Quenya 

har

near

har, harë adj.? adv.? "near" (LT1:253)

mentë

point, end

mentë noun "point, end" (MET)

cendë

point

cendë noun "point" (PE16:96)

cendë

noun. point

Element in

  • Q. pirucendëa “on the point of her toes” ✧ PE16/096

Variations

  • cende ✧ PE16/096

tilma

noun. point

Sindarin 

aeg

noun. point

The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"

Sindarin [aeglir, aeglos, etc.] Group: SINDICT. Published by

-il

point

suff. point, ending. >> niphredil, til

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:55] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

til

point

n. point, ending. >> -il, niphredil

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:55] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nev

near

(adj. pref.) nev- (hither, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

nev

near

(hither, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

na

near

(as preposition, = ”at, by”) na (followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salos reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”

na

near

(followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salo’s reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”

aeg

point

1) aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)

aeg

point

(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".

ment

point

(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.

ment

point

(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **

nass

point

(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

rafn

extended point at the side

(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).

naith

point

(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.

nasta

point

(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

nasta

point

(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

thela

spear point

(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.

till

point

till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

till

point

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

ecthel

spear point

(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”

Nandorin 

snǣs

noun. spear-head, point, gore, triangle

Original form not entirely clear; the stem is SNAS/SNAT (LR:387), not defined but evidently to be understood as a strengthened form of NAS "point, sharp end" (LR:374). A primitive plural form natsai is mentioned under SNAS/SNAT; snǣs may derive from something like snatsâ via snats, *snas. The shift of original a to long ǣ (presumably the same vowel as in English cat, but longer) is found in this word only, but there are several examples of e from a, see spenna, scella. Perhaps a became ǣ in stressed monosyllables where there was no following consonant cluster (as in nand).

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Primitive elvish

neb

root. turn towards (speaker), turn towards (speaker), *front

A root glossed “turn towards (speaker)” appearing in notes on the words and phrases in The Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s serving as the basis for nef “on this (the speaker’s) side” (PE17/27). It replaced a deleted form √NIB, indicating it likely replaced the root ᴹ√NIB “face, front” from The Etymologies of the 1930s which had derivatives like Dor. nef “face”, Dor. nivra- “to face, go forward”, and N. nîf “front, face” (Ety/NIB); the last of these could still be derived from √NEB > nēb > S. nîf.

Changes

  • NIBNEB ✧ PE17/027

Derivatives

  • nebā “on this (the speaker’s) side” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/027
    • S. nef “hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation], hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation]; *near” ✧ PE17/027
  • ᴺQ. nev- “to face, turn toward, *confront”
  • ᴺS. nevia- “to localize, bring close, translate (into your own language), translate (into another language when used with the dative case)”
  • ᴺS. nevra- “to face, go forward”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. avanev- “to avoid, (lit.) refuse to face”

Variations

  • NIB ✧ PE17/027 (NIB)
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Noldorin 

egnas

noun. peak

Noldorin [VT/45:12] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ment

noun. point

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ment

noun. point

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. mente “point, end, point, end; [ᴱQ.] peak, tip” ✧ Ety/MET

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MET > ment[mente] > [mentʰe] > [menθe] > [menθ] > [ment]✧ Ety/MET

nass

noun. point, (sharp) end

Noldorin [Ety/375, VT/45:37] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nass

noun. angle or corner

Noldorin [Ety/375, VT/45:37] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egnas

noun. sharp point

Noldorin [VT/45:12] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thela

noun. point (of spear)

Noldorin [Ety/388] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ecthel

noun. point (of spear)

Noldorin [Ety/388] êg+thela "thorn-point". Group: SINDICT. Published by

egthel

noun. point (of spear)

Noldorin [Ety/388] êg+thela "thorn-point". Group: SINDICT. Published by

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!

Gnomish

teb

noun. point, nib, neb, nose

eg

noun. point

Derivations

  • ᴱ√EKE “*point”

Element in

Variations

  • ĕg ✧ GL/31
Gnomish [GL/31; GL/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

neb

adverb. near

Element in

  • En. goneb “similar” ✧ PE13/164
  • En. gonebedach- “to approach one another, to become like, resemble” ✧ PE13/164
  • En. neibio “nearly, almost” ✧ PE13/164
  • En. nebmerion “neighbour” ✧ PE13/164
  • En. nebuin “neighbour (fem.)” ✧ PE13/164
  • En. nebweb “neighbour” ✧ PE13/164
Early Noldorin [PE13/164] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

nele

root. point

Derivatives

  • Eq. nelde “three; four” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nele “tooth” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nelma “needle” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nelqa “cornered” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. nelt “corner (from outside)” ✧ QL/065
  • G. nel “point, end, tip, jutting end”
  • G. deldron “beech (tree)”
  • Eq. neldor “beech” ✧ QL/065
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/065] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

har(e)

adverb. near

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HAÐA “cleave, remain” ✧ QL/039

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HAŘA > har(e)[xaðǝ] > [xað] > [hað] > [haz] > [har]✧ QL/039

Variations

  • har ✧ QL/039
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