law
lū
laws
noun. hair ringlet
(h)law
noun. flood
law
jyE prefix. not
Neologism derived from the root √LA "no, not". ló- and lenition before consonants. It's meant to be used as an alternative to ú-, which Tolkien rejected as a negative prefix in his later writings.
Examples:
*ló-hevin mass "I do not have bread."
*law aníron mass "I do not want bread."Phonological development:
lā > lǭ > lau, law
?law > ló-
law
noun. sound
law
adverb. not
thain
adjective. law-abiding, regular, normal, *lawful, formal, according to custom
thain
noun. law, rule
theinas
noun. law, rule
theinweg
noun. lawman, lawyer
thein
adjective. lawful, formal, according to custom
l(h)ô
noun. flood, fenland, flood, fenland; [G.] pool, lake
A noun that served as the final element in various river names. Tolkien was uncertain whether the primitive form of this word began with simple l- or s-prefixed sl-, hence the variation between lô and lhô. In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the non-suffixal form of this word was hlô “flood” (PE17/96). In notes from 1966-67 he gave a bewildering variety of derivations for this word, but mostly represented it as lhô or hlô in various attempts to connect it to the river name S. Lhûn (PE17/136-137; VT48/27-28).
In notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, while discussing the river name S. Gwathló Tolkien said:
> The element -ló was also of Common Eldarin origin, derived from a base (s)log: in Common Eldarin sloga had been a word used for streams of a kind that were variable and liable to overflow their banks at seasons and cause floods when swollen by rains or melting snow; especially such as the Glanduin (described above) that had their sources in mountains and fell at first swiftly, but were halted in the lower lands and flats. ✱sloga became in Sindarin lhô; but was not in later times much used except in river or marsh names. The Quenya form would have been hloä (VT42/9).
Tolkien rejected this etymology, however, replacing it with the following:
> Lô was derived from Common Eldarin base LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy, etc.” The form ✱loga produced S. lô and T. loga; and also, from ✱logna, S. loen, T. logna “soaking wet, swamped”. But the stem in Quenya, owing to sound-changes which caused its derivatives to clash with other words, was little represented ... the Quenya form of S. lô would have been ✱✱loa, identical with Q. loa < ✱lawa “year”; the form of S. loen, T. logna would have been ✱✱lóna identical with [Q.] lóna “pool, mere” (VT42/10).
This final etymology appears to be the last one Tolkien wrote on the topic; later in the same document he used the form lô in discussions of the river name S. Ringló (VT42/13-14). As for the meaning of the word, it seems it applied both to wide rivers with a tendency to flood their banks, as well as fenlands or wetlands in general.
Conceptual Development: As an element in river names, -lo first appeared in the river names N. Gwathlo and N. Ringlo in Lord of the Rings drafts (TI/304; WR/287). G. lô “pool, lake” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s is possible precursor (GL/54).
Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I prefer the pre-1968 form of the word lhô, as this is both more distinctive and also allows us to salvage Q. hloä of similar meaning.
-lo
lū
suff. Q. lū.
al-
prefix. not
pref. not. >> alfirin
cidinn
?. [unglossed]
cinnog
?. [unglossed]
duinen
noun. flood, high tide
glornan
place name. Valley of Gold(en Light)
hlô
noun. flood
n. flood.
lain
adjective. free, freed
laug
adjective. warm
lô
flood
n. flood.
lô
noun. flood, fenland
madu
?. [unglossed]
maud
?. [unglossed]
nan laur
place name. Valley of Gold(en Light)
romru
noun. sound of horns
rû
noun. loud-sound, trumpet-sound
sâdh
noun. sward, turf
ú-
~M prefix. negates the sense of the following word
pref. negates the sense of the following word. Applied to all classes of words but especially to verbs and adjectives. Prefixed to verbal stems (without further suffix), it forms quasi-participles in aorist mode (e.g. únod not ever counting, _úbed _not saying). The continuative participle ol can be added in order to express a strictly present (and continuative) sense : úgarol 'not now doing or making', idling vs. ugar '(generally) idle'. There is no sens of 'without' attaching to ú- in Sindarin, see pen- (ben-). >> pen-, úland, úlann
adleitha
free
(i adleitha, in adleithar), also †adleg- (i adleg, in edlegir), pa.t. adlenc, pp. adlengen, pl. edlengin).
al
not
al- (prefix) as in alfirin "not-mortal", immortal.
al
not
(prefix) as in alfirin "not-mortal", immortal.
ava
will not
(i ava, in avar).
fast
shaggy hair
(pl. faist if there is a pl.).
find
hair
(construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.
fîn
hair
1) (a single hair) fîn (construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362), 2) (lock of hair, tress) find (construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.
fîn
hair
(construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362)
glaur
golden light
glaur (i **laur), pl. gloer (in gloer**)
glaur
golden light
glaur (i **laur), pl. gloer (in gloer**).
lammad
sound of voices
pl. lemmaid. May also be spelt with a single m.
laug
warm
laug (pl. loeg)
laug
adjective. warm
laug
warm
(pl. loeg)
leitha
set free
(i leitha, i leithar)
lhûn
making sound
lenited ?thlûn or ?lûn (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lhuin. Verb
nellad
sound of bells
(pl. nellaid);
ovra
abound
ovra- (i ovra, in ovrar)
ovra
abound
(i ovra, in ovrar)
parth
sward
1) parth (i barth, o pharth) (field, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth), 2) sâdh (i hâdh, o sâdh, construct sadh) (turf), pl. saidh (i saidh) (VT42:20)
parth
sward
(i barth, o pharth) (field, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth)
pathu
sward
*pathu (i bathu) (level place), analogical pl. pethy (i phethy). Cited in archaic form pathw in the source (LR:380 s.v. PATH), hence the coll. pl. is likely pathwath.
pathu
sward
(i bathu) (level place), analogical pl. pethy (i phethy). Cited in archaic form pathw in the source (LR:380 s.v. PATH), hence the coll. pl. is likely pathwath.
rain
free
rain (wandering, erratic). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border” (VT46:10; suggested Sindarin form of ” Noldorin” rhain)
romru
sound of horns
pl. remry (idh remry) for archaic römry;
said
not common
(lenited haid; no distinct pl. form) (separate, private, excluded) (VT42:20)
sâdh
sward
(i hâdh, o sâdh, construct sadh) (turf), pl. saidh (i saidh) (VT42:20)
ú
not
(adverbial prefix) ú-, u- (followed by lenition, e.g. ú-chebin ”I do not keep”) (without). Verb
ú
not
u- (followed by lenition, e.g. ú-chebin ”
Q. lū.