Primitive elvish

dew

root. go wrong, fail

A Sindarin-only root in linguistic notes from 1959 meaning “go wrong, fail” with the basic sense of “miss mark, go (or send) wrong, fall short or beside ([one’s] aim, what is due or proper)” (PE17/151); in a marginal note Tolkien also wrote “go awry, ill, wrongly”. Its Quenya equivalent was √LOY.

Derivatives

  • ✶deulē “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
    • S. dŷl “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
  • S. dew- “to fail, miss” ✧ PE17/151
  • S. dŷr “mistaken, off point, not right” ✧ PE17/151

Variations

  • DEWE ✧ PE17/151
Primitive elvish [PE17/151] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mizdi

root. *fine rain, dew

Derivatives

  • ✶mizdē “drizzle”
    • Q. mistë “drizzle, drizzle, [ᴹQ.] fine rain” ✧ PE19/101
    • S. mîdh “dew, dew, *moisture, damp(ness); [ᴱN.] mist, drizzle” ✧ PE19/101

Variations

  • mizdi ✧ PE18/093
Primitive elvish [PE18/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rossē

noun. dew, spray (of fall or fountain)

Derivations

  • √ROS “spindrift, spray, spindrift, spray; [ᴹ√] distil, drip”

Derivatives

  • Q. rossë “rain; foam, (fine) rain; [ᴹQ.] dew; *spray, [Q.] foam”
  • S. ross “rain; spindrift, spray, foam, rain; spray, spindrift, foam”

Element in

  • S. Elros “Star-foam” ✧ Let/282
Primitive elvish [Let/282] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tekmā

noun. letter

Changes

  • tek-mā → teñwa ✧ PE17/044

Derivations

  • √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/044

Derivatives

  • Q. tengwa “(written) letter; sign, token, indicator, (written) letter; sign, token, indicator; [ᴹQ.] writing, grammar” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/044; PE18/104
  • S. têw “letter” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/043; PE17/044; PE17/044; PE17/044

Variations

  • tek-mā ✧ PE17/044 (tek-mā)
  • tekma ✧ PE17/044; PE18/104
Primitive elvish [PE17/043; PE17/044; PE18/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

loy

root. go wrong, fail, go wrong, fail, [ᴹ√] miss, fail to go; lack, be without

A Quenya-only root in linguistic notes from 1959 meaning “go wrong, fail” with the basic sense of “miss mark, go (or send) wrong, fall short or beside ([one’s] aim, what is due or proper)” (PE17/151); in a marginal note Tolkien also wrote “go awry, ill, wrongly”. Its Sindarin equivalent was √DEW. The root ᴹ√LOY also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “lack, be without; miss, fail to go”, though all of its derivatives were rejected (EtyAC/LOYO).

Derivatives

  • Q. loi- “mistaken, mistake in ...” ✧ PE17/151
  • Q. loica “failing, short, inadequate” ✧ PE17/151
  • Q. loima “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
  • Q. loita- “to miss, fail, fall short of (transitive)” ✧ PE17/151

Variations

  • LOYO ✧ PE17/151; PE17/161
Primitive elvish [PE17/151; PE17/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by