Quenya
autamar
noun. museum, (lit.) hall of the past
Elements
Word Gloss auta- “to go (away), depart, leave; to disappear, be lost, pass away” mar(da) “dwelling, (great) house, residence, mansion, a thing or place dwelt in, home, dwelling, (great) house, residence, mansion, a thing or place dwelt in, home; [ᴱQ.] world”
vanwiémar
noun. museum, (lit.) hall of the past
Elements
Word Gloss vanwie “the past, past time” mar(da) “dwelling, (great) house, residence, mansion, a thing or place dwelt in, home, dwelling, (great) house, residence, mansion, a thing or place dwelt in, home; [ᴱQ.] world”
combemen
noun. museum
Elements
Word Gloss combë “gathering, assembly, assemblage, collection” men “place, spot”
A neologism for “museum” coined by Paul Strack in 2023 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of [ᴹQ.] vanwie “the past” and mar(da) “hall”, so literally “hall of the past”. This neologism is inspired by Tamas Ferencz’s neologism ᴺQ. autamar of the same meaning, where the first element is instead the verb auta- “pass away”. I’ve altered this because I don’t think a verb is appropriate for the initial element.
The Neo-Quenya Wiki instead had ᴺQ. combemen “museum”, a combination of combë “collection” and [ᴹQ.] men “place”.