Quenya 

lindelë

music

lindelë noun "music" (LIN2, LT1:258 lindalë in Ainulindalë). According to VT45:27, lindelë in the printed Etymologies (entry LIN2) is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.

lindalë

music

lindalë noun "music". Cf. Ainulindalë "Music of the Ainur". (The word is cited as lindelë in the printed Etymologies, entry LIN2, but according to VT45:27, this is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.) The word lindalë may argue the existence of a verbal stem #linda- "sing, make music".

lindalë

noun. music

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
linda“beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, [ᴱQ.] kind; [ᴹQ.] fair”
-lë“abstract noun, adverb”

Sindarin 

linnas

noun. music

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
lind“song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”
-as“abstract noun”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

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Qenya 

lindale

noun. music

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIN “sing” ✧ Ety/LIN²

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
linda“fair, beautiful (of sound)”
-le“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIN² > lindale[lindale]✧ Ety/LIN²

Variations

  • lindele ✧ EtyAC/LIN²
Qenya [Ety/LIN²; EtyAC/LIN²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kantele

noun. music, music; [ᴱQ.] harping; repetition

Gnomish

gling

noun. music

Changes

  • glinggling “musical” ✧ GL/39

Derivations

Element in

  • G. glingon “song, chanting, chant” ✧ GL/39
  • G. glingrin “musical” ✧ GL/39

Early Quenya

lindele

noun. music, song

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIÐI “sing” ✧ PME/054

Element in

  • Eq. lindelea “melodious” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/054

Variations

  • lindelë ✧ LT1A/Lindelos
Early Quenya [LT1A/Lindelos; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by