Quenya 

ahya-

verb. change

#ahya- vb. "change" (intransitive), only attested in the past tense: ahyanë (PM:395)

vista-

verb. change

vista- (2) vb. "change" (transitive), pa.t. vistanë, cf. intransitive virya-, q.v. (PE17:189, 191)

wirnë

change

wirnë noun? "change" (PE17:191)

wirnë

noun. change

@@@ Despite its gloss, wirnë might be the archaic strong past tense of virya-: it is almost identical to the strong past tense form on PE17/189. For a noun form, vistë may be preferable.

wistë

noun. change

inwis

noun. change of mind/mood

The form inwisti was first published in the phrase: “changes of ‘mind-mood’ or inwisti” (MR/216). At the time, this word was generally assumed to be a singular noun meaning “mind-mood”: see Christopher Tolkien’s interpretation on MR/471. Later, a similar form inwis was published with the gloss “change of mind, mood” with a plural form inwissi (PE17/191). Helge Fauskanger suggested that inwisti may be a variant of inwis (QQ/inwisti). If this were the case, it is likely the proper gloss for inwisti would be the full phrase “changes of mind-mood” and it is a plural noun.

If inwisti is accepted as the plural of inwis, it would have a stem of inwist-.

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pirindë

noun. flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light

A word in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 for a “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” based on √PIRI “blink” and with variant forms pirinde and pirne (PE17/146). These flower names were part of an attempt by Tolkien to come up with a new etymology for S. alfirin after he decided that √LA was not a negative element, so that alfirin could no longer mean “immortelle”.

virya-

verb. to change, alternate

This verb is intransitive, so it can be used of change of self but not of others. For change of others, use vista-.

One form of this word, wirne (PE17/191), is unclear in function. It is glossed “change” and could be a noun. However, it almost identical in form to the strong-past virne of virya- attested on PE17/189. It seems likely to me that this is the archaic form of the strong-past tense from before the change of ✶w- to v-.

Evidence elsewhere suggests the noun form of “change” is vistë.

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inwis

change of mind, mood

inwis noun "change of mind, mood". A following, bracketed form inwissi is either the plural, the ancestral form or a variant (PE17:191; cf. inwisti). Likely, inwis is to have the stem inwiss- before endings (alternatively inwist-, see inwisti below, and compare the verb vista- "to change").

pirindë

flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light at [?some ?not] even a pansy closed

pirindë noun "a flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light at [?some ?not] even a pansy closed" (PE17:146; reading uncertain and meaning obscure; read perhaps "…at [which] not even a pansy closed") Also pirnë.

virya-

verb. change, alter(nate)

virya- (2) vb. "change, alter(nate)" (intransitive), pa.t. virnë/virinyë, cf. transitive vista-, q.v. (PE17:189, 191)

walwistë

change of mind

walwistë noun "change of mind" (PE17:189)

ahya-

verb. to change

vista-

verb. to change (transitive)

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pirnë

noun. flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light

valwistë

noun. change of mind

walwistë

noun. change of mind

vistë Reconstructed

noun. change

This word is unattested, but there is indirect evidence for it as an element of walwistë “change of mind” (PE17/189). This word likely contains the archaic form †wistë from before the change of w- to v-. Its modern form would be ✱vistë. If you accept inwist- as the stem form of inwis “change of mind”, it likely contains †wistë as well.

There is another attested word wirne with the gloss “change” (PE17/191), but I think it is likelier to be the archaic form of the strong-past tense of the verb virya- instead of a noun.

inwirya-

verb. to change one’s mind, reconsider

A neologism coined by Röandil in 2023-08-29 on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of Q. in(do) “mind” with Q. virya- “to change [self]”.

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inwissar

noun. opal, (lit.) mood-change stone

A neologism for “opal” coined by Valerie on 2022-05-12 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of inwis “change of mind” and sar (sarn-) “stone”, so “(lit.) mood-change stone”.

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viryaitë

adjective. fickle, (lit.) apt to change

A neologism for “fickle” coined by Shihali posted on 2020-02-03 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of virya- “to change” and the suffix -itë “apt to”, so more literally “apt to change”.

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marrum-

verb. to move = change residence

A neologism coined by Delle and Luinyelle, posted on 2024-01-14 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of már “home” and rum- “shift, move”.

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Sindarin 

pirin

noun. flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light

A word in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 for a “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” based on √PIRI “blink” (PE17/146). This flower name was part of an attempt by Tolkien to come up with a new etymology for S. alfirin after he decided that √LA was not a negative element, so that alfirin could no longer mean “immortelle”.

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pirin

noun. a flower that opened ans shut quickly with any change of light at [some? not?] even a pansy closed

n. Bot. a flower that opened ans shut quickly with any change of light at [some? not?] even a pansy closed. Q. pirinde, pirne.

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gwist

noun. change

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gwista-

verb. to change, alter, vary

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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!

Gnomish

bart

noun. change

elt

noun. change

brigla-

verb. to change, vary

bartha-

verb. to change, exchange, alter

eltha-

verb. to alter, change

Early Quenya

varta

noun. change

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Early Primitive Elvish

vṛtṛ

root. *change

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