man

pronoun. what

manu

noun. departed spirit

mane

pronoun. who

e man antaváro

what will he give indeed

veo

noun. man

atan

noun. Man

fire

noun. mortal man

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mortal man” derived from the root ᴹ√PHIR (Ety/PHIR).

veaner

noun. (adult) man

A word for an “(adult) man” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. vea “adult” and ᴹQ. nér “man” (Ety/WEG).

hanu

noun. male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷAN “male” (Ety/ƷAN). The first version of this entry gave it the gloss “male (of all creatures)” (EtyAC/ƷAN).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s this word appeared as ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31), also appearing in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “man” (PME/31).

In drafts for the first version of Quenya Personal Pronouns (QPP1) from the late 1940s, Tolkien had various adjectival forms based on the root ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” (vs. ᴹ√RÉ “bear, produce”), including ᴹQ. noa, nóna, or ᴹQ. noito “male (of any kind)” (PE23/87), but the relevant sections were rejected and elsewhere √NŌ is not specifically masculine.

kallo

noun. noble man, hero

tarkil

proper name. High Man

wé

noun. man, warrior

farino

noun. hunted man, outlaw, fugitive

i nero karie kirya

the man’s making of a ship

istyar

noun. scholar, learned man, lore-master, wizard

i·nér né raiqa ar sí aphastat

the man was angry but now is in good humor (lit. it pleases him)

nakuvan tye uvana néra

I will slay thee, wicked man

ninqeru

noun. white man, white male swan, white ship, white (male thing or personification)

turkil

proper name. Great Man, Lordly Man, Númenórean

ehtyar

noun. spearman

nisse

noun. woman

-no

suffix. male

A masculinizing suffix for pronominal forms in Quenya Personal Pronouns (QPP1) from the late 1940s (PE23/102), so that for example mane “who (neutral)” could become mano “who (male)” and ane “someone” could become ano “someone (male)”. It is probably based on the contemporaneous masculine primitive suffix ✶-owo.

hanwa

adjective. male

A word appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “male” (Ety/INI), an adjectival form of the noun ᴹQ. hanu “male” (Ety/ƷAN).

Conceptual Development: In drafts for the first version of Quenya Personal Pronouns (QPP1) from the late 1940s, Tolkien had various adjectival forms based on the root ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” (vs. ᴹ√RÉ “bear, produce”), including ᴹQ. noa, nóna, or ᴹQ. noito “male (of any kind)” (PE23/87), but the relevant sections were rejected and elsewhere √NŌ is not specifically masculine.

é

interjection. indeed

mahtar

noun. warrior, warrior, [ᴱQ.] soldier

mat-

verb. to eat

má

noun. hand

fírima

adjective. mortal

fírimo

proper name. Mortal

min

cardinal. one

mine

cardinal. one

ohtakáro

noun. warrior

ohtatyaro

noun. warrior

sairon

noun. wizard

úra

adjective. large

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “large” derived from the root ᴹ√UR “wide, large, great”, itself a revision of ᴹ√UR “be hot” (Ety/UR).

Neo-Quenya: Since √UR “heat” was restored in Tolkien’s later writings, I would not use the adjective úra for “large”.

-dacil

2EaTj suffix. victor

>> Hyarmendacil, Romendacil, Umbardacil.