lambelë noun "Language" (especially with reference to phonology), *"phonetics" (VT39:15)
Quenya
lambe
noun. tongue
lambë
noun. language, tongue, dialect
lambë
tongue, language
lambelë
language
lamba
tonguelamba (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
adjective. of tongue, spoken with tongue
lambina
of tongue, spoken with tonguelambina adj. "of tongue, spoken with tongue" (PE17:46). Cf. lambë.
lamma-
verb. ?to echo
tengwelë
languagetengwelë 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
languagetengwestië 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
quetil
tongue, languagequetil ("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.