lindë- vb. ?"sing" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya lir- or #linda-)
Primitive elvish
linde
noun. singer, singing
lind
root. sing
gondō̆-lindē
place name. Gondō̆-lindē
glin(d)
root. sing
Quenya
lindë
air, tune, singing, song
lindë
noun. singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune
lindë-
verb. sing
linda
proper name. Singer
The name that the Teleri used to refer to themselves, usually appearing in the plural form Lindar and glossed “The Singers” (SI/Teleri, UT/286). They were so called because in legend, they sang before they could speak with words (WJ/382). The name was derived from the root √LIN “sing” (SA/lin, WJ/382).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was used for the first tribe, with the gloss “The Fair” (LR/168). It usually appeared as a collective noun, but sometimes appeared in the singular (PE22/51). In The Etymologies, it is given as ᴹQ. linda “fair, beautiful (of sound)” used as a name (Ety/LIND). In later writings, the name of the first tribe became the Vanyar, and Tolkien repurposed this name as another name of the third tribe with a slightly different derivation and meaning.
lindo
singer, singing bird
lindo noun "singer, singing bird" (LIN2)
lingë
musical sound
lingë noun "musical sound" (PE16:96)
lingë
noun. musical sound
lin
musical sound
lin, lind- noun "a musical sound" (Letters:308), "melody" (LT1:258). Compare lindë.
laurelindórenan
place name. (Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold
The full Quenya name of S. Lórien (UT/253), appearing in the even longer Entish description of that land: Laurelindórenan lindelorendor malinornélion ornemalin (LotR/467). The name is a combination of the elements laurë “gold”, lin(dë) “singing”, -ndor “land” and the suffix -nan “valley” (Let/448, UT/253). This name was crafted by Galadriel, and was an allusion to the Golden Tree of Valinor, Laurelin (UT/253).
Conceptual Development: This name appeared as Laurelindórinan in the first edition of The Lord of the Rings, revised to Laurelindórenan in the second (SD/73). It also appeared in a shorter variant Laurelindórë “Land of Singing Gold” (PE17/80). It seems that when Tolkien first conceived of this name, it was merely an extended, Enticized version of Lórien (PE17/80). The idea that it was the full name coined by Galadriel came later, as Tolkien further developed the etymological history of S. Lórien (UT/253).
lindimaitar
composer, musician
lindimaitar noun "composer, musician" _(PE17:163). _Compare lindë, maitar.
lin-
verb. sing
[lin- (2) vb. "sing" (GLIN, struck out)]
linya
pool
linya noun "pool" (LIN1)
lir-
verb. to sing, to sing, [ᴹQ.] chant
liru-
verb. to sing, to sing (gaily)
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)
nyello
singer
nyello noun "singer" (NYEL). Compare the final element of Falanyel, #Solonyel, q.v
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)
Noldorin
lhinn
noun. air, tune
glin-
verb. to sing
lhîn
noun. pool
Nandorin
loeg
noun. pool
@@@ as suggested by Lokyt, possibly a plural form of unattested log, since it is glossed in the plural in the source material: “pools”
Sindarin
linna-
verb. sing
loeg
noun. pool
linnor
noun. singer
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Early Quenya
linde
noun. linde
linda
adjective. singing
lindo
noun. singer
lin
noun. melody, air, tune, musical voice
liri-
verb. to sing
ilma
noun. air
Qenya
linde
noun. air, tune
linde
noun. pool
linya
noun. pool
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “pool” derived from the root ᴹ√LIN of the same meaning (Ety/LIN¹).
Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴹQ. linde “pool” appears in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/10), but this word is probably best avoided, as it clashes with Q. lindë “singing, song” (PE17/80).
lin-
verb. to sing
nende
noun. pool
nyello
noun. singer
vista
place name. Air
Name for the region of Air in Silmarillion notes from the 1930s (SM/236). It is simply vista “air as substance” used as a name.
Middle Primitive Elvish
lindē
noun. *singing
lindō
noun. singer
lin
root. sing
lin
root. pool
wis
root. air
Doriathrin
line
noun. pool
A noun for “pool” derived from the root ᴹ√LIN (Ety/LIN¹). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. linya suggests its primitive form was ✱✶linyā [linjā]. If so, it is an example of how, after [[ilk|final [a] was lost]], the [[ilk|final [j] became [i]]] and then became [e], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/line).
moth
noun. pool
A Doriathrin noun for “pool”, derived from root ᴹ√MBOTH (Ety/MBOTH). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. motto suggests a primitive form of ✱✶mbottʰō. As pointed out by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/moth), the primitive [mb-] might be expected to have become [b-], since initial nasals usually vanished before stops in Ilkorin, as for example Ilk. bril < MBIRÍL.
Gnomish
lir-
verb. to sing
eilin
noun. pool
gwail
noun. air
nîn
noun. pool
An archaic noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “pool” (GL/60), almost certainly derived from the early root ᴱ√NENE (QL/65).
Early Primitive Elvish
liði
root. sing
liři
root. sing
Early Noldorin
gol-
verb. to sing
lhuin
noun. pool
Valarin
šebeth
noun. air
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-).