no

adverb. then, next (of time); upon

no

preposition. under

noldorin

masculine name. Noldorin

A name of the Valar Lirillo in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/22). It is probably derived from his association with the Noldoli.

noldarer

collective name. Noldarer

Quenya name for the people of Meglin in an early name list (PE13/104), apparently the plural of noldare “mole”.

noldórinan

place name. Noldórinan

noldomar

place name. Gnomeland

Name of the land of the Noldo in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons from the 1910s (QL/67; GL/41), a combination of that name with mar “land”. It was first given the (rejected) gloss “Goblin-land” (QL/67).

noldolion

proper name. descendant of the Gnomes

A term for the descendants of the Noldo in an early name list (PE14/45), a combination of that name with the patronymic -ion.

noldo

proper name. Gnome

noldorinwa

adjective. Goblin; Gnomish

noldorissa

noun. Language of the Noldoli

noldorin

adjective. Gnomish

noldova

adjective. belonging to gnomes

noldovike

adjective. like a gnome, after the gnomes’ way

nosta

noun. birth, birthday

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. nosta “birth, birthday” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born” (QL/66).

Neo-Quenya: As the root √NŌ survived in Tolkien’s later writings with very similar meanings, I’d retain ᴺQ. nosta for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but I’d limit its use to “birth”, and for “birthday” I’d use ᴺQ. nostarë.

nornore

masculine name. Herald of the Gods

Herald of the Valar in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/77). It appears to be an elaboration of nornoro- “to run smoothly” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nornorë, QL/67). This name first appeared as Nornoros (PE14/13; QL/67).

nolpa

noun. mole

A noun appearing ᴱQ. nolpa and noldare “mole” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/30). In the Qenya Lexicon proper, only noldare appeared under the early root ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” (QL/65), though it was initially grouped with ᴱQ. Noldo under the root ᴱ√ŊOLO (GL/67). The form nᵈoldare “mole” also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/65).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain the word ᴺQ. nolpa “mole”, reconceived of as a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDOL “✱hill, head”, describing these creatures as hill-makers.

nornelassea

adjective. having oak-leaves

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nornelasse(a) “having oak-leaves” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. norne “oak-tree” and ᴱQ. lassea “with leaves” (QL/67).

Neo-Quenya: Since Q. norno was a later form of the Quenya word for “oak”, I would update this word to ᴺQ. nornolassëa for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

nosse tuilinda

proper name. *People of Tuilindo

Qenya cognate of Nos Duilin (PE15/22), a combination of nosse “people” and the genitive of tuilindo “swallow”.

noswe

noun. a wet wind (SW)

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a wet wind (SW)” [south-west] derived from the early root ᴱ√NOSO (QL/67). ᴱQ. noswe “SW wind” was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/68).

note

noun. drizzle

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “drizzle” derived from the early root ᴱ√NOTO from primitive ✱[not]i, hence with stem form notsi- since [[eq|[ti] became [tsi]]] in Early Qenya; compare with the adjective form ᴱQ. notsiva “drizzling” (QL/68).

notsiva

adjective. drizzling

A word for “drizzling” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. note (notsi-) “drizzle” (QL/68).

nosse

noun. folk, kin, people

nosta-

verb. to give birth to; to cause

nond(in)a

adjective. tomorrow

nor

noun. oak

norne

noun. oak (tree), oak in general

nuo

noun. tomorrow

nó

preposition. after (of place), behind; after (only of time); than

nornoro-

verb. to run on, run smoothly and hum

nostale

noun. species, kind; nature

novrod

place name. Hollowbold

nohto-

verb. to stick out

noldare

noun. mole

nolme

noun. audacity

nolmo

noun. pit

nolo-

verb. to dare

nolwa

adjective. bold, brave

norka

noun. slave, thrall, servant

norolinde

adjective. tripping lightly

norolinde pirukendea

tripping lightly, whirling lightly

norolle

noun. cart

noro werelinda

run in circles, spin (of tops)

nos

noun. wetness, damp

nostalen mára

good by nature

noswa

adjective. damp (of weather)

notso

noun. damp

noiko

adverb. *sickly

nolmenoite

adjective. audacious

noloite

adjective. daring

non(n)o

noun. tomorrow

nonnúora

noun. day after tomorrow

nornea

adjective. of oak

sí qente feanor n·istaléra

*now said Feanor the wise

silmeráno tindon

shining in the silver moon

The twelfth phrase of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/220). Its first word is the genitive form of silmerána “gleaming moon” followed by the aorist 3rd-plural masculine form of the verb tini- “to shine, gleam”. The subject of this phrase is actually ondolin “rocks” appearing in the previous phrase, with the genitive silmeráno giving the context in which the rocks shine. A more literal translation would be “✱of the gleaming moon they shine”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> silme-rán-o tin-don = “✱gleaming-moon-of shine-they”

Conceptual Development: This phrase appeared in the fourth draft of this poem as no silmerána tindon, with no “under” serving the same role as the genitive (OM1d: PE16/62), hence “✱under the gleaming moon they shine”. Tolkien switched to the final form of the phrase in the sixth draft (OM1f: PE16/74).

nuononda

noun. day after tomorrow

@@@ PME nua(nwa) “(day after) tomorrow” is probably nua “tomorrow” and nuanwa “day after tomorrow” - Lokyt

nen

noun. nostril

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nen “nostril” in several documents from the 1920s (PE14/72; PE15/75; PE16/113). Its plural form nengi made it clear its stem was neng- (PE14/72; PE16/112). Its (Early Qenya) dual nenqi was also “usually used of the nose or both nostrils of one person” (PE15/75).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the word for “nostril” was ᴱQ. sūma under the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “breath, exhale”, where its dual sunwi “nostrils” could also be used as “nose” (QL/86). The word súma “nostril” was mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa along with its dual sunwi (PME/86). Under the same early root, Tolkien had ᴱQ. súne as a more ordinary word for “nose”, specifically a nose of a human (QL/86; PME/86). ᴱQ. súne “nose” survived in the documents from the 1920s (PE14/76; PE15/75; PE16/136), but “nostril” became ᴱQ. nen (neng-) as noted above.

See the entry on ᴹQ. nengwe for a discussion of later “nose” words from the 1930s.

Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹ√NEÑ-WI was the base for the word ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NEÑ-WI), ᴺQ. nen (neng-) “nostril” might remain viable for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the shorter form of this root: ᴹ√NEÑ. However, in later Quenya grammar its dual would most likely become ✱nengu, and I would use the dual only for “(pair of) nostrils” and not “nose”.

pómelaire

place name. North Fields

An otherwise unexplained place name in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/75; PME/75), a combination of póme “north” and laire “meadow”.

men

noun. nose, beak

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.

pilinqasilla

noun. nodding plume

A word for a “nodding plume” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. pilin “feather” and ᴱQ. qasilla “tuft, nodding spray, tassel, plume” (QL/74, 76; PME/74). It perhaps described a type of plant, as an earlier iteration of Q. pilinehtar.

ponóre

place name. Norway

Qenya name for Norway in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/74), a combination of root ᴱ√PO having to do with the north, and nóre “land”.

ran

noun. noise

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ran (ram-) “noise”, from the early root ᴱ√RAMA (QL/78-79).

tompo-tompo

noun. noise of drums (or guns)

An onomatopoeic word for the “noise of drums (or guns)” in the Qenya Lexicon from the early root ᴱ√TOMPO (QL/94).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word might be salvaged in Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the later root √TOM for “resonant sounds” (PE17/138).

akta

noun. notion

munta

noun. nothing

póme

noun. north

pómea

adjective. northern

tunto

noun. notice, regard, perception; quickness of perception, wit

tyá

adverb. now

-ine

suffix. noun suffix

-lin

suffix. noun suffix

-lis

suffix. noun suffix

-re

suffix. noun suffix

-rin

suffix. noun suffix

ent

noun. notion, plan, idea

ilkorin

proper name. Not of Kôr

móriva

adjective. nocturnal

poar

noun. north

pómear

noun. northern man, norseman

súma

noun. nostril

qasilla

noun. tuft, nodding spray, tassel, plume

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “tuft, nodding spray, tassel, plume” under the early root ᴱ√QASA (QL/76).

lausto

adverb. *noisily

Apparently an adverbial form of ᴱQ. lausta- “to roar, rush” in drafts of the Oilima Markirya from around 1930 (PE16/57, 60), in context perhaps meaning “✱noisily” as suggested by Gilson, Welden and Hostetter (PE16/59).

timpa

noun. spray, nozzle of hose

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a spray, nozzle of hose, etc.”, derived from the root ᴱ√TIPI (QL/92).

ista-

verb. to know

malkuvoite

adjective. lordly, noble

manya

adjective. good (not evil)

qasa-

verb. to shake, flap, nod, rustle (intr.)

sí

adverb. *now

sú

noun. (noise of) wind

tengwe

noun. knowledge, understanding; idea, notion, thought

tunta-

verb. to see, notice, perceive

enqin

adverb. *now

fint

noun. a trick, notion

qin

adverb. *now

qí

adverb. *now

súne

noun. (human) nose

tengwet(ta)

noun. idea, notion

winka

noun. corner, nook

makte

noun. hand

An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.

penta

noun. nose, beak (probably of such birds as woodpeckers)

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “nose, beak” derived from the early root ᴱ√PETE, the basis of several “hammer” words (QL/73). Tolkien specified that this word was used “probably of such birds as woodpeckers”, but he also marked the word with a “?”.

nóte

noun. dew

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. nōte “dew” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NOSO (QL/67), and as ᴱQ. nóte “dew” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/68). It also appeared as ᴱQ. nōtē­ in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s as a cognate of ᴱN. nûd “wet” (PE13/122).

anai

noun. woman

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s form “woman” with variants anai and anî, a feminine form ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31).

attahwi

noun. parents

An archaic dvanda dual form in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s referring to both parents based on older atta(h)-, replaced by the dual atarqi of ᴱQ. atar in normal speech (PE14/77). As a dvanda dual, it was based on the word for “father”, with “mother” being implied. It also appeared in an (archaic?) plural form attahi in the English-Qenya Dictionary, but presumably this only meant “fathers” (PE15/72).

aurinka

adjective. sunny

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s equivalent to ᴱQ. aurea “sunlit, sunny”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. aure (auri-) “sunlight” (QL/33). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “sunny” (PME/33).

auro

noun. sun

A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).

kalainis

proper name. May

A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/44), an abstract noun formation from kalaine “serenity, serene”.

lunde kalaina

proper name. May

A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and kalain(e)a “serene” similar to another name of this month: Kalainis.

nóleme

masculine name. Nóleme

A sobriquet of Finwe (LT1/115), it is simply nóleme “wisdom” used as a name, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nólemë).

qolu

noun. disease

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qolu “disease” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√QOLO (QL/78). This word was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/78).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. quolu “disease” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, and would assume it applies to disease in general, as opposed to disease or sickness within a body which would be [ᴺQ.] hlívë. Not all Neo-Quenya writers accept quo- as a valid combination; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.

soresta

noun. family

The word ᴱQ. soresta “family” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a combination of ᴱQ. so- “together” and ᴱQ. resta “kin” (QL/85).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. orendë as a combination of later prefix Q. o- “together” and ᴺQ. rendë “kin”. Furthermore, I would use it specifically for a nuclear family (just the parents and children), as opposed to Q. nossë which seems to refer to an extended family or clan.

súlime

noun. wind

A noun for “wind” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” and connected to the name ᴱQ. Súlimo (QL/86). Later on, Q. Súlimë was used as the name of March (LotR/1110), whereas Q. Súlimo became “Breather” (PE21/85), a combination of Q. súlë (†þúlë) “breath” + Q. mo “person”.

tenna

noun. finger

A noun for “finger” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” (QL/91). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, but with -nd- written above it indicating a variant form tenda (PME/91). A similar word tenge “finger” appeared Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but ᴱQ. lepta was written next to it, perhaps as a replacement, since after this point finger-words were primarily based on √LEP.

timpine

noun. spray

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “spray”, derived from the root ᴱ√TIPI (QL/92).

velka

noun. flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).

nóre

noun. (native) land, nation, family, country

nu

preposition. under

nó-

verb. to be born, become

nóla

noun. summit, head, top (only used of mountains etc.); (round) hill; crown of head

nóva

adjective. ahead, foremost, leading

-víke

suffix. as

dachen

adjective. slain

isqa

adjective. wise

naiko

adverb. *sickly

An adverbial form of ᴱQ. naika “stricken ill, sick” (PE16/75), hence meaning “✱sickly”. It appeared in the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930 (MC/221).

naus

noun. suspicion

nóleme

noun. deep lore, wisdom

nóvo

adverb. *before

nôf

adjective. hollow

oro

noun. hill

qi

adjective. this

qinda

adjective. this

-i

suffix. plural suffix

-r

suffix. plural suffix

ahúra

noun. Sun

An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.

aka-

prefix. intensive

ambo

noun. hill

amun

noun. hill

an-

prefix. re-

anga

noun. iron

anî

noun. woman

apte

adjective. open

are-

prefix. intensive

ari-

prefix. intensive

e-

verb. to be

en(we)

noun. name

enken

adverb. then

enqe

preposition. without

entan

adverb. then

enwa

noun. tomorrow

et(t)amíne

noun. today

halis

noun. rush

haliske

noun. rush

hempa

noun. cord

histe

noun/adjective. dusk

hosta

noun. folk

ike

adjective. this

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).

iswa

adjective. wise

kaka-

verb. to laugh

kal-

verb. to shine

kala-

verb. to shine

kar

noun. head

kulu

noun. gold

lak

noun. snare

lep-

verb. to take

lepta

noun. finger

let

noun. finger

lomba

adjective. secret

lotession

proper name. May

lunde lótea

proper name. May

A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and lótea “full of blossom”.

lunde susúlima

proper name. March

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

maske

noun. dusk

mel-

verb. to love

má

noun. hand

nahúa

noun. giant

napsa

noun. suspicion

nauka

noun. dwarf

nauva

noun. giant

ni

adjective. this

nua(n)

noun. tomorrow

nuanwa

noun. day after tomorrow

nyor-

verb. to run

nyoro-

verb. to run

nyél

noun. woman

A word for “woman” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with stem form nyel-, as indicated by its accusative nyela (PE16/135). Its etymology is unclear; Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson suggested it might be connected to the early root ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” or later root ᴹ√NYEL “ring, sing”, but these both feel like stretches to me.

nî

noun. woman

nún

adverb. beneath

ole-

prefix. intensive

oli-

prefix. intensive

orda

adjective. lofty

orme

noun. tree

orne

noun. tree

orome

noun. oak

A deleted word for “oak” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), probably a cognate to contemporaneous ᴱN. {gorm >>} gorw “oak” (PE13/145).

oron

noun. hill

orwa

adjective. lofty

pal-

verb. to shake

pelte-

verb. to run

puita-

verb. to beget

qen

noun. Elf

qende

noun. Elf

qinqe

noun. this

qirin

noun. wheel

rin

noun. dew

A word for “dew” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√RIŊI (QL/80).

ronta

adjective. hollow

rotwa

adjective. hollow

sa-

prefix. intensive

sehta-

verb. to see

serta-

verb. to tie

si

adjective. this

sá

noun. fire

sár(e)a

adjective. fiery

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fiery” with variants sāra and sārea (the second added later) derived from the early root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” (QL/81).

sári

proper name. Sun

A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).

tahóra

adjective. lofty

tamíne

noun. today

tan(y)a

noun. fire

An element meaning “fire” in some early names: tanya in ᴱQ. Tanyasalpe (LT1/187), tana in ᴱQ. Tana Qentima equivalent of G. Tôn a Gwedrin “Tale-fire” (PE15/7; LT2/197), and possibly also in ᴱQ. Fatanyu “Hell” (GL/51). Tan(y)a is likely a derivative of the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69, 71).

tanta

noun. number

tasta-

verb. to reckon

telempe

noun. silver

telqe

noun. silver

tenge

noun. finger

tongo

noun. iron

tyen

adverb. then

tyukta-

verb. to chew

tyuku-

verb. to chew

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. tyuku- “to chew” with variant tyukta- in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√TYUKU of the same meaning (QL/50).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain this verb as ᴺQ. tyuc- “chew” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, derived from the Neo-Root ᴺ√TYUK.

tyú(ta)

noun. thigh

táma

adjective. this

túrea

adjective. mighty

uqis

noun. rain

uru

noun. fire

vanwe

noun. wind

vá

noun. wind

véla

verb. to see

wá

noun. wind

ya(n)

conjunction. and

yuru-

verb. to run

ó-

verb. to be

ú

preposition. beneath

ú-

prefix. un-

úqil

noun. rain

úv-

prefix. un-