Quenya 

lumenyárë

history, chronological account

lumenyárë noun "history, chronological account" (NAR2 - read *lúmenyárë?) According to VT45:36, the manuscript spelling actually seems to be lumennyáre, but Hostetter and Wynne conclude that this is "probably a slip": The double nn would be difficult to justify.

nyárë

tale, saga, history

nyárë noun "tale, saga, history". Compounded in Eldanyárë "History of the Elves", lumenyárë "history, chronological account" (NAR2, LR:199). Compare nyarië, nyarna.

lúmë

time

lúmë (1) noun "time" (LU, PE17:168) or "hour", locative lúmessë (VT43:34), pl. locative lúmissen "at the times" (VT49:47), allative lúmenna "upon the hour", elided lúmenn' in the greeting elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo "a star shines upon the hour of our meeting", because the next word begins with a similar vowel. The complete form lúmenna omentielvo is found in WJ:367 and Letters:425 (footnote). Cf. also the compounds lumenyárë and lúmequenta, q.v.; see also #sillumë.

nyarna

tale, saga

nyarna noun "tale, saga" (NAR2), compounded in nyarmamaitar noun "storyteller" (PE17:163), literally *"tale-artist" (see maitar).

quenta

tale

quenta ("q")noun "tale" (KWET), "narrative, story" (VT39:16); Quenta Silmarillion "the Story/Tale of the Silmarils", also Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303), notice "Qenya" genitive in -n in the latter title. Quenta is also translated "account", as in Valaquenta "Account of the Valar".

lúmequenta

history, chronological account

lúmequenta ("q")noun "history, chronological account" (LU)

lúmequentalë

history

lúmequentalë ("q")noun "history" (LU, KWET). According to VT45:29, the accent marking the ú as a long vowel is actually missing in the entry LU in Tolkien's original Etymologies manuscript; yet it is apparently included both in the entry KWET and in the related words lúmequenta and lúmequentalëa; its omission in the entry LU is therefore probably just a slip.

time, occasion

noun "a time, occasion" (LU)

Sindarin 

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

Sindarin [Ety/374, WJ/313, MR/373, S/412] OS *narna, CE *nʲarnâ "told". Group: SINDICT. Published by

narn

noun. tale, tale, [N.] saga

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NYAR “tell, relate”

Element in

Variations

  • Narn ✧ MR/373; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057
Sindarin [MR/373; MR/471; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057; UT/146; WJ/313] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glaer

noun. tale, [N.] long lay, narrative poem, [S.] tale, song

Derivations

  • LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill”

Element in

Variations

  • Laer ✧ S/209
  • Glaer ✧ WJ/160
Sindarin [S/209; WJ/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. a time, occasion

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

narn

tale

1) narn (saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. nern**; 2) pent (i bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i threnern); 4) gwanod (i **wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd).

narn

tale

(saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. *nern***; 2) pent (i** bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i** phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i** drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i** threnern); 4) gwanod (i ’wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd**).

pennas

history

(i bennas, o phennas) (account), pl. pennais (i phennais), coll. pl. pennassath

gobennas

history

1) gobennas (i **obennas), pl. gebennais (i ngebennais = i ñebennais), collective pl. gobennnassath**. (Archaic pl. *göbennais.) 2) pennas (i bennas, o phennas) (account), pl. pennais (i phennais), coll. pl. pennassath

gobennas

history

(i ’obennas), pl. gebennais (i ngebennais = i ñebennais), collective pl. gobennnassath. (Archaic pl. ✱göbennais.)

time

_(a time) _1) (occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

time

(occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

anann

for a long time

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Noldorin 

gwanod

noun. tale, number

Noldorin [Ety/378] Group: SINDICT. Published by

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

Noldorin [Ety/374, WJ/313, MR/373, S/412] OS *narna, CE *nʲarnâ "told". Group: SINDICT. Published by

pennas

noun. history, historical account

Noldorin [Ety/366, WJ/192, WJ/206] Group: SINDICT. Published by

pennas

noun. history

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qenta “tale, story, account, history” ✧ SM/27; LRI/Qenta
  • ᴹQ. qentale “account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
pent“tale, story”
-as“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWET > pennas[kwentasse] > [pentasse] > [pentʰasse] > [penθasse] > [penθass] > [pennass] > [pennas]✧ Ety/KWET

Variations

  • Pennas ✧ LR/201; LR/202; LRI/Pennas; LRI/Qenta; SM/077; SM/27; SMI/Pennas
Noldorin [Ety/KWET; LR/201; LR/202; LRI/Pennas; LRI/Qenta; SM/077; SM/206; SM/27; SMI/Pennas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gobennas

noun. history

Noldorin [Ety/366] go-+pennas. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobennas

noun. history

Cognates

Element in

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

pent

noun. tale

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhû

noun. a time, occasion

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

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Qenya 

lumenyáre

noun. *history

Elements

WordGloss
lúme“time, hour”
nyáre“tale, saga, history”

Variations

  • lumennyáre ✧ Ety/NAR²
Qenya [Ety/NAR²; EtyAC/NAR²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lúmeqentale

noun. history

as this form is an abstraction, it likely means “History” as a general concept

Cognates

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
lúmeqenta“history, chronological account”
-le“abstract noun”

Variations

  • lumeqentale ✧ Ety/LU
Qenya [Ety/KWET; Ety/LU; EtyAC/LU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qentasse

noun. history

Variations

  • quentassë ✧ SM/206

Middle Primitive Elvish

kwentā

noun. tale

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. qenta “tale, story, account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • N. pent “tale, story” ✧ Ety/KWET
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

aluin

masculine name. Time

Gnomish [LT1/219; LT1/222; LT1A/Lúmin; LT1I/Aluin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lûm

noun. time

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUHU “*time”

Element in

  • G. Lúmin ✧ LT1A/Lúmin (Lúmin)
Gnomish [GL/55; LT1A/Lúmin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

lúme

noun. time

Changes

  • lūme-lūmi- ✧ QL/056

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUHU “*time” ✧ QL/056

Element in

  • Eq. ielúme “long ago” ✧ PE15/68
  • Eq. -llume “-times” ✧ PE14/051
  • Eq. lúmia “pertaining to time, temporal” ✧ QL/056
  • Eq. oalúme “shearing time” ✧ QL/071

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LUHU > lūme[luxmi] > [luxme] > [luɣme] > [lūme]✧ QL/056

Variations

  • lūme- ✧ PME/056; QL/056 (lūme-)
  • lūme ✧ QL/056; QL/071 (lūme)
Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/084; PE15/68; PME/056; QL/056; QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nyara

noun. tale

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NYAÐA “relate, tell” ✧ QL/068

Element in

  • Eq. nyarie “fable, story, legend” ✧ QL/068

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NYAŘA > nyara[nʲaðā] > [nʲaða] > [nʲaza] > [nʲara]✧ QL/068
Early Quenya [QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by