Quenya 

etellë

etellë

etellë, see et

etelyë

etelyë

etelyë, see et

etemmë

etemmë

etemmë, see et

etengwë

etengwë

etengwë, see et

et

out

et prep. (and adv.?) "out", when followed by ablative "out of" (VT45:13) or literally "out from", as in EO: et Eärello "out of the Great Sea"; cf. also et sillumello "from this hour" in VT44:35. Et i pe/péti, untranslated phrase, perhaps "out of the mouth" (VT47:35). Prefixet- "forth, out" (ET), also in longer form ete- (as in etelehta, eteminya); verb ettuler "are coming forth" (ettul- = et + tul-). (SD:290; read probably *ettulir or continuative *ettúlar in Tolkien's later Quenya). The forms etemmë and etengwë (VT43:36) seem to incorporate pronominal suffixes for "us", hence ?"out of us", inclusive and exclusive respectively. The pronoun -mmë denoted plural inclusive "we" when this was written, though Tolkien would later make it dual exclusive instead (see -mmë). Second person forms are also given: etelyë, etellë ?"out of you", sg. and pl. respectively (Tolkien would later change the ending for pl. "you" from -llë to -ldë).

etelehta-

deliver

etelehta- vb. "deliver" (= "save") (VT43:23)

eteminya

prominent

eteminya adj. "prominent" (VT42:24)

eterúna-

deliver

eterúna- vb. (also etrúna-, though the cluster tr seems unusual for Quenya) "deliver" (= "save"). Tolkien may have abandoned this verb in favour of etelehta-, q.v. (VT43:23; VT44:9), but the root also appears in #runando "redeemer", so maybe eterúna- can stay with the meaning "redeem".

etelehta-

verb. *to deliver

eterúna-

verb. *to deliver

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et

preposition. out (of)

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eteminya

adjective. prominent

etelehto

noun. deliverer

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etehat-

verb. to throw out

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etelelya-

verb. to go out, go into exile

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etelenda

adjective. exiled

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etelerro

noun. exile

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etelesta-

verb. to measure (out)

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etemen-

verb. to go out, go forth

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etementa-

verb. to banish, send out, (lit.) out-send

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etepanya-

verb. to put out

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etequet-

verb. to confess, speak out

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eterahta-

verb. to reach out

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etetulië

noun. outcome

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etevatta-

verb. to trample out

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aira

eternal

[aira (4) adj. "eternal" (EY, VT45:13). Changed by Tolkien to oira.]

airë

eternity

[airë (3) noun "eternity" (EY, VT45:13)]

oialëa

eternal

oialëa adj. "eternal" (PE17:59)

oira

eternal

oira adj. "eternal" (OY)

íra

eternal

[íra adj. "eternal" (GEY, VT45:13; changed by Tolkien to oira, see OY)]

írë

eternal

[írë] (3) noun "eternal" (read "eternity", as suggested by Christopher Tolkien, but the word was in any case changed to oirë)(GEY, VT45:13)

oialëa

adjective. eternal

oialë

noun/adverb. forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity, forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity; [ᴹQ.] everlasting age

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-lyë

you, thou

-l or -lyë (VT49:48, 51), pronominal endings for 2nd person sg. polite/formal "you, thou": caril or carilyë *"you do" (VT49:16), hamil "you judge" (VT42:33), anel "you were" (see #1); see -lyë for further examples. These endings may also be added to pronouns (etel/etelyë or mil, milyë; see et, mi). In one source, -l is rather used as a reduced affix denoting plural "you"; see heca! (WJ:364)

-mmë

we

-mmë "we", 1st person dual exclusive pronominal ending: "I and one other" (compare the inclusive dual form -ngwë or -nquë). First written -immë in one source (VT49:57). Carimmë, "the two of us do" (VT49:16, cf. VT43:6). At an earlier conceptual stage, the ending was already exclusive, but plural rather than dual: vammë "we won't" (WJ:371), firuvammë "we will die" (VT43:34), etemmë ?"out of us" (VT43:36); see also VT49:48, 49, 55. Also compare the corresponding emphatic pronoun emmë (q.v.). The ending -lmë replaced -mmë in its former (plural exclusive) sense. In some early material, -mmë was apparently used as an ending for plural inclusive "we" (VT49:55).

oialë

everlasting [?age]

oialë noun "everlasting [?age]" (Reading of gloss uncertain)(OY).Also adverb "eternally, in eternity" (PE17:59) or "forever" (PE17:69), so used in Namárië (Nam, RGEO:67)

rúna-

[to] free

rúna- vb. "[to] free" (VT43:23). Compare eterúna-, etrúna-, q.v. It is not quite clear whether rúna by itself is an adjective or a verb; the gloss "free" makes room for both interpretations. If #runando "redeemer" (q.v.) is formed from this noun, it would cover "to redeem" as well.

ten-

go as far as

[ten- (3) vb. "go as far as", 1st person sg. aorist tenin, (tenin coaryanna "I arrive at [or come/get to] his house"), endingless aorist tenë, present tense téna- "is on point of arrival, is just coming to an end", past tense tennë "arrived, reached", in this tense usually with locative rather than allative: tennen sís "I arrive[d] here", perfect eténië "has just arrived", future tenuva "will arrive".] (VT49:23, 35, 36; Tolkien emended the initial consonant from t to m throughout)

tengwa-

to read written matter

tengwa- (2) vb. "to read written matter", called a "weak verb"; aorist [teng]wa "reads", present tense [teng]wëa "is reading", past tense [teng]wane "read", perfect e[teng]wië "has read", the latter without lengthening of the stem-vowel (not **eténgwië) because there is a consonant cluster following (VT49:55). Gerund or "verbal noun" tengwië, also attested with a pronominal suffix + genitive: tengwiesto "of your (dual) reading" (VT49:47, 48, 52, 54)

et(e)-

prefix. *out, [ᴹQ.] forth, out

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-ldë

you

-ldë (1) pronominal suffix "you", 2nd person pl. (VT49:51; carildë *"you do", VT49:16). This ending Tolkien revised from -llë in earlier sources (VT49:48, cf. PE17:69).

-llo

you

[-llo (2) "you", dual; abandoned pronominal ending. Also written -illo. (VT49:49)]

-llë

you

-llë (2) abandoned pronominal ending "you", 2nd person pl. (VT49:48); Tolkien later revised this ending to -ldë.

-lmë

we

-lmë 1st person pl. pronominal ending: "we" (VT49:38; 51 carilmë *"we do", VT49:16). It was originally intended to be inclusive "we" (VT49:48), including the person(s) spoken to, but by 1965 Tolkien made this the ending for exclusive "we" instead (cf. the changed definition of the corresponding possessive ending -lma, see above). _(VT49:38) Exemplified in laituvalmet "we shall bless them" (lait-uva-lme-t "bless-shall-we-them") (the meaning apparently changed from inclusive to exclusive "we", VT49:55), see also nalmë under # 1. (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308_)

-lwë

we

-lwë, later -lvë, pronominal ending "we" (VT49:51), 1st person pl. inclusive ending, occurring in the verbs carilwë "we do" (VT49:16) and navilwë (see #nav-). The ending became -lvë in later, Exilic Quenya (VT49:51). See -lv-.

-më

suffix. abstract noun

- (2) abstract suffix, as in melmë "love" (cf. the verb mel-), #cilmë "choice" (possibly implying a verb *cil- "to choose"). According to PE17:68, primitive - (and -) were endings used to derive nouns denoting "a single action", which may fit the meaning of cilmë (but melmë "love" would normally be something lasting rather than "a single action").

-ndë

you

[#-ndë (2) pronominal suffix for dual "you", as in carindë *"you (two) do". Tolkien changed the ending to -stë (VT49:33)]

-ngwë

we

-ngwë "we", 1st person dual inclusive pronominal ending: "thou and I" (compare the exclusive dual form -mmë). Caringwë, "the two of us do" (VT49:16). One source lists the ending as "-inke > -inque" instead (VT49:51, 53, 57; "inke" was apparently Old Quenya). In an earlier pronoun table reproduced in VT49:48, the ending -ngwë is listed as an alternative to -lmë, which Tolkien at the time used as the plural inclusive ending (a later revision made it plural exclusive).

-ntyë

you

[-ntyë "you", abandonded pronominal ending for 2nd person pl. familiar (VT49:49)]

-stë

you

-stë "you", 2nd person dual pronominal ending (VT49:51, 53), e.g. caristë "the two of you do" (VT49:16). Tolkien first wrote carindë, but changed the ending (VT49:33). The ending -stë is derived from earlier -dde (VT49:46, 51). An archaic ending of similar form could also be the third person dual, "the two of them" (but see -ttë #1).

-tyë

you

-t (3) reduced pronominal affix of the 2. person, "you" (sg.), the long form being -tyë (both endings are listed in VT49:48). See heca regarding the example hecat (WJ:364). However, in a later source, Tolkien denies that -tyë has any short form (VT49:51, 57). The status of the ending -t is therefore doubtful.

-tyë

you, thou

-tyë pronominal ending "you, thou" (VT49:48, 51), 2nd person familiar/intimate: carityë *"you do" (VT49:16; the corresponding formal/polite ending is -l, -lyë, cf. PE17:135 where Tolkien states that hiruvalyë "thou shalt find" from Namárië would be hiruvatyë if the polite pronoun were replaced by the familiar one). Compare the independent pronoun tye. In VT49:51, Tolkien denies that the ending -tyë has any short form (see, however, -t # 3). Cf. natyë "you are"; see #1. Compare tye, -tya.

alyë

you

alyë imperative particle with ending -lyë "you"; see a #3.

emmë

we

emmë (2) pron. "we", emphatic pronoun; dative emmen (VT43:12, 20). In the source this pronoun is intended as the 1st person plural exclusive; later Tolkien changed the corresponding pronominal ending from -mmë to -lmë, and the plural emphatic pronoun would likewise change from emmë to *elmë. Since the ending -mmë was redefined as a dualexclusive pronoun, the form emmë may still be valid as such, as a dual emphatic pronoun "we" = "(s)he and I".

etsurya-

verb. to go out

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etya

adjective. exiled

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ia

ever

[ia adv. "ever" (GEY, EY); replaced by oia.]

ilcë

you

ilcë ("k") (2) *"you", emphatic pronoun of the 2nd person pl. familiar, apparently a form abandoned by Tolkien. An alternative form incë was also listed; a query appears between the forms (VT49:48).

incë

you

incë ("k") *"you", emphatic pronoun for 2nd person pl. familiar, apparently a form abandoned by Tolkien. It is listed as an alternative to ilcë in the source, a query appearing between the forms (VT49:48, 49). The word could also be read as intë (VT49:49)

le

you

le, pronominal element "you", (originally) the "reverential 2nd person sing" (RGEO:73, VT49:56). However, singular le was apparently altered to lye (q.v.), and le took on a plural significance (le for pl. "you" is apparently derived from de, the ancient 2nd person pl. stem, VT49:50-51). Stressed (VT49:51), dual let "the two of you" (ibid.). At certain points in Tolkiens conception, le was still sg. "thou" rather than pl. "you". It is attested as an ending in the imperative form antalë "give thou" (VT43:17); see anta-. The form ólë in VT43:29 apparently means *"with thee"; according to Tolkiens later system, it would rather mean "with you" (pl.) Compare aselyë "with thee" (sg.) in a later source (see as).

me

we, us

me (1) 1st person pl. exclusive pronoun "we, us" (VT49:51; VT43:23, VT44:9). This pronoun preserves the original stem-form (VT49:50). Stressed (VT49:51). Cf. also mel-lumna "us-is-heavy", sc. *"is heavy for us" (LR:47, mel- is evidently an assimilated form of men "for us", dative of me; the form men is attested by itself, VT43:21). For me as object, cf. ála** "do not [do something to] us", negative imperative particle with object pronoun suffixed (VT43:19: álamë tulya, "do not lead us"), ámen** "do [something for] us", imperative particle with dative pronoun suffixed (ámen apsenë "forgive us", VT43:12, 18). Dual exclusive met "we/us (two)" (Nam, VT49:51), "you and me" (VT47:11; the latter translation would make met an inclusive pronoun, though it is elsewhere suggested that it is rather exclusive: "him/her and me", corresponding to wet [q.v.] as the true inclusive dual form). Rá men or rámen "for us/on our behalf", see . Locative messë "on us", VT44:12 (also with prefix o, ó- ?"with" in the same source). See also ménë, ómë.

meles

love

meles, melessë noun "love" (LT1:262; rather melmë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

melmë

love

melmë noun "love" (MEL)

minda

prominent, conspicuous

minda adj. "prominent, conspicuous" (MINI)

oi

ever

oi adv. "ever" (OY)

oirë

everlasting [?age]

oirë noun "everlasting [?age]" (Reading of gloss uncertain)(OY)

opto

noun. back

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pontë

back, rear

pontë (ponti-) noun "back, rear" (QL:75)

ten-

verb. to arrive, come to

tengwa-

verb. to read written matter

tennoio

adverb. forever, forever[more]

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tye

you, thou, thee

tye pron. "you, thou, thee", 2nd person intimate/familar (LR:61, 70, Arct, VT49:36, 55), corresponding to formal/polite lye. According to VT49:51, tye was used as an endearment especially between lovers, and (grand)parents and children also used it to address one another ("to use the adult lye was more stern"). Tyenya "my tye", used = "dear kinsman" (VT49:51). The pronoun tye is derived from kie, sc. an original stem ki with an added -e(VT49:50). Stressed tyé; dual tyet "the two of you" (VT49:51 another note reproduced on the same page however states that tye has no dual form, and VT49:52 likewise states that the 2nd person familiar "never deleloped" dual or plural forms). Compare the reflexive pronoun intyë "yourself". Possibly related to the pronominal stem KE (2nd person sg.), if tye represents earlier *kye.

ve

we

ve (2) pron. "we", 1st person pl. inclusive (corresponding to exclusive me), derived from an original stem-form we (VT49:50, PE17:130). Variant vi, q.v. Stressed , later (VT49:51). Dative (*wéna >) véna, VT49:14. Dual wet*, later vet "the two of us" (inclusive; cf. exclusive met) (VT49:51). Also compare the dative form ngwin or ngwen (q.v.), but this would apparently be wen > ven** according to Tolkiens later ideas.

vi

we

vi pron. "we", 1st person inclusive (PE17:130), variant of ve #2.

vor

ever

vor, voro adv. "ever" (BOR, LT1:250, 273 [only voro_ in the Etymologies]; also in Narqelion)_

voro

ever, continually

voro, voro- adv. "ever, continually" (BOR, Narqelion) Compare vor. (Focusing on the gloss "continually", post-Tolkien writers have sometimes used voro for "still, yet", but for this sense the term en is available.) The variants vora, vorë were used for "always" in drafts for a Quenya version of the Sub Tuum Praesidium, but Tolkien eventually replaced such forms with the unrelated word illumë (VT44:9). Compare vórë, vórëa.

we

we

we, , see ve #2

úlumë

ever

úlumë adv. "ever", at all times (in a series or period) (PE17:156). Cf. ullumë.

catta

noun. back

A neologism for “back” coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, based on Q. ca(ta) “behind, at back of place”. This word can refer to the back of body as well as the back of other things.

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tolya Reconstructed

adjective. prominent

Primitive elvish

etelo-ndor

place name. Etelo-ndor

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etelō

noun. etelō

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et

root. out, forth

The various roots for “out” retained similar forms in Tolkien’s development of the Elvish languages. The earliest such roots were ᴱ√ERE and ᴱ√ESE “out” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/36). Tolkien wrote a Ð above ᴱ√ERE indicating its true form was ᴱ√EÐE, as confirmed by Gnomish derivatives like G. edh “outside, near borders of, near, hard by, beside” (GL/31). This root became ᴹ√ET “out, forth” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ET) and it continued to appear with this form and meaning in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/152, 167; PE18/88; PE21/70; VT48/25).

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oio

adverb. ever

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etlendā

adjective. exiled

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khan

root. back

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mel

root. love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)

This root was the basis for Elvish “love” words for all of Tolkien’s life. The root first appeared as ᴱ√MELE “love” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. mel- “to love”, ᴱQ. meles(se) “love”, and ᴱQ. melin “dear, beloved” (QL/60). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon it had similar derivatives like G. mel- “love” and G. melon “dear, beloved” (GL/57).

In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien specified that ᴹ√MEL meant “love (as friend)”, and for the first time it included the derivative N. mellon “friend” (Ety/MEL); Gnomish “friend” words from the 1910s were mostly based on G. ged (GL/38). However, the same entry included ᴹQ. melindo/ᴹQ. melisse “lover” (male and female), so it seems even in the 1930s it could refer to romantic love (Ety/MEL). The root continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings associated with “love” (PE18/46, 96; PE17/41; VT39/10).

In notes from 1959, Tolkien elaborated on the precise sense of √MEL and its role in romantic and non-romantic love:

> Love, which Men might call “friendship” (but for the greater strength and warmth and permanency with which it was felt by the Quendi) was represented by √mel. This was primarily a motion or inclination of the fëa [“spirit”], and therefore could occur between persons of the same sex or different sexes. It included no sexual or procreative desire, though naturally in Incarnates the difference of sex altered the emotion, since “sex” is held by the Eldar to belong also to the fëa and not solely to the hröa [“body”], and is therefore not wholly included in procreation ... The “desire” for marriage and bodily union was represented by √yer; but this never in the uncorrupted occurred without “love” √mel, nor without the desire for children. This element was therefore seldom used except to describe occasions of its dominance in the process of courting and marriage. The feelings of lovers desiring marriage, and of husband and wife, were usually described by √mel. This “love” remained, of course, permanent after the satisfaction of √yer in the “Time of the Children”; but was strengthened by this satisfaction and the memory of it to a normally unbreakable bond (NM/20).

Thus √MEL was close in sense to Greek “philia”, used of friendship, whereas √YER was used of “eros” or sexual desire. But in Elvish thinking, √MEL was essential for romantic love, and √YER only arose from that. Furthermore, √YER was not the most important element in the love between romantic partners, as the period of procreation and child-rearing took up a relatively small portion of Elvish lives. It was the more enduring feeling of friendship between lovers that really mattered, and thus √MEL was used of both non-romantic and romantic love, though it had not particular sexual connotation.

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melā

verb. love

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ndilā

verb. love, be devoted to

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tolya

adjective. prominent

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tō/oto

root. back

A root in a discussion of prefixes for “back” from around 1959, which Tolkien specified as meaning: “back as an answer, or return by another agent to an action affecting him, as in answering, replying, avenging, requiting, repaying, rewarding”; Tolkien also considered the forms √UTU/TŪ (PE17/166). But Tolkien crossed this all through and seems to have replaced it with √KHAN. Tolkien mentioned the root √OT in a discussion of numbers from the late 1960s, but only to specify that “there was no primitive base OT-” (VT47/16).

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Sindarin 

Aranuir

noun. eternal king

aran (“king”) + #uir (“eternity”)

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uiveleth

hJrな$3F noun. eternal love, love that will last for ever

The prefix ‘ui-’ that means eternal plus lenited form of meleth (love) ‘veleth’.

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uir

eternity

uir

uir

eternity

uireb

eternal

uireb (pl. uirib), also ui (everlasting); no distinct pl. form. Also used as adverb ”ever, always”.

uireb

eternal

(pl. uirib), also ui (everlasting); no distinct pl. form. Also used as adverb ”ever, always”.

anuir

adverb. forever, everlastingly, eternally, in eternity

@@@ Discord 2022-02-23; compare adv. S. anann

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ui

ever

ui (always); also used as adj. ”everlasting, eternal”. Also as prefix, as in *uidafnen ”ever-closed) (WJ:341, where the spelling ”uidavnen” is used), pl. uidefnin

ui

ever

(always); also used as adj. ”everlasting, eternal”. Also as prefix, as in ✱uidafnen ”ever-closed) (WJ:341, where the spelling ”uidavnen” is used), pl. uidefnin

ui

adverb. ever

-d

suffix. you

2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.

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-dh

suffix. you

{ð} 2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.

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-dh

suffix. you

{ð} 2nd sg. pron. suff. #you. Q. -tar.See paradigm PE17:132.

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-dhir

suffix. you

{ð} 2nd pl. pron. suff. #you. Q. -ltar.See paradigm PE17:132.

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-m

suffix. we

1st du. pron. suff. #we (you and me). Q. -mmo.See paradigm PE17:132.

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-nc

suffix. we

1st du. pron. suff. #we (you and me). Q. -lmo.See paradigm PE17:132. >> -ngid

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de

pronoun. you

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edledhia-

verb. to go into exile

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edledhron

noun. exile (person who is exiled)

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edlen

exiled

_ adj. _exiled. >> edlenn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:51] < _et-lendā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

edlen(n)

adjective. exiled

Sindarin [PE17/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

edlenn

adjective. exiled

Sindarin [Ety/368, X/TL] Group: SINDICT. Published by

edlenn

exiled

_ adj. _exiled. >> edlen

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:51] < _et-lendā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

eglon

proper name. exile

Tolkien experimented with a variety of similar terms the Sindar appeared on the back page of Notes on Names (NN) from 1957, including egl, egel, egel, egleðel and eglon (PE17/140-142). These also several atypical plural forms, resulting from developments from ✶eklō/etlō via syllabification of -l &gt; -ol:

  • igil: The -l vocalizes to -il instead of -ol. Before the vocalization took place, the plural mutation was carried out to produce igl, which explains, why the resulting form is igil instead of egil, which would be usual for e in non-final syllables.

  • igli: This form is rather unusual for a Sindarin word, as final vowels usually vanish, but the note also includes what seems to be a direct reference to this rule “?ḷ́ < li, ṛ́ < ri” (PE17/142).

  • iglin: A plural with the suffix -in. This is comparable to the plural form Nauglin of naugl, naugol, which developed similarly. Interestingly, the first e mutates to i, which is unusual for non-final e

  • eglir: The suffix -ir is rather unusual outside of Notes on Names, but occurs there for various other forms: Thind → Thinnir, Dúnel → Dúnellir, Noll → Nellir. Here, unlike in iglin the first e remains unchanged.

Tolkien eventually replaced all these variations with S. Eglan (WJ/365), whose (class) plural form Eglath was used in The Silmarillion as published (S/58).

Sindarin [PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

him

adverb/adjective. ever, ever, [N.] enduring, continually; steadfast, abiding

ui-

prefix. ever

Sindarin [uidafnen, uilos (see these words)] Cognate of the quenya oi. Group: SINDICT. Published by

ad

back

(as prefix) ad-, also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

ad

back

also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

cil-

verb. choose

Sindarin [KIL] < [[cilmë]]. Published by

dan

back

(prep.) dan (lenited nan) (again, against);

dan

back

(lenited nan) (again, against);

e

out

e, ed (away, forth); also as adjectival prefix "outer" and preposition: (WJ:367)

e

out

ed (away, forth); also as adjectival prefix "outer" and preposition:

edledh

go into exile

(i edledh, in edledhir), pa.t. edlent or edledhas. (VT45:27; the ”Noldorin” forms have gl for Sindarin dl), also edledhia- (i edledhia, in edledhiar). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” egledhia

edledhron

exile

(= person who is exiled) *Edledhron, pl. Edledhryn, coll. pl. Edledhronnath. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” egledhron.

edledhron

noun. exile

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

edledhron

exile

pl. Edledhryn, coll. pl. Edledhronnath. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” egledhron.

edlenn

exiled

edlenn (pl. edlinn). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” eglenn.

edlenn

exiled

(pl. edlinn). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” eglenn.

main

prominent

main (lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, chief) (VT45:15)

main

prominent

(lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, chief) (VT45:15)

mela

love

(vb.) mela- (i vela, i melar), pa.t. melant (VT45:34)

mela

love

(i vela, i melar), pa.t. melant (VT45:34)

meleth

love

(noun) meleth (i veleth), pl. melith (i melith)

meleth

love

(i veleth), pl. melith (i melith)

men

we

men (accusative mín ”us”, presumably usually lenited vín, which is also the genitive ”our”).

men

we

(accusative mín ”us”, presumably usually lenited vín, which is also the genitive ”our”).

mîl

love

mîl (i vîl) (affection, kindness), no distinct form in pl. except with article (i mîl), coll. pl. míliath

mîl

love

(i vîl) (affection, kindness), no distinct form in pl. except with article (i mîl), coll. pl. míliath

Noldorin 

guir

noun. eternity

guireb

adjective. eternal

Noldorin [Ety/GEY; EtyAC/GEY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uir

noun. eternity

Noldorin [Ety/EY; Ety/OY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uireb

adjective. eternal

Noldorin [Ety/EY; Ety/OY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uir

noun. eternity

Noldorin [Ety/379] Group: SINDICT. Published by

uireb

adjective. eternal

Noldorin [Ety/379] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ui

adverb. ever

Noldorin [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; Ety/OY; WR/341] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eglenn

adjective. exiled

meleth

noun. love

meleth

noun. love

Noldorin [Ety/372] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mîl

noun. love, affection

Noldorin [Ety/372] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ad-

prefix. back, again, re-

Noldorin [Ety/349, VT/45:6] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ed-

prefix. forth, out

Noldorin [Ety/ET; Ety/ONO; Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

egledh-

verb. to go into exile

Noldorin [Ety/368, VT/45:27, X/TL] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egledhia-

verb. to go into exile

Noldorin [Ety/368, VT/45:27, X/TL] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egledhron

noun. exile (person who is exiled)

Noldorin [Ety/368, X/TL] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egledhron

noun. exile

Noldorin [Ety/LED; Ety/TĀ; EtyAC/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eglenn

adjective. exiled

Noldorin [Ety/368, X/TL] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mel-

verb. to love

Noldorin [VT/45:34] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Telerin 

de

pronoun. you


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!

Middle Primitive Elvish

ete

adverb. back, below

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/33] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eteŋgoldǝ

proper name. eteŋgoldǝ

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/33] Group: Eldamo. Published by

et

root. out, forth

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ET; Ety/ETER; PE18/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

et

preposition. out, forth

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/55; PE22/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eter

root. open, come out (of flowers, sun, etc.)

A (Noldorin-only?) root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “open, come out (of flowers, sun, etc.)” given as an extension of ᴹ√ET “out” and serving as the basis for the Noldorin verb N. edra- “open” (Ety/ET). The appearance of the verb S. edra- “open” in The Lord of the Rings indicates its continued validity (LotR/307).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ETER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oy

root. ever, eternal

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; Ety/OY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

geiā

adverb. ever

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; EtyAC/EY; EtyAC/GEY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

ete

root. cling together

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “cling together” serving as the basis for words for “ivy” and “cousin” (QL/36). It was probably replaced by √ET “out”.

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, the “ivy” words might be salvageable as derivatives of √ET in the sense of “a thing clinging to the outside”.

Early Primitive Elvish [QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ese

root. out

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

eðe

root. out

Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Eruman; LT1A/Neni Erúmëar; QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eře

root. out

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

mele

root. love

Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Nessa; QL/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

oira

adjective. eternal

íra

adjective. eternal

Qenya [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; EtyAC/EY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

íre

noun. eternal, eternity?

Qenya [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; EtyAC/EY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oi

adverb. ever

le

pronoun. you

Qenya [PE22/106; PE22/118; PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/123; PE22/124; PE22/127] Group: Eldamo. Published by

et-

prefix. forth, out

melme

noun. love

ehtelu-

verb. to well, bubble up

A verb in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s, a combination of primitive ᴹ✶et “out” and ᴹ✶kelu- “flow, well up” (PE22/103), whose phonological developments mirror ehtelë.

Conceptual Development: It seems to be a later iteration of (archaic) ᴱQ. †kektelu- “bubble up” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a verb form of ᴱQ. †kektele “fountain” (QL/46).

Qenya [PE22/103; PE22/117] Group: Eldamo. Published by

etya

adjective. exiled

ia

adverb. ever

Qenya [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

opto

noun. back

ullume

adverb. forever

Old Noldorin 

et-

prefix. out

Old Noldorin [Ety/LED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

etledro

noun. exile

Old Noldorin [Ety/LED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

etlenna

adjective. exiled

Old Noldorin [Ety/LED; EtyAC/LED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

meleth

noun. love

Gnomish [GL/57; LT1A/Nessa] Group: Eldamo. Published by

um

pronoun. we

umin

pronoun. we

Early Noldorin

bod

adverb. back

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

bod-

prefix. back, back, [G.] again; un- (= backwards)

Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bôn

noun. back

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

Early Quenya

ere-

prefix. out

Early Quenya [QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

es-

prefix. *out

Early Quenya [QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

meles(se)

noun. love

Early Quenya [LT1A/Nessa; PME/060; QL/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tye

pronoun. you

Early Quenya [LFC/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

dôn

noun. back

A Doriathrin word for “back” explicitly marked as a noun (Ety/NDAN). Its primitive form might have been ✱✶ndān, so that the primitive long [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] and the [[ilk|initial nasal [n] was lost before the stop]] (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/dôn).

Doriathrin [Ety/NDAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by