v. & pron. suff. I won't. Q. ván, vanye. >> avo
Quenya
úva
will not
Sindarin
avon
verb. I won't
avon
suffix. I won't
avon
place name. 'Unmarred State'
topon. 'Unmarred State', esp. applied to the 'unmarred' western regions, of which Valinor was part. Q. Aman.
avon
place name. Unmarred State
A Sindarin cognate of Q. Aman, appearing only in Quenya Note (QN) from 1957 (PE17/162).
Cognates
- Q. Aman “Blessed Realm” ✧ PE17/162
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶Ámān > Avon [amān] > [amǭn] > [amaun] > [amon] > [avon] ✧ PE17/162
avo
verb. don't!
Used as a negative adverb before an imperative: avo garo "don't do it!". Sometimes used as prefix: avgaro
ava-
auxillary verb. will not
ava-
verb. will not, do not
Cognates
Derivations
- √BĀ/ABA “refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), [ᴹ√] deny; away, go away, depart” ✧ PE17/143
- ✶aba- “refuse, forbid” ✧ WJ/372
- √BĀ/ABA “refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), [ᴹ√] deny; away, go away, depart” ✧ PE22/163; WJ/370
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶aba- > ava- [aba-] > [ava-] ✧ WJ/372
ónen
noun. I gave
Written onen in some editions of LotR. In the Qenyaqetsa, Qenya anta- is marked as having an irregular past tense áne. Assuming the same sound-shifts as observed in other words, this would indeed lead to onen in Sindarin, see PE/12:31 and TT/14:48-49
dagorath
noun. all the battles
anfangrim
noun. the Longbeards (a tribe of Dwarves)
lammas
noun. account of tongues
anglennatha
verb. (he) will approach
cuio
verb. live!
noro
verb. run! ride!
Untranslated in LotR, but written nora-lim and rendered as "ride on" in RS/196 (not a literal translation) and later translated as "run swift" in RC/195. A verb nor- is attested in the old Gnomish lexicon, PE/11:61, with the meaning "to run, roll"
lâf
verb. (he) licks
lôd
verb. (he) floats
tôl
verb. (he) comes
According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien
rammas
noun. (great) wall
Lossoth
noun. the Snowmen
galadhad
noun. the Two Trees of Valinor
drúwaith
noun. the wilderness of the Drû-men (q.v.)
falathrim
noun. people of the Falas
pêd
verb. (he) says
rochirrim
noun. horse-lords, the people of Rohan
ava
will not
ava- (i ava, in avar).
ava
will not
ava- (i ava, in avar)
Primitive elvish
ámān
place name. Unmarred State
Derivations
- √MAN “good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil, good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil; [ᴹ√] holy spirit” ✧ PE17/162
Derivatives
Noldorin
lhammas
noun. account of tongues
thia
verb. it appears
orthor
verb. (he) masters, conquers
osgar
verb. (he) cuts, amputates
síla
verb. (he) shines white
sôg
verb. (he) drinks
tôg
verb. (he) leads, brings
tôl
verb. (he) comes
According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien
blâb
verb. (he) flaps, beats
The Etymologies seem to list this word as a noun, but it is clearly the third person singular of the verb
lhâf
verb. (he) licks
lhôd
verb. (he) floats
úva (1) vb. "will not", future tense of a negative verb (present/aorist tense úyë?) in Fíriel's Song. Compare #úva as the future tense of the negative verb ua- (q.v.) in a later source (PE17:144, where the verb is cited with a 1st person sg. ending: úvan).