Quenya 

haura

adjective. huge

An adjective for “huge” derived from the root √KHAWA in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would use the related word höa “big, large”, but I would not use haura “huge” as there are better words of similar meaning.

haura

huge

haura adj. "huge" (PE17:115)

haura

noun. hoard, store; funeral mound

A word for a “hoard, store” in the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP2) of the 1950s based on the root √KHAWAD of similar meaning (PE19/91). In Exhilic Quenya it also took on the sense “funeral mound” due to the influence of S. haudh.

Quenya [PE19/091; PE19/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haura

noun. funeral mound

TQ. funeral mound

Quenya [PE 19:91] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

haura, hauza

noun. hoard

hoard, store

Quenya [PE 19:91] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

túra

big, great

túra adj. "big, great" (PE17:115), related to words for power and apparently referring to a more abstract greatness than words like haura "huge". Cf. taura, túrëa. Apparently initial element of Túrosto.

aira

old

aira (3) adj. "old" (MC:214; this is "Qenya")

enwina

old

enwina adj. "old" (Markirya)

enwina

adjective. old

foa

hoard, treasure

foa (2) noun "hoard, treasure" (LT2:340; perhaps obsoleted by #1 above)

linyenwa

old, having many years

linyenwa adj. "old, having many years" (YEN)

polda

big

polda adj. "big" (PE17:115), "strong, burly" (POL/POLOD)

polda

adjective. big, big; [ᴹQ.] strong, burly; [ᴱQ.] mighty, powerful

An adjective for “big” derived from √pol “large, big (strong)” in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” roots, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115). Another note from the same period had deleted forms polda, polya, also meaning “big” (PE17/115). The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. polda “strong, burly” derived from the root ᴹ√POL(OD) “physically strong” (Ety/POL). Early Qenya word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱQ. polda “mighty, powerful” along side ᴱQ. poldórea “powerful” (PE16/137), while the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. poldorea “muscular” under the early root ᴱ√POLO “have strength” (QL/75).

Neo-Quenya: For most of Tolkien’s life, the root √POL was connected to physical ability and strength, so for purposes of Neo-Quenya I would assume polda means someone that is both “big and strong” simultaneously, with “burly” being a single English word that approximates its meaning.

yerna

old, worn

yerna adj. "old, worn" (GYER)

Telerin 

hauda

noun. hoard

hoard, store

Telerin [PE 19:91] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

hamna

noun. funeral mound

funeral mound

Telerin [PE 19:91] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Primitive elvish

khaw

root. big

Primitive elvish [PE17/115; PE17/157] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

brûn

adjective. old, that has long endured, or been established, or in use

Noldorin [Ety/353] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hamna

noun. funeral mound

funeral mound

Noldorin [PE 19:91] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

ingem

adjective. old (of person, in mortal sense: decripit, suffering from old age)

New word coined by the Elves after meeting with Men

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/399, Ety/400] în+gem "year-sick". Group: SINDICT. Published by

Sindarin 

haudh

noun. funeral mound

funeral mound

Sindarin [PE 19:91] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

iaur

adjective. old, old; [N.] ancient, olden

Sindarin [RC/523; RC/579; SA/iaur; UT/384; WJ/192] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brûn

elder, eldest

(long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also

iaur

old

  1. iaur (ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare ELDER, ELDEST, q.v. 2) brûn (long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also

iaur

old

(ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare

iphant

full of years

(aged, long-lived), pl. iphaint. The spelling used in the source is ”ifant” (LR:400 s.v. YEN), but since the f arises from earlier (n > m +) p via nasal mutation, it should be written ph according to the spelling conventions described in LotR Appendix E.

taur

huge

taur (also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.

taur

huge

(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.


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

haura

adjective. old, aged, ancient

Early Quenya [GL/49] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aire

adjective. old

Early Quenya [MC/214] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

hôr

adjective. old, aged, ancient

Gnomish [GL/49; LT1/248; LT1A/Vailimo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fufuin

noun. hoard

fuis

noun. hoard

There were various words for “hoard” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, all based on the early root ᴱ√foχo and related to ᴱQ. foa “hoard, treasure” (GL/36; QL/38). Of these, only G. fuis and G. fûn were retained, the latter with a variant fufuin. Tolkien had “hoard”, but this was revised to fuis. Tolkien also had {fûl >> fund >>} fûn, and {fûlin or fûlim >>} fûn. On another page he had G. or fôtha “a hoard”, but these were revised to G. “snow” and G. fôtha “it snows” respectively (GL/35). Before their change in meaning, these last two were connected to (rejected) G. fâ- “have, hold, possess” (GL/33).

Gnomish [GL/36; LT2A/Foalókë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fund

noun. hoard

fô(tha)

noun. hoard

fûn

noun. hoard

Early Noldorin

aus

noun. hoard

A rejected word for “hoard” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/137), probably connected to the early root ᴱ√AW̯A having to do with wealth (QL/33).

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

Westron

tung

noun. big

Westron [PM/053; PM/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

zara

adjective. old

Westron [LotR/1138; PM/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by