Quenya 

maitë

handed

maitë (stem *maiti-, given the primitive form ¤ma3iti) adj. "handed" or "handy, skillful" (VT49:32, 42) in Angamaitë, hyarmaitë, lungumaitë, morimaitë, Telemmaitë, q.v. Etym gives maitë pl. maisi "handy, skilled" (MA3), but Tolkien later eliminated the variation t/s (compare ataformaitë "ambidextrous", pl. ataformaiti).

maitë

adjective. handy, skillful; having a hand, handed; shapely, handy, skillful, [ᴹQ.] skilled; [Q.] shapely, well-shaped; (as suffix) having a hand, handed

An adjective for “handy, skilful” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s (VT47/6). ᴹQ. maite had a similar gloss “handy, skilled” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” (Ety/MAƷ). Tolkien gave its primitive form as ✶magiti in the 1960s (VT41/10) and as ᴹ✶maʒiti in the 1930s (Ety/MAƷ). Either way, it seems to be a combination of Q. “hand” and the adjective suffix -itë, with a stem form of maiti-.

As a suffix in compounds, it has the sense “handed” as in Q. formaitë “righthanded” (Ety/PHOR) and Q. morimaitë “black-handed” (PE17/110). As prefix, however, it seems to have meant “shapely, well shaped” as in Maitimo “Well-shaped One” (PM/353). It seems likely the same would be true if the adjective were applied to an object, such as maitë macil “a well-shaped [skillfully made] sword”, as opposed to maitë ohtar “a handy/skillful warrior”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. maqa or maqalea meant “handy, skilled (with hands)” while ᴱQ. mavoite (mavoisi-) meant “having hands”, both under the early root ᴱ√MAHA (QL/57). The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱQ. maite “handed” as an element in ᴱQ. erumaite “one handed” (PE14/51, 84; PE16/140). ᴹQ. maite appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as noted above, but with the abnormal plural form maisi (Ety/MAƷ) that seems to be remnant of Early Qenya phonetic developments from the 1910s.

Cognates

  • S. maed “handy, skillful, handy, skillful, [N.] skilled” ✧ VT47/06

Derivations

  • magiti “handy, skilled; shapely” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

  • Q. Angamaitë “Iron-handed” ✧ PE17/162
  • Q. arimaitë “skilful, [supremely] skillful, *gifted” ✧ PE17/162
  • Q. atamaitë “two-handed” ✧ PE17/162
  • Q. lungumaitë “heavy-handed” ✧ PE17/162
  • ᴺQ. maitilë “skill, handicraft; legerdemain, sleight”
  • Q. Maitimo “Well-shaped One”
  • Q. morimaitë “black-handed” ✧ PE17/110
  • Q. Parmaitë “*Book Handy” ✧ UTI/Parmaitë
  • Q. Telemmaitë “Silver-handed”
  • Q. úmaitë “clumsy(-handed), unskilled” ✧ PE17/162

Elements

WordGloss
“hand”
-itë“adjectival ending; capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
magiti- > Maiti-[magiti] > [magite] > [maɣite] > [maite]✧ VT41/10

Variations

  • ~maite ✧ PE17/110; PE17/162
  • -maitë ✧ UTI/Parmaitë
  • maite ✧ VT47/06
Quenya [PE17/110; PE17/162; UTI/Parmaitë; VT41/10; VT47/06] Group: Eldamo. Published by

melehta

mighty

melehta adj. "mighty" (PE17:115), cf. meletya

melehta

adjective. mighty

An adjective for “mighty” derived from the root √MBELEK in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115), apparently from the primitive form ✱✶mbelektā (with [kt] > [ht]). A variant form meletya appears with the 2nd-plural possessive suffix -lda as Meletyalda “your mighty” in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/369), likely from the primitive form ✱✶mbelekya (with [kj] > [tj]). This variant form has a more typical primitive adjective suffix ✶-ya, but is inconsistent with the attested Sindarin cognate S. belaith, so I’d stick with melehta for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Cognates

  • S. belaith “mighty” ✧ PE17/115

Derivations

  • MBELEK “mighty, powerful, strong; power as force or strength; great, large” ✧ PE17/115
    • BEL “*strong, [ᴹ√] strong” ✧ PE17/115

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
mbelek > melehta[mbelekta] > [melekta] > [melexta]✧ PE17/115
Quenya [PE17/115; WJ/369] Group: Eldamo. Published by

meletya

mighty

#meletya adj. "mighty", isolated from meletyalda adjective with suffix "your mighty" = "your majesty" (see -lda; meletya = *"mighty"). In full Aran Meletyalda "king your mighty" = "your majesty" (WJ:369). Compare melehta.

meletya

adjective. mighty

húmë

cardinal. thousand

húmë (1) numeral "thousand" (PE13:50). Pl. húmi is attested (used in connection with other numbers, as in "two thousand", i.e. "two thousands").

taura

mighty, masterful

taura adj. "mighty, masterful" (TUR, PE17:115), "very mighty, vast, of unmeasured might or size" (VT39:10). Cf. túrëa.

tuxainen

cardinal. thousand

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
tuxa“hundred; gross, 144”

mencë

cardinal. thousand

Cognates

  • S. meneg “thousand, thousand, *large in number”
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Sindarin 

maed

adjective. handy, skilled, skilful

Sindarin [Ety/371, VT/47:6, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

maed

adjective. handy, skillful, handy, skillful, [N.] skilled

Cognates

  • Q. maitë “handy, skillful; having a hand, handed; shapely, handy, skillful, [ᴹQ.] skilled; [Q.] shapely, well-shaped; (as suffix) having a hand, handed” ✧ VT47/06

Element in

  • S. rovaed “[most] skillful” ✧ PE17/147

Variations

  • maed ✧ VT47/06
Sindarin [PE17/147; VT47/06] Group: Eldamo. Published by

belaith

adjective. mighty

adj. mighty. Q. melehta.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:115] < BEL, MBEL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

belaith

adjective. mighty

An adjective for “mighty” derived from the root √MBELEK in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115), apparently from the primitive form ✱✶mbelektā with the ekt vocalizing to eith and then the ei becoming ai in the final syllable.

Cognates

  • Q. melehta “mighty” ✧ PE17/115

Derivations

  • MBELEK “mighty, powerful, strong; power as force or strength; great, large” ✧ PE17/115
    • BEL “*strong, [ᴹ√] strong” ✧ PE17/115

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
mbelek > belaith[mbelektā] > [mbelekta] > [mbelektʰa] > [mbelexθa] > [belexθa] > [beleiθa] > [beleiθ] > [belaiθ]✧ PE17/115
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meneg

cardinal. thousand

Sindarin [Menegroth "thousand caves" S/409] Group: SINDICT. Published by

meneg

cardinal. thousand, thousand, *large in number

Cognates

Element in

Variations

  • Meneg ✧ WJ/415

erchammon

noun. one-handed man

Sindarin [VT/47:7, X/Z] Group: SINDICT. Published by

erchamon

noun. one-handed man

Sindarin [VT/47:7, X/Z] Group: SINDICT. Published by

erchamion

adjective. one-handed

Sindarin [WJ/51, WJ/231,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

erchammui

adjective. one-handed

Sindarin [Ety/361, X/Z] Group: SINDICT. Published by

maed

handy

maed (lenited vaed; no distinct pl. form) (skilled). Note: a homophone means ”shapely”.

maed

handy

(lenited vaed; no distinct pl. form) (skilled). Note: a homophone means ”shapely”.

beleg

mighty

1) beleg (great), lenited veleg, pl. belig; 2) taur (also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.

beleg

mighty

(great), lenited veleg, pl. belig

taur

mighty

(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.

meneg

cardinal. thousand

#meneg (isolated from Menegroth ”Thousand Caves”, assuming this translation to be literal).

meneg

thousand

(isolated from Menegroth ”Thousand Caves”, assuming this translation to be literal).

Noldorin 

moed

adjective. handy, skilled, skilful

Noldorin [Ety/371, VT/47:6, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

moed

adjective. handy, skilled

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. maite “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Derivations

  • On. maite “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
    • ᴹ✶maʒiti “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
    • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ
  • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ EtyAC/KHYAR

Element in

  • N. harwed “left-handed” ✧ EtyAC/KHYAR (harvaed)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. maite > moed[maite] > [mait] > [maid] > [moed]✧ Ety/MAƷ
Noldorin [Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/KHYAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taur

adjective. mighty, vast, overwhelming, huge, awful, high, sublime

Noldorin [Ety/395] Group: SINDICT. Published by

erchamui

adjective. one-handed

Noldorin [Ety/361, X/Z] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

maite

adjective. handy, skilled

Cognates

  • On. maite “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
  • N. moed “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶maʒiti “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
    • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
“hand”
-ite“(verbal) adjective ending”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶maʒiti > maite[maɣiti] > [maɣite] > [maite]✧ Ety/MAƷ

-ite

suffix. (verbal) adjective ending

Element in

  • ᴹQ. aranaite “*kingly, royal”
  • ᴹQ. karaite “able to make, handy, crafty, craftsmanlike, skilled” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111; PE22/111
  • ᴹQ. himíte “clinging, able to stick on” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111
  • ᴹQ. inimeite “*feminine”
  • ᴹQ. maite “handy, skilled”
  • ᴹQ. ólamaite “consonantal”
  • ᴹQ. tulumaite “likely to come, probable (of future events)” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111
  • ᴹQ. -voite “adjective suffix”

Variations

  • íte ✧ PE22/111
  • aite ✧ PE22/111
  • oite ✧ PE22/111
  • uite ✧ PE22/111
  • maite ✧ PE22/111

taura

adjective. mighty

Cognates

  • N. taur “vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful, huge; high, sublime” ✧ Ety/TUR

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶taurā “masterful, mighty” ✧ Ety/TUR
    • ᴹ√TUR “power, control, mastery, victory” ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/TUR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶taurā > taura[taurā] > [taura]✧ Ety/TUR

Doriathrin

meneg

cardinal. thousand

A Doriathrin word meaning “thousand” (or possibly just “✱large in number”) attested only as an element in the name Dor. Menegroth “Thousand Caves” (Ety/ROD, LR/220). Its etymology is entirely unclear.

Element in

  • Ilk. Menegroth “Thousand Caves” ✧ Ety/ROD

Variations

  • Meneg ✧ Ety/ROD (Dor. Meneg)
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Old Noldorin 

maite

adjective. handy, skilled

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. maite “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶maʒiti “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
    • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ

Derivatives

  • N. moed “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶maʒiti > maite[maɣiti] > [maɣite] > [maite]✧ Ety/MAƷ
Old Noldorin [Ety/MAƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

maʒiti

adjective. handy, skilled

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. maite “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
  • On. maite “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
    • N. moed “handy, skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Variations

  • maʒiti/maʒaiti ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ (maʒiti/maʒaiti)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

baldrin

adjective. mighty

polodrin

adjective. mighty

A word appearing as G. polodrin “mighty” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjective form of G. polod “power, might, authority” (GL/64). It had an archaic variant {poldurin >>} †polurin or polorin which was sometimes used as a sobriquet for Tulcus.

Neo-Sindarin: Since ᴹ√POL(OD) still had to do with “strength” in Tolkien’s later writings, I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. polodhren “mighty, ✱powerful” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin using the later Sindarin adjective -ren. Given the meanings of its base noun (including authority), I’d assume this adjective has a connotation of political power. I’d constrast it with S. belaith which I’d use for “mighty” in general (independent of authority).

Changes

  • poldurinpolurin ✧ GL/64

Cognates

  • Eq. poldórea “muscular, powerful” ✧ GL/64

Variations

  • polurin ✧ GL/64 (polurin)
  • polorin ✧ GL/64 (polorin)
  • poldurin ✧ GL/64 (poldurin)
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Early Quenya

maite

cardinal. thousand

Element in

  • Eq. maisinto “one thousandth” ✧ PE14/083
  • Eq. maisinya “thousandth” ✧ PE14/083

Variations

  • maite ✧ PE14/083
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maite

adjective. handed

Element in

  • Eq. erumaite “one handed” ✧ PE14/084

Variations

  • maite ✧ PE14/084 (maite)
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maite

noun. maple

A word appearing as {mavain >>} ᴱQ. maite “maple” in Early Qenya Word-lists (PE16/140), likely based on ᴱQ. “hand” and perhaps simply ᴱQ. maite “handed” as suggested by Wynne and Gilson.

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. mavoisi “chestnut” from the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s also seems to be based on an adjectival form of ᴱQ. “hand”, seen more clearly in its fuller name ᴱQ. alda mavoite “chestnut” where the second element is ᴱQ. mavoite “having hands” (QL/57; PME/57).

Neo-Quenya: Given the ambiguity of the form maite, for purposes of Neo-Quenya I would restore the deleted form as ᴺQ. mavaina “maple” as a combination of “hand” and [ᴺQ.] vaina “clad”. For “chestnut” I would use ᴺQ. olmos (olmoss-) inspired by G. omlos (GL/62).

Changes

  • mavainmaite ✧ PE16/140

Elements

WordGloss
“hand”

Variations

  • maite ✧ PE16/140
  • mavain ✧ PE16/140 (mavain)
Early Quenya [PE16/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

túrea

adjective. mighty

Variations

  • tūrea ✧ QL/095 (tūrea)
Early Quenya [QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuksainen

cardinal. thousand

mára

adjective. mighty, power[ful], doughty; good, excellent, useful (of things)

Cognates

  • En. maur “good” ✧ PE13/122; PE13/125
  • G. mora “good”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ QL/057

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MAHA > māra[maxrā] > [maxra] > [maɣra] > [māra]✧ QL/057

Variations

  • māra ✧ GG/10; PE13/122; PE15/32; QL/057
  • Mára ✧ LFC/030
  • mā-ra ✧ PE13/125
  • măra ✧ PE14/048
  • mara ✧ PE14/081; PE15/73
  • mára ✧ PE16/137; PE16/140
Early Quenya [GG/10; LFC/030; PE13/122; PE13/125; PE14/048; PE14/081; PE15/32; PE15/73; PE16/137; PE16/140; PE16/141; QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuksa kainen

cardinal. thousand

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶tuksk- “*hundred” ✧ PE14/083
    • ᴱ√TUKSA “*hundred”

Element in

Variations

  • tuksakainen ✧ PE14/050
  • tuksainen ✧ PE14/050; PE14/083
Early Quenya [PE14/050; PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by