Quenya 

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

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

Quenya [Let/308; NM/351; PE17/080; PE17/163; SA/gond] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linya

pool

linya noun "pool" (LIN1)

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)

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.

wilma

air, lower air

wilma noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL)

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)

Sindarin 

lind

noun. air, tune

Sindarin [Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lîn

noun. pool

Sindarin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rim

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

Sindarin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

loeg

noun. pool

Sindarin [S/407, UT/450, LotR/Map] Group: SINDICT. Published by

loeg

noun. pool

gwelu

noun. air (as substance)

Sindarin [Ety/398, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lind

air

3) (of music) lind (song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

lind

air

(song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

lîn

pool

lîn (lake), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #**liniath (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194). 3)

lîn

pool

(lake), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #*liniath*** (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194). 3)

gwelwen

air

1) (as a region) gwelwen (i **welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i **wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

gwelwen

air

(i ’welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i ’wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

ael

pool

1) ael (aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin. 2)

ael

pool

(aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin.

gwelu

air

2) (as substance) gwelu (i **welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw** (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely *gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

gwelu

air

(i ’welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely ✱gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

loeg

pool

loeg (no distinct pl. form: loeg is also atttested with plural meaning) (VT45:29). 4) nên (water, lake, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.

loeg

pool

(no distinct pl. form: loeg is also atttested with plural meaning) (VT45:29). 4) nên (water, lake, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.

both

small pool

(i moth, construct both) (puddle), pl. byth (i mbyth). David Salo would lengthen the vowel and read ✱bôth in Sindarin.

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”

Derivations

  • LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy”

Element in

  • Nan. Loeg Ningloron “Gladden Fields, (lit.) Pools of the Golden Water-flowers”

Noldorin 

lhind

noun. air, tune

Noldorin [Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

liniath

noun. pools

Noldorin [Hithliniath WJ/194] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhinn

noun. air, tune

Noldorin [Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhîn

noun. pool

Noldorin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhîn

noun. pool

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIN¹ > lhîn[linje] > [linie] > [lini] > [lin] > [l̥in] > [l̥īn]✧ Ety/LIN¹
Noldorin [Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwelwen

noun. air, lower air (distinct from the upper air of the stars, or the outer)

Noldorin [Ety/398] gwelu+men. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwilith

noun. air (as a region)

Noldorin [Ety/398] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhim

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhimb

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwelw

noun. air (as substance)

Noldorin [Ety/398, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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!

Valarin 

šebeth

noun. air

Qenya 

linde

noun. pool

Element in

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).

Cognates

  • N. lhîn “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • Ilk. line “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIN¹ > linya[linja]✧ Ety/LIN¹

nende

noun. pool

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NEN “*water” ✧ Ety/NEN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NEN > nende[nende]✧ Ety/NEN

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.

Elements

WordGloss
vista“air as substance”
Qenya [LRI/Vista; SM/236; SM/240; SM/241; SMI/Vista; SMI/Wilwa] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Element in

  • Ilk. Taiglin “Deep-pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIN¹ > line[linjā] > [linja] > [linj] > [lini] > [line]✧ Ety/LIN¹
Doriathrin [Ety/LIN¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. motto “blot” ✧ Ety/MBOTH

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MBOTH “*pool” ✧ Ety/MBOTH

Element in

  • Ilk. umboth “large pool” ✧ Ety/MBOTH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MBOTH > moth[mbottʰō] > [mbottʰo] > [mboθθo] > [mboθo] > [mboθ] > [moθ]✧ Ety/MBOTH
Doriathrin [Ety/MBOTH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

lin

root. pool

Derivatives

  • Ilk. line “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
    • ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • N. lhimmid(a)- “to moisten” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • N. lhimp “wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
  • ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • N. lhîn “pool” ✧ Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹

Element in

  • ᴹ✶ailin “pool, lake” ✧ Ety/AY
  • ᴹQ. ailin “pool, lake” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • N. Oelinuial “Pools of Twilight” ✧ Ety/KHIS
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AY; Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wis

root. air

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. vista “air as substance” ✧ Ety/WIS
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIS; EtyAC/SWES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

eilin

noun. pool

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).

Cognates

  • Eq. nénu “yellow water lily”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NENE “flow”

Element in

  • G. ninion “water lily” ✧ GL/60

gwail

noun. air

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ GL/45

Element in

  • G. gwailtha- “to air; expose to air” ✧ GL/45

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯il > gwail[gʷīl] > [gʷail]✧ GL/45

Early Noldorin

lhuin

noun. pool

Early Noldorin [PE13/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

linda

adjective. singing

Element in

  • Eq. Ondolinda “Singing Stone” ✧ LT1A/Gondolin

Elements

WordGloss
lin“melody, air, tune, musical voice”

Variations

  • linda ✧ LT1A/Gondolin (linda)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilma

noun. air

A word for “air” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/142), probably based on the early root ᴱ√ILU “ether”. Later ᴹQ. Ilma was used for “Starlight” (Ety/GIL; LR/205).

Elements

WordGloss
ILU“ether, the slender airs among the stars”
Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by