Quenya 

lindalë

music

lindalë noun "music". Cf. Ainulindalë "Music of the Ainur". (The word is cited as lindelë in the printed Etymologies, entry LIN2, but according to VT45:27, this is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.) The word lindalë may argue the existence of a verbal stem #linda- "sing, make music".

lindelë

music

lindelë noun "music" (LIN2, LT1:258 lindalë in Ainulindalë). According to VT45:27, lindelë in the printed Etymologies (entry LIN2) is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.

lindalë

noun. music

ainulindalë

proper name. Music of the Ainur

The title of the opening story of The Silmarillion (S/15-22), clearly a compound of Ainu “Holy One” and lindalë “music”.

Conceptual Development: Although the story itself dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, this title only emerged in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s version (LR/156).

Quenya [LT1I/Ainulindalë; LT2I/Ainulindalë; MRI/Ainulindalë; S/015; SA/aina; SA/lin²; SI/Ainulindalë; SI/Music of the Ainur; SMI/Ainulindalë; WJI/Ainulindalë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lin

musical sound

lin, lind- noun "a musical sound" (Letters:308), "melody" (LT1:258). Compare lindë.

lingë

musical sound

lingë noun "musical sound" (PE16:96)

lingë

noun. musical sound

lindimaitar

composer, musician

lindimaitar noun "composer, musician" _(PE17:163). _Compare lindë, maitar.

lindimaitar

noun. composer, musician

A noun for a “composer, musician” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, a combination of lindë “song” and maitar “artist” (PE17/163).

lindë

noun. singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune

Quenya [Let/308; NM/351; PE17/080; PE17/163; SA/gond] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linwa

noun. musical instrument, device for making music

A neologism coined by Delle posted on 2024-04-23 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), derived from a combination of √LIN “make a musical sound” with the instrumental suffix ✶-mā with [[q|[nm] becoming [nw]]].

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lindista

noun. music album

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lindëa

adjective. like music, *musical, singing

Ainu

holy one, angelic spirit

Ainu noun "holy one, angelic spirit"; fem. Aini (AYAN, LT1:248); "one of the 'order' of the Valar and Maiar, made before Eä"; pl. Ainur is attested. Adopted and adapted from Valarin ayanūz(WJ:399). In the early "Qenya Lexicon", ainu was glossed "a pagan god", and aini was similarly "a pagan goddess", but as Christopher Tolkien notes, "Of course no one within the context of the mythology can call the Ainur 'pagan' " (LT1:248). Ainulindalë noun "Music of the Ainur" (SA:lin #2), the First History (WJ:406), the Song of Creation (AYAN)

lindë

air, tune, singing, song

lindë noun "air, tune, singing, song" (SA:gond, (LIN2, [GLIN]); lindelorendor "music-dream-land"; see laurelindórenan lindelorendor... _(LotR2:III ch. 4, cf. Letters:308). _Also compare lindi- in lindimaitar, q.v. (but the other compounds here cited do not give a lindë a stem-form lindi-).

maitar

artist

maitar noun "artist" (by itself usually: a poet), also compounded in lindimaitar "composer, musician", nyarnamaitar "storyteller", ondomaitar "sculptor in stone", (PE17:163)

lindalëa

adjective. melodious

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lindelëa

melodious

lindelëa adj. "melodious" (LT1:258)

nandelë

harping

nandelë ("ñ")noun "harping" (ÑGAN/ÑGÁNAD)

salmë

harp-playing

salmë noun "harp-playing" (LT1:265; rather nandelë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

vilwa

air, lower air

[vilwa < wilwa] noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL; in one place vilwa was not struck out, VT46:21) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered vilda < wilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.

vilya

air, sky

vilya noun "air, sky", also name of tengwa #24. Older wilya. (Appendix E). Early "Qenya" has Vilya (changed from Vilna) "lower air" (LT1:273); also vilya "air" (MC:215)

wilma

air, lower air

wilma noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL)

Sindarin 

linnas

noun. music

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linnathren

adjective. musical

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lind

air

3) (of music) lind (song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

gwelu

noun. air (as substance)

Sindarin [Ety/398, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lind

noun. air, tune

Sindarin [Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

maeron

noun. artist

_ n. _artist. It usually, but not necessarily, implied a poet. Q. maitar.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:163] < MAY prob. 'make' (in artistic sense as in poi»thj). Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

maeron

noun. artist

A noun in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, the Sindarin equivalent of maitar “artist” (PE17/163). See the Quenya entry for further details.

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gwelu

air

2) (as substance) gwelu (i **welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw** (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely *gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

gwelu

air

(i ’welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely ✱gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

gwelwen

air

1) (as a region) gwelwen (i **welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i **wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

gwelwen

air

(i ’welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i ’wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

lind

air

(song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

Noldorin 

gwelw

noun. air (as substance)

Noldorin [Ety/398, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwelwen

noun. air, lower air (distinct from the upper air of the stars, or the outer)

Noldorin [Ety/398] gwelu+men. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwilith

noun. air (as a region)

Noldorin [Ety/398] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhind

noun. air, tune

Noldorin [Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhinn

noun. air, tune

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Qenya 

lindale

noun. music

Qenya [Ety/LIN²; EtyAC/LIN²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kantele

noun. music, music; [ᴱQ.] harping; repetition

ainulindale

proper name. Music of the Ainur

Qenya [Ety/AYAN; LR/156; SDI2/Ainulindalë; TII/Ainulindalë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vista

place name. Air

Name for the region of Air in Silmarillion notes from the 1930s (SM/236). It is simply vista “air as substance” used as a name.

Qenya [LRI/Vista; SM/236; SM/240; SM/241; SMI/Vista; SMI/Wilwa] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gling

noun. music

glingrin

adjective. musical

gwail

noun. air

Early Quenya

lindea

adjective. singing, like music, *musical

Early Quenya [MC/216; PE16/090; PE16/092; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lindele

noun. music, song

Early Quenya [LT1A/Lindelos; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

salme

noun. harp-playing, music of lyres

Early Quenya [LT1A/Salmar; PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

salumbe

noun. harping, music

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lin

noun. melody, air, tune, musical voice

Early Quenya [LT1A/Lindelos; PE15/25; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linda

adjective. singing

Early Quenya [LT1A/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilma

noun. air

A word for “air” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/142), probably based on the early root ᴱ√ILU “ether”. Later ᴹQ. Ilma was used for “Starlight” (Ety/GIL; LR/205).

Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lindelea

adjective. melodious

Early Quenya [LT1A/Lindelos; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

lindon

place name. Musical Land

Doriathrin [Ety/LIN²; LR/267; LRI/Lindon; TII/Lindon] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

lindān-d

place name. musical land

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wis

root. air

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIS; EtyAC/SWES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Telerin

solonel

noun. Musicians of the Shore, Sea-elves

Middle Telerin [Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL; Ety/SOL; LR/403; LRI/Soloneldi; MRI/Falmari; MRI/Soloneldi; SM/086; SMI/Soloneldi; SMI/Solosimpi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Valarin 

šebeth

noun. air