mól

noun. slave, slave, [ᴹQ.] thrall

A noun meaning “slave” or “thrall”, from primitive ✶mōl derived from the root √MŌ having to do with “labour” (VT43/31; Ety/MŌ).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s the word for “slave” or “servant” was ᴱQ. virt or vartyo, derived from the root ᴱ√VṚTYṚ “serve” (QL/102). In the two variants, either the [[eq|short syllabic [ṛ] became [ir] before palatalized [tʲ]]], or [[eq|long syllabic [ṝ] became [ar]]]. This word appeared as an element in the name ᴱQ. Virtinoldor “Thrall-Noldoli” for those Noldor enslaved by Melko(r) in the early tales (PE14/9).

In the Gnomish Lexicon from the same period, another Qenya word for “slave” or “servant” was given as ᴱQ. norka derived from primitive ᴱ✶norokā́ (GL/31), though its relationship to other roots is unclear.

The form ᴹQ. mól first appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s, already having the derivation given above (Ety/MŌ). This word also appeared in Tolkien’s later writings from the 1950s (VT43/31). A later term for "Slave Noldorin” was ᴹQ. Mólanoldorin (Ety/MŌ; LR/177), a strong indication that mól replaced Early Qenya virt.

mól

slave, thrall

mól noun "slave, thrall" (MŌ, VT43:31)

mólë

noun. labour, *work

A form appearing as mōle after the verb mol- “labour” in notes on “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115). The section where these words appeared was deleted. The form mōle might be a noun, or might be the past tense of the verb = “worked”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I assume ᴺQ. mólë is a noun meaning “labour, ✱work”. Helge Fauskanger instead used ᴺQ. molië “labour, work” in his NQNT (NQNT), but I think that is too similar to ᴺQ. mólië “slavery”. Petri Tikka coined ᴺQ. tarassë “labour” in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s as a cognate of [N.] tass “labour, task”, but since the root meaning was “trouble” I think it is unlikely the Quenya word would have the same meaning as in Noldorin/Sindarin, and thus I prefer ᴺQ. tassa “trouble” as the cognate.

móla

of slave(s), slavish

#móla adj. *"of slave(s), slavish", isolated from mólanoldorin

mol-

labour

mol- vb. "labour" (a form mólë also listed is presumably the pa.t. though it could also be "labour" as a noun) (PE17:115)

mólanoldorin

the language of the noldor enslaved by morgoth

mólanoldorin noun "the language of the Noldor enslaved by Morgoth" _(MŌ)_(Changed by Tolkien from múlanoldorin.)

mólome

noun. hard work, burden

mólë

noun. labour, *work

móletyeller

noun. career, (lit.) work-steps

A neologism for “career” coined by Sami Paldanius in the 1000W project (1000W) as a combination of mólë “work” and the plural of tyellë “step”, so more literally “work-steps”.

mólië

noun. slavery, thralldom

múlanoldorin

the language of the noldor enslaved by morgoth

[múlanoldorin] noun "the language of the Noldor enslaved by Morgoth" (MŌ)(Changed by Tolkien to mólanoldorin.)

moia-

labour, be afflicted

moia- vb. "labour, be afflicted" (VT43:31)

móta-

labour, toil

móta- noun "labour, toil" (MŌ)

numbë

root, foundation

[numbë noun "root, foundation", also núvë (VT45:38)]

núvë

root, foundation

[núvë noun "root, foundation", also numbë (VT45:38)]

sulca

root

sulca ("k") noun "root" (especially as edible) (SÚLUK)

tarassë

noun. labour