[lin- (2) vb. "sing" (GLIN, struck out)]
Quenya
lin
musical sound
lin-
sing
linda
fair, beautiful
linda adj. "fair, beautiful" (of sound) (SLIN, LIND; VT45:27), "soft, gentle, light" (PE16:96), "beautiful, sweet, melodious of sound" (PE17:150); for Linda as a noun, see Lindar.
lindë
air, tune, singing, song
lindë noun "air, tune, singing, song" (SA:gond, (LIN2, [GLIN]); lindelorendor "music-dream-land"; see laurelindórenan lindelorendor... _(LotR2:III ch. 4, cf. Letters:308). _Also compare lindi- in lindimaitar, q.v. (but the other compounds here cited do not give a lindë a stem-form lindi-).
lindë-
sing
lindë- vb. ?"sing" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya lir- or #linda-)
lingë
musical sound
lingë noun "musical sound" (PE16:96)
linya
pool
linya noun "pool" (LIN1)
lindë
noun. singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune
Cognates
- S. lind “song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”
Derivations
- √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”
Element in
- ᴺQ. airalindë “hymn, (lit.) holy song”
- Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold, Singing Gold”
- Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/308; NM/351
- ᴺQ. lindëa “singing, *musical”
- ᴺQ. lindelin “melody, tune”
- Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
- ᴺQ. lindelos “laburnum, (lit.) singing cluster”
- Q. lindimaitar “composer, musician” ✧ PE17/163
- Q. Lindissë “*Singer (f.)”
- ᴺQ. lindista “music album”
- Q. Lindórië
- Q. lómelindë “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer”
- ᴺQ. nainalindë “dirge, (lit.) lament-song”
- ᴺQ. olindë “harmony”
- Q. Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water, (lit.) Singing Stone” ✧ SA/gond
lingë
noun. musical sound
Derivations
- √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”
Element in
- Q. lingëa “with a musical sound” ✧ PE16/096
Variations
- linge ✧ PE16/096
leuca
noun. snake
The best known Quenya word for “snake”, appearing in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115). In 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD), Tolkien said it was derived from the root √LEWEK “worm” (PE17/160).
Cognates
- S. lŷg “snake” ✧ LotR/1115; PE17/121; PE17/160
Derivations
- √LEWEK “worm” ✧ PE17/160
Element in
- ᴺQ. lingwileuca “eel”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LEWEK > leuka [leuka] ✧ PE17/160 Variations
- leuka ✧ PE17/160
-ima
fair
-ima adjectival suffix. Sometimes it is used to derive simple adjectives, like vanima "fair" or calima "bright"; it can also take on the meaning "-able" (PE17:68), as in mátima "edible" (mat- "eat"), nótima "countable" (not- "count") and (with a negative prefix) úquétima "unspeakable" (from quet- "speak"). Note that the stem-vowel is normally lengthened in the derivatives where -ima means "-able", though this fails to occur in cenima "visible" (q.v., but contrast hraicénima, q.v.) and also before a consonant cluster as in úfantima "not concealable" (PE17:176). "X-ima" may mean "apt to X" (when the ending is added to an intransitive verbal stem), as in Fírimar "mortals", literally "those apt to die" (WJ:387). The adj. úfantima "not concealable" (PE17:176) also appears as úfantuma (PE17:180), indicating the existence of a variant ending -uma (possibly used to derive adjectives with a "bad" meaning; compare the ending *-unqua next to -inqua, q.v.)
-lya
thy, your
-lya 2nd person sg. formal/polite pronominal suffix "thy, your" (VT49:16, 38, 48). In tielyanna "upon your path" (UT:22 cf. 51), caritalya(s) "your doing (it)" (VT41:17), esselya "thy name" (VT43:14), onnalya "your child" (VT49:41, 42), parma-restalyanna *"upon your book-fair" (VT49:38), and, in Tolkien's Quenya Lord's Prayer, in the various translations of "thy kingdom": aranielya in the final version, earlier turinastalya, túrinastalya, turindielya, túrindielya (VT43:15). Also in indómelya (changed from mendelya) "thy will" (VT43:15-16)
alima
fair, good
alima adj. "fair, good" (also alya) (PE17:146)
alya
fair, good
alya (1) adj. "fair, good" (PE17:146), "prosperous, rich, abundant, blessed" (GALA). In a deleted entry in Etym, the glosses provided were "rich, blessed"; another deleted entry defined alya as "rich, prosperous, blessed". (GALA, [ÁLAM], VT42:32, 45:5, 14)
ango
snake
ango noun "snake"; stem angu- as in angulócë (q.v.); pl. angwi (ANGWA/ANGU)
hlócë
snake, serpent
hlócë ("k")noun "snake, serpent", later lócë ("k")(SA:lok-)
hlón
sound
hlón noun "sound", "a noise" (VT48:29). Also hlóna. The stem of hlón is apparently hlon- if hloni "sounds" in WJ:394 is its plural form.
lamma
sound
lamma noun "sound" (LAM)
lanya
thread
#lanya (3) noun "thread", isolated from hísilanya "mist thread" (PE17:60)
leuca
snake
leuca (1) noun "snake" (Appendix E)
láma
noun. sound, sound; [ᴹQ.] ringing sound, echo
Cognates
- ᴺS. law “sound”
Derivations
- √LAM “(inarticulate voiced) sound” ✧ VT39/20
Element in
- Q. Lámaquenta “Account of Sounds” ✧ PE18/082
- Q. Lámasampanë “Combination of Sounds” ✧ PE18/090
- Q. lámatyávë “*sound-taste”
- Q. ólama “consonant”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √lam > láma [lāma] ✧ VT39/20 Variations
- Láma ✧ PE18/082; PE18/090
láma#
noun. sound
sound
lóna
pool, mere
lóna (1) noun "pool, mere" (VT42:10). Variant of lón, lónë above?
nendë
pool
nendë (1) noun "pool" (NEN), "lake" (PE17:52)
vanya
fair
vanya (1) adj. "fair" (FS), "beautiful" (BAN), a word referring to beauty that is "due to lack of fault, or blemish" (PE17:150), hence Arda Vanya as an alternative to Arda Alahasta for "Arda Unmarred" (ibid., compare MR:254). Nominal pl. Vanyar "the Fair", the first clan of the Eldar; the original meaning of this stem was "pale, light-coloured, not brown or dark" (WJ:382, 383, stem given as WAN), "properly = white complexion and blonde hair" (PE17:154, stem given as GWAN); stems BAN vs. WAN discussed, see PE17:150.
vanë
fair
vanë adj. "fair" (LT1:272; in Tolkien's later Quenya rather vanya)
vanë
adjective. fair, fair, [ᴱQ.] lovely
Derivations
- √BAN “beauty (due to lack of fault or blemish); fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/056
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √BAN > vane [bani] > [bane] > [βane] > [vane] ✧ PE17/056 Variations
- vane ✧ PE17/056
vilwa
air, lower air
[vilwa < wilwa] noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL; in one place vilwa was not struck out, VT46:21) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered vilda < wilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.
vilya
air, sky
vilya noun "air, sky", also name of tengwa #24. Older wilya. (Appendix E). Early "Qenya" has Vilya (changed from Vilna) "lower air" (LT1:273); also vilya "air" (MC:215)
wilma
air, lower air
wilma noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL)
lin, lind- noun "a musical sound" (Letters:308), "melody" (LT1:258). Compare lindë.