Quenya 

Víressë

april

Víressë noun, fourth month of the year, "April" (Appendix D). The Quenya name is apparently related to words for youth and freshness; compare vírië, virya.

víressë

noun. April, *Freshness

Cognates

  • S. Gwirith “April, *Freshness” ✧ LotR/1110

Derivations

  • WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh”
Quenya [LotR/1110; LotR/1112; UTI/Víressë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

gwirith

noun. april (month)

Sindarin [LotR/D, SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwirith

noun. April, *Freshness

Cognates

  • Q. Víressë “April, *Freshness” ✧ LotR/1110

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
WIN“young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh”
-th“abstract noun”
Sindarin [AotM/062; LotR/1110; SD/129; SDI1/Gwirith] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwirith

april

Gwirith (na **Wirith**)

gwirith

april

(na ’Wirith)

Noldorin 

gwirith

noun. April, *Freshness

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Víresse “April, *Freshness” ✧ PM/134

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Qenya 

víresse

noun. April, *Freshness

Cognates

  • N. Gwirith “April, *Freshness” ✧ PM/134

Elements

WordGloss
virya“fresh”
-sse“abstract noun”

Variations

  • Víressë ✧ PM/134

Gnomish

gwirith

noun. expression, look (on face); look, regard, fixed look; countenance

Early Quenya

tuiléris

proper name. April

A name for the month of April in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/96), apparently an elaboration of Tuilére “Spring”.

Variations

  • tuilēris ✧ QL/096 (tuilēris)
  • Tuilēris ✧ QL/096
Early Quenya [QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lunde timpínea

proper name. April

A name for the month of April in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and timpínea “showery” (i.e. “April showers”).

Variations

  • (Lunde) timpīnea ✧ QL/056
Early Quenya [QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by