lith (sand, dust) (Names:178), no distinct pl. form.
Quenya
litsë
sand
Sindarin
lith
sand
lith
sand
(sand, dust) (Names:178), no distinct pl. form.
Noldorin
lith
noun. sand
Cognates
- ᴹQ. litse “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. litthe > lith [liθθe] > [liθθ] > [liθ] ✧ Ety/LIT
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!
Qenya
litse
noun. sand
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sand” derived from the root ᴹ√LIT (Ety/ERE). Its Noldorin cognate N. lith was in later writings glossed as S. lith “ash”, so it is possible this word also shifted in meaning, but Helge Fauskanger used the neologism ᴺQ. littë for “ash” in his NQNT (NQNT) to keep the two words distinct, an approach that I also advocate.
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶litse > litse [litse] ✧ Ety/LIT
Old Noldorin
litthe
noun. sand
Cognates
- ᴹQ. litse “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. lith “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶litse > litthe [litse] > [liθθe] ✧ Ety/LIT
Middle Primitive Elvish
litse
noun. sand
Cognates
- ᴹQ. litse “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
Derivations
- ᴹ√LIT “*(fine) grit” ✧ Ety/LIT
Derivatives
Gnomish
mara
noun. sand
marol
noun. sand
A noun with variants marol and mara in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sand”, probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√MARA (GL/56); see the entry on the root for further discussion. In later writings, Tolkien used N. lith for “sand”.
Derivations
- ᴱ√MARA “*sand, soil” ✧ GL/56
Variations
- mara ✧ GL/56
Early Quenya
tyusse
noun. sand
A word for “sand” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/139). Its etymology is unclear, and none of the words from this period with similar forms seem to be related.
marma
noun. sand
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sand”, a derivative of the root ᴱ√MṚŘṚ [MṚÐṚ] (QL/63). The word was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/63). In later writings, ᴹQ. litse was used for “sand” (Ety/LIT).
Derivations
- ᴱ√MṚÐṚ “grind” ✧ QL/063
Element in
- Eq. marmale “beach” ✧ QL/063
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MṚŘṚ > marma [mṛðmā] > [mṛðma] > [marðma] > [mardma] > [marma] ✧ QL/063
litsë noun "sand" (LIT)