Quenya 

métima

last

métima adj. "last" (Markirya), in Markirya also twice métim', since the following words (auressë, andúnë) begin in an a.

oilima

last

oilima adj."last" (MC:213, 214; this is "Qenya"), inflected or lengthened form oilimain "last (pl.)" (MC:221), oilimaisen "(MC:221), oilimaite "last" (MC:214, 221)

telu

adjective. last, last; end (fate), close

An apparently adjectival element in the name Telufinwë meaning “last”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. telu was a noun meaning “end, close” (QL/91). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “end (fate)” (PME/91).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use this element only in compounds since it is not clear what its independent singular or plural forms would be (telo, telwi?). For the ordinary adjective, I’d use métima or telda.

Derivations

  • TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”

Element in

Variations

  • Telu ✧ PM/353 (Telu)

vaina

late

vaina (2) adj., the "late" pronunciation of waina "blonde, fair of hair" (PE17:154)

telda

last, final

telda (1) adj. "last, final" (WJ:407)

telda

adjective. last, final

Cognates

  • ᴺS. tell “last, final (in a series)”

Derivations

  • TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end” ✧ WJ/411

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
TELE > telda[telna] > [telda]✧ WJ/411

tella

hindmost, last

tella adj. "hindmost, last" (TELES)

tar-

verb. to stand

Cognates

  • ᴺS. tar- “to stand”

Derivations

  • TAR “stand”

Element in

métima

adjective. last, ultimate, final

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
MET“end, finality”
-ima“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”
Quenya [MC/221; MC/222] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyel-

end, cease

tyel- (2) vb. "end, cease" (KYEL)

tyel

end

tyel (1) noun "end", stem tyeld- as in the pl. form tyeldi (FS, KYEL; the pl. form tyeldi_ was misread as "tyelde" in the Etymologies as printed in LR; cf. VT45:25 for this correction)_. Cf. tyelma.

metta

end

metta noun "end"; Ambar-metta "world-end, the end of the world" (EO); mettarë *"end-day" = New Years' Eve in the Númenórean calendar and the Steward's Reckoning, not belonging to any month (Appendix D). The word Mettanyë, heading the final part of the poem The Trees of Kortirion, would seem to be related (LT1:43)

tyelima

final

tyelima adj. "final" (KYEL)

termar-

verb. to stand, *endure, last, (lit.) through-abide

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
ter“through”
mar-“to abide, be settled or fixed, to abide, be settled or fixed, [ᴱQ.] dwell, live”
Quenya [UT/305; UT/317] Group: Eldamo. Published by

larta-

verb. to wait, stay, remain, last, endure

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Derivations

  • ᴹ√DAR “stay, wait, stop, remain”
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telwa

adjective. late, last

Derivations

  • TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”

Element in

tyul-

verb. to stand

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TYUL “stand up (straight), stand up (straight); [ᴱ√] tall”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

tel

noun. end

Derivations

  • TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”
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telima

adjective. final

Elements

WordGloss
tel-“to end, finish (intr.)”
-ima“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

telmëa

adjective. conclusive, final, end, last; extreme

Elements

WordGloss
telma“conclusion, anything used to finish off a work or affair, conclusion, anything used to finish off a work or affair; [ᴹQ.] ending”
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Sindarin 

medui

adjective. last

Sindarin [na vedui, Arvedui LotR/I:XII, LotR/A(iv)] Group: SINDICT. Published by

meth

adjective. last, last; [N.] end

Cognates

Derivations

  • MET “end, finality”

Element in

Variations

  • Meth ✧ UT/313 (Meth)

medui

adjective. end, final, last

Derivations

  • MET “end, finality”

Element in

Sindarin [LotR/0209; PE17/016] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tiro

verb. look!

Sindarin [LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72, Letters/278-79, Letters/427] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thîr

noun. look, face, expression, countenance

Sindarin [Ety/392, VT/41:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

methed

noun. end

Sindarin [UT/452] Group: SINDICT. Published by

methed

noun. end

This word is attested in later writings as an element in the names Methed-en-Glad “End of the Wood” and possibly Methedras “Last Peak” (of the Misty Mountains). The latter name first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as N. Methen Amon and Methendol (TI/404), making it likely that methed is a revision from the earlier adjective N. methen (Ety/MET).

This new form likely changed from an adjective to a noun, since -ed/-ad is usually a gerundal suffix in Sindarin (forming nouns from verbs). This word is clearly a noun in the name Methed-en-Glad, and could also be a noun in Methedras (= “Peak of the End?”).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
meth“last, last; [N.] end”
-ed“gerund”

Variations

  • Methed ✧ UT/153

medui

adjective. end

adj. end, final, last. Ai na vedui Dúnadan. Mae g'ovannen. 'Ah! At last, Dúnadan ! Well met !'. m > v after preposition.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:16] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

brona

last

(verb) 1) brona- (survive) (i vrona, i mronar), 2) dartha- (i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, endure) (VT45:8)

brona

last

(survive) (i vrona, i mronar)

dartha

last

(i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, endure) (VT45:8)

last

noun. (sense of) hearing

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lasta “listening, hearing”

Derivations

  • LAS “listen”
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medui

last

(adjective) 1) medui (lenited vedui; no distinct pl. form), 2) meth (lenited veth, pl. mith). Note: the word is also used as a noun ”end”.

medui

last

(lenited vedui; no distinct pl. form)

meth

last

(lenited veth, pl. mith). Note: the word is also used as a noun ”end”.

dartha

wait

dartha- (i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, remain, last, endure) (VT45:8)

dartha

wait

(i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, remain, last, endure) (VT45:8)

lanc

sudden end

(sharp edge, sudden end, brink), pl. lainc, coll. pl. langath.

nass

sharp end

(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

dartha

endure

(i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, last) (VT45:8)  

glinthad

noun. look, glance, flash of the eye

Elements

WordGloss
glintha-“to glance (at)”
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tar-

verb. to stand

Cognates

  • Q. tar- “to stand”

Derivations

  • TAR “stand”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

penninor

last day of the year

(i benninor, o phenninor), pl. penninoer (i phenninoer). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” penninar (LR:400 s.v. YEN).

tell

adjective. last, final (in a series)

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Cognates

  • Q. telda “last, final”

Elements

WordGloss
TEL“close, end, complete, come to an end”
-nā“adjective suffix; passive participle”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

meth

end

(noun) 1) meth (i veth), pl. mith (i mith). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”last”. 2) (rear, hindmost part) tele (i dele, o thele), pl. teli (i theli). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was telei (LR:392 s.v. TELES). 3) ( maybe primarily ”last point in line; last of a series of items”) #methed (i vethed), pl. methid (i methid). Isolated from the name Methedras, the last in a line of mountain peaks.

meth

end

(i veth), pl. mith (i mith). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”last”.

tele

end

(i dele, o thele), pl. teli (i theli). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was telei (LR:392 s.v. TELES).

thîr

look

(noun) thîr (face, expression, countenance) (VT41:10) See also LOOKING.

thîr

look

(face, expression, countenance) (VT41:10) See also

brenia

endure

1) brenia- (i vrenia, i mreniar), 2) dartha- (i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, last) (VT45:8) LONG ENDURED, see brûn under OLD

brenia

endure

(i vrenia, i mreniar)

manadh

final end

(i vanadh) (fate, fortune [usually = final bliss]), pl. menaidh (i menaidh).

methed

end

(i vethed), pl. methid (i methid). Isolated from the name Methedras, the last in a line of mountain peaks.

methen

end

(adj.) methen (lenited vethen; pl. methin) (VT45:34)

methen

end

(lenited vethen; pl. methin) (VT45:34)

brûn

long endured

under

Noldorin 

brona-

verb. to last, survive

Cognates

  • ᴺQ. vor- “to endure, survive”

Derivations

  • On. bron- “to last, endure, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
    • ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BORÓN

Element in

  • ᴺS. bronad “survival”
  • N. bronadui “enduring, lasting” ✧ Ety/BORÓN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. bronie > brono[brona-]✧ Ety/BORÓN
Noldorin [Ety/BORÓN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dartha-

verb. to wait, stay, last, endure, remain

Noldorin [Ety/353, VT/45:8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dartha-

verb. to wait, stay, remain, last, endure

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DAR “stay, wait, stop, remain” ✧ Ety/DAR

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
dar-“to stop, halt”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DAR > dartha[darta-] > [dartʰa-] > [darθa-]✧ Ety/DAR

Variations

  • dartha ✧ Ety/DAR; EtyAC/DAR
Noldorin [Ety/DAR; EtyAC/DAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brona-

verb. to last, to survive

Noldorin [Ety/353] Group: SINDICT. Published by

har-

verb. to stand

Element in

meth

noun. end

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

meth

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶metta “end” ✧ Ety/MET
    • ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

  • N. methen “end, final” ✧ Ety/MET

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶metta > meth[metta] > [mettʰa] > [meθθa] > [meθθ] > [meθ]✧ Ety/MET

tele

noun. end, rear, hindmost part

Noldorin [Ety/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thîr

noun. look, face, expression, countenance

Noldorin [Ety/392, VT/41:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

methen

adjective. end, final

Noldorin [Ety/373, VT/45:34] Group: SINDICT. Published by

brenia-

verb. to endure

The form bronio in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:7

Noldorin [Ety/353, VT/45:7] Group: SINDICT. Published by

brenia-

verb. to endure

Derivations

  • On. bron- “to last, endure, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
    • ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BORÓN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. bronie > brenio[bronia-] > [brœnia-] > [brenia-]✧ Ety/BORÓN

Variations

  • bronio ✧ EtyAC/BORÓN
Noldorin [Ety/BORÓN; EtyAC/BORÓN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Westron

neg

noun. end

Changes

  • necneg ✧ PM/083

Element in

Variations

  • nec ✧ PM/048; PM/083 (nec)
Westron [PM/048; PM/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

tella

adjective. hindmost, last

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶télesā “rear” ✧ Ety/TELES
    • ᴹ√TELES “hindmost, tarrier” ✧ Ety/TELES

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶télesā > tella[telesā] > [telsā] > [tellā] > [tella]✧ Ety/TELES

thar-

verb. to stand

Derivations

  • ᴹ√THAR “stand” ✧ PE22/126

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√THAR > thar-[tʰar-] > [θar-] > [sar-]✧ PE22/126

Variations

  • thar- ✧ PE22/126

tol-

verb. to stand

tyel

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KYEL “come to an end, cease, run out” ✧ Ety/KYEL
    • ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ Ety/KEL; PE22/114

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KYEL > tyel[kjelde] > [kjeld] > [tjeld] > [tjel]✧ Ety/KYEL

Variations

  • tyelde ✧ EtyAC/KYEL
Qenya [Ety/KYEL; EtyAC/KYEL; LR/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyelima

adjective. final

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KYEL “come to an end, cease, run out” ✧ Ety/KYEL
    • ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ Ety/KEL; PE22/114

Elements

WordGloss
tyel-“to end, cease”
-ima“able to be done, -able, -ible”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KYEL > tyelima[kjelima] > [tjelima]✧ Ety/KYEL

Old Noldorin 

bron-

verb. to last, endure, survive

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Derivations

  • ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BORÓN

Derivatives

  • N. brenia- “to endure” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  • N. brona- “to last, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√BORÓN > bronie[borón-] > [bron-]✧ Ety/BORÓN
Old Noldorin [Ety/BORÓN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

met

root. end

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶metta “end” ✧ Ety/MET
    • ᴹQ. metta “ending”
    • N. meth “end” ✧ Ety/MET
  • ᴹQ. mente “point, end, point, end; [ᴱQ.] peak, tip” ✧ Ety/MET
  • ᴹQ. metya- “to put an end to” ✧ Ety/MET
  • N. ment “point” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Metelaire “August, *(lit.) End-summer”
  • ᴹQ. Meterríve “January, *(lit.) End-winter”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

metta

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. metta “ending”
  • N. meth “end” ✧ Ety/MET
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bor(on)

root. endure

The root ᴹ√BOR “endure” along with its extended form ᴹ√BORON appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s along with various derivatives having to do with endurance, faithfulness and everlastingness (Ety/BOR, BORÓN). It was simply a later version of the root ᴱ√VORO from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, unglossed but clearly of a similar meaning based on its Qenya and Gnomish derivatives like ᴱQ. voronda “faithful”, ᴱQ. vorima “everlasting” and G. bron(n) “steadfast, firm” (QL/102; GL/23-24).

Similar forms like Q. voronda or vórima “faithful” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writing (UT/317). The well established names Q. Voronwë or S. Bronwe(g) “Steadfast, Faithful” retained the same basic form and meaning throughout Tolkien’s life, testifying to the enduring nature of the Elvish root for “endurance”.

Derivatives

  • Ad. abâr “strength, endurance, fidelity”
  • ᴹ✶boron- ✧ Ety/BOR
    • Ilk. boron “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” ✧ Ety/BOR
    • On. boron “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” ✧ Ety/BOR
    • N. bôr “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/BOR
  • ᴹ✶b’rōnā ✧ Ety/BORÓN
    • On. brūna “that has long endured, old” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
    • N. brûn “old (has long endured)” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  • ᴺQ. vor- “to endure, survive”
  • ᴹQ. vóre “lasting” ✧ Ety/BOR
  • ᴹQ. vórea “continuous, enduring, lasting; continuant” ✧ Ety/BOR
  • ᴹQ. vórima “continuous, enduring, repeated” ✧ Ety/BOR
  • ᴹQ. voro “ever, continually, ever, continually, [ᴱQ.] always” ✧ Ety/BOR
  • Q. voronda “faithful, steadfast (in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise)”
  • ᴺQ. voron(do) “trusty man, faithful vassal”
  • ᴹQ. voronwa “enduring, long-lasting” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  • Q. voronwë “steadfastness, loyalty, faith(fulness)”
  • ᴹQ. voronwie “endurance, lasting quality” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  • ᴺQ. vorta- “to preserve, make lasting”
  • ᴺQ. voruva “age long”
  • S. born “[stead]fast”
  • N. borth “[unglossed]” ✧ Ety/BOR
  • ᴺS. brond “firm, [G.] steadfast, *faithful, constant”
  • N. bronwe “endurance”
  • On. bron- “to last, endure, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
    • N. brenia- “to endure” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
    • N. brona- “to last, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN

Element in

Variations

  • BOR ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/MIR; EtyAC/WAR
  • BORON ✧ Ety/WEG
  • BORÓN ✧ EtyAC/WEG
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BOR; Ety/BORÓN; Ety/MIR; Ety/WEG; EtyAC/WAR; EtyAC/WEG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

last

noun. look, glance, flash of the eye

Cognates

Element in

  • G. Legolast “Keen-sight” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Gnomish [GL/53; LT1A/Tári-Laisi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fîr

adjective. late

Element in

telu

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TEL+U “to finish, close, end, complete” ✧ GL/70; LT1A/Teleri

Element in

  • G. telfod “final end, the very last” ✧ GL/70
Gnomish [GL/70; LT1A/Teleri] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gimli

noun. (sense of) hearing

Element in

Gnomish [GL/38; LT2A/Gimli] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

foto Speculative

root. end, final, last

A hypothetical early root to explain Gnomish words such as G. fod “end, butt, bottom” and G. fodra “the last, latest, endmost” (GL/35). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writings.

Derivatives

  • G. fod “end, butt, bottom”
Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

oilima

adjective. last

Changes

  • oilimaoilin ✧ PE16/062

Element in

Variations

  • Oilima ✧ MC/213
  • oilin ✧ PE16/062
Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/214; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/066; PE16/067; PE16/072; PE16/073; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/076; PE16/077; PE16/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oilin

adjective. *last

telwa

adjective. last, late

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TEL+U “to finish, close, end, complete” ✧ LT1A/Teleri; QL/091

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TEL+U > telwa[telwā] > [telwa]✧ QL/091
Early Quenya [LT1A/Teleri; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oilimaite

adjective. final, ultimate, last

Element in

  • Eq. ala fuin oilimaite “after the last night” ✧ MC/221; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/074; PE16/074
  • Eq. ala hui oilimaite “*before the last night” ✧ PE16/077; PE16/077; PE16/077

Elements

WordGloss
oilima“last”
-ite“adjective ending”
Early Quenya [MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kóleta-

verb. to endure, last

Variations

  • kōleta- ✧ QL/047
Early Quenya [QL/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hyá-

verb. to stand

Variations

  • hyā- ✧ PE16/132
Early Quenya [PE16/132] Group: Eldamo. Published by

talma

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TALA “support”

Variations

  • talma ✧ PE16/144
Early Quenya [PE16/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telúmea

adjective. final, conclusive, end; last; extreme

Variations

  • telūmea ✧ QL/091
Early Quenya [QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pere-

verb. to go through, pass, pierce; to endure, undergo, experience; to penetrate, get to understand; to last

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PERE “*endure” ✧ QL/073

Element in

  • Eq. perpere- “to endure to end, suffer great anguish” ✧ QL/073

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PERE > pere-[pere-]✧ QL/073
Early Quenya [QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by