Quenya 

aicalë

peak

aicalë ("k")noun "a peak" (AYAK)

ecya

sharp

#ecya adj. "sharp" in Ecyanáro ("k") "Sharp Flame", masc. name, Sindarin Aegnor(VT41:14, 19). The Quenya form of Aegnor is elsewhere given as Aicanáro instead.

nexa

sharp, angular

nexa adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55; the editor indicates that the reading is uncertain, so the variant nerca may be preferred.)

cendë

point

cendë noun "point" (PE16:96)

cendë

noun. point

Element in

  • Q. pirucendëa “on the point of her toes” ✧ PE16/096

Variations

  • cende ✧ PE16/096

mentë

point, end

mentë noun "point, end" (MET)

nerca

sharp, angular

nerca adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55), variant nexa (reading uncertain).

aica

sharp

aica (1) ("k") adj. "sharp" _(AYAK) or "fell, terrible, dire" (PM:347; according to PM:363 seldom applied to evil things)_. In Aicanáro, q.v.

maica

sharp, piercing

maica (1) ("k")adj. "sharp, piercing" (SA:maeg), cf. hendumaica and the noun maica below.

tilma

noun. point

Sindarin 

negn

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negen

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negen

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negn

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aeg

adjective. sharp, sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing

Element in

  • S. aeglir “line of peaks, line of peaks, [N.] range of mountain peaks; [ᴱN.] peak, mountain top”
  • S. Aeglos “Snow-point”
  • S. aeglos “icicle, (lit.) snow-point; snowthorn (a plant)”
  • S. Aegnor “Fell Fire, Sharp Flame” ✧ SA/nár
  • S. Crissaegrim “*Cleft Mountain Peaks”
  • S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
  • S. Egalmoth “Pointed Helm-crest”

Variations

  • Aeg ✧ SA/nár (Aeg)
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aeg

noun. point

The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"

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maeg

adjective. sharp, piercing, penetrating, going deep in something

Sindarin [S/434, WJ/337] Group: SINDICT. Published by

min

noun. peak

A word glossed “peak” appearing in the name S. Min-Rimmon “Peak of the Rimmon” from the Unfinished Index to The Lord of the Rings (RC/511). It is probably a derivative of √MIN.

Cognates

Derivations

  • MIN “one, first of a series, one, first of a series; [ᴹ√] stand alone, stick out”

Element in

Variations

  • min ✧ RC/511

megor

adjective. sharp-pointed

Sindarin [*megr WJ/337] Group: SINDICT. Published by

-il

point

suff. point, ending. >> niphredil, til

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:55] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

til

point

n. point, ending. >> -il, niphredil

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egnas

sharp point

(peak; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassaith.

egnas

sharp point

egnas (peak; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassaith.

nass

sharp end

(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais** **

nass

point

(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

nasta

point

(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

nasta

point

(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

aeg

sharp

1) aeg (pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn". 2) aig (no distinct pl. form). 3) laeg (keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”. 4) maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

aeg

sharp

(pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

aeg

horn

(point, thorn). No distinct pl. form. (but aeglir can be used for a range of mountain peaks). Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) mîn (i vîn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîn), coll. pl. míniath. Note: homophones include the numeral ”one” and the adjective ”isolated, first, towering”. 3) egnas (sharp point; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassath.

aeg

point

1) aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)

aeg

point

(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".

laeg

sharp

(keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”.

maeg

sharp

(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

ment

point

(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.

ment

point

(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **

eitha

prick with a sharp point

(stab, treat with scorn; insult) (i eitha, in eithar)

megor

sharp-pointed

(lenited vegor, analogical pl. megyr); cited in archaic form megr (WJ:337)

naith

point

(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.

thela

spear point

(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.

rafn

extended point at the side

(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).

aig

sharp

(no distinct pl. form).

till

point

till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

till

point

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

ecthel

spear point

(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”

maecheneb

sharp-eyed

(lenited vaecheneb; pl. maechenib)

till

sharp horn

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

till

sharp-pointed peak

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.  

till

sharp-pointed peak

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

Nandorin 

snǣs

noun. spear-head, point, gore, triangle

Original form not entirely clear; the stem is SNAS/SNAT (LR:387), not defined but evidently to be understood as a strengthened form of NAS "point, sharp end" (LR:374). A primitive plural form natsai is mentioned under SNAS/SNAT; snǣs may derive from something like snatsâ via snats, *snas. The shift of original a to long ǣ (presumably the same vowel as in English cat, but longer) is found in this word only, but there are several examples of e from a, see spenna, scella. Perhaps a became ǣ in stressed monosyllables where there was no following consonant cluster (as in nand).

Nandorin [H. Fauskanger] < SNAS/SNAT. Published by

Primitive elvish

tilte

noun. peak

Derivations

  • TIL “point, horn”

Derivatives

  • Q. tildë “a fine sharp point, fine sharp point, [ᴹQ.] spike; (mountain) horn, [ᴱQ.] tip, ️peak”

Element in

Primitive elvish [PE17/186] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ek

root. sharp point, (sharp) point, [ᴹ√] spear, thorn

The root √EK was associated with pointed things for all of Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as the root ᴱ√EKE with variant ᴱ√EHE [eχe] in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/35), and as eke and eχe in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon where Tolkien made it clear it was the blending of two roots of similar meaning (GL/31). In the Gnomish Lexicon it had a third variant aχe, but Tolkien seemed less certain of that variant. In the 1910s and 1920s it was the basis for words meaning “sword”, “spear” and “thorn”.

By the 1930s, the sword-words had fallen away, transferred to ᴹ√MAK. The root ᴹ√EK appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “spear”, but I believe that gloss applied only to its extended form ᴹ√EKTE/EKTI; in rough notes from the 1940s ᴹ√EK was glossed “point, sharp point, thorn” (PE22/127). The primitive form eke appeared in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-1960 with the gloss “sharp point”, and √EK appeared again in etymological notes from 1968 with this same gloss (VT48/25). Thus this root seems to have been very well established in Tolkien’s mind as the basis for pointy things.

Derivatives

  • ektā- “prick with a sharp point, stab” ✧ WJ/365
    • ᴺQ. ehta- “to stab”
    • S. eitha- “to prick with a sharp point, stab; to treat with scorn, insult” ✧ WJ/365
  • Q. ecellë “urchin, hedgehog”
  • Q. ecet “short stabbing sword”
  • ᴺS. eglin “needle”

Element in

  • ᴺS. píeg “mosquito”

Variations

  • eke ✧ WJ/365
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Noldorin 

egnas

noun. sharp point

Noldorin [VT/45:12] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egnas

noun. peak

Noldorin [VT/45:12] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egnas

noun. sharp point, peak

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sharp point, peak” (EtyAC/EK), apparently a combination of ᴹ√EK “(sharp) point” and ᴹ√NAS “point, sharp end”, so perhaps literally “pointy point”.

Elements

WordGloss
EK“spear, (sharp) point, thorn”
NAS“point, sharp end”
Noldorin [EtyAC/EK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nass

noun. point, (sharp) end

Noldorin [Ety/375, VT/45:37] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nass

noun. angle or corner

Noldorin [Ety/375, VT/45:37] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ment

noun. point

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ment

noun. point

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. mente “point, end, point, end; [ᴱQ.] peak, tip” ✧ Ety/MET

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MET > ment[mente] > [mentʰe] > [menθe] > [menθ] > [ment]✧ Ety/MET

thela

noun. point (of spear)

Noldorin [Ety/388] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egthel

noun. point (of spear)

Noldorin [Ety/388] êg+thela "thorn-point". Group: SINDICT. Published by

ecthel

noun. point (of spear)

Noldorin [Ety/388] êg+thela "thorn-point". Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

aikale

noun. peak

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika “sharp” (Ety/AYAK).

Elements

WordGloss
aika“sharp”
-le“abstract noun”

mintye

noun. peak

A word in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s glossed “peak” given as an example for the Quenya declension of nouns ending in -ye (PE22/44). It is probably a derivative of ᴹ√MIN “stand alone, stick out”.

Cognates

  • S. min “peak”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MIN “stand alone, stick out”

aika

adjective. sharp

Cognates

  • N. oeg “sharp, pointed, piercing” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AYAK “sharp, pointed” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Element in

  • ᴹQ. aikale “peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • ᴹQ. aikasse “mountain peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • ᴺQ. alaica “blunt”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AYAK > aika[aika]✧ Ety/AYAK

Gnomish

eg

noun. point

Derivations

  • ᴱ√EKE “*point”

Element in

Variations

  • ĕg ✧ GL/31
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crisc

adjective. sharp

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KIRISI “cut, split” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth

Element in

  • G. criscolas “holly, (lit.) *sharp-leaf” ✧ GL/27

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KIRI > crisc[kirísko] > [krísko] > [krísk]✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
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Early Noldorin

lhaig

adjective. sharp

Early Noldorin [PE13/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

nele

root. point

Derivatives

  • Eq. nelde “three; four” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nele “tooth” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nelma “needle” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nelqa “cornered” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nelt “corner (from outside)” ✧ QL/065
  • G. nel “point, end, tip, jutting end”
  • G. deldron “beech (tree)”
  • Eq. neldor “beech” ✧ QL/065
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