îr

adverb. *alone

î(r)

pronoun. impersonal plural pronoun

îr

sexual desire

îr (VT46:23)

îr

sexual desire

îr (VT46:23)

îr

sexual desire

(VT46:23)

îr

sexual desire

(VT46:23)

air

adjective. lonely

aníra-

verb. to desire

i glinn hen agorer edain mi velerian, ach hí in ellath îr ed epholar

*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it

aníra

desire

(vb.) aníra- (i aníra, in anírar);

aníra

desire

(i aníra, in anírar);

ereb

lonely

ereb (isolated), pl. erib

ereb

lonely

(isolated), pl. erib

îr

noun. sexual desire

îr

noun. *sexual desire

An unglossed word in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YER “feel sexual desire” (EtyAC/YER), perhaps a noun meaning “✱sexual desire”.

írë

desire

írë (1) noun "desire". (ID). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, írë was also the name of a long carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting long í. (VT45:17).

írë

noun. desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing

eressëa

lonely

eressëa adj. "lonely" (ERE, LT1:269), "solitary" (cf. Letters:386). Eressëa place-name "Lonely (One)", often used by itself for Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle (Silm) or Solitary Isle (Letters:386, footnote)

eressëa

adjective. lonely

milmë

desire, greed

milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)

yesta-

verb. desire

yesta- (1) vb. "desire" (YES, VT46:23; the latter source indicates that Tolkien did write yesta- with a final hyphen, indicating that this is "desire" as a verbal stem, not as a noun).

yérë

sexual desire

yérë noun *"sexual desire" _(VT46:23; the word is not really glossed, but looks like an abstract formation from the stem YER "feel sexual desire")_

írissë

desire

Írissë fem. name (PM:345), evidently connected to írë "desire".