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!

Early Quenya

fui

feminine name. Death-goddess, Nienna

Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; LT1I/Fui; LT2I/Fui; PE14/014; PE15/14; PMI/Fui; QL/038; QL/040; QL/068; SMI/Fui] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fui

noun. night

fuinen

proper name. Tuesday

Name of Tuesday in the seven-day week of the Elves (otsola) in an early word list (PE14/21). The day was related to death and sorrow, and was probably derived from Fui, a name of the Goddess Nienna.

Early Quenya [PE14/021] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fuiyáru

noun. deadly nightshade

Early Quenya [PE15/14] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fuiva

adjective. *murky

núri

feminine name. Fui

Another name for Nienna in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), derived from the root ᴱ√NURU having to do with growling (QL/68).

Early Quenya [GL/18; LT1A/Núri; LT1I/Núri; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

huiva

adjective. murky

A word in the Qenya Lexicon appearing as ᴱQ. huiva “murky”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. hui “dark, murk, fog” (QL/41). It appeared in a variant form fuiva in the name ᴱQ. Ungwe Fuiva “the Spider of Night” (QL/80; PME/104).

Neo-Quenya: Given that the root √PHUY and the related word Q. huinë “gloom, deep shadow” continues to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, I think ᴺQ. huiva could still be used in Neo-Quenya. However, since huinë was used for a deep darkness such as a night without stars or moon (VT41/8), I think huiva should be limited to describing lightless or nearly lightless conditions. Obscured or very weak light (dim, gloomy) would be Q. úcalima or lómëa.

Early Quenya [LT1A/Fui; PME/104; QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hui

noun. dark, murk, fog; night, evening

Early Quenya [LT1A/Fui; MC/214; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/080; PME/038; PME/041; QL/034; QL/038; QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alluva

adjective. clean

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

aulisan

proper name. Tuesday

Name of the first Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the name of the god Aule and sana “day”.

Early Quenya [PE14/022] Group: Eldamo. Published by

falka

adjective. bad

kie

noun. path

lomba

adjective. secret

Early Quenya [LT1A/Hisilómë; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

makte

noun. hand

An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.

Early Quenya [QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by

marasan

proper name. Tuesday

Alternate name of the first Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of mar “Earth” and sana “day”.

Early Quenya [PE14/022] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. hand

Early Quenya [GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed; PE14/052; PE14/076; PE14/117; PE15/73; PE16/137; QL/057; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

móri

noun. night

poar

noun. north

póme

noun. north

Early Quenya [PME/075; QL/074; QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qalmisan

proper name. Tuesday

Name of the second Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of qalme “death” and sana “day”.

Early Quenya [PE14/022] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qarda

adjective. bad

Early Quenya [GL/28; PE15/32; PME/078; QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sauna

adjective. clean

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

soina

adjective. clean

Early Quenya [QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by