avon

verb. I won't

avon

suffix. I won't

v. & pron. suff. I won't. Q. ván, vanye. >> avo

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

• ✶Ámān “Unmarred State” ✧ PE17/162
  • √MAN “good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil, good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil; [ᴹ√] holy spirit” ✧ PE17/162

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

• Q. áva “don’t, negative imperative” ✧ PE17/143; WJ/371; WJ/371; WJ/371
• Q. ava- “to refuse, forbid”
• Q. vá “will not, do not, shall not” ✧ PE17/143; PE17/143

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

• S. avad “refusal, reluctance” ✧ WJ/372
• S. Avar “Refuser”
• S. avo garo “don’t do it” ✧ WJ/371
• S. avgaro “don’t do it” ✧ WJ/371

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)