Quenya 

time, occasion

noun "a time, occasion" (LU)

lúmë

time

lúmë (1) noun "time" (LU, PE17:168) or "hour", locative lúmessë (VT43:34), pl. locative lúmissen "at the times" (VT49:47), allative lúmenna "upon the hour", elided lúmenn' in the greeting elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo "a star shines upon the hour of our meeting", because the next word begins with a similar vowel. The complete form lúmenna omentielvo is found in WJ:367 and Letters:425 (footnote). Cf. also the compounds lumenyárë and lúmequenta, q.v.; see also #sillumë.

Sindarin 

noun. a time, occasion

Sindarin [Ety/370, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

time

_(a time) _1) (occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

time

(occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

anann

for a long time

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Noldorin 

lhû

noun. a time, occasion

Noldorin [Ety/370, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Gnomish

laith

adjective. *lost

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIÞI “*flow of time”

Element in

Gnomish [GG/11; GG/12] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laith

noun. time, the course of time; (properly) lapse

Changes

  • laithalaith ✧ GL/52

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIÞI “*flow of time”

Element in

Variations

  • laith ✧ GL/45 (laith); GL/52; GL/53 (laith)
  • laitha ✧ GL/52 (laitha)
Gnomish [GL/45; GL/52; GL/53] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aluin

masculine name. Time

Gnomish [LT1/219; LT1/222; LT1A/Lúmin; LT1I/Aluin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lûm

noun. time

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUHU “*time”

Element in

  • G. Lúmin ✧ LT1A/Lúmin (Lúmin)
Gnomish [GL/55; LT1A/Lúmin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

lúme

noun. time

Changes

  • lūme-lūmi- ✧ QL/056

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUHU “*time” ✧ QL/056

Element in

  • Eq. ielúme “long ago” ✧ PE15/68
  • Eq. -llume “-times” ✧ PE14/051
  • Eq. lúmia “pertaining to time, temporal” ✧ QL/056
  • Eq. oalúme “shearing time” ✧ QL/071

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LUHU > lūme[luxmi] > [luxme] > [luɣme] > [lūme]✧ QL/056

Variations

  • lūme- ✧ PME/056; QL/056 (lūme-)
  • lūme ✧ QL/056; QL/071 (lūme)
Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/084; PE15/68; PME/056; QL/056; QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by