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)