lossë

blossom

lossë (2) noun "blossom" ("usually, owing to association with olosse snow, only used of white blossom") (LOT(H) )

málos

forest

málos noun "forest" (LT2:342 rather taurë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

tauno

forest

tauno noun "forest" (LT1:267; in Tolkien's later Quenya taurë)

taure

noun. forest

alalbë

noun. inflorescence

alalmë

inflorescence

alalmë (1) noun "inflorescence" (PE17:153), cf. alma #2.

alalmë

noun. inflorescence

A word appearing as {alalbe >>} alalme “inflorescence” in notes from around 1959, derived from √GAL (PE17/153). Compare this to [ᴹQ./ᴱQ.] alalme “elm” from The Etymologies of the 1930s and the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (Ety/ÁLAM; QL/29); in the 1959 notes Tolkien decided “elm” was albe.

Neo-Quenya: In these 1959 notes, the root √GAL had a connection to flowers seen nowhere else; see alma “flower” for discussion. As such, I think this “inflorescence” word was a transient idea, and I would use other words like lós and olos “inflorescence” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Changes

• alalbe → alalme “inflorescence” ✧ PE17/153

Derivations

• √GAL “grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom, grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom, [ᴹ√] thrive” ✧ PE17/153
• √GALAB “flower” ✧ PE17/153
  • √GAL “grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom, grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom, [ᴹ√] thrive” ✧ PE17/153

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√GAL > alalme	[galalme] > [ɣalalme] > [alalme]	✧ PE17/153
√GAL-AB > alalbe	[galalbe] > [ɣalalbe] > [ɣalalβe] > [alalβe] > [alalbe]	✧ PE17/153

Variations

• alalme ✧ PE17/153
• alalbe ✧ PE17/153 (alalbe)

olotsë

noun. collection of flowers

A neologism for “collection of flowers” created by Boris Shapiro in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s. There were words of similar meaning created by Tolkien that appeared in later publications, so I would use one of those instead of this neologism.

Derivations

• √(G)LOS “snow, whiteness”

goloth

noun. inflorescence, a head of small flowers

goloth

noun. inflorescence, *collection of flowers

A word in notes from the late 1960s meaning “inflorescence, ✱collection of flowers”, a combination of go- “together” and loth “flower” (VT42/18).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. {goloth >>} gwaloth “blossom, collection of flowers” as a combination of ᴹ√WO “together” and ᴹ√LOTH “flower” (Ety/LOT(H)).

Elements

Word	Gloss
go-	“together, co-, com-”
loth	“flower, single blossom; inflorescence, head of small flowers”

lúth

noun. blossom

_ n. Bot. _blossom, inflorescence. >> Lúthien

edlothia-

verb. to blossom, flower

The sentence from WR/293 is hardly legible and is not translated, but this word is however a plausible form

eryn

forest

_n. _forest, wood of trees.

glawar

blossom

n. (golden) blossom. Q. loar, lávar.

taur

noun. forest

_ n. _forest. Q. taure. >> taw

tawar

noun. forest, forest; [N.] wood (material)

A word for “forest” in a few Sindarin names, notably Tawar-in-Drúedain “Drúadan Forest” (UT/319) and Tawarwaith “Forest People” (UT/256).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s N. tawar meant “wood (material)” but was often used with the same sense as N. taur “forest”; it was derived from the root ᴹ√TÁWAR (Ety/TÁWAR). In Sindarin, awa often became au (and then > o), and cases where it was preserved seem to have to do with patterns of stress; see the entry on that phonetic rule for further details.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, it is probably better to stick with the better known S. taur for “forest”.

Element in

• S. Tawar-in-Drúedain “Drúadan Forest” ✧ UT/319
• S. Tawarwaith “Forest People”

Variations

• Tawar ✧ UT/319

goloth

flower

(i ’oloth) (collection of flowers), pl. gelyth (i ngelyth = i ñelyth). Archaic pl. gölyth. Also in the form gwaloth (i ’waloth), pl. gwelyth (in gwelyth). Also goloth.

goloth

flower),

also goloth (i **oloth) (collection of flowers), pl. gelyth (i ngelyth = i ñelyth). Archaic pl. gölyth. Also in the form gwaloth (i **waloth), pl. gwelyth (in gwelyth). Also goloth.

goloth

collection of flowers

goloth (i **oloth) (blossom), pl. gelyth (i ngelyth = i ñelyth). Archaic pl. gölyth. (VT42:18). Also gwaloth (i **waloth) (blossom), pl. gwelyth (in gwelyth). Also goloth.

goloth

collection of flowers

(i ’oloth) (blossom), pl. gelyth (i ngelyth = i ñelyth). Archaic pl. gölyth. (VT42:18). Also gwaloth (i ’waloth) (blossom), pl. gwelyth (in gwelyth). Also goloth.

loth

blossom

loth (see

loth

blossom

(see

edlothia

blossom

(verb) #edlothia- (i edlothia, in edlothiar) (flower);

edlothia

blossom

(i edlothia, in edlothiar) (flower);

edlothiad

blossoming

(flowering), pl. edlothiaid if there is a pl.

glâd

forest

(i ’lâd, construct glad) (wood), pl. glaid (in glaid)

taur

forest

1) taur (i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc. 2) tawar (i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (

taur

forest

(i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.

tawar

forest

(i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (SMALL)

loth

noun. inflorescence

Derivations

• √LOT(H) “flower” ✧ PE17/160

Derivatives

• Q. lós “inflorescence, mass of flowers” ✧ PE17/160
• S. lûth “blossom, inflorescence, blossom, inflorescence [on a single plant]” ✧ PE17/160

taurē

noun. forest

Derivations

• √TAW “wood” ✧ PE17/115

Derivatives

• Q. taurë “forest, (great) wood” ✧ PE17/115
• S. taur “forest, wood, forest, wood, [N.] great wood, [G.] dense wood” ✧ PE17/115

Variations

• tau-rē ✧ PE17/115
• taurĭ ✧ PE21/80

gwaloth

noun. blossom, collection of flowers

This form replaced deleted goloth in the manuscript of The Etymologies, see VT/45:29. The deleted form is however also later attested in VT/42:18

gwaloth

noun. blossom, collection of flowers

Changes

• goloth → gwaloth ✧ Ety/LOT(H)

Elements

Word	Gloss
go-	“together”
lhoth	“flower(s)”

Variations

• goloth ✧ EtyAC/LOT(H) (goloth)