Quenya 

locco

noun. ringlet

A neologism for “ringlet” coined by Boris Shapiro in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s, based on N. lhoch of the same meaning as derived from ᴹ✶lokko. I prefer to use Q. lócë “bight, bend, curl of hair”, which was published after Shapiro coined this word.

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Noldorin 

lhaws

noun. ringlet

A noun appearing as N. lhaws “ringlet” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LOKH, cognate to ᴹQ. lokse “hair” (Ety/LOKH). In this word, the spirantal χ vocalized to u after o as usual in Noldorin and then ou became au (aw).

Neo-Sindarin: Some people adapt this word as ᴺS. laus for Neo-Sindarin, replacing the unvoiced lh with voiced l. However, this is not the only relevant phonetic difference between Noldorin and Sindarin: χ generally vocalized to i in Sindarin and in any case seems not to have vocalized at all before s. It’s probably better to avoid such issues and just use ᴺS. loch for “ringlet”, adapted from N. lhoch.

Noldorin [Ety/LOKH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhoch

noun. ringlet

Noldorin [Ety/370, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhoch

noun. ringlet

A noun appearing as N. lhoch “ringlet” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LOKH (Ety/LOKH).

Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as ᴺS. loch “ringlet” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Noldorin [Ety/LOKH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

loch

noun. ringlet

Sindarin [Ety/370, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

laus

ringlet

laus (pl. loes, coll. pl. losath)

laus

noun. ringlet

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

laus

ringlet

(pl. loes, coll. pl. losath)

loch

ringlet

loch (pl. lych)

loch

noun. ringlet

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

loch

ringlet

(pl. lych)


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!

Middle Primitive Elvish

lokko

noun. ringlet

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LOKH] Group: Eldamo. Published by