár
    • NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame”

Element in

  • ᴺS. anóren “sunny”
  • S. Anórien “Sunlending, *(lit.) Sun-lands” ✧ SA/nár
  • ᴺS. coranor “solar year, (lit.) sun-round”
  • S. elanor “pimpernel, small golden star-shaped flower, (lit.) sun-star” ✧ PE17/055
  • S. Minas Anor “Tower of the (Setting) Sun” ✧ SA/nár
  • S. Oranor “*(lit.) Sun-day, Sunday”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
(A)NAR > anor[anār] > [anǭr] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ PE17/038

Variations

  • anor ✧ PE17/030; PE17/038; PE17/055
Sindarin [LotRI/Anor; PE17/030; PE17/038; PE17/055; RC/297; SA/nár; SDI2/Anar; SI/Anor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

túr

noun. Poet

n.Bot. Poet. or Arch. #willow. >> tathar, taur

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:81] < _tachaur _< TASĀS. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

sadar

Poet

pl1. sedair n. Poet. trusty follower, loyal companion (member of "comitatus" of a lord, or prince). >> sadron

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:183] < *_satarŏ_ < SAT|SATAR faithfull, trust, loyal; rely, steadfast, _etc._. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

sadron

Poet

pl1. sedryn n. Poet. trusty follower, loyal companion (member of "comitatus" of a lord, or prince). Probably form of _sadar with masc. suffix -on_. >> sadar

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:183] < *_satarŏ_ < SAT|SATAR faithfull, trust, loyal; rely, steadfast, _etc._. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

maw

noun. Poet

_ n. Poet. _hand. Q. . >> maetha-

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:162] < MAƷ serve, be of use. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

oron

Poet

pl1. œryn, eryn _ n. Poet. _upstanding plant, general word for tree. >> orn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:153] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

calan

noun. day, period of actual daylight

Attested in the first edition of LotR, but omitted from the second.

Sindarin [aLotR/D] Group: SINDICT. Published by

oranor

noun. second day of the week, day of the Sun

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+anor. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orithil

noun. third day of the week, day of the Moon

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+ithil. Group: SINDICT. Published by

ormenel

noun. fifth day of the week, Heavens' day

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+menel. Group: SINDICT. Published by

ennorath

noun. Poet

pl2. n. Poet. 'Middle-earth', '(all) the Middle-lands', the group of central lands (between the seas). A poetic expression for the usual Ennor. _o galadh-remmin ennorath _lit. 'from tree-tangled middlelands'. >> -ath, Ennor

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:20-1:25-6] < EN(ED) centre, middle+NDOR land. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

oraearon

noun. seventh day of the Númenórean week, Sea-day

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+aearon. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orbelain

noun. sixth day of the week, day of the Powers or Valar

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+belain. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orgaladh

noun. fourth day of the Númenórean week, day of the White Tree

This day was formerly called orgaladhad in the Elvish calendar

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+galadh. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orgilion

noun. first day of the week, day of the Stars

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+gil, with archaic genitive. Group: SINDICT. Published by

penninor

noun. last day of the year

Sindarin [Ety/400, X/Z] pant+în+aur. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orgaladhad

noun. fourth day of the Elvish week, day of the Two Trees

This day was renamed orgaladh in the Númenórean calendar

Sindarin [LotR/D] aur+galadh, with quenya influenced dual ending. Group: SINDICT. Published by

elein

Poet

pl2. eleniath, elenwaith n. Poet. star.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:139] < _elenyā_ < _elenā _ < ELEN a star. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ell

Poet

_ n. Poet. _only applied to the Noldorin Exiles. A word borrowed from Quenya. >> elles, ellon

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:140:152] < EL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

elles

noun. Poet

_ fem. n. Poet. _only applied to the Noldorin Exiles. A word borrowed from Quenya. >> ell, elles

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:152] < EL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ellon

noun. Poet

_ masc. n. Poet. _only applied to the Noldorin Exiles. A word borrowed from Quenya. >> ell, ellon

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:152] < EL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

findel

Poet

n. Poet. head of hair (fax). Preserved mainly in such old names as Glorfindel 'Golden-hair'. >> find, finn, finnel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:17] < *_spindilā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aur

day

aur (morning), pl. oer. As prefix or- in names of weekdays.

aur

day

(morning), pl. oer. As prefix or- in names of weekdays.

aur

morning

aur (day), pl. oer;

aur

morning

(day), pl. oer;

naur

sun

(mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.

anor

sun

(pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306).

tagron

noun. smith

Derivations

  • TAK “fasten, fix, fasten, fix, [ᴹ√] make fast; [ᴱ√] stick (in), firm; [ᴹ√] make”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

calan

daytime

(i galan, o chalan), pl. celain (i chelain)

edinor

anniversary day

(pl. edinoer). Archaic edinaur. In ”Noldorin”, the word appeared as edinar.

minuial

morrowdim

(i vinuial) (dawn, twilight), pl. minuiail (i minuiail)

Adûnaic

tamar

noun. smith

A noun translated “smith” and fully declined as an example of a masculine Strong I noun (SD/436). It may be related to the Eldarin root √TAM “construct”, as suggested by several authors (AAD/23, EotAL/TAM).

ûri

noun. sun

A noun translated “sun” (SD/306, 428). This word appears in the forms ûrê, ûri and ûrî, but Tolkien declared that the form with long î is actually the personified form Ûrî “Lady of the Sun” (SD/426), perhaps the Adûnaic name of Q. Arien. The form ûrê only appears once (SD/426), so ûri is probably to be preferred as the ordinary word for Sun, especially since it is a neuter noun, which ordinarily cannot end in a long (SD/427). Tolkien lists the “later forms Uir, Ŷr” (SD/306), one of which may be the Westron word for “sun”, most likely Wes. uir. As suggested by several authors (AAD/24, EotAL/UR), ûri is probably derived from the Elvish root ᴹ√UR.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ SD/306

Derivations

  • UR “heat, be hot”

Derivatives

  • Wes. uir “sun” ✧ SD/306

Element in

Variations

  • Ūri ✧ SD/306
  • ūrē ✧ SD/426
  • ūri ✧ SD/428
Adûnaic [SD/306; SD/426; SD/428] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

anār

noun. Sun

Derivations

  • NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame”

Derivatives

  • Q. Anar “Sun” ✧ SA/nár
  • S. Anor “Sun” ✧ SA/nár

Variations

  • (a)nar ✧ SA/nár
Primitive elvish [SA/nár] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sinkitamo

noun. smith

Derivatives

  • Q. sintamo “smith” ✧ PE17/108
Primitive elvish [PE17/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

aur

noun. day, sunlight, morning

Noldorin [Ety/349, S/439] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aur

noun. day, morning

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ára “dawn, day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AR “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AR¹ > aur[āra] > [ǭra] > [oura] > [aura] > [aur]✧ Ety/AR¹
Noldorin [Ety/AR¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anaur

noun. Sun

ar-

prefix. day

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. are “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ari “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
    • ᴹ√AR “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Element in

  • N. Ar Fennuir “Day of the Fanturi, fourth day of the Valian week”
  • N. Ar Neleduir “Day of the three kings, fifth day of the Valian week”
  • N. Ar Nethwelein “Day of the younger Gods, fifth day of the Valian week”
  • N. Ar Uiar “Day of Ulmo, second day of the Valian week”
  • N. Ar Vanwe “Day of Manwe, first day of the Valian week” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • N. Ar Vedhwen “Day of the Spouses, third day of the Valian week”
  • N. Ar Velegol “Day of Aule, alternate name of the third day of the Valian week”
  • N. Ar Ifan “*Day of Yavanna”
  • N. edinar “anniversary day”
  • N. Aroeren “Sea-day”
  • N. Aranor “*Sun-day”
  • N. Arvelain “*Day of the Valar”
  • N. Argalad “Tree Day”
  • N. Argaladath “*Day of the Trees”
  • N. Argilion “*Star-day”
  • N. Arithil “*Moon-day”
  • N. Arvenel “*Heavens-day”
  • N. penninar “full year (last day of year)”
  • N. Ardórin “?Day of Kings”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ari- > ar-[ari] > [are] > [ar]✧ Ety/AR¹

Variations

  • ar- ✧ Ety/AR¹
Noldorin [Ety/AR¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anor

noun. Sun

Changes

  • ánarAnar ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; LR/041; LRI/Anar; SD/306; SDI2/Anar

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶Anār “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/302; SD/306
    • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/ANÁR
  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶anār- > Anor[anārǝ] > [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ Ety/ANÁR
ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor[anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ SD/302
ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor[anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ SD/306

Variations

  • Anar ✧ Ety/NAR¹
  • ánar ✧ EtyAC/NAR¹ (ánar)
  • Anaur ✧ SDI2/Anar (Anaur)
Noldorin [Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹; LR/041; LRI/Anar; LRI/Anor; SD/303; SD/306; SDI2/Anar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

penninar

noun. last day of the year

Noldorin [Ety/400, X/Z] pant+în+aur. Group: SINDICT. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Westron

uir

noun. sun

A word listed as a later form of Ad. ûri “sun” (SD/306) and therefore perhaps a Westron word, as suggested by Andreas Moehn (EotAL/UR). The other “later form” Ŷr is unlikely to be Westron, since y seems not to be a vowel in Westron.

Derivations

  • Ad. ûri “sun” ✧ SD/306
    • UR “heat, be hot”

Variations

  • Uir ✧ SD/306

Qenya 

are

noun. day

Cognates

  • N. ar- “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ari “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
    • ᴹ√AR “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Are Fanturion “Day of the Fanturi, fourth day of the Valian week”
  • ᴹQ. Are Manwen “Day of Manwe, first day of the Valian week”
  • ᴹQ. Arendien “Midyear’s Day”
  • ᴹQ. Are Veruen “Day of the Spouses, third day of the Valian week”
  • ᴹQ. artuile “dayspring, early morn”
  • ᴹQ. Ar Ulmon “Day of Ulmo, second day of the Valian week”
  • ᴹQ. enar “tomorrow”
  • ᴹQ. Mettare “Year’s end”
  • ᴹQ. sinar “today, this morning”
  • ᴹQ. Tuilear “Springdays”
  • ᴹQ. yáre “former days”
  • ᴹQ. Koirear “Stirringdays”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ari- > are[ari] > [are]✧ Ety/AR¹

anar

noun. Sun

Cognates

  • Ad. ûri “sun” ✧ SD/306
  • N. Anor “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; LR/041; LRI/Anar; SD/306; SDI2/Anar
  • S. Anor “Sun” ✧ SDI2/Anar

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶Anār “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/306
    • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/ANÁR
  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶anār- > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ Ety/ANÁR
ᴹ√NAR¹ > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ Ety/NAR¹
ᴹ✶Anār > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ SD/306

Variations

  • anar ✧ PE22/019; PE22/023
Qenya [Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/ANÁR; LR/041; LR/072; LR/240; LRI/Anar; PE22/019; PE22/023; SD/306; SDI2/Anar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

arin

noun. morning

@@@ may be reconceived as a derivative of AS.

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AR “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Element in

  • ᴺQ. arinwat “breakfast, (lit.) morning-meal”
  • ᴹQ. arinya “morning, early” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AR¹ > arin[arin]✧ Ety/AR¹

ala

noun. day

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GALAN “bright” ✧ EtyAC/GAL¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GALÁN > ala[gala] > [ɣala] > [ala]✧ EtyAC/GAL¹
Qenya [EtyAC/GAL¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

ar

root. day

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “day” with various derivatives like ᴹQ. are, N. aur “day” and ᴹQ. arin “morning” (Ety/AR¹). In Tolkien’s later writings, the Quenya word for “day” became aurë (RC/727; S/190), and in 1957 Quenya Notes he devised a new etymology for these day-words from the root √UR “heat” as in ✶auri “heat, period of sun” (PE17/148). That opens the question whether the various 1930s Quenya “morning” words from ᴹ√AR remain valid, but many Neo-Quenya writers (including me) retain them since there aren’t really any good alternatives. They might be salvageable as derivatives of the later root √AS “warmth” (so that “day” = “hot” and “morning” = “warm”).

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶ari “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
    • ᴹQ. are “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
    • N. ar- “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • ᴹQ. ára “dawn, day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • ᴹQ. arie “daytime” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • ᴹQ. arin “morning” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • ᴹQ. arya “day (twelve hours)” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • N. arad “daytime, a day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • N. aur “day, morning” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Árien “Sun-maiden” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • ᴹQ. artuile “dayspring, early morn” ✧ Ety/TUY
  • ᴹQ. Aryante “Day-bringer” ✧ Ety/ANA¹
  • N. Eriant “Day-bringer” ✧ Ety/AR¹
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ANA¹; Ety/AR¹; Ety/TUY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ari

noun. day

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AR “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. are “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
  • N. ar- “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AR¹ > ari-[ari]✧ Ety/AR¹

Variations

  • ari- ✧ Ety/AR¹
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AR¹; EtyAC/AR¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anār

noun. Sun

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/ANÁR

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/306
  • N. Anor “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/302; SD/306

Element in

Variations

  • anār- ✧ Ety/ANÁR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ANÁR; SD/302; SD/306] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

aura

masculine name. Smith

Element in

  • G. Fionor “Goblet Smith” ✧ GL/35

Variations

  • aur ✧ GL/35
Gnomish [GL/20; GL/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aur(a)

noun. Sun

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as Aur “Sun” (GL/20), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. Ûr from the root ᴱ√URU as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ûr; QL/098). It appeared as aura in G. nalos·aura “sunset” and G. orosaura “sunrise” (GL/59, 62). The word G. aur “sun” was also mentioned in Gnomish Lexicon Slips with corrections for that document (PE13/114), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. aur meant “day”, whereas N. Anor became the name of the Sun (Ety/ANÁR, AR¹).

Cognates

  • Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

  • ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√URU > Aur[ūra] > [aura] > [aur]✧ LT1A/Ûr

Variations

  • Aur ✧ GL/20; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur
  • aura ✧ GL/59; GL/62 (aura)
  • aur ✧ PE13/114
Gnomish [GL/20; GL/59; GL/62; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uril

proper name. Sun

Cognates

  • Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

  • ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Gnomish [GL/75; LT1A/Ûr] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ûr

noun. smith

Changes

  • awrŷr ✧ PE13/115

Cognates

  • Eq. uru “fire” ✧ GL/75

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Aura “Smith” ✧ GL/20
  • G. aurin “made (by craft of hand), wrought, fashioned” ✧ GL/20

Variations

  • -ûr ✧ GL/20
  • ŷr ✧ PE13/115
  • awr ✧ PE13/115 (awr)
Gnomish [GL/20; GL/75; PE13/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by

galaduir

proper name. Sun

tagor

noun. smith

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten, stick”

danuin

masculine name. Day

Changes

  • DanosDanuin ✧ LT1/222
  • DanaDanuin ✧ LT1/222
  • DanaDanuin ✧ LT1A/Danuin
  • DanosDanuin ✧ LT1I/Danuin
  • DanaDanuin ✧ LT1I/Danuin

Variations

  • Danos ✧ LT1/222 (Danos); LT1I/Danuin (Danos)
  • Dana ✧ LT1/222 (Dana); LT1A/Danuin (Dana); LT1I/Danuin (Dana)
Gnomish [LT1/217; LT1/222; LT1A/Danuin; LT1I/Danuin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tagros

noun. smith

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten, stick”

Element in

  • G. Martaglos “Smith of the World” ✧ LT1A/Talka Marda

Variations

  • taglos ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Talka Marda
Gnomish [GL/68; LT1A/Talka Marda] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dân

noun. day

hŷr

noun. sun

A word appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s as {ŷr >>} hŷr “sun” beside a variant G. aur of the same meaning (PE13/114).

Changes

  • ŷrhŷr ✧ PE13/114

Element in

  • G. Aura-nûmin “Sunset” ✧ PE13/114 (Hyrnymi)
  • G. Aurfaiglim “the Sun at noon” ✧ PE13/114 (Hýrfaiglin)
  • G. Auros ✧ PE13/114
  • G. hyrost “*dawn” ✧ PE13/114

Variations

  • ŷr ✧ PE13/114 (ŷr)

ŷr

noun. smith

taglos

noun. smith

Early Noldorin

úr

noun. sun

Changes

  • húrúr ✧ PE13/155

Cognates

  • Eq. auro “sun” ✧ PE13/155
  • Et. úru ✧ PE13/155

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Element in

Variations

  • húr ✧ PE13/155 (húr)
Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/151; PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taglon

noun. smith

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten, stick”

Element in

Early Noldorin [PE13/138; PE13/153] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

ourū̆

noun. sun

Changes

  • ourǝourū̆ ✧ PE13/155

Derivatives

  • Eq. auro “sun” ✧ PE13/155
  • En. úr “sun” ✧ PE13/155
  • Et. úru ✧ PE13/155

Variations

  • ourǝ ✧ PE13/155 (ourǝ)
Early Primitive Elvish [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ðana

root. day

A primitive form in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives meaning “day” (GL/38). There were a variety of different roots for “day” in later writings such ᴹ√AR or √UR.

Derivatives

  • Eq. sana “day (24 hours)”
  • G. dana “day (24 hours)”
  • G. dôn “[unglossed]”

Element in

Variations

  • ðana ✧ GL/66 (ðana)
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/66] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

auro

noun. sun

A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).

Changes

  • ūruauro ✧ PE13/155

Cognates

  • En. úr “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ourū̆ > auro[ouru] > [ouro] > [auro]✧ PE13/155

Variations

  • ūru ✧ PE13/155 (ūru)
Early Quenya [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ahúra

noun. Sun

An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.

Element in

Early Quenya [PE15/77] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aule

masculine name. Smith

Cognates

  • G. Ôla “God of Crafts” ✧ GL/18; GL/62; PE15/08; LT1A/Aulë; PE13/104; PE14/012

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • Aulë ✧ LBI/Aulë; LT1A/Aulë; LT1I/Aulë; LT2I/Aulë
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/62; LBI/Aulë; LT1A/Aulë; LT1I/Aulë; LT2I/Aulë; PE13/104; PE14/012; PE15/08; PE15/29] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sári

proper name. Sun

A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Variations

  • Sāri ✧ PE14/014
Early Quenya [LRI/Sári; LT1/186; LT1/198; LT1A/Sári; LT1I/Sári; PE14/014; SMI/Sári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tongar

noun. smith

Early Quenya [QL/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kale

noun. day

Changes

  • kaletantare “day” ✧ PE14/043

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KALA “shine golden”
Early Quenya [PE14/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. day

Element in

  • Eq. Ambalar “the East” ✧ PE16/075

Variations

  • ✧ PE16/075
Early Quenya [PE16/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kala

noun. morning

kále

noun. morning

Cognates

  • G. gal(a) “daylight, light” ✧ PE13/114

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KALA “shine golden” ✧ LT1A/Galmir; QL/044

Element in

  • Eq. ekkala “tomorrow morning” ✧ QL/034

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KALA > kále[gālē] > [gāle] > [kāle]✧ QL/044

Variations

  • kálë ✧ LT1A/Galmir
  • kāle ✧ PE13/114
  • kala ✧ QL/034 (kala)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Galmir; PE13/114; QL/034; QL/044] Group: Eldamo. Published by

talka

noun. smith

Element in

  • Eq. Talka Marda “Smith of the World” ✧ LT1A/Eldamar

Variations

  • Talka ✧ LT1A/Eldamar
  • talka ✧ PE16/138
Early Quenya [LT1A/Eldamar; PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by