Quenya 

lossë

blossom

lossë (2) noun "blossom" ("usually, owing to association with olosse snow, only used of white blossom") (LOT(H) )

loxë

hair

loxë (1) ("ks")noun "hair" (LOK). In later sources Tolkien uses findë, findessë, findilë for "hair", leaving the conceptual status of loxë uncertain.

loxë

bunch, cluster

loxë (2) noun "bunch, cluster" (QL:55). Perhaps compare #1.

finë

hair

finë (1) (stem *fini-, given the primitive form ¤phini) noun "a hair" _(PM:340, PE17:17) or "larch" (SPIN)_

findë

hair

findë (1) noun "hair" (especially of the head) (PM:340), "a tress or plait of hair" (PM:345), "tress, braid of hair, lock of hair" (SPIN)

Sindarin 

glawar

blossom

n. (golden) blossom. Q. loar, lávar.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:159] < LAW, LAWAR. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

lúth

noun. blossom

_ n. Bot. _blossom, inflorescence. >> Lúthien

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:15:161] < LOT, LOTH flower. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

laws

noun. hair ringlet

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

edlothia-

verb. to blossom, flower

The sentence from WR/293 is hardly legible and is not translated, but this word is however a plausible form

Sindarin [edlothiand WR/293, X/TL] Group: SINDICT. Published by

find

hair

(construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.

fîn

hair

1) (a single hair) fîn (construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362), 2) (lock of hair, tress) find (construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.

fîn

hair

(construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362)

goloth

flower

(i ’oloth) (collection of flowers), pl. gelyth (i ngelyth = i ñelyth). Archaic pl. gölyth. Also in the form gwaloth (i ’waloth), pl. gwelyth (in gwelyth). Also goloth.

edlothia

blossom

(verb) #edlothia- (i edlothia, in edlothiar) (flower);

edlothia

blossom

(i edlothia, in edlothiar) (flower);

loth

blossom

loth (see

loth

blossom

(see

edlothiad

blossoming

(flowering), pl. edlothiaid if there is a pl.

fast

shaggy hair

(pl. faist if there is a pl.).

Primitive elvish

phin

root. hair

Noldorin 

lhaws

noun. hair ringlet

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

gwaloth

noun. blossom, collection of flowers

This form replaced deleted goloth in the manuscript of The Etymologies, see VT/45:29. The deleted form is however also later attested in VT/42:18

Noldorin [Ety/370, VT/45:29] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fast

noun. shaggy hair

Noldorin [Ety/381] Group: SINDICT. Published by

findel

noun. (braided) hair

Noldorin [Ety/387, X/ND2] Group: SINDICT. Published by

finnel

noun. (braided) hair

Noldorin [Ety/387, X/ND2] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

lokse

noun. hair, hair [in general]

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hair” derived from the root ᴹ√LOKH (Ety/LOKH).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. laksa “tress” appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s (PE14/117).

Cognates

  • N. lhaws “ringlet” ✧ Ety/LOKH

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LOKH “*curl of hair” ✧ Ety/LOKH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LOKH > lokse[lokʰse] > [lokse]✧ Ety/LOKH

Early Noldorin

find

noun. hair

Variations

  • finn ✧ PE13/143
Early Noldorin [PE13/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

finn

noun. hair

Early Quenya

lokse

noun. bunch, cluster

lokte

noun. blossom (of flowers), (flower) cluster, bunch

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LOHO “*flower” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/055

Element in

  • Eq. helilokte “wisteria, (lit.) purple cluster”
  • Eq. Itselokte “Pleiades, (lit.) Cluster of (Silver) Flies”
  • Eq. Lindelokte “Singing Cluster” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos
  • Eq. lindelokte “laburnum, (lit.) singing cluster” ✧ QL/054

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LOHO > lokte[loxti] > [loxte] > [lokte]✧ QL/055

Variations

  • lokse ✧ GL/54
  • Loktë ✧ LT1A/Lindelos
Early Quenya [GL/54; LT1A/Lindelos; PME/055; QL/054; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anqin

noun. bunch

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AQA “grasp, hold” ✧ QL/031

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AQA > anqin[aŋkwin]✧ QL/031
Early Quenya [QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by