lambe

noun. tongue

lambë

tongue, language

lambë noun "tongue, language" (the usual word for 'language' in non-technical use) (WJ:368, 394, ÑGAL/ÑGALAM), "the language or dialect of a particular country or people...never used for 'language' in general, but only for particular forms of speech" (VT39:15); also name of tengwa #27 (Appendix E). (In early "Qenya", lambë was defined as "tongue" of body, but also of land, or even = "speech" [LT2:339]. In LotR-style Quenya lambë only means "tongue = speech", whereas the word for a physical tongue is lamba.) Lambë Valarinwa "Valarin tongue" (WJ:397), lambë Quendion "the language of the Elves" (PM:395), Lambengolmor pl. noun "Loremasters of Tongues", a school founded by Fëanor (WJ:396); sg. #Lambengolmo. Spelt Lambeñgolmor in VT48:6.

lambë

noun. language, tongue, dialect

lambengolmor

collective name. Loremasters of Tongues

A school of linguists founded by Fëanor (WJ/396), a compound of lambë “language, tongue” and the plural of ingolmo “loremaster”.

lamba

tongue

lamba (1) noun "tongue" (physical tongue, while lambë = "language") (WJ:394, LAB; according to VT45:25, Tolkien first wrote lambe, but as noted, this alternative form is rather used for "tongue" in the sense of "language")

lambelë

language

lambelë noun "Language" (especially with reference to phonology), *"phonetics" (VT39:15)

lambetengwë

consonant

#lambetengwë noun "consonant" (as a tengwë or phoneme), literally "tongue-signs". Only pl. lambetengwi ("ñ") is attested (VT39:16)

lambelë

noun. phonetics

lambe eldaiva

the language of the Eldar

lambe eldaron

the language of the Eldar

lambenyáre

noun. account of languages

account of languages

lambenyáre

proper name. Account of ... Languages

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lambetengwë

noun. consonant

lambengolmor

Lambengolmor

Lambengolmor is a Quenya word, glossed as "Loremasters of Tongues" in one manuscript. In another manuscript, the alternative spelling Lambeñgolmor is seen, and also glossed as "lingustic loremasters". Helge Fauskanger has noted that only the plural form is attested, of a possible singular form Lambengolmo. The word consists of lambe ("tongue, language") + ingolmo ("loremaster").

lambelanga

noun. translation

lambelanga-

verb. to translate (generally, between languages)

lambengolmë

noun. linguistics

Valarin

valian

Valarin adj. "Valian", of or relating to the Valar, as noun = Lambë Valarinwa "Valarin tongue" (WJ:397). It may be that Valarinwa is the normal form of the adjective "Valian" in Quenya.

lambina

of tongue, spoken with tongue

lambina adj. "of tongue, spoken with tongue" (PE17:46). Cf. lambë.

lambë valarinwa

Language of the Valar

lamma-

verb. ?to echo

lav-

verb. to lick

A verb for “to lick” based on the root √LAB of similar meaning (PE17/72; PE22/151-152; RGEO/59).

Conceptual Development: This verb dates all the way back to ᴱQ. lava- “lick” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√LAVA (QL/52). It retained this form in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/134), and in The Etymologies of the 1930s it appeared as ᴹQ. lavin “I lick” under the root ᴹ√LAB “lick” (Ety/LAB). The verb and root continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s later writings.

náva-tengwë

noun. consonant

návëa

consonant

#návëa nounor adj. "consonant" (only pl. návëar ["ñ"] is attested) (VT39:8)

pataca

consonant

#pataca noun "consonant" (only pl. patacar ["k"] is attested) (VT39:8)

pataca

noun. consonant

A word for “consonant” invented by Fëanor to represent the chief points of consonantal contact or friction: p, t, k (VT38/8).

pávatengwë

noun. consonant

quetil

tongue, language

quetil ("q")noun "tongue, language" (KWET)

tengwelë

language

tengwelë noun "Language" (in all its aspects), a general word for the grouping and composing of tengwi (linguistic "signs", phonemes) into a linguistic system (VT39:16)

tengwestië

language

tengwestië noun "Language" as abstract or phenomenon (WJ:394)

tengwië

language

#tengwië noun "language" in the compound mátengwië "language of the hands" (VT47:9). Compare tengwë, tengwesta.

ólama

noun. consonant

lambē

noun. tongue, language, dialect

lambë

noun. language

lamben

place name. Tongue

A transient name for the Naith in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “Tongue” (TI/280). It seems to be an elaboration or variant form of N. lham(b) “tongue”.

lhamb

noun. physical tongue

lham(b)

noun. tongue

lhav-

verb. to lick

A noun appearing as N. lhâf “lick” (with Noldorin-style infinitive form lhebi) in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√LAB of the same meaning (Ety/LAB) where the initial initial l was unvoiced to lh as was the case in Noldorin of the 1930s.

Conceptual Development: This verb was G. lav- “lick” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/53), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LAVA since the unvoicing of initial l was not a feature of Gnomish in the 1910s.

Neo-Sindarin: Most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. lav- “to lick” since the unvoicing of initial l was also not a feature of Sindarin in the 1950s and 60s.

lham

noun. physical tongue

lam

tongue

_ n. _tongue. Q. lambe. >> lammen

lam

noun. physical tongue

lam

noun. language

lamel

noun. phonetics

A neologism coined by Ellanto posted on 2024-05-07 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an elaboration of lam “language” patterned after lambelë.

lam

tongue

(both body-part and = ”dialect, language”) lam (pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath). (WJ:394, 416) Not: lam is also used = ”echo, voice, echoing voice”.

lam

tongue

(pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath). (WJ:394, 416) Not: lam is also used = ”echo, voice, echoing voice”.

lammen

my tongue

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lamengolu

noun. linguistics

A neologism coined by Ellanto posted on 2024-05-07 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of lam “language” and √ÑGOL “knowledge”, more exactly from primitive ✱labmē-ñgolwē, perhaps an adaptation of its Quenya equivalent [ᴺQ.] lambengolmë.

golof

noun. consonant

< wā-lāma

lammas

account of tongues

lav-

verb. to lick

aglâb

noun. language