lambelë noun "Language" (especially with reference to phonology), *"phonetics" (VT39:15)
Quenya
lambe
noun. tongue
lambë
noun. language, tongue, dialect
Variations
- lambe ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/046; PE17/104; PE17/123; PE17/126; PE22/151; UT/304; UT/304; VT39/15; VT39/16; WJ/368; WJ/369; WJ/369; WJ/394; WJ/416
- Lambe ✧ WJ/394; WJ/397
Derivations
Cognates
Element in
- Q. Elda-lambë “Language of the Eldar” ✧ WJ/369
- Q. lambe Eldaiva “the language of the Eldar” ✧ WJ/369
- Q. lambe Eldaron “the language of the Eldar” ✧ WJ/368
- ᴺQ. lambelanga “translation”
- Q. lambelë “phonetics” ✧ VT39/16
- ᴺQ. lambengolmë “linguistics”
- Q. Lambengolmor “Loremasters of Tongues”
- Q. Lambenyáre “Account of ... Languages”
- Q. lambetengwë “consonant” ✧ VT39/16
- Q. Lambë Valarinwa “Language of the Valar” ✧ WJ/397
- Q. lambina “of tongue, spoken with tongue” ✧ PE17/046
- Q. Lindalambë “Language of the Lindar”
- Q. manen lambë Quendion ahyanë “How did the language of the Elves change?” ✧ PM/395
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶lambē > lambe [lambē] > [lambe] ✧ PE17/126 √LABA > lambe [labmē] > [lambē] > [lambe] ✧ PE22/151 ✶lambē > lambe [lambē] > [lambe] ✧ VT39/15 ✶lambē > lambe [lambē] > [lambe] ✧ WJ/394 ✶lab-mē > lambe [labmē] > [lambē] > [lambe] ✧ WJ/416 Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source lambenya 1st-sg-poss “my tongue” ✧ PE17/046 Lambion genitive plural “of tongues” ✧ PE18/008; PE18/071
lambë
tongue, language
lambelë
language
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")
lambina
of tongue, spoken with tongue
lambina adj. "of tongue, spoken with tongue" (PE17:46). Cf. lambë.
lamma-
verb. ?to echo
Derivations
- √LAM “(inarticulate voiced) sound”
Cognates
- S. lamma- “to echo”
Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source lamma present - ✧ VT47/21 lambe past - ✧ VT47/21 lambie perfect - ✧ VT47/21 lāmie perfect - ✧ VT47/21
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.
lav-
verb. to lick
Derivations
Cognates
- ᴺS. lav- “to lick”
Element in
- Q. ar lumbulë undulávë ilyë tier “and (heavy) shadow swallowed (lit. down-licked) all roads” ✧ RGEO/59
- Q. undulav- “to drown, swallow, submerge, (lit.) lick down” ✧ PE17/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LABA > lamne [labne] > [lamne] ✧ PE22/151 ✶labā́ > lava [labā] > [laβā] > [laβa] > [lava] ✧ PE22/152 ✶laƀuvā > lavuva [labuvā] > [laβuvā] > [laβuva] > [lavuva] ✧ PE22/152 Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source lāve past - ✧ PE17/072; RGEO/59 **lambe past - ✧ PE22/151 [from a possibly transient rejection of nasal-infixed past tenses] lamne past - ✧ PE22/151 láve past - ✧ PE22/151 lava imperative - ✧ PE22/152 †lavuva future - ✧ PE22/152 lauva future - ✧ PE22/152
quetil
tongue, language
quetil ("q")noun "tongue, language" (KWET)
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.