Quenya 

lambe

noun. tongue

Quenya [PE 22:102] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

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

Cognates

  • Kh. aglâb “language” ✧ WJ/394
  • S. lam “(physical) tongue; language, (physical) tongue; language, [G.] speech” ✧ PE17/046; PE17/046; VT39/15; WJ/394
  • T. lambë “language” ✧ WJ/394

Derivations

  • lambē “tongue, language, dialect” ✧ PE17/126; VT39/15; WJ/394
    • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ VT39/15
    • labmē “*language” ✧ WJ/416
  • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ PE22/151
  • labmē “*language” ✧ WJ/416

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
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

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
Quenya [LotR/1123; PE17/046; PE17/104; PE17/123; PE17/126; PE18/008; PE18/071; PE22/151; PM/395; UT/304; VT39/15; VT39/16; WJ/368; WJ/369; WJ/394; WJ/397; WJ/416] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lambelë

language

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

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

Cognates

Derivations

  • LAM “(inarticulate voiced) sound”

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

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.

Cognates

  • ᴺS. lav- “to lick”

Derivations

  • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ PE22/151
  • lab- ✧ PE22/152; PE22/152
    • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ PE22/152

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
LABA > lamne[labne] > [lamne]✧ PE22/151
labā́ > lava[labā] > [laβā] > [laβa] > [lava]✧ PE22/152
laƀuvā > lavuva[labuvā] > [laβuvā] > [laβuva] > [lavuva]✧ PE22/152
Quenya [PE17/072; PE22/151; PE22/152; RGEO/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quetil

tongue, language

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

Sindarin 

lam

noun. physical tongue

Sindarin [Ety/367, WJ/394, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lam

tongue

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

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:46] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

lam

noun. language

Sindarin [WJ/394] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

.

lammas

account of tongues

lav-

verb. to lick

Cognates

  • Q. lav- “to lick”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

Telerin 

lambë

noun. language

Cognates

  • Q. lambë “language, tongue, dialect” ✧ WJ/394

Derivations

  • lambē “tongue, language, dialect” ✧ WJ/394
    • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ VT39/15
    • labmē “*language” ✧ WJ/416

Element in

Variations

  • lambe ✧ WJ/394

Khuzdûl

aglâb

noun. language

Cognates

  • Q. lambë “language, tongue, dialect” ✧ WJ/394
Khuzdûl [WJ/395; WJI/Dwarves] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

lambē

noun. tongue, language, dialect

Derivations

  • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ VT39/15
  • labmē “*language” ✧ WJ/416

Derivatives

  • Q. lambë “language, tongue, dialect” ✧ PE17/126; VT39/15; WJ/394
  • S. lam “(physical) tongue; language, (physical) tongue; language, [G.] speech” ✧ VT39/15; WJ/394
  • T. lambë “language” ✧ WJ/394

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
lab-mē > lambē[labmē] > [lambē]✧ WJ/416
Primitive elvish [PE17/126; VT39/15; WJ/394] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

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”.

Elements

WordGloss
lham(b)“tongue”
Noldorin [TI/280; TII/Lamben] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhamb

noun. physical tongue

Noldorin [Ety/367, WJ/394, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lham

noun. physical tongue

Noldorin [Ety/367, WJ/394, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lham(b)

noun. tongue

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lamba “tongue” ✧ Ety/LAB

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶lambe
    • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/ÑGAL
  • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/LAB

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAB > lham(b)[lambe] > [lamb] > [l̥amb] > [l̥amb] > [l̥amm] > [l̥am]✧ Ety/LAB

Variations

  • lham ✧ PE22/035
  • lhamb ✧ PE22/035 (lhamb)
Noldorin [Ety/LAB; PE22/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhav-

verb. to lick

A noun appearing as N. lhâf “lick” (with Noldorin 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.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lav- “to lick” ✧ Ety/LAB

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/LAB

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAB > lhefi[lab-] > [lav-] > [l̥av-]✧ Ety/LAB

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Qenya 

lambe

noun. language, tongue

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶lambe ✧ PE21/09; PE21/09
    • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/ÑGAL
  • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/LAB; PE22/102

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAB > lambe[lambe]✧ Ety/LAB
ᴹ✶lamƀĭ- > lambe[lambi] > [lambio]✧ PE21/09
ᴹ✶lamƀı̯o > lambio[lambio]✧ PE21/09
Qenya [EtyAC/LAB; PE18/023; PE21/09; PE22/022; PE22/050; PE22/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lamba

noun. tongue

Changes

  • lambelamba ✧ EtyAC/LAB

Cognates

  • N. lham(b) “tongue” ✧ Ety/LAB

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/LAB

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAB > lamba[lamba]✧ Ety/LAB

Variations

  • lamba ✧ Ety/LAB; EtyAC/LAB
  • lambe ✧ EtyAC/LAB (lambe)
Qenya [Ety/LAB; EtyAC/LAB] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lav-

verb. to lick

Cognates

  • N. lhav- “to lick” ✧ Ety/LAB

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/LAB; PE22/102

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAB > lavin[labin] > [laβin] > [lavin]✧ Ety/LAB
ᴹ√LAB > lave[labi] > [labe] > [laβe] > [lave]✧ PE22/102
Qenya [Ety/LAB; PE22/102; PE22/104; PE22/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

lambe

noun. lambe

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAB “lick” ✧ Ety/ÑGAL

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. lambe “language, tongue” ✧ PE21/09; PE21/09
  • N. lham(b) “tongue”

Variations

  • lamƀĭ- ✧ PE21/09
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÑGAL; PE21/09] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

lav-

verb. to lick

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAVA “lick”

Early Noldorin

lham(b)

noun. tongue

Element in

  • En. ballam “with evil malicious tongue”
  • En. lamthanc “snake, *(lit.) forked tongue”
  • En. orlham “dumb”

Variations

  • lhamb ✧ PE13/148
  • lham ✧ PE13/148
Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

lambe

noun. tongue of body but also occasionally of land or even = speech

Cognates

  • G. lam “tongue, speech” ✧ LT2A/Eglamar

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAVA “lick” ✧ LT2A/Eglamar; QL/052

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAVA > lambe[lamβē] > [lamβe] > [lambe]✧ QL/052

Variations

  • lambë ✧ LT2A/Eglamar
Early Quenya [LT2A/Eglamar; PE14/042; PE14/071; PE16/136; PME/052; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-issa

suffix. language

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ISI “*know” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa

Element in

  • Eq. Eldarissa “Language of the Eldar” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa
  • Eq. Noldorissa “Language of the Noldoli” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ISI > -issa[-issā] > [issa]✧ LT2A/Eldarissa
Early Quenya [LT2A/Eldarissa] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-qet(se)

suffix. language

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QETE “*speak” ✧ QL/077

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QETE > qet[kʷet]✧ QL/077

Variations

  • qet ✧ QL/077
  • -qetse ✧ QL/077
Early Quenya [QL/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lava-

verb. to lick

Cognates

  • G. lav- “to lick”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAVA “lick” ✧ QL/052

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAVA > lava-[laβ-] > [lav-]✧ QL/052
Early Quenya [PE16/134; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by