lai

adverb. very

lairesse nihare to tarassi, yu unta hrívesse landannar

in the summer I live in [i.e. on] the hills [as a rule], and come down to the plains in the winter

laive

noun. ointment

A word for “ointment” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶laibē under the root ᴹ√LIB (Ety/LIB²). The (archaic?) form laiwe appeared in notes written around 1940 as a cognate to N. glaew (TMME/53).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had ᴱQ. oine “unguent” and ᴱQ. oinalis (oinaliss-) “ointment”, both under the early root ᴱ√OẎO (QL/71). ᴱQ. oine “unguent” also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/71).

laiwa

adjective. sickly, sick, ill

An adjective appearing as ᴹQ. laiwa “sickly, sick, ill” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶slaiwā under the root ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” (Ety/SLIW). The ancient initial sl became voiceless hl, which was then voiced to l as was generally the case in The Etymologies.

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writing, he usually retained hl- in spelling if not pronunciation; see the entry on how initial voiceless nasals and liquids were voiced for discussion. As such, most Neo-Quenya writers adapt this word as ᴺQ. hlaiwa.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had the word ᴱQ. leuke (leuki-) “sick, ill; pallid, wan” under the similar but earlier root ᴱ√LEẆE (QL/53).

laika

adjective. keen, sharp, acute

laike

noun. acuteness, keenness of perception

laiqeldar

collective name. Green-elves

laiqendi

collective name. Green-elves

laime

noun. shadow (cast by an object or form), shade

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s variously glossed “shade”, “shadow (cast by an object or form)”, and “shadow cast by a thing” under different iterations of the root ᴹ√DAY “shadow” (Ety/DAY; EtyAC/DAY). This root was primarily used for N. dae “shadow” in N. Dor-Daedeloth “Land of the Shadow of Dread”; in later writings the Dae- element in that name seems to have become dae(r) “great” (WJ/183), so I suspect ᴹ√DAY “shadow” and its derivatives were abandoned.

laiqa

adjective. green

laira

adjective. shady

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “shady” under the root ᴹ√DAY “shadow” (Ety/DAY; EtyAC/DAY). This root was primarily used for N. dae “shadow” in N. Dor-Daedeloth “Land of the Shadow of Dread”; in later writings the Dae- element in that name seems to have become dae(r) “great” (WJ/183), so I suspect ᴹ√DAY “shadow” and its derivatives were abandoned.

laire

noun. summer

laire

noun. poem

laita-

verb. to praise; ?live

@@@ possibly also “live” in drafts of the praises at the field of Cormallen as suggested by Lokyt in Discord, 2012-11-11

laitalle, laitalle

praise them

laite

noun. colour

lastalaika

masculine name. sharp-ears

A name appearing only in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/LAS²), compound of lasta “ear” and laika “sharp”.

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor to this name, ᴱQ. lastalaike “sharpsighted”, appeared in an early word list (PE15/68).

a laituvar, laituvar

praise them

nilaistama

noun. something/body or other

landa

noun. plain

A noun for “a plain” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of the 1940s derived from ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” with variants landa and lanna (PE22/126), the latter probably derived from ✱ladna with the voiced stop d becoming a nasal before nasal n. It might simply be the noun form of adjective ᴹQ. landa “wide” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LAD).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the form landa, which appears in an inflected form landannar “to the plains” early in QVS (PE22/125).

lanna

noun. plain

úrien

proper name. Summer

Another name for laire “summer” in drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/134). Its initial element seems to be Ûr “Sun”.

(a)ranya

adjective. free

-llume

suffix. time, time, [ᴱQ.] times

-n(an)

suffix. time

a

preposition. [unglossed]

alama

noun. [unglossed]

alistima

adjective. unknowable, secret

amaldume

noun. [unglossed]

anaristya

noun. [unglossed]

assa

pronoun. [unglossed]

asse

pronoun. [unglossed]

asso

pronoun. [unglossed]

engwa

?. [unglossed]

ente

pronoun. [unglossed]

ento

pronoun. [unglossed]

ereáma

?. [unglossed]

es

[unglossed]

esse

noun. place

hyelma

?. [unglossed]

kaltua

?. [unglossed]

kanda

noun. [unglossed]

karpalimaite

noun. [unglossed]

laqe[t]-

verb. [unglossed]

lasse

noun. leaf

lau(w)e

?. [unglossed]

li(n)-

prefix. many

lin-

verb. to sing

linin-

prefix. many

luina

adjective. pale

lá-

verb. to not be

mahtya

?. [unglossed]

mai(y)a

noun. [unglossed]

maldo

noun. [unglossed]

mirima

adjective. free

nanar

collective name. Green-elves

nandakka-

verb. [unglossed]

nerno

?. [unglossed]

nesse

noun. youth

niule

?. [unglossed]

nome

noun. place

nése

noun. youth

olta-

verb. [unglossed]

rampa

?. [unglossed]

ranya

adjective. free

sahte

noun. [unglossed]

sarya

noun. [unglossed]

sen

pronoun. them

sisíria-

verb. [unglossed]

séra

?. [unglossed]

sóla

?. [unglossed]

tante

noun. [unglossed]

tatalta-

verb. [unglossed]

teuka

?. [unglossed]

thar-

verb. [unglossed]

timpana

noun. [unglossed]

toina

adjective. [unglossed]

toróma

noun. [unglossed]

tundo

noun. hole

tyue

noun. [unglossed]

tí

pronoun. them

varinye

noun. [unglossed]

virya

adjective. fresh

vírie

noun. youth

yelme

noun. [unglossed]

éma

?. [unglossed]