Quenya 

laisi

youth, vigour, new life

laisi, laito noun "youth, vigour, new life" (LT1:267; rather vië or nésë, nessë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

vínë

youth

vínë noun "youth" (probably as abstract) (VT47:26, PE17:191)

vínë

noun. youth, youth, *childhood

Cognates

  • S. gwîn “youth” ✧ PE17/191

Derivations

  • √WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh” ✧ PE17/191; VT47/26

Element in

  • Q. vinimetta “end of youth, end of youth, *reaching middle age”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√WIN > vínë[wīne] > [βīne] > [vīne]✧ PE17/191

Variations

  • víne ✧ VT47/26
Quenya [PE17/191; VT47/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vírië

youth

vírië noun "youth" (as abstract) (VT46:22)

nessë

youth

nessë noun "youth"; also nésë (NETH)

nésë

youth

nésë (Þ) noun "youth", also nessë (NETH). Not to be confused with nésë "he was"; see ná #1.

vinyarë

noun. youth, youth, *young adulthood

Elements

WordGloss
vinya“young, new”
-rë“abstract noun”

Sindarin 

gwîn

noun. youth

n. youth. Q. víne. >> gwein

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:191] < WIN young. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

gwîn

noun. youth

Cognates

  • Q. vínë “youth, youth, *childhood” ✧ PE17/191

Derivations

  • √WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh” ✧ PE17/191

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√WIN > gwîn[wine] > [gwine] > [gwin] > [gwīn]✧ PE17/191
Sindarin [PE17/191] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nîth

youth

(construct nith; no distinct pl. form)

Noldorin 

nîth

noun. youth

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîth

noun. youth

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nése “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nēthē “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nēthē > nîth[nētʰē] > [nītʰē] > [nītʰe] > [nīθe] > [nīθ]✧ Ety/NETH
Noldorin [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

vírie

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIR “new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/WIR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√WIR/WĪ/WIRI > vírie[wirie] > [βirie] > [virie]✧ EtyAC/WIR

nesse

noun. youth

Element in

nése

noun. youth

Cognates

  • N. nîth “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nēthē “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Element in

  • ᴹQ. nessima “youthful” ✧ Ety/NETH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nēthē > nése[nētʰē] > [nēθē] > [nēθe] > [nēse]✧ Ety/NETH
ᴹ√NETH > nesse[nettʰe] > [nesse]✧ Ety/NETH

Variations

  • nesse ✧ Ety/NETH

Middle Primitive Elvish

nēthē

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. nése “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • N. nîth “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

ganos

noun. youth

Element in

gwioth

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWIWI “*young” ✧ GL/42

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯iu̯ > gwioth[gʷiuθ] > [gʷioθ]✧ GL/42

Early Primitive Elvish

χilþē

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ GL/49

Derivatives

  • Eq. hil(de) “child” ✧ GL/49
  • G. hiltha “youth (more often masculine)” ✧ GL/49
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/49] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

laisi

noun. youth, vigour, new life

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/052

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAYA > laisi[lajtī] > [lajti] > [laiti] > [laitsi] > [laisi]✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
ᴱ√LAẎA > laito[laðʲtō] > [laðʲto] > [lajto] > [laito]✧ QL/052

Variations

  • laito ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/052
  • Laisi ✧ QL/052
  • -laite ✧ QL/052 (-laite)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tári-laisi

feminine name. Mistress of Life

Another name for Vána as the “Mistress of Life” in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/67), a combination of tári “queen” and laisi “(new) life”.

Conceptual Development: In a very early name list of the Valar, the name was first given as Koiretári (PE14/14) using koire for “life” instead.

Variations

  • Laisi ✧ GL/18
Early Quenya [GL/18; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; LT1I/Tári-Laisi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laito

noun. youth, vigour, new life