Quenya 

laurëa

golden, like gold

laurëa adj. "golden, like gold"; pl. laurië is attested (Nam, RGEO:66)

laurëa

adjective. golden (of hue)

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
laurë“gold (light or colour)”
-a“adjectival suffix”

Variations

  • laurea ✧ PE16/096
Quenya [LotR/0377; PE16/096; PE17/058; PE17/061; PE17/062; RGEO/58; RGEO/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laurë

noun. gold (light or colour)

Cognates

  • Nan. lóri “gold” ✧ NM/347; PE17/048
  • S. glawar “gold (light or colour), gold (light or colour); [N.] sunlight, radiance (of Laurelin)” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/061; PE17/159; VT41/10; NM/351
  • T. glavarë “golden light” ✧ NM/351

Derivations

  • (G)LAWAR “golden light” ✧ NM/351; PE17/159
  • glaware “sheen of gold” ✧ PE19/079; PE21/80; VT41/10

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
(g)lawar- > laure[glawarē] > [glawrē] > [glaurē] > [ɣlaurē] > [laurē] > [laure]✧ NM/351
LAWAR > laurē > laure[laurē] > [laure]✧ PE17/159
glawarē > glaurē > ʒlaurē > laurē[glawarē] > [glawrē] > [glaurē] > [ɣlaurē] > [laurē] > [laure]✧ PE19/079
glawarĭ > laure[glawari] > [glaware] > [glawre] > [glaure] > [ɣlaure] > [laure]✧ PE21/80
glaware > laure[glaware] > [glawre] > [glaure] > [ɣlaure] > [laure]✧ VT41/10

Variations

  • laure ✧ Let/308; NM/351; PE17/048; PE17/061; PE17/076 (laure); PE17/080; PE17/159; PE21/81; PM/353; RGEO/62; VT41/10; VT49/47
  • laurē ✧ PE19/079
  • Laure ✧ UT/253
Quenya [Let/308; NM/347; NM/351; PE17/048; PE17/058; PE17/061; PE17/076; PE17/080; PE17/159; PE19/079; PE21/81; PM/353; RGEO/62; SA/laurë; UT/253; VT41/10; VT49/47] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laurië

goldenness

laurië noun "goldenness", also used as adv. "goldenly" (PE17:74); the word laurië occurring in Namarië Tolkien variously interpreted either as this adverb or as the pl. form of laurëa, q.v.

laurina

golden

laurina adj. "golden" (LT1:258). Compare laurëa in later material.

Sindarin 

glawar

noun. gold (light or colour), gold (light or colour); [N.] sunlight, radiance (of Laurelin)

Cognates

  • Q. laurë “gold (light or colour)” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/061; PE17/159; VT41/10; NM/351

Derivations

  • (G)LAWAR “golden light” ✧ NM/351; PE17/159
  • glaware “sheen of gold” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
(g)lawar- > glawar[glaware] > [glawar]✧ NM/351
LAWAR > glawar[glaware] > [glawar]✧ PE17/159
glaware > glawar[glaware] > [glawar]✧ VT41/10
Sindarin [NM/351; PE17/048; PE17/061; PE17/159; VT41/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glóriel

adjective. golden

@@@ suggested by David Salo, GS/258).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
glaur“gold [light or colour]”
-iel“adjective suffix”

glórin

adjective. *golden, golden, [G.] of gold

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
glaur“gold [light or colour]”
-en“adjective suffix”

malh

golden

adj. #golden. This word is not explicitly presented as S. >> mall, mallorn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:51] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

mall

golden

adj. #golden. This word is not explicitly presented as S. >> malh, mallorn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:51] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

mallen

adjective. golden, golden, [N.] of gold

Derivations

  • MAL “gold, yellow, gold”

Element in

glóren

golden

(glórin-), lenited ’lóren; pl. glórin

mallen

golden

(lenited vallen; pl. mellin).

malthen

golden

1) (of gold) malthen (melthin- in compounds; lenited valthen; pl. melthin), 2) (shining with golden light) glóren (glórin-), lenited lóren; pl. glórin, 3) mallen (lenited vallen; pl. mellin).

malthen

golden

(melthin- in compounds; lenited valthen; pl. melthin)

Adûnaic

pharazôn

masculine name. Golden

The son of Gimilkhâd who usurped the throne to become the 25th and final ruler of Númenor, translated “Golden” (LotR/1114, S/270). His Quenya name was Tar-Calion. Since Calion appears to mean “✱Son of Light”, Ar-Pharazôn is an example of a Númenórean ruler whose Adûnaic and Quenya names had different meanings.

The first element in his name is the noun pharaz “gold”. Since Pharazôn is glossed “Golden”, the second element -ôn may be an adjectival suffix. Andreas Moehn instead suggested (EotAL/PHAR’Z) that the name means “✱Golden One”, closer to its Quenya equivalent, and that the suffix -ôn is a masculine variant of the agental suffix -ân. Either way, the name is also notable in that it does not undergo the Adûnaic syncope when its suffix is added.

Conceptual Development: The name also appeared in “The Notion Club Papers” from the 1940s (SD/311), in some examples inflected into the subjective case (SD/247, 428-9).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Tar-Kalion ✧ SDI2/Tar-kalion; SDI2/Ar-Pharazôn
  • Q. Calion “*Son of Light” ✧ PMI/Ar-Pharazôn; UTI/Ar-Pharazôn

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
pharaz“gold”
-ôn“adjective or agental suffix”

Variations

  • arpharazōn ✧ SD/311
  • ar-pharazōn ✧ SD/312
  • Pharazōn ✧ SD/429; SD/435
Adûnaic [LotR/1114; LotRI/Ar-Pharazôn; MRI/Ar-Pharazôn; PMI/Ar-Pharazôn; S/270; SD/247; SD/311; SD/312; SD/428; SD/429; SD/435; SDI2/Ar-Pharazôn; SDI2/Tar-kalion; SI/Ar-Pharazôn; SI/Pharazôn; UTI/Ar-Pharazôn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

gloriel

adjective. golden

Element in

  • N. Galadloriel “Golden Rain” ✧ Ety/LÁWAR
  • N. Rathloriel “Golden-bed, Bed of Gold” ✧ Ety/LÁWAR

Elements

WordGloss
glaur“gold”
-iel“adjective suffix”
Noldorin [Ety/LÁWAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

laurea

adjective. *golden

Element in

Gnomish

cuilin

adjective. golden

culwin

adjective. golden

Variations

  • cuilin ✧ GL/27

Early Quenya

laurea

adjective. golden

Early Quenya [PE15/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laurina

adjective. golden

Cognates

  • G. glôriol “golden, like gold” ✧ LT1A/Laurelin
  • G. glôrin “golden, of gold” ✧ LT1A/Laurelin
Early Quenya [LT1A/Laurelin; QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kuluina

adjective. golden

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
kulu“gold”
-ina“adjectival suffix”
Early Quenya [PE13/104; PE14/046; PE15/73; PME/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kuluksa

adjective. golden

kuluvoite

adjective. golden

Variations

  • kuluksa ✧ QL/049
Early Quenya [PME/049; QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by