Quenya 

sinya

new

sinya adj. "new" (SI)

ceuran

noun. new-moon

A word appearing in notes from the late 1960s glossed “new-moon” and derived from primitive ✶keu̯rānā (VT48/7), a combination of Q. ceura “renewed” and Q. Rána “Moon”.

vinyamar

place name. New Dwelling

Home of Turgon in Nevrast (S/115), translated “New Dwelling” by Christopher Tolkien (SI/Vinyamar). This name is probably a compound of vinya “new” and már “dwelling” (SA/bar).

Quenya [LT1I/Vinyamar; LT2I/Vinyamar; MRI/Vinyamar; PMI/Vinyamar; SA/bar; SDI2/Vinyamar; SI/Vinyamar; SMI/Vinyamar; UTI/Vinyamar; WJI/Vinyamar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinyarion

masculine name. *New Son

Birth name of Hyarmendacil II (LotR/1038, PM/199). His name seems to be a compound of vinya “new” and the suffix -ion “son”.

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ceuranar

noun. new sun after solstice

A word appearing in notes from the late 1960s glossed “new sun after solstice” (VT48/7), a combination of Q. ceura “renewed” and Q. Anar “Sun”.

Vincarna

new-made, renewed

Vincarna compounded passive participle *"new-made, renewed" (MR:408)

Vinyamar

new dwelling

Vinyamar place-name *"New Dwelling" (Silm)

ceuran-

new moon

ceuran- ("k") noun "new moon" (compare Rána "moon"). The word is cited with a final hyphen, as if some final element is missing, but Rána could very well be reduced to -ran at the end of a compound. (VT48:7)

ceuranar

new sun after solstice

ceuranar ("k")noun "new sun after solstice" (VT48:7), apparently a compound ceura or ceurë + anar, q.v.

céva

fresh, new

céva ("k")adj. "fresh, new" (VT48:7, 8)

laisi

youth, vigour, new life

laisi, laito noun "youth, vigour, new life" (LT1:267; rather vië or nésë, nessë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

vinyalondë

place name. New Haven

A haven established by Aldarion at the mouth of the river Gwathló translated “New Haven” (UT/176). This name is a compound of vinya “new” and londë “haven”.

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winya

new, fresh, young

winya (1) adj. "new, fresh, young" _(VT45:16; though the entry including this form was struck out in the Etymologies, _vinya "new" is a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya, and it is meant to represent older winya. Compare winyamo, q.v.)

céva

adjective. fresh, new, renewed

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narvinyë

noun. January, *New-fire

vinya

adjective. young, new

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ceu

adjective. fresh, new,

tuilë

noun. spring, spring, [ᴹQ.] spring-time, [ᴱQ.] (lit.) a budding; buds, new shoots, fresh green

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Vinyarië

newyear's day

Vinyarië noun "Newyear's Day" (PM:127)

vinyanóna

adjective. new-born

A neologism for “new-born” coined by Helge Fauskanger for his NQNT (NQNT), a combination of vinya “new” and nóna “born”.

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Narvinyë

january

Narvinyë noun first month of the year, "January". The word seems to mean "New Fire/Sun". (Appendix D)

tuilë

spring, spring-time

tuilë noun "spring, spring-time", also used = "dayspring, early morn" (VT39:7, TUY), in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 54 days, but also used without any exact definition. Cf. tuilérë, q.v. (Appendix D) - In early "Qenya", the word tuilë is glossed "Spring", but it is said that it literally refers to a "budding", also used collectively for "buds, new shoots, fresh green" (LT1:269). Cf. tuima in Tolkien's later Quenya.

vinya

pale blue

vinya (2) < windya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya is only attested with the meaning "young, new" in his later Quenya.)

vinya

young

vinya (1) adj. "young" (VT46:22, VT47:26, PE17:191) or "new" (cf. compounds Vinyamar, Vinyarië below; cf. also winya "new, fresh, young" in a deleted entry in the Etymologies, VT45:16; there the word was first written as vinya.) Vinya "the Young", original name of the isle of Númenor among its own people (SD:332).

windya

pale blue

windya > vinya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya means "new" in his later versions of Quenya.)

wine

noun. baby, child not yet fully grown

winë (stem *wini-, given the primitive form ¤wini) noun "baby, child not yet fully grown", "little-one", also used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT46:10, 26, VT48:6, 16). Synonyms win(i), winimo. In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinë; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

winicë

baby

winicë (also wincë), noun "baby", also used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT48:6). Synonyms winë, winimo. In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinicë*, vincë; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new". Since the diminutive ending -icë descends from -iki(VT48:16), winicë may have the stem-form winici**-.

winima

childish

winima adj. "childish" (VT47:26). In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinima; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

winimo

baby

winimo noun "baby", "little-one", used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT47:10, VT48:6, 16). Synonyms winë, win(i). In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinimo; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

winyamo

youngster

winyamo noun "youngster" (VT47:26). In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinyamo; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

sinyar

noun. news

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vinyar

noun. news

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carna

built, made

carna passive participle *"built, made" in Vincarna "newly-made" (MR:408), also struck-out alacarna "well-done, well-made" (PE17:172). Carna would seem to be the passive participle of car-, though a longer form carina (read *cárina?) is also attested (VT43:15).

Vinyamar

Vinyamar

The name is Quenya for "New Home".

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vinyamo

noun. youngster

vinyarë

noun. youth, youth, *young adulthood

vínë

noun. youth, youth, *childhood

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Isil

noun. moon

moon

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Isil

moon

Isil (þ) place-name "Moon" (FS; SA:sil, Appendix E, SD:302, SIL; also defined as "the Sheen" under THIL); Isildur masc. name., *"Moon-servant" (SA:sil, Appendix A, NDŪ)

avestalis

january

avestalis noun "January" (LT1:252; LotR-style Quenya has Narvinyë)

casar

noun. Dwarf

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hinyë

noun. baby

A word for a “baby” in rough notes on Elvish finger names (VT47/27), probably some kind of diminutive formation from √KHIN “child”. It had a variant hintil that is clearly specific to fingers only: = √KHIN + √TIL “✱baby finger, (lit.) child tip”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, it is probably better to use one of the baby words from the more finished versions of these notes, such as vinimo.

ilin

pale blue

ilin adj. "pale blue" (GLINDI)

nauco

noun. dwarf

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naucon

noun. Dwarf

nessa

young

nessa adj. "young" (NETH), alsoNessa as name of a Valië, the spouse of Tulkas (adopted and adapted from Valarin, or an archaic Elvish formation: WJ:404 vs. 416). Also called Indis, "bride" (NETH, NI1). The fem. name Nessanië (UT:210) would seem to incorporate Nessa's name; the second element could mean "tear" (nië), but since Nessa is not normally associated with sorrow, this #nië is perhaps rather a variant of "female" (compare Tintanië as a variant of Tintallë).

nessë

youth

nessë noun "youth"; also nésë (NETH)

norno

noun. Dwarf

A word for a Dwarf (WJ/388), a personalized form of the adjective norna “stiff, tough” (WJ/413), patterned after S. dorn.

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nuxo

noun. Petty dwarf

nésë

youth

nésë (Þ) noun "youth", also nessë (NETH). Not to be confused with nésë "he was"; see #1.

virya

fresh

virya (1) adj. "fresh" (VT46:22)

vínë

youth

vínë noun "youth" (probably as abstract) (VT47:26, PE17:191)

vírië

youth

vírië noun "youth" (as abstract) (VT46:22)

windë

pale blue

[windë > vindë adj. "pale blue" (VT45:16)]

winima

adjective. childish

A word appearing as winima “childish” in notes from 1968, an adjectival form of winë (wini-) “child not yet full grown” (VT47/26).

Neo-Quenya: In other notes from this period, Tolkien said of winë that “Pengoloð gives these in archaic Quenya form before the change of w, in most situations to v” (VT48/6), so I would likewise adapt this word as ᴺQ. vinima.

winyamo

noun. youngster

vinima

adjective. childish

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Noldorin 

sein

adjective. new

sein

adjective. new

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echain

adjective. new, built again

@@@ Roman Rausch speculated on possible derivations (EE/2.67).

eden

adjective. new, begun again

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eden

adjective. new, begun again

@@@ David Salo suggested primitive ✱etina, because ✱adina would produce N. aden, but primitive ✱atanja is also adjectival and produces the right result in Noldorin (in Sindarin it would produce edain)

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siniath

noun. news, tidings

siniath

noun. news, tidings

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ostechain

place name. Town Built Again, Newbold

A transient name for Osgiliath appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/424), a combination of ost “town” and echain “built again”.

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gwîn

adjective. young

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nerwinien

noun. January

nawag

noun. Dwarf

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celw

noun. spring, source

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eithel

noun. issue of water, spring, well

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ethuil

noun. spring

gwind

noun. pale blue

Noldorin [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ithil

noun. the (full) Moon, lit. 'The Sheen'

Noldorin [Ety/361, Ety/385, Ety/392, LotR/E, LB/354, RC/23] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhaeb

adjective. fresh

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lhoeb

adjective. fresh

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lhoeb

adjective. fresh

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naug

noun. Dwarf

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neth

adjective. young

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

neth

adjective. young

irregular, compare: tathor @@@

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nîth

noun. youth

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nîth

noun. youth

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penninar

noun. full year (last day of year)

Sindarin 

gwain

adjective. new

Sindarin [Narwain (Narvinyë) LotR/D, Cf. Ety/399] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sain

adjective. new

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cýron

noun. new-moon

A word appearing in notes from the late 1960s glossed “new-moon” and derived from primitive ✶keu̯rānā (VT48/7), where the ancient diphthong eu became ȳ in the initial syllable, while in the final syllable first ā became au and then au become o as usual in polysyllables, the last development made clear by the archaic form †cýrawn. As such, this word is basically a combination of S. cýr “renewed” and the suffixal form -ron of S. Raun “Moon”.

gwain

adjective. young, *new

This word, the cognate of Q. vinya, is attested only in the form gwein (PE17/191). As elements of the canonical names Iarwain “Old-young” and Narwain “January, ✱New-fire”, it clearly should be gwain. Perhaps the form gwein uses the older, Noldorin phonology, as N. gweith >> S. gwaith and N. teith >> S. taith. @@@

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cîw

adjective. fresh, new, renewed

Sindarin [VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cîr

adjective. fresh, new

cîw

adjective. fresh, new

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cýrawn

noun. new moon

Sindarin [VT/48:7] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cýron

noun. new moon

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cîr

adjective. renewed

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cýr

adjective. renewed

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gwain

new

1) #gwain (gwin-), lenited wain, pl. gwîn. Isolated from the month-name Narwain, ”new sun” (where #gwain appears in lenited form). The form gwîn ”young” listed in VT46:22 would have to be taken as a pl. form, if it is to be the cognate of Quenya vinya. 2) cîw (lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (fresh), 3) eden (begun again), pl. edin; 4) sain (sin-), lenited hain; pl. sîn;

gwain

new

(gwin-), lenited ’wain, pl. gwîn. Isolated from the month-name Narwain, ”new sun” (where #gwain appears in lenited form). The form gwîn ”young” listed in VT46:22 would have to be taken as a pl. form, if it is to be the cognate of Quenya vinya.

cîw

new

(lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (fresh)

eden

new

(begun again), pl. edin

sain

adjective. new

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sain

new

(sin-), lenited hain; pl. sîn

cýron

new moon

cýron (i gýron), pl. cýroen (i chýroen). Archaic *cýraun, spelt cýrawn in the source (VT48:7).

cýron

new moon

(i gýron), pl. cýroen (i chýroen). Archaic ✱cýraun, spelt cýrawn in the source (VT48:7).

penninor

noun. full year (last day of year), *new year’s eve

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siniath

news

(tidings) (i siniath).

siniath

news

siniath (tidings) (i siniath).

cîl

renewal

(i gîl; no distinct pl. form except with article: i chîl) (VT48:8)

cîr

renewed

clashes with the word for ”ship”.s

cîw

fresh

1) cîw (lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (new), 2) laeb (no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” lhoeb (LR:368 s.v. LÁYAK) 3) laeg (green), no distinct pl. form. (Note: a homophone means ”keen, sharp, acute”.) In the Woodland dialect lêg, whence leg- in the name Legolas ”Greenleaf” (Lettters:282, 386).

ethuil

noun. spring, spring [the season]

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gwîn

noun. youth

Sindarin [PE17/191] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuil

noun. spring

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noegin

noun. Petty Dwarf

This entry includes several experimental Sindarin names for Petty Dwarves from later writings (PE17/45-6, WJ/187). They all have the initial element naug “dwarf” or older variant N. Nawag, and various diminutives as final elements.

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cadhad

noun. dwarf

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celu

noun. spring, source

Sindarin [Ety/363, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

eithel

noun. issue of water, spring, well

Sindarin [Ety/363, S/430, S/433, WJ/85, TC/187] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwein

adjective. young

adj. young. Q. vinya. >> gwîn

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gwein

adjective. young

gwinig

noun. "litte baby"

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gwinig

noun. little finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

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gwîn

noun. youth

n. youth. Q. víne. >> gwein

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hadhod

noun. Dwarf

Sindarin [SA/hadhod; WJ/388; WJ/414; WJI/Hadhod; WJI/Khazâd] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ithil

noun. the (full) Moon, lit. 'The Sheen'

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ithil

noun. Moon

_n. Astron._Moon. Q. Isil. >> Anor, ithildin

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laeb

adjective. fresh

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laeg

adjective. "viridis", fresh and green

Seldom used (replaced by calen )

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laew

adjective. fresh

_ adj. _fresh.

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laew

adjective. fresh

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niben-nog

proper name. Petty Dwarf

A Sindarin term for a Petty Dwarf (PE17/46), a variation on the better known Nogoth Niben, a combination of niben “petty” and a suffixal form -nog of naug “dwarf”, because [[s|[au] became [o] in polysyllables]] in Sindarin. This term was first published in its plural forms Nibin-noeg (UT/100) and Nibin-nogrim “Petty-dwarves” (UT/148). Tolkien considered numerous variations on the singular form of this name (WJ/187, note #26).

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nogoth niben

proper name. Petty Dwarf

A Sindarin term for a Petty Dwarf (WJ/388), first published in its plural forms Noegyth Nibin “Petty-dwarves” (S/204). This name is a combination of Nogoth “Dwarf” and niben “petty” (WJ/388).

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celos

water falling swiftly from a spring

(i gelos, o chelos) (freshet), pl. celys (i chelys).

celu

spring

(of water) 1) celu (i gelu, o chelu) (source), analogical pl. cely (i chely). Archaic celw; so the coll. pl. is likely celwath. 2) (well) eithel (source, issue of water), pl. eithil.

celu

spring

(i gelu, o chelu) (source), analogical pl. cely (i chely). Archaic celw; so the coll. pl. is likely celwath.

dess

young woman

(i ness, o ndess, constuct des), pl. diss (i ndiss)

eithel

spring

(source, issue of water), pl. eithil.

elu

pale blue

1) elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?) 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form)

elu

pale blue

1) elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?). 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form).

ethuil

spring

(season) ethuil (no distinct pl. form). SPRING-SINGER, see SWALLOW

ethuil

spring

(no distinct pl. form).

hadhod

dwarf

(i chadhod, o chadhod), pl. hedhyd (i chedhyd), coll. pl. hadhodrim (WJ:388). This was a word borrowed from Dwarvish Khazâd.

ithil

moon

1) Ithil (= ”the sheen”); 2) (apparently also used = ”month”) raun (pl. roen, idh roen), coll. pl. ronath. Cf. the ending -ron at the end of month-names. Raun is basically the adj. ”straying, wandering” used as a noun, hence identifying the Moon as ”the Wanderer”. The ”Noldorin” form rhân presupposes a different primitive form and may not correspond to S *rân as would normally be supposed.

narwain

january

Narwain

narwain

january

naug

dwarf

(in compounds -nog), pl. #noeg, coll. pl. naugrim, nogrim. (WJ:388, 408, 413; VT45:13). In ”Noldorin” the pl. was nuig, but the Sindarin pl. form noeg is attested in Nibin-noeg ”Petty-dwarves” (WJ:187, 420). Note: naug is also used as an adj. ”dwarfed, stunted”. This word for ”dwarf” also appears in a diminutive form: naugol (in compounds naugla-), coll. pl. nauglath. 2)

neth

young

neth (pl. nith). A homophone is the noun ”sister, girl”.

neth

young

(pl. nith). A homophone is the noun ”sister, girl”.

niben-naug

petty-dwarf

nog; pl. Nibin-noeg, coll. pl. *Nibin-nogrim** (UT:148)*

nogoth

dwarf

(pl. negyth; coll. pl. nogothrim). Archaic pl. ”noegyth” = nögyth (WJ:388, 408) 3) norn (pl. nyrn, coll. pl. nornwaith). From the adj. norn ”twisted, knotted, crabbed, hard”. (MR:93, WJ:205) 4) #Gonhir (i ’Onhir), literally ”Master of Stone”, no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir, maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim  (WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”) The coll. pl. Dornhoth ("Thrawn folk") (WJ:388, 408) also refers to the Dwarves.

nîth

youth

(construct nith; no distinct pl. form)

tuia

spring

(verb) tuia- (i duia, i thuiar) (swell, sprout)

tuia

spring

(i duia, i thuiar) (swell, sprout)

Primitive elvish

kew

root. new, fresh; anew, repeated; live of vegetables

This root appeared as KEWE, KWĒ “live of vegetables” in 1957 Quenya Notes with derivatives Q. quëa “vegetable” and (unglossed) Q. ceula, as well as being an element in Q. laiquë “herb” (PE17/159). The root KEWE reappeared in various notes from the late 1960s with the gloss “new, fresh” and “anew, repeated” where Tolkien connected it to the final element of Q. minquë, which roughly had the ancient sense of “✱a new ‘one’ (as in a second round of counting)” (VT48/7-8). In these 1960s notes √KEWE had a variety of derivatives having to do with newness and freshness in Quenya, Sindarin and Telerin.

Primitive elvish [PE17/145; PE17/156; PE17/158; PE17/159; VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

win

root. young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh

Tolkien used a similar set of Elvish roots for “youth” and “freshness” for many years. The earliest of these was primitive guı̯u̯ or gu̯iu̯ [ᴱ√GWIWI] in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like G. gui “just, just now, only just, already”, G. guin “recent, fresh”, and G. gwioth “youth” (GL/42). This root reappeared as ᴹ√WIR “new, fresh, young” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with variants ᴹ√ and ᴹ√WIN and derivatives ᴹQ. vírie “youth” and ᴹQ. virya “fresh” (EtyAC/WIR). The ᴹ√WIN variant had derivatives ᴹQ. vinya/N. gwîn “young”. Tolkien considered, but rejected, deriving these from strengthened ᴹ√GWIN instead, producing (also rejected) ᴹQ. winya/N. bîn (EtyAC/GWIN).

Q. vinya appeared in quite a few later names with the gloss “young” or “new”, but the Sindarin form became S. gwain as in S. Narwain “January, ✱(lit.) New Fire” (LotR/1110) and S. Iarwain “Old-young” (LotR/1114; RC/128). In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, both were given as derivatives of √WIN “young” along with Q. víne/S. gwîn “youth”, though the Sindarin word for “young” was given as (archaic?) gwein (PE17/191). Also related are various words for “baby” from 1968 notes such Q. †wine/S. gwinig “little-one, baby” (VT48/6). In these notes primitive wini was glossed “little” but this was deleted (VT47/26), making it likely that the earlier senses “young, new” were restored for √WIN.

As for the 1930s root ᴹ√WIR, it might have survived as an element in the month names Q. Víressë/S. Gwirith “April” (LotR/1110), perhaps meaning “✱freshness”.

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keu̯rānā

noun. new-moon

Primitive elvish [VT48/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kēwā

adjective. fresh, new, renewed

Primitive elvish [VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwen

root. fresh, *green, fair, unblemished, beautiful

@@@ might still be valid for Quenya derivations in the Etymologies

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Telerin 

ciuran

noun. new-moon

céva

adjective. fresh, new, renewed

Telerin [VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quendya 

twílë

noun. spring

Adûnaic

khibil

noun. spring

A noun translated “spring” and fully declined as an example of a Strong I noun (SD/430).

Khuzdûl

khuzd

noun. Dwarf

Khuzdûl [LotR/0534; LotR/1132; LotRI/Dwarves; LotRI/Khazâd; LR/274; LRI/Khuzûd; PE17/035; PE17/045; PE17/085; PMI/Khazâd; RC/225; RC/269; S/091; SA/hadhod; SI/Khazâd; WJ/387; WJ/414; WJI/Hadhod; WJI/Kasari; WJI/Khazâd; WRI/Khazâd] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

sinya

adjective. new, new, *current

sirvinya

place name. New Sirion

A rejected name for the river Anduin in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/119). It is a compound of síre “river” and vinya “new”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.11).

Qenya [TI/119; TII/Anduin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinya

place name. Young, New Land

A name for Númenor in the initial versions of the tales of its fall (LR/19, 64; SD/332). It is simply vinya “young, new” used as a name.

Qenya [LR/019; LR/025; LR/064; LRI/Vinya; SD/332; SDI2/Vinya] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinya

adjective. young, new

Qenya [EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narvinye

noun. January, *New-fire

vinyarie

proper name. Newyear’s Day

virya

adjective. fresh

vírie

noun. youth

vinya

adjective. pale blue

ilin

adjective. pale blue

kelulinde

noun. spring

A word for “spring” in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. kelu- “flow” and ᴹQ. linde “pool” (PE21/10). ᴱQ. kelusindi “river (near its source)” = ᴱQ. kelu- + sindi from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s is similar in structure (QL/46).

nauko

noun. dwarf

nessa

adjective. young

nesse

noun. youth

nése

noun. youth

tet(ta)

noun. baby

A word in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s glossed “baby” with short and long variants tet and tetta (PE21/19).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tyetl “a tiny baby” under the early root ᴱ√TYETE “give suck” (QL/50), a word that also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “babe” (PME/50). This became ᴱQ. tetta “baby” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/135), and finally tet/tetta in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s as noted above. There are no signs of this word thereafter.

Qenya [PE21/19; PE21/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinde

adjective. pale blue

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

English

Newbury

Newbury

Bury, from the Old English burh, means "fortified enclosure". This, combined with Newbury's proximity to The Hedge, perhaps suggests that Newbury was built as a more recent guard against intruders from the Old Forest.

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Middle Primitive Elvish

win

root. new, fresh, young

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wir

root. new, fresh, young

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glindi

root. pale blue

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “pale blue” used in an abandoned explanation of N. Eredlindon as “Blue Mountains” (Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/GLINDI). Later this name was S. Ered Lindon “Mountains of Lindon” (Ety/LIN²; S/123).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/LUG²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laikwā

adjective. fresh

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LAIK; Ety/LÁYAK; EtyAC/LÁYAK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neth

root. young

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LEP; Ety/NETH; Ety/Nι; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nethrā

adjective. young

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nēthē

noun. youth

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

win(i)d

root. pale blue

A rejected with roots with derivatives having to do with “blue-grey” and “fading” (Ety/WIN), perhaps replacing another rejected root ᴹ√GWINDI (EtyAC/GWINDI).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

windı̯ā

adjective. pale blue

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

Early Quenya

laisi

noun. youth, vigour, new life

Early Quenya [LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laito

noun. youth, vigour, new life

tuile

noun. spring, (lit.) a budding; buds, new shoots, fresh green

Early Quenya [LT1A/Tuilérë; PME/096; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

avestalis

noun. January

Early Quenya [QL/029; QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kana

adjective. young

Early Quenya [GL/37] Group: Eldamo. Published by

loite

adjective. fresh

Early Quenya [QL/041; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lunde niq(il)issea

proper name. January

A name for the month of January in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and niqissea “snowy”.

Early Quenya [QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauka

noun. dwarf

Early Quenya [GL/59; LT1A/Nauglath; LT2I/Nautar; PE14/009; PE15/15] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tetta

noun. baby

Early Quenya [PE16/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuilére

noun. Spring

Early Quenya [LT1A/Tuilérë; LT1I/Tuilérë; PME/096; QL/040; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

welme

noun. spring

welwe

noun. spring

Early Quenya [QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

tuil

noun. spring

Gnomish [GL/31; GL/47; GL/71; LT1A/Tuilérë; LT2A/Duilin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aithl

noun. spring

Gnomish [GL/18; GL/25; GL/31; LT2A/Ecthelion; PE13/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aithyl

noun. spring

brag

adjective. fresh

ganos

noun. youth

gwiog

adjective. young

gwion

adjective. young

gwioth

noun. youth

gwiw

adjective. young

gân

adjective. young

hairen

feminine name. Spring

Gnomish [GL/47; LT1A/Tuilérë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naug

noun. dwarf

Gnomish [GL/59; LT1A/Nauglath] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naugli

noun. dwarf

Gnomish [GL/59; LT1A/Nauglath; LT2A/Nauglafring] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauin

adjective. dwarf

puthli

noun. baby

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “baby” (GL/64), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√PU(HU) “generate” (QL/75).

Early Noldorin

naugl

noun. dwarf

Early Noldorin [PE13/150; PE15/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

χilþē

noun. youth

Early Primitive Elvish [GL/49] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gana Speculative

root. young

A hypothetical early root that would explain words appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as ᴱQ. kana and G. gân “young” (GL/37). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writings.

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

nawa Speculative

root. dwarf

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

gwind

adjective. pale blue

An adjective for “pale blue” derived from the root ᴹ√GWINDI, rejected along with its root (EtyAC/GWINDI).

Doriathrin [EtyAC/GWINDI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naugol

noun. Dwarf

A Doriathrin word for “Dwarf” derived from the root ᴹ√NAUK- or NAWAK (Ety/NAUK). Tolkien said that it was a diminutive form, not a direct cognate of ᴹQ. nauko or N. naug. It may be derived from a primitive form such as ✱✶naukle, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/naugol), though there isn’t enough evidence to determine the original final vowel, since primitive final vowels vanished in Ilkorin. The final -ol appeared because [[ilk|[o] developed between a consonant and final [l]]] in Ilkorin.

Its genitive form naugla appears as an element in Dor. Nauglamír “Necklace of the Dwarves” (Ety/NAUK).

Doriathrin [Ety/NAUK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Westron

narag

noun. dwarf

Westron [PE17/035; PE17/137; PM/044; PM/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by