Quenya 

cirya

ship

cirya _("k")_noun "ship" (MC:213, 214, 220, 221), "(sharp-prowed) ship" (SA:kir-, where the word is misspelt círya with a long í; Christopher Tolkien probably confused it with the first element of the Sindarin name Círdan. It seems that Círyon, the name of Isildur's son, is likewise misspelt; read Ciryon as in the index and the main text of the Silmarillion. Cf. also kirya_ in Etym, stem KIR.) _Also in Markirya. In the Plotz letter, cirya is inflected for all cases except plural possessive (*ciryaiva). The curious dual form ciriat occurs in Letters:427, whereas Plotz gives the expected form ciryat. Locative ciryasse "upon a ship" (MC:216). Compounded in ciryaquen "shipman, sailor" (WJ:372), also ciryando (PE17:58), cf. also ciryamo "mariner" (UT:8). Masc. names Ciryaher* "Ship-lord" (Appendix A), Ciryandil "Ship-friend" (Appendix A), Ciryatan "Ship-builder" (Appendix A), also Tar-Ciryatan**, name of a Númenórean king, "King Shipbuilder" (SA:kir-)

indo

house

indo (2) noun "house" (LT2:343), probably obsoleted by #1 above (in Tolkiens later Quenya, the word for "house" appears as coa).

os

house, cottage

os (ost-) noun "house, cottage" (LT2:336; hardly valid in LotR-style Quenya writers may use coa or már)

ampano

building

ampano noun "building" (especially of wood), "wooden hall" (PAN; alternative form umpano, VT45:36, which Tolkien in one case altered to ampano, VT46:8). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, ampano was also the name of tengwa #6 (VT46:8), which letter Tolkien would later call umbar instead (changing its value from mp to mb).

ampano

noun. building, construction, edifice

Quenya [PE 22:52; PE 22:114] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Sindarin 

cair

noun. ship

Sindarin [Ety/365, LotR/A(iv), X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cair

noun. ship

Cognates

  • Q. cirya “(sharp-prowed) ship; swift gliding, (sharp-prowed) ship, [ᴹQ.] boat; [Q.] swift gliding” ✧ PE17/147

Derivations

  • kiryā “(small swift sailing) ship; swift (especially of things that pass easily through obstacles)”
    • KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Element in

Variations

  • Cair ✧ SA/an(d)
Sindarin [PE17/147; SA/an(d)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sennas

noun. guesthouse

Sindarin [RC/523] "resting place", from *send, *senn (SED) ?. Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

house

(family) 1) noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan), 2) nost (pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360), 3) nothrim (family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

noss

house

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan)

nost

house

(pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360)

cair

ship

cair (in compounds cír-) (i gair, o chair), pl. cîr, i chîr; coll. pl. ciriath.

cair

ship

(in compounds cír-) (i gair, o chair), pl. cîr, i chîr; coll. pl. ciriath.

car

house

(building, dwelling-place) 1) car or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity. 2) adab (building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb. 3)

car

house

or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity.

car

building

car or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (house), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car (or adab) may be preferred for clarity.

car

building

or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (house), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car (or adab) may be preferred for clarity.

cirion

shipman

(i girion) (sailor), pl. ciryn (i chiryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.

círdan

shipbuilder, shipwright

(i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain).

bâr

house

bâr (dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

bâr

house

(dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

adab

house

(building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb.

adab

building

1) adab (house), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb_. _2)

adab

building

(house), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb. 2)

sennas

guesthouse

(i hennas), pl. sennais (i sennais), coll. pl. sennassath (RC:523)

gobel

village

(i ’obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. ✱göbil.

nothrim

house

(family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

Telerin 

cava

noun. house

Cognates

  • Q. cöa “house; outhouse, shed, hut, booth; building used for a dwelling or other purposes; †body” ✧ WJ/369

Element in

Adûnaic

balak

noun. ship

The noun for “ship”, attested only in the plural (balîk) and objective (balku) forms (SD/247, PM/151). Its plural form indicates that it is a strong-noun (Strong I), so its final vowel must be short. In theory its final vowel could be any of a, i or u, each of which would be replaced by long î in plural nouns. However, its attested objective form uses the variant objective-with-syncope form balku instead of ordinary ✱baluk. Since the Adûnaic syncope seems only to occur for nouns with two identical short vowels, this indicates the singular form of this word is balak.

Element in

Adûnaic [PM/151; SD/247] Group: Eldamo. Published by

zadan

noun. house

A noun translated “house” and fully declined as an example of a Strong I noun (SD/430).

Noldorin 

car

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ceir

noun. ship

Noldorin [Ety/365, LotR/A(iv), X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ceir

noun. ship

Changes

  • circīr “ship” ✧ PE21/57

Cognates

  • Ilk. cîr “ship”
  • ᴹQ. kirya “ship, boat” ✧ Ety/KIR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KIR “cleave” ✧ Ety/KIR

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KIR > ceir[kirja] > [kerja] > [keria] > [keri] > [keir]✧ Ety/KIR

Variations

  • ceirda ✧ EtyAC/KIR (ceirda)
  • cīr ✧ PE21/57
  • cir ✧ PE21/57 (cir)
Noldorin [Ety/KIR; Ety/PAD; EtyAC/KIR; PE21/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cardh

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cîr

noun. ship

car(dh)

noun. house, house, *construction, structure

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as car or carð with the gloss “house” under the root ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” (Ety/KAR). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. kar (kard-) was glossed “building, house”.

Neo-Sindarin: Given the meaning of its root, I would use cardh for any kind of building-like construction or structure for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. For an ordinary “house” where people live, I would use S. bâr.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kar “building, house” ✧ Ety/KAR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” ✧ Ety/KAR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAR > carð[karda] > [kard] > [karð]✧ Ety/KAR

Variations

  • car ✧ Ety/KAR
  • carð ✧ Ety/KAR

adab

noun. building, house

Noldorin [Ety/390, WR/379-80, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobel

noun. walled house or village, town

Noldorin [Ety/380] 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!

Doriathrin

cîr

noun. ship

A noun for “ship” used to in some linguistic notes in the mid-1930s to illustrate the class plural: círiath. Tolkien first wrote these forms with a short vowel (cir, ciriath), and he vacillated on whether these were Noldorin or Ilkorin words, eventually deciding they were from both languages (PE21/57 noted #28). The proper etymology of the Ilkorin form is unclear; based on the example of gwene < ✱gwenyā we might expect Ilk. ✱✱cere instead.

Changes

  • circīr “ship” ✧ PE21/57

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kirya “ship, boat”
  • N. ceir “ship”

Variations

  • cīr ✧ PE21/57
  • cir ✧ PE21/57 (cir)
Doriathrin [PE21/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

kiryā

noun. ship

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KIR “cleave”

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. kirya “ship, boat” ✧ PE19/060; PE19/060; PE19/060

Element in

Variations

  • kiryā́ ✧ PE19/060
  • kiryă ✧ PE21/65
  • kirı̯a ✧ PE21/68
Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/060; PE21/65; PE21/66; PE21/68] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

baur

noun. house

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶mbāră ✧ PE13/116; PE13/116

Variations

  • bawr ✧ PE13/116

lunta

noun. ship

Cognates

  • Eq. lunte “ship, boat” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUTU “*float” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë
Gnomish [GL/55; LT1A/Alqaluntë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

cair

noun. ?ship

Element in

Early Noldorin [PE13/139; PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bâr

noun. house

Element in

Variations

  • bar ✧ PE13/122; PE13/138
Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/122; PE13/128; PE13/138; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

adob

noun. building

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶atāqa “to build, establish” ✧ PE13/132; PE13/136; PE13/158
    • ᴱ√TAQA “fashion”

Element in

  • En. edebion “builder” ✧ PE13/158
Early Noldorin [PE13/132; PE13/136; PE13/158; PE13/165] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

sōđā

noun. house

Derivations

Element in

  • ᴱ✶saχsōđa “house of fire” ✧ PE12/021; QL/081

Variations

  • þōra ✧ QL/081
Early Primitive Elvish [PE12/021; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

indo

noun. house

A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).

Cognates

  • G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril

Derivations

  • ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043

Element in

  • Eq. indor “master of house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
  • Eq. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. indolis “domicile” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. indositsina “domestic(ated)” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. indoite “indoors, at home, homely, domestic” ✧ QL/043

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√IŘI > indo[inðō] > [inðo] > [indo]✧ QL/043
Early Quenya [LT2A/Idril; PE16/132; PME/043; QL/042; QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by