Quenya 

linquë

noun. (leaf of a) hyacinth, (leaf of a) hyacinth, *grass or grass-like leaf

A word appearing as an element in a couple of untranslated labels for 1960s plant drawings by Tolkien: linquë súrissë “?grass in the wind” and ranalinque “?moon-grass” (TMME/184, 198). This word was also mentioned in a discussion of lassë “leaf” in some Notes on Galadriel’s Song (NGS) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, where Tolkien said “It [lasse] is only applied to certain kinds of leaves, especially those of trees, and would not e.g. be used of leaf of a hyacinth (linque)” (PE17/62). As pointed out by Helge Fauskanger, it is not clear from this note whether linque refers to a “hyacinth” or a “leaf of a hyacinth”. Given the grass-like nature of the two drawings where it appears, I think linque likely means “✱grass or grass-like leaf”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would assume linque applies mainly to grass and grass-like leaves but also to “hyacinth” as an example of a plant with such leaves. If you want to distinguish them, though, Tamas Ferencz proposed the neologism ᴺQ. iasintë “hyacinth” as a loan word from Latin “jacintus”.

Element in

Variations

  • linque ✧ PE17/062
  • linquë ✧ TAI/197; TMME/184
Quenya [PE17/062; TAI/197; TMME/184] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linquë

noun/adjective. light-substance; liquid light, *photons

A word appearing in notes from the late 1960s described as “light-substance” (NM/280), “light as an ethereal substance” (NM/283), or “liquid light” (NM/285), derived from the root √LIK “glide, slip, slide, drip” (NM/285). As Tolkien described it:

> Q. linque (n., adj.) “(bright/clear/gleaming) liquid”. This was applied (in Quenya) to dew (or to fine rain in sunshine); in Sindarin to pools or rills of clear clean water. It was probably in origin a “mythological” word — referring to the primitive Elvish conception of “light” as an actual substance (emitted by light-givers, but then independent), though ethereally fine and delicate (NM/285).

As such, it could apply to light itself envisioned as an insubstantial liquid or ethereal substance flowing through the air (photons), or other liquids glistening in the light such as dew or fine rain. This rippling, liquid-like nature of light is surprising compatible with the modern quantum physics behavior of photons as both a particle and a wave, but whether Tolkien intended this is unclear.

Cognates

  • T. limpi “light as an ethereal substance” ✧ NM/283

Derivations

  • linkwē “light-substance” ✧ NM/280; NM/283; NM/284
    • LIK “glide, slip, slide, drip” ✧ NM/285

Element in

  • ᴺQ. lailinquë “beryllium, (lit.) fresh-liquid light”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
linkwē > linque[liŋkwē] > [liŋkwe]✧ NM/280
linkwe > linque[liŋkwē] > [liŋkwe]✧ NM/283
liŋkwi > linque[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe]✧ NM/284

Variations

  • linque ✧ NM/280; NM/283; NM/284; NM/285
Quenya [NM/280; NM/283; NM/284; NM/285] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linquë

hyacinth

linquë (3) noun "hyacinth" (plant, not jewel) (PE17:62). The wording in the source is not altogether clear; it is said that the word lassë (leaf) "would not e.g. be used of leaf of a hyacinth (linque)". If linquë is not the term for a hyacinth, it must refer to the kind of leaf a hyacinth has. Compare #2 above.

linquë

wet

linquë ("q") (1) adj. "wet" _(LINKWI). In early "Qenya", this word was glossed "water" (LT1:262)_, and "wet" was linqui or liquin, q.v.

linquë

grass, reed

linquë (2) noun *"grass, reed" (J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator p. 199, note 34)

linqui

wet

linqui ("q")adj. "wet" (MC:216; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

lassë

noun. leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal

The basic Quenya word for “leaf”, derived from the root √LAS (PE17/62, 153; VT39/9). This word dates all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where ᴱQ. lasse “leaf” appeared as its own entry (QL/51). ᴹQ. lasse “leaf” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LAS (Ety/LAS¹). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien said that lasse meant both “a leaf or petal” (GL/52). After that Tolkien translated it only as “leaf”. In one set of later notes Tolkien said it was even more restricted in meaning, and “only applied to certain kinds of leaves, especially those of trees, and would not e.g. be used of leaf of a hyacinth (linque)” (PE17/62).

Neo-Quenya: Despite Tolkien late declaration, I would use lassë as the general “leaf” word for purposes of Neo-Quenya, though more specialized words may also exist such as linquë “(leaf of a) hyacinth”. I would also use it metaphorically in its Early Qenya sense as the “petal” of a flower where the context is very clear, such as lassi indilo “leaves of a lily” = “lily petals”. But where ambiguous, I would use the neologism ᴺQ. lótelas for “petal”, more literally “flower leaf”.

Cognates

  • S. lass “leaf, leaf; [G.] petal” ✧ Let/282; PE17/062
  • Nan. las “leaf” ✧ Let/382

Derivations

  • lassē “leaf” ✧ Let/282; PE19/106; PE19/106; VT39/09
    • LAS “leaf” ✧ PE17/153; VT39/09

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
lassē > lasse[lassē] > [lasse]✧ Let/282
lassḗi > lássei > lassī[lassei] > [lassī] > [lassi]✧ PE19/106
lasséinen > lassēnen > lassī́nen[lasseinen] > [lassīnen]✧ PE19/106
lassē > lasse[lassē] > [lasse]✧ VT39/09

Variations

  • lasse ✧ Let/282; LotR/1107; PE16/096; PE16/096; PE17/062; PE17/062; Plotz/11; VT39/09
Quenya [Let/282; Let/382; LotR/0377; LotR/1107; PE16/096; PE17/062; PE17/076; PE19/106; Plotz/11; Plotz/12; Plotz/13; Plotz/14; Plotz/15; Plotz/16; Plotz/17; Plotz/18; Plotz/19; Plotz/20; RGEO/58; VT39/09; WJ/407] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lassë

leaf

lassë noun "leaf"; pl. lassi is attested (Nam, RGEO:66, Letters:283, LAS1, LT1:254, VT39:9, Narqelion); gen. lassëo "of a leaf", gen. pl. lassion "of leaves" (earlier lassio) (WJ:407). The word lassë was only applied to certain kinds of leaves, especially those of trees (PE17:62), perhaps particularly _ear-shaped _leaves (cf. the entry _LAS1 _in the Etymologies, where Tolkien comments on the pointed or leaf-shaped Elvish ears and suggests an etymological connection between words for "ear" and "leaf"); see also linquë #3. Compound lasselanta "leaf-fall", used (as was quellë) for the latter part of autumn and the beginning of winter (Appendix D, Letters:428); hence Lasselanta alternative name of October (PM:135). Cf. also lassemista "leaf-grey, grey-leaved" (LotR2:III ch. 4, translated in Letters:224, PE17:62), lassewinta a variant of lasselanta (PM:376). Adj. laicalassë "green as leaves" (PE17:56). See also lillassëa, lantalasselingëa.

liquin

wet

liquin ("q")adj. "wet" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

missë

wet, damp, rain

[missë] adj.ornoun "wet, damp, rain" (VT45:35)

mixa

wet

mixa ("ks")adj. "wet" (MISK); later sources have néna, nenya

nenda

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052

Derivations

  • nēnā “wet” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
    • NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
  • NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/167

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
nén“water, water, [ᴱQ.] river”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
nēnā > nenya[nenja]✧ PE17/052
NĒ̆N > nenda[nenda]✧ PE17/167

Variations

  • nenya ✧ PE17/052
  • ninda ✧ PE17/052
  • nēna ✧ PE17/167
Quenya [PE17/052; PE17/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenya

wet

nenya adj. "wet" (PE17:52), also néna, q.v. Nenya as the name of a Ring of Power seems to imply *"(thing) related to water", since this Ring was associated with that element (SA:nen).

nenya

adjective. wet

ninda

adjective. wet

néna

wet

néna adj. "wet" (PE17:167). Cf. nenya, mixa.

néna

adjective. wet

salquë

grass

salquë ("q")noun "grass" (SALÁK-(WĒ) )

taniquelassë

leaf

taniquelassë noun name of tree (UT:167), perhaps Tanique(til) + lassë "leaf"

wet

wet

wet, see we #2

iasintë

noun. hyacinth

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Sindarin 

glae

noun. grass

A word for “grass” reported by Lisa Star from notes associated with The Lord of the Rings appendices, in unpublished material from the Marquette collection (TT17/33). It may be derived from an elaboration of the root √LAY which had other-plant related derivatives.

Derivations

  • LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish”

las

leaf

pl1. lais** **_ n. _leaf. Only applied to certain kinds of leaves, esp. those of trees, and would not e.g. be used of leaf of hyacinth. It is thus possibly related to LAS 'listen', and S-LAS stem of Elvish words for 'ear'. Q. lasse, pl1. lassi.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:62:77] < SLAS ear. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

las

noun. leaf

lass

noun. leaf

Sindarin [Ety/367, Letters/282, TC/169, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lass

leaf

_n. _leaf. >> athelas, las

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:49] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

lass

noun. leaf, leaf; [G.] petal

The basic Sindarin word for “leaf”, derived from the root √LAS (PE17/62, 153; PE22/166). It appeared as both lass and las, but I believe the latter is the suffixal form, the result of the Sindarin sound change whereby final ss shortened in polysyllables (LotR/1115). Its plural form was lais, which is of interest because normally consonant clusters prevent i-intrusion]]; compare nern and resg the plurals of narn and rasg. I am of the opinion that the ss was a particular “weak” cluster and allowed intrusion anyway; see the entry on Sindarin plural nouns for further discussion.

Conceptual Development: G. lass “a leaf” appeared all the way back in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but there Tolkien said it was sometimes used for “petal” = G. tethlas (GL/52). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it became ᴱN. lhas “leaf” (PE13/148) and N. lhass “leaf” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶lassē under the root ᴹ√LAS (Ety/LAS¹). These 1920s-30s forms were due to the Noldorin sound change whereby initial l was unvoiced to lh. Tolkien abandoned this sound change in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, so that lass “leaf” was restored.

Cognates

  • Nan. las “leaf”
  • Q. lassë “leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal” ✧ Let/282; PE17/062

Derivations

  • lassē “leaf”
    • LAS “leaf” ✧ PE17/153; VT39/09

Element in

Variations

  • las(s) ✧ Let/282; RC/760
  • las ✧ PE17/062; PE22/166
Sindarin [Let/282; PE17/049; PE17/062; PE17/097; PE22/166; RC/760] Group: Eldamo. Published by

limp

adjective. wet

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

loen

adjective. soaking wet, swamped

Sindarin [VT/42:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîn

adjective. wet, watery

Sindarin [Nindalf TC/195, S/435] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîn

wet

_ adj. _wet. Q. nenya. >> Nindalf

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:52:61] < _nēnā_ < NEN water. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

glae

grass

glae (i **lae), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glae**).

glae

grass

(i ’lae), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glae).

golas

collection of leaves

(i ’olas) (foliage), pl. gelais (i ngelais = i ñelais), coll. pl. golassath. Archaic pl. göleis. ”

lasbelin

leaf-withering

(no distinct pl. form).

lass

leaf

lass (pl. #lais). (Letters:282, PM:135).

lass

leaf

(pl. #lais). (Letters:282, PM:135).

limp

adjective. wet

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

limp

wet

(no distinct pl. form).

loen

soaking wet

(swamped), no distinct pl. form.

mesc

wet

1) mesc (lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg. 2) limp (no distinct pl. form). 3)

mesc

wet

(lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg.

nîd

wet

nîd (damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

nîd

wet

(damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

thâr

stiff grass

pl. thair if there is a pl; coll. pl. tharath.

Nandorin 

las

noun. leaf

Cognates

  • S. lass “leaf, leaf; [G.] petal”
  • Q. lassë “leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal” ✧ Let/382

Derivations

  • LAS “leaf”

Element in

  • Nan. Legolas “Greenleaf” ✧ Let/382

Variations

  • -las ✧ Let/382

Primitive elvish

las

root. leaf

This root was connected to leaves throughout Tolkien’s life. It did not appear directly in the Qenya or Gnomish lexicons of the 1910s, but ✱ᴱ√LASA “leaf” is implied by ᴱQ. lasse and G. lass “leaf” (QL/51; GL/52). ᴹ√LAS appeared directly in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the derivatives ᴹQ. lasse and N. lhass (Ety/LAS¹), and the root √LAS “leaf” was also mentioned in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/77; VT39/9).

Derivatives

  • Nan. las “leaf”
  • lassē “leaf” ✧ PE17/153; VT39/09
    • Q. lassë “leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal” ✧ Let/282; PE19/106; PE19/106; VT39/09
    • S. lass “leaf, leaf; [G.] petal”

Element in

  • Nan. Legolas “Greenleaf” ✧ PE17/153

Variations

  • las ✧ PE17/077; VT39/09
  • LAS ✧ PE17/153
Primitive elvish [PE17/077; PE17/153; VT39/09] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lassē

noun. leaf

Derivations

  • LAS “leaf” ✧ PE17/153; VT39/09

Derivatives

  • Q. lassë “leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal” ✧ Let/282; PE19/106; PE19/106; VT39/09
  • S. lass “leaf, leaf; [G.] petal”

Element in

Primitive elvish [Let/282; PE17/153; PE18/089; PE19/106; PE21/82; VT39/09] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nēnā

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167

Derivatives

  • Q. nenda “wet” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
  • S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052

Variations

  • nēna ✧ PE17/167
Primitive elvish [PE17/052; PE17/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

lhimp

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LINKWI > lhimp[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe] > [limpe] > [limpʰe] > [limɸe] > [limfe] > [limf] > [l̥imf] > [l̥imp] > [l̥imp]✧ Ety/LINKWI
Noldorin [Ety/LINKWI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhass

noun. leaf

Noldorin [Ety/367, Letters/282, TC/169, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhass

noun. leaf

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lasse “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶lassē “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹
    • ᴹ√LAS “*leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶lassē > lhass[lassē] > [lasse] > [lass] > [l̥ass]✧ Ety/LAS¹
Noldorin [Ety/LAS¹; PM/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhimp

adjective. wet

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

mesc

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mesc

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mesg

adjective. wet

@@@ mesc may be alternate form

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. miksa “wet, wet, *damp” ✧ Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MISIK “*wet” ✧ Ety/MISK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MISK > mesc > mesg[miska] > [meska] > [mesk] > [mesg]✧ Ety/MISK
ᴹ√MISK > miss[misse] > [miss]✧ Ety/MISK

Variations

  • miss ✧ EtyAC/MISK (miss)
Noldorin [Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenui

adjective. wet

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
nen“water”
-ui“adjective suffix”

Variations

  • Nenui ✧ TI/268

thâr

noun. stiff grass

Noldorin [Ety/388] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

linqe

adjective. wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream

Cognates

  • N. lhimp “wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LINKWI > linqe[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe]✧ Ety/LINKWI

lasse

noun. leaf

Cognates

  • N. lhass “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶lassē “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹; PE21/09
    • ᴹ√LAS “*leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶lassē > lasse[lassē] > [lasse]✧ Ety/LAS¹
ᴹ✶lassē-ō > lasso[lassēo] > [lasso]✧ PE21/09
Qenya [Ety/LAS¹; PE21/06; PE21/07; PE21/09; PE21/47; PE21/48; PE21/53; PE21/54; PE22/011; VT28/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

miksa

adjective. wet, wet, *damp

Cognates

  • N. mesg “wet” ✧ Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MISIK “*wet” ✧ Ety/MISK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MISK > miksa[miska] > [miksa]✧ Ety/MISK

Variations

  • misse ✧ EtyAC/MISK (misse)
Qenya [Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

salqe

noun. grass, grass, [ᴱQ.] long mowing grass

A noun for “grass” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) (Ety/SALÁK).

Conceptual Development: The noun ᴱQ. salki “grass” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa derived from the early root ᴱ√SḶKḶ (QL/84; PME/84), but it was -salke in ᴱQ. Andesalke “Africa, Long Grass” (QL/31; PME/31). ᴱQ. salqe appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s as a cognate to ᴱN. halb “grass, long mowing grass” (PE13/147).

Cognates

  • Ilk. salch “grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • On. salape “herb, green food plant” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • N. salab “herb” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶salakwē “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
    • ᴹ√SALAK “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) > salqe[salakwē] > [salkwē] > [salkwe]✧ Ety/SALÁK

Doriathrin

mêd

adjective. wet

Mêd is a Doriathrin adjective for “wet” derived from primitive ᴹ✶mizdā, appearing as an element in the mountain name Dolmed “Wet Head” (Ety/MIZD). First the [[ilk|short [i] became [e] preceding the final [a]]], then the [e] lengthened due to the [[ilk|vocalization of [z] before voiced stops]]. It is unclear, though, whether the vowel lengthened directly (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/méd), or whether it first became the diphthong [ei] after which [[ilk|[ei] became [ē]]] (the theory used here).

Conceptual Development: After abandoning the Ilkorin language, Tolkien retained the name Dolmed. It is possible Tolkien reconceived of this word as Sindarin, but if so, its Sindarin form should perhaps be ✱mêdh, not mêd, since voiced stops became spirants after vowels in Sindarin. In Silmarillion map revisions from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien did write Dolmeð (WJ/183 section F14), but he never made the corresponding change in the narratives.

Neo-Sindarin: For the purposes of Neo-Sindarin writing, it would be better to use one of the other attested Sindarin words for “wet”, such as nîn.

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶mizdā “wet” ✧ Ety/MIZD
    • ᴹ√MIZDI “*fine rain, dew” ✧ Ety/MIZD

Element in

  • Ilk. Dolmed “Wet Head” ✧ Ety/MIZD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶mizdā > mēd[mizdā] > [mizda] > [mezda] > [meida] > [meid] > [mēd]✧ Ety/MIZD

Variations

  • mēd ✧ Ety/MIZD (Dor. mēd)
  • méd ✧ EtyAC/MIZD (Dor. méd)
Doriathrin [Ety/MIZD; EtyAC/MIZD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

salch

noun. grass

A noun for “grass” derived from the root ᴹ√SALAK (Ety/SALÁK). It is a good example of how [[ilk|[w] vanished after medial velars]] in Ilkorin.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. salqe “grass, grass, [ᴱQ.] long mowing grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶salakwē “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
    • ᴹ√SALAK “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) > salch[salakwē] > [salakwe] > [salkwe] > [salxwe] > [salxe] > [salx]✧ Ety/SALÁK
Doriathrin [Ety/SALÁK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

lassē

noun. leaf

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAS “*leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. lasse “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹; PE21/09
  • N. lhass “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹

Element in

Variations

  • lassē ✧ Ety/LAS¹
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LAS¹; PE21/09] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mizdā

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MIZDI “*fine rain, dew” ✧ Ety/MIZD

Derivatives

  • Ilk. mêd “wet” ✧ Ety/MIZD
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MIZD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

half

noun. grass

lhas

noun. leaf

Early Noldorin [PE13/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhim(p)

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIQI “flow, water; clear, transparent”

Variations

  • lhim ✧ PE13/149
  • lhimp ✧ PE13/149
Early Noldorin [PE13/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nûd

adjective. wet

Changes

  • nûdnûd “back” ✧ PE13/122

Cognates

  • Eq. nóte “dew” ✧ PE13/122

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NOSO “*damp, wet”

Variations

  • núd ✧ PE13/151
Early Noldorin [PE13/122; PE13/151] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

uqu

root. wet

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wet”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. úqa “wet” and ᴱQ. úqil “rain” (QL/98). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon it had derivatives like G. ub⁽⁾ “wet” and G. uch “rain” (GL/74). In later writings Tolkien used different roots for “wet”.

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶ukko “rain”
    • G. uch “rain” ✧ GL/74
  • Eq. ukku “rainbow” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. uqu- “to rain” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. úqil “rain” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. úqa “wet” ✧ QL/098
  • G. ub “wet, moist, damp”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

liqin(a)

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • G. glaib “dripping wet”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIQI “flow, water; clear, transparent” ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; QL/054

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LIQI > liqin(a)[liqin]✧ QL/054

Variations

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

nenda

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NENE “flow”
Early Quenya [PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

salke

noun. grass

salki

noun. grass

Cognates

  • G. salc “green cut grass, ensilage”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SḶKḶ “*grass, mow” ✧ QL/084

Element in

  • Eq. Andesalke “Africa, (lit.) Long-grass” ✧ QL/031
  • Eq. Salkinóre “Africa, *(lit.) Grass Land” ✧ QL/084

Phonetic Developments

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ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ > salki[sḹki] > [sḹke] > [salke]✧ QL/084

Variations

  • salke ✧ QL/031 (salke)
Early Quenya [PME/084; QL/031; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úqa

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • G. ub “wet, moist, damp”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√UQU “wet” ✧ QL/098

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√UQU > ūqa[ūkʷā] > [ūkʷa]✧ QL/098

Variations

  • ūqa ✧ QL/098
Early Quenya [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by