A collective term for men appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s meaning “Earth Dwellers” (QL/43), a derivative of the root ᴱ√IÐI (written IŘI in QL). It was also given as ᴱQ. ildi from the (rejected) root ᴱ√ḶÐḶ (QL/42), but this form was rejected.
Early Quenya
men
noun. nose, beak
men
preposition. ?with, in(to), on
me
preposition. ?with, in(to), on
me
pronoun. we; 1st pl. exclusive pronoun
mente
noun. peak, tip
unlunke naiqe yu vaile·na ar elle ha men ambostuva
*he pulled his sword from the sheath and drove it into the breast
ildi
collective name. men
indi
collective name. Men, Earth Dwellers
ankar
noun. ear (of men)
walien
place name. land of the brown men, tropics
Name for the tropics appearing only in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/103), where it was derived from the root ᴱ√GWALA.
eldar yan indi
*Elves and Men
i·satto nér
both the men
kai nerion
ten men
keë neri
*ten men
nérinwe ar ómu nalto úsiére
*of these men and although they have escaped
néri ur natsi nostalen máre
*men are not beings good by nature
tulies i néri
the men arrived
man kiluva kirya ninqe?
Who shall see a white ship?
The first and fifth lines of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is man “who” followed by the future tense of the verb kili- “to see”, translated “heed” in the fifth line. The object of the phrase is the noun kirya “ship”, followed by the adjective ninqe “white”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> man kil-uva kirya ninqe = “✱who see-(future) ship white”
núme
noun. west
arda
noun. place, spot
@@@ probably from [ɣarðā] since cognate G. gar(th) ends in [θ] which only develops from [ð] when final after a consonant
fanwe
noun. dream
A noun for “dream” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√FANA (QL/37). It reappeared unglossed in the phrase ᴱQ. fanwen tollillon lómealloi appearing in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, apparently meaning “✱a dream from the gloomy islands” (PE16/147).
heru
noun. lord
indo
noun. house
A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).
irmin
noun. the inhabited world
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “the inhabited world” and derived from the root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell”, with the usual change of ancient ð > z > r (QL/43). It also appeared in the phrase ᴱQ. Irmina Telume “End of the World, Great End” in a list of names from the same period (PE13/104). In later writings it seems to have been supplanted by Q. Ambar of similar meaning.
niqis
noun. snow
olóre
noun. dream
qen
noun. Elf
roa
noun. wild beast
ulku
noun. wolf
vasta
noun. road
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “road” under the early root ᴱ√VAHA having to do with travel and going away (QL/99).
atar
noun. father
atto
noun. father
attu
noun. father
ere-
verb. to go
A deleted verb in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with present form ere “goes” and past tense erne “went”, perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√ERE [EÐE] “out” as suggested by the editors (PE16/133).
fáwe
noun. snow
A Qenya noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate to G. fô “snow” (GL/35).
mailina
adjective. beautiful
man
pronoun. who
olor
noun. dream
qende
noun. Elf
tatto
noun. father
tie-
verb. to go
via
adjective. male
An adjective in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “male”, likely related to ᴱQ. vie “teors” [= “✱penis”] (PE16/135).
The word ᴱQ. men (mem-) “nose, beak” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MEME (QL/61).
Neo-Quenya: In later writings, Tolkien used ᴹQ. nengwe for “nose”, but I think it might be worth adapting this word as ᴺQ. mén (mem-) “beak”, with a long vowel to help distinguish it from Q. men “way”. This derivation is similar to ᴹQ. kén (kem-) “soil, earth” < ᴹ√KEM from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KEM); hat-tip to Röandil for suggesting this comparison and the form mén.