Primitive elvish

loy

root. go wrong, fail, go wrong, fail, [ᴹ√] miss, fail to go; lack, be without

A Quenya-only root in linguistic notes from 1959 meaning “go wrong, fail” with the basic sense of “miss mark, go (or send) wrong, fall short or beside ([one’s] aim, what is due or proper)” (PE17/151); in a marginal note Tolkien also wrote “go awry, ill, wrongly”. Its Sindarin equivalent was √DEW. The root ᴹ√LOY also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “lack, be without; miss, fail to go”, though all of its derivatives were rejected (EtyAC/LOYO).

Derivatives

  • Q. loi- “mistaken, mistake in ...” ✧ PE17/151
  • Q. loica “failing, short, inadequate” ✧ PE17/151
  • Q. loima “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
  • Q. loita- “to miss, fail, fall short of (transitive)” ✧ PE17/151

Variations

  • LOYO ✧ PE17/151; PE17/161
Primitive elvish [PE17/151; PE17/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dew

root. go wrong, fail

A Sindarin-only root in linguistic notes from 1959 meaning “go wrong, fail” with the basic sense of “miss mark, go (or send) wrong, fall short or beside ([one’s] aim, what is due or proper)” (PE17/151); in a marginal note Tolkien also wrote “go awry, ill, wrongly”. Its Quenya equivalent was √LOY.

Derivatives

  • ✶deulē “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
    • S. dŷl “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
  • S. dew- “to fail, miss” ✧ PE17/151
  • S. dŷr “mistaken, off point, not right” ✧ PE17/151

Variations

  • DEWE ✧ PE17/151
Primitive elvish [PE17/151] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

loy

root. lack, be without; miss, fail to go

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Korolóra “?Ilkorin” ✧ EtyAC/LOYO (Loikorin); EtyAC/LOYO (Koroloisi); EtyAC/LOYO (Korolōra)
  • N. Corlur “?Ilkorin” ✧ EtyAC/LOYO (Corlur)

Variations

  • LOYO ✧ EtyAC/LŌ; EtyAC/LOYO
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/LŌ; EtyAC/LOYO] Group: Eldamo. Published by