Quenya 

hyarma

left hand

hyarma noun "left hand" (VT47:6, VT49:12). Compare hyarmaitë, hyarya. Once with definite article directly prefixed (ihyarma, VT49:22), but i hyarma in other versions of the same text.

hyarma

noun. left hand

Cognates

  • S. harvo “left hand, left side” ✧ VT47/06

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
hyar-“left-hand, south”
“hand”
Quenya [VT47/06; VT49/12; VT49/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hyarya

left

hyarya adj. "left" (opposite of right). (KHYAR). Compare hyarma.

lendë

left, went

lendë vb. "left, went" (pa.t. of lelya- "go") (FS, LR:47, SD:310, WJ:362), or, according to the Etymologies, the pa.t. of lenna- "go" and lesta- "leave" (LED, ELED. In the Etymologies as printed in LR, lenna- was misread as "linna-"; see VT45:27)

Sindarin 

harvo

noun. left hand

Sindarin [VT/47:6] har-vaw, har-+maw. Group: SINDICT. Published by

harvo

noun. left side

Sindarin [VT/47:6] har-vaw, har-+maw. Group: SINDICT. Published by

harvo

noun. left hand, left side

Cognates

  • Q. hyarma “left hand” ✧ VT47/06
  • T. þarma “left-hand” ✧ VT47/06

Elements

WordGloss
hair“left (hand)”
maw“hand”

hair

noun/adjective. left (hand)

Sindarin [Ety/365, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nef

preposition. on this side of

Sindarin [LotR/II:I, RGEO/72] Group: SINDICT. Published by

harvo

left hand, left side

pl. harvoe (VT47:6);

harvo

left hand, left side

harvo, pl. harvoe (VT47:6), also hair and crum (see LEFT above).

harvo

left hand, left side

harvo, pl. harvoe (VT47:6);

harvo

left hand, left side

pl. harvoe (VT47:6), also hair and crum (see

hair

left

(adj.) hair (lenited chair; no distinct pl. form); also used as noun

hair

left

HAND (*hair, o chair, i chair, no distinct pl. form even with article; cited in archaic form heir, LR:365 s.v. KHYAR). Adj. LEFT also crom (lenited grom, pl. crym), with corresponding noun

hair

left

(lenited chair; no distinct pl. form); also used as noun

hair

left hand

o chair, i chair, no distinct pl. form even with article; cited in archaic form heir, LR:365 s.v. KHYAR). Adj.

forvo

right hand, right side

pl. forvoe (VT47:6);

hâr

left

(noun, the direction) hâr (i châr) (south).

hâr

left

(i châr) (south).

crom

left

(lenited grom, pl. crym), with corresponding noun

crûm

left hand

crûm (i grûm, o chrûm, construct crum), pl. cruim (i chruim), coll. pl. crummath. Also *hair (i chair), no distinct pl. form (not even with article). Note: hair is also used = ”left” as adjective. Cited in archaic form heir (LR:365 s.v. KHYAR). PALM (or

crûm

left hand

crûm (i grûm, o chrûm, construct crum), pl. cruim (i chruim), coll. pl. crummath.

rafn

extended point at the side

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

crumguru

having a cunning left hand

lenited grumguru, pl. crumgyry (or crymgyry if the entire word is umlauted, but this may be unlikely) (VT45:24)

Noldorin 

hargam

noun. left-handed

Noldorin [Ety/365] Group: SINDICT. Published by

crom

noun. left

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

crom

adjective. left

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶krumbā “*left” ✧ Ety/KURÚM
    • ᴹ√KURUM “*left” ✧ Ety/KURÚM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶krumbā > crom[kurúmbā] > [krumba] > [krumba] > [kromba] > [kromb] > [kromb] > [kromm] > [krom]✧ Ety/KURÚM
Noldorin [Ety/KURÚM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

heir

noun/adjective. left (hand)

Noldorin [Ety/365, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

crum

noun. left hand

Changes

  • crumcrum “wile, guile” ✧ Ety/KURÚM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KUR “craft” ✧ Ety/KUR
  • ᴹ✶krumbē “*left hand” ✧ Ety/KURÚM
    • ᴹ√KURUM “*left” ✧ Ety/KURÚM
  • ᴹ√KURUM “*left” ✧ EtyAC/KUR

Element in

  • N. crumguru “wiley, sinister, guilty” ✧ EtyAC/KUR
  • N. crumui “left-handed” ✧ Ety/KURÚM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶krumbē > crum[kurúmbē] > [krumbē] > [krumbe] > [krumbe] > [krumb] > [krumb] > [krumm] > [krum]✧ Ety/KURÚM
Noldorin [Ety/KUR; Ety/KURÚM; EtyAC/KUR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

crum

noun. left hand

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

crumui

adjective. left-handed

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

khyar

root. left hand

A root given as {ᴹ√KHAR >>} ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, associated with ᴹQ. hyarmen/N. harad “south” (Ety/KHYAR). These words for “south” reappeared in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115), and the connection between “south” and “left” was reaffirmed in Tolkien’s discussion of the Ambidexters Sentence from the late 1960s, since the Elves aligned the cardinal directions by facing west towards Aman (VT49/6-8).

Changes

  • KHARKHYAR ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Derivatives

  • Q. hyar- “left-hand, south”
  • ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR
  • ᴹQ. hyarya “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR
  • N. heir “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
  • N. harad “south” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
  • N. harfen “*south-region” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
  • S. harn “south, southern”
  • N. harn “southern” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Element in

  • ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/MEN

Variations

  • KHAR ✧ Ety/KHYAR (KHAR)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHYAR; Ety/MEN; Ety/PHOR] Group: Eldamo. Published by