maud
maud
maud
?. [unglossed]
madu
?. [unglossed]
cidinn
?. [unglossed]
cinnog
?. [unglossed]
hand
noun. [unglossed]
adwen
noun. [unglossed]
borth
?. [unglossed]
clei
?. [unglossed]
coen
?. [unglossed]
diragas
?. [unglossed]
mauth
?. [unglossed]
menwed
?. [unglossed]
nith
?. [unglossed]
nithrad
?. [unglossed]
níth
?. [unglossed]
porennin
?. [unglossed]
telwen
?. [unglossed]
asdi
?. [unglossed]
A word Tolkien used to illustrate Adûnaic pronunciation (pronounced [azdi]) without giving its meaning (SD/421).
sapda
?. [unglossed]
A word Tolkien used to illustrate Adûnaic pronunciation without giving its meaning (SD/421).
lemek
root. [unglossed]
An unglossed root in the Outline of Phonology from the early 1950s illustrating certain phonetic combinations (PE19/98), and therefore possibly not a “real” root.
phut
root. [unglossed]
An unglossed root appearing in the second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ2) as an etymological variation of √PUT (PE18/90).
sal
root. [unglossed], *harp(ing), lyre
The unglossed root ᴱ√SALA appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. salma “lyre, small harp” and ᴱQ. salumbe “harping, music” (QL/81). The root √SAL appeared again Common Eldarin: Verb Structure from the early 1950s to illustrate the reformed perfect form of its verb Q. asálie (PE22/132), but since these later forms are unglossed it is unclear whether they have the same meaning (“✱harp(ing)”) as the earlier version of the root.
stuk
root. [unglossed]
tig
root. [unglossed]
A root appearing in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 as the basis for the verb Q. tinga- “go (for a long while)” (PE22/157). The etymology was marked with an “X” and so was probably a transient idea (PE22/157 note #70).
graw Reconstructed
root. [unglossed], [ᴹ√] dark, swart
This root appeared as a primitive form grawa serving as the basis of the word Q. roa “bear” >> “dog” in notes on monosyllabic roots from 1968 (VT47/35); a Sindarin derivative S. graw “bear” appeared in other notes written around the same time (VT47/12). Patrick Wynne suggested that in the sense “bear” grawa might be connected to the root ᴹ√GRAWA “dark, swart” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (EtyAC/GRAWA).
amya-
verb. [unglossed]
arra
adjective. [unglossed]
cairë
?. [unglossed]
conta-
verb. [unglossed]
cúma
noun. [unglossed]
felca
adjective. [unglossed]
felehta-
verb. [unglossed], *to excavate, tunnel, mine
An untranslated form appearing in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 derived from the root √PHELEG/PHELEK (PE17/118), possibly a verb derived from ✱phelektā- or ✱phelegtā-. The derivatives of this root had to do with mines and tunnels, so perhaps this verb meant “✱to excavate, tunnel, mine”.
finca
noun. [unglossed]
hendas
?. [unglossed]
hindo
noun. [unglossed]
hindë
noun. [unglossed]
holdë
noun. [unglossed]
hríva
place name. [unglossed]
háro
?. [unglossed]
lingi-
verb. [unglossed]
maitya
?. [unglossed]
malsa
?. [unglossed]
melya-
verb. [unglossed], *to be in love
máriel
feminine name. [unglossed]
naue
?. [unglossed]
níva
?. [unglossed]
sal-
verb. [unglossed]
sélo
?. [unglossed]
sóla
?. [unglossed]
thar-
verb. [unglossed]
tomba
noun. [unglossed]
tompë
noun. [unglossed], *pulse, beat
@@@ Neo-meaning “✱pulse, beat” suggested by Röandil on 2023-04-20
um(ba)-
prefix. [unglossed]
umbacarin
noun. [unglossed]
éna
?. [unglossed]
úpa-
verb. [unglossed]
þúna
?. [unglossed]
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!
beb
adverb. [unglossed]
brid-
verb. [unglossed]
clidhron
noun. [unglossed]
climbol
noun. [unglossed]
dôn
?. [unglossed]
fî
noun. [unglossed]
gatha
?. [unglossed]
@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant
pad
noun. [unglossed]
praust
noun. [unglossed]
prog
noun. [unglossed]
rab-
verb. [unglossed]
rô
noun. [unglossed]
sind
noun. [unglossed]
sinthi
pronoun. [unglossed]
thail
noun. [unglossed]
thel
noun. [unglossed]
thelg
noun. [unglossed]
thil
noun. [unglossed]
thion
noun. [unglossed]
thrim
?. [unglossed]
thug
noun. [unglossed]
thû-
verb. [unglossed]
trum
?. [unglossed]
tûn
noun. [unglossed]
ulthanc
noun. [unglossed]
umeg
?. [unglossed]
’ôs
noun. [unglossed]
ai-
prefix. [unglossed]
bailchir
noun. [unglossed]
bhraig
?. [unglossed]
A set of unglossed forms written next to ᴱN. braith (also unglossed) in Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s (PE13/139), their meaning and etymology are unclear.
bhregint
?. [unglossed]
bhreigros
?. [unglossed]
blaithrod
?. [unglossed]
braith
?. [unglossed]
A verb appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. braitha- “wrap, swathe” based on G. brach “a shawl, plaid, wrap” (GL/23). The form ᴱN. braith also appeared in Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s (PE13/139), but it was unglossed and whether it was related is unclear.
Neo-Sindarin: Since I retain ᴺS. brach “shawl, wrap”, I’d also keep this Gnomish verb as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√BARAK “wrap”, but updated to ᴺS. braetha- “to wrap, swathe” since ai became ae in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s.
braithgair
noun. [unglossed]
cai
?. [unglossed]
caiad
?. [unglossed]
celin
?. [unglossed]
ciann
?. [unglossed]
delin
?. [unglossed]
ei-
prefix. [unglossed]
farn
?. [unglossed]
fedhui
adjective. [unglossed]
flair
?. [unglossed]
flaith
?. [unglossed]
floth
?. [unglossed]
fraith
?. [unglossed]
geryd
?. [unglossed]
glaith
?. [unglossed]
glaithfedhui
?. [unglossed]
glewin
?. [unglossed]
glich
?. [unglossed]
gû
?. [unglossed]
harn
?. [unglossed]
hî
adjective. [unglossed]
isteth
?. [unglossed]
laus
?. [unglossed]
leus
?. [unglossed]
lhuaith
?. [unglossed]
lhû
noun. [unglossed]
luaith
?. [unglossed]
nelyn
?. [unglossed]
pap-
verb. [unglossed]
pethil
noun. [unglossed]
rhaith
noun. [unglossed], [G.] extent, reach; region, sphere, district; scope
scarn
?. [unglossed]
stroth
?. [unglossed]
tharn
?. [unglossed]
thesg
?. [unglossed]
thrand
?. [unglossed]
thrann
?. [unglossed]
tû
?. [unglossed]
-yǝ
suffix. [unglossed]
lepse
?. [unglossed]
lopse
?. [unglossed]
saw̯a
root. [unglossed]
An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/82), which may have reemerged as √SAWA “disgusting, foul, vile” in notes from the 1950s (PE17/172, 183).
sivi
root. [unglossed]
Unglossed roots in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ᴱ√SIVI and ᴱ√SIWI and a single unglossed derivative ᴱQ. sivilda (QL/84). It is difficult to guess what Tolkien intended for these forms to mean, though they conceivably reemerged as the later roots ᴹ√SIW “excite, egg on, urge” (Ety/SIW) or √SIB “rest, quiet” (VT44/35).
teled-
noun. [unglossed]
tołᵂo
root. [unglossed]
An unglossed root in The Qenya Phonology of the 1910s illustrating a hypothetical series of ancient lateral approximants, with derived roots like ᴱ√TOLO and ᴱ√TOẆO [with ẇ = ɣʷ] (PE12/16). The former appeared in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon as the basis for island words (QL/94), but the latter appeared nowhere else in Early Qenya writings.
toẇo
root. [unglossed]
tḷkḷ
root. [unglossed]
alle
?. [unglossed]
anaukante
?. [unglossed]
angwe
?. [unglossed]
anwe
?. [unglossed]
aukaine
?. [unglossed]
eant
?. [unglossed]
ematte
?. [unglossed]
fingwe
?. [unglossed]
hingwe
?. [unglossed]
hyanta
?. [unglossed]
intya
?. [unglossed]
ka
?. [unglossed]
laisifalle
noun. [unglossed]
las
noun. [unglossed]
lilyen
?. [unglossed]
linqarassea
adjective. [unglossed]
lossiattea
?. [unglossed]
lungwe
?. [unglossed]
láwakéle
?. [unglossed]
min-
verb. [unglossed]
nauto
noun. [unglossed]
nawa-
verb. [unglossed]
nierme
?. [unglossed]
ningwe
?. [unglossed]
nyúken
?. [unglossed]
pingwe
?. [unglossed]
porokoi
?. [unglossed]
pundo
noun. [unglossed]
póya
adjective. [unglossed]
ralle
?. [unglossed]
saile
noun. [unglossed]
saqa-
verb. [unglossed]
sauke
?. [unglossed]
sinqita-
verb. [unglossed]
sivilda
?. [unglossed]
súlimarya
?. [unglossed]
súme
?. [unglossed]
talarin
adjective. [unglossed]
tantilta-
verb. [unglossed]
tirípti
?. [unglossed]
toron
?. [unglossed]
tultárie
adjective. [unglossed]
tyanta
?. [unglossed]
táne
adjective. [unglossed]
tánie
adjective. [unglossed]
ukárele
noun. [unglossed]
umpai
?. [unglossed]
upaitya-
verb. [unglossed]
usult
?. [unglossed]
valle
?. [unglossed]
vingwe
?. [unglossed]
yu
?. [unglossed]
a
preposition. [unglossed]
alama
noun. [unglossed]
amaldume
noun. [unglossed]
anaristya
noun. [unglossed]
assa
pronoun. [unglossed]
asse
pronoun. [unglossed]
asso
pronoun. [unglossed]
engwa
?. [unglossed]
ente
pronoun. [unglossed]
ento
pronoun. [unglossed]
ereáma
?. [unglossed]
es
[unglossed]
hyelma
?. [unglossed]
kaltua
?. [unglossed]
kanda
noun. [unglossed]
karpalimaite
noun. [unglossed]
laqe[t]-
verb. [unglossed]
lau(w)e
?. [unglossed]
mahtya
?. [unglossed]
mai(y)a
noun. [unglossed]
maldo
noun. [unglossed]
nandakka-
verb. [unglossed]
nerno
?. [unglossed]
niule
?. [unglossed]
olta-
verb. [unglossed]
rampa
?. [unglossed]
sahte
noun. [unglossed]
sarya
noun. [unglossed]
sisíria-
verb. [unglossed]
séra
?. [unglossed]
sóla
?. [unglossed]
tante
noun. [unglossed]
tatalta-
verb. [unglossed]
teuka
?. [unglossed]
thar-
verb. [unglossed]
timpana
noun. [unglossed]
toina
adjective. [unglossed]
toróma
noun. [unglossed]
tyue
noun. [unglossed]
varinye
noun. [unglossed]
yelme
noun. [unglossed]
éma
?. [unglossed]
auluta-
verb. [unglossed]
bay
root. [unglossed]
iw
root. [unglossed], [ᴱ√] *fish
kaltwa
?. [unglossed]
khlip
root. [unglossed]
An unglossed root in a rejected paragraph from the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) written in 1948 (PE22/112 note #78).
kōmā
noun. [unglossed]
maiga
root. [unglossed]
An unglossed root appearing in the first version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1930s (TQ1) to illustrate certain patterns of root formation (PE18/66). It may have serving as the basis for ᴹQ. Maia, though this word was given different derivations later.
phan
root. [unglossed]
A deleted root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no glosses or derivatives and no clear function (EtyAC/PHAN).
skil
root. [unglossed]
A root mentioned in passing in as a variant of ᴹ√KIL “divide” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, but it had no derivatives and appeared nowhere else (Ety/KIL).
stin
root. [unglossed]
stā
root. [unglossed]
torōmā
noun. [unglossed]
uruk
root. [unglossed]
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no glosses or derivatives and no clear function (EtyAC/URUK).
us
root. [unglossed]
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no glosses or derivatives and no clear function (EtyAC/US).
caia-
verb. [unglossed]
>> madu. This gloss was rejected.