Quenya 

yén

long year

yén noun, Elvish "long year" of 144 solar years, 52,596 days (Nam, Appendix D, E; RGEO:66. Tolkien earlier defined yén_ as 100 solar years; see PM:126. In the Etymologies, stem YEN, it seems to mean simply "year", but in the LotR Appendices the word for "year" instead appears as _loa or coranar, q.v.) Yénonótië "reckoning of years" (MR:51). Pl. yéni in Nam and Etym, entry YEN though the plural form is misread as "yen-" in the printed version of the Etymologies, cf. VT46:23. Yéni pa yéni "years upon years" (VT44:36). Pl. genitive yénion in yénion yéni "ages of ages" (VT44:36)

anda

long

anda adj. "long" (ÁNAD/ANDA), "far" (PE17:90).In Andafangar noun "Longbeards", one of the tribes of the Dwarves (= Khuzdul Sigin-tarâg and Sindarin Anfangrim) (PM:320). Compare Andafalassë, #andamacil, andamunda, andanéya, andatehta, Anduinë. Apparently derived from the adj. anda is andavë "long" as adverb ("at great length", PE17:102), suggesting that the ending - can be used to derive adverbs from adjectives (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308)

ando

long

ando (2) adv. "long"; maybe replaced by andavë; see anda (VT14:5)

sóra

long, trailing

sóra adj. "long, trailing" (LT2:344)

andavë

long, at great length

andavë adv. "long, at great length" (PE17:102); see anda

yén

noun. Elvish long year (144 solar years)

Cognates

  • S. în “year”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YEN “year”

Element in

Variations

  • Yén ✧ MR/057 (Yén)
  • yên ✧ NM/006; NM/010
  • yēn ✧ PE17/062; PE17/119
Quenya [LotR/0377; LotR/1107; LotR/1115; MR/057; MR/471; NM/006; NM/010; NM/084; NM/085; PE17/062; PE17/119; PM/126; RGEO/58; VT44/36] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

anann

adverb. long

adv. long. Cuio i Pheriain anann 'May the Halflings live long'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:102] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

and

adjective. long

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/427, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

and

adjective. long

adj. long. i·arben na megil and 'The Knight of the Long Sword'. >> ann

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:12:121:147] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

and

adjective. long

Cognates

  • Q. anda “long, far” ✧ PE17/040; PE17/090

Derivations

  • ANAD “long; far” ✧ PE17/040
  • andā “long, far” ✧ PE17/090
    • ANAD “long; far” ✧ PE17/090

Element in

  • S. Anach “?Long Neck”
  • S. anann “(for) long”
  • S. andaith “long-mark”
  • S. Andram “Long Wall” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • S. Andras “Long Cape”
  • S. Andrast “Long Cape”
  • S. Angast “Long Cape” ✧ VT42/28
  • S. Andrath “Long Climb”
  • S. andreth “long-suffering, patience”
  • S. Androth “*Long Cave”
  • S. Anduin “Great River, (lit.) Long River” ✧ PE17/012; PE17/040; RC/765; SA/an(d)
  • S. Anfalas “Langstrand, (lit.) Long Beach” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • S. Anfang “Longbeard”
  • S. angerthas “runic alphabetic, (lit.) long rune-rows” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • ᴺS. annas “length”
  • S. Ann-thennath “*Long-shorts”
  • S. Cair Andros “Ship of Long Foam” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • S. i arben na megil and “Knight of the Long Sword” ✧ PE17/147

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
andā > ann-[andā] > [anda] > [and] > [ann]✧ PE17/090

Variations

  • ann ✧ PE17/012; PE17/040; PE17/121
  • ann- ✧ PE17/090
  • an(d) ✧ SA/an(d)
  • an(n)- ✧ VT42/28
Sindarin [PE17/012; PE17/040; PE17/090; PE17/121; PE17/147; RC/765; SA/an(d); VT42/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ann

adjective. long

adj. long. Rare except in old names (e.g. Anduin). >> and

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:12:40:121] < ANAD long. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ann

adjective. long

anann

adverb. long, for a long time

Sindarin [LotR/VI:IV, Letters/308] an+and, OS *ananda. Group: SINDICT. Published by

ennin

long year

. No distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. enniniath.

andaith

long mark

(no distinct pl. form). The word refers to an accent-like mark used to indicate long vowels in Tengwar modes that employ separate vowel letters, like the Mode of Beleriand.

anfang

longbeard

pl. Enfeng, coll. pl. Anfangrim (WJ:10, 108, 205)

anann

long

(adverb, = "for a long time") anann

anann

long

and

long

(adjective) and (pl. aind),

and

long

(pl. aind)

angerthas

long rune-row

(and + certhas).

annabon

long-snouted one

pl. ennebyn, coll. pl. annabonnath. (Archaic form andabon.)

brûn

long endured/established/in use

(old), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin;

taen

thin

(lenited daen, no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”height, summit of high mountain”.

Telerin 

anda

adjective. long

Element in

  • T. andané “long ago, once upon a time” ✧ VT49/31

Khuzdûl

sigin Reconstructed

adjective. long

Element in

Primitive elvish

ʒandā

adjective. long

Derivations

  • ƷAN “adorn; extend; long” ✧ PE17/155; VT47/27
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Noldorin 

anann

adverb. long

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
an“of”
ann“long”

ann

adjective. long

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/427, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ann

adjective. long

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. anda “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD

Derivations

  • On. anda “long”
  • ᴹ✶andā “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD
    • ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶andā > and > ann[andā] > [anda] > [and] > [ann]✧ Ety/ÁNAD
ᴹ✶anda > anna-[anda-] > [anna-]✧ Ety/MBUD
Noldorin [Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD; Ety/RAD; Ety/TEK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taen

adjective. long (and thin)

Noldorin [Ety/391] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

anda

adjective. long

Cognates

  • N. ann “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶andā “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
    • ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶andā > anda[andā] > [anda]✧ Ety/ÁNAD
Qenya [Ety/ÁNAD; PE18/032; PE22/011; PE22/020; PE22/021; PE22/096; PE22/125] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ando

adverb. long

Element in

Variations

  • ando ✧ VT27/07

Old Noldorin 

anda

noun. long

Derivatives

  • N. ann “long”

Element in

Old Noldorin [Ety/TEK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

andā

adjective. long

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. anda “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
  • N. ann “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Element in

Variations

  • anda ✧ Ety/MBUD (anda)
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tainā

adjective. long

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TAY “extend, make long(er), stretch” ✧ PE18/057

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. taina “lengthened, extended, prolonged”

Variations

  • taı̯nā ✧ PE18/057
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Early Primitive Elvish

lene

root. long

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱ√LENE “long”, with the added explanation that it “developed in opp. directions of slow, tedious, trailing, etc. and — stretch, thin, etc.”. Tolkien originally put the word ᴱQ. lenka “slow, left” under this root, but seems to have transfered this word to ᴱ√LEKE, perhaps at the same time he elaborated on the meaning of ᴱ√LENE “long”. Its remaining derivatives include ᴱQ. lenwa “long and thin, straight, narrow” and ᴱQ. lenu- “stretch”.

There are a number of words in the Gnomish Lexicon that seem to be derived from this root, including G. len “wherewith, far, long, away” and G. lenwi “length, distance”, but these were rejected, and Tolkien replaced them with G. lenc “far, distant” derived from ᴱ√leŋe (which was followed by other similar Gnomish derivatives), possibly representing a conceptual shift in this root (GL/53). In any case, there are no clear signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, unless perhaps it remanifested as ᴹ√LEN “way, (?road)” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (EtyAC/LEN).

Derivatives

  • Eq. lenka “slow, dull, stiff; left (hand)” ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
  • Eq. -léni “long” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. lenu- “to stretch” ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
  • Eq. lenwa “long and thin, straight, narrow” ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
  • G. glen(n) “thin, fine, slender” ✧ LT2A/Glend
  • G. lenu- “to stretch, extend in length, trail” ✧ GL/53
  • G. len “wherewith, far, long, away” ✧ GL/53
  • G. lenc “far, distant” ✧ GL/53
  • G. glenweth “thinness” ✧ LT2A/Glend

Variations

  • leŋe ✧ GL/53
  • LENE ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/53; LT2A/Glend; QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

-léni

suffix. long

Cognates

  • G. glen(n) “thin, fine, slender” ✧ GL/39

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LENE “long” ✧ QL/053

Element in

  • Eq. lenqelénu “(daddy) long-legs” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. silqeléni “silver birch, (lit.) long tresses” ✧ QL/053

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LENE > lēni[-lēnī] > [-lēni]✧ QL/053

Variations

  • lēni ✧ GL/39; QL/053
  • lēnu ✧ GL/39; QL/053
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-lénu

suffix. long

anda

adjective. long

andra

adjective. long