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!

Early Quenya

ma-

prefix. together, in one

Cognates

  • G. go- “together, in one; with” ✧ GL/40; GL/40

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together, in one” ✧ GL/40

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋu̯a > ma-[ŋʷa-] > [ma-]✧ GL/40
Early Quenya [GL/40] Group: Eldamo. Published by

má

noun. hand

Cognates

  • G. ma “with instrument or by agent” ✧ GL/55
  • G. mô “hand”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; QL/057

Element in

  • Eq. malenka “left handed” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. mavoite “having hands” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; QL/057
  • Eq. Makarnea “Red-handed”
  • Eq. marikta “wrist” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. mapalin “plane [tree], sycamore” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. maite “maple”
  • Eq. torwa pior má tarasse “*the dark-brown fruit in the hand of the hawthorns” ✧ VT40/08

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MAHA > maha > mā[maxa] > [maxǝ] > [max] > [maɣ] > [mā]✧ QL/057

Variations

  • mâ ✧ GL/55; PE15/73
  • mā ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; PE16/137; QL/057
Early Quenya [GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed; PE14/052; PE14/076; PE14/117; PE15/73; PE16/137; QL/057; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

va-

prefix. together

Cognates

  • En. go- “together, co(n)-” ✧ PE13/162; PE13/162
Early Quenya [PE13/162] Group: Eldamo. Published by

makte

noun. hand

An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ QL/057

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MAHA > makte[makti] > [makte]✧ QL/057

Variations

  • makte ✧ QL/057 (makte)
Early Quenya [QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by