Nolmë

knowledge, philosophy (including science)

Nolmë ("ñ")noun "knowledge, Philosophy (including Science)" (PM:360 cf. 344)

nolmë

noun. knowledge, philosophy (including science), department of wisdom (science, etc.)

Derivations

• √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ PM/360

Element in

• ᴺQ. coingolmë “biology”
• ᴺQ. cuingolmë “biology”
• ᴺQ. elengolmë “astronomy”
• ᴺQ. ermangolmë “study of matter, physics, [possibly also] chemistry”
• Q. hröangolmë “lore of the body and arts of healing”
• ᴺQ. lambengolmë “linguistics”

Elements

Word	Gloss
nólë	“lore, knowledge, long study, lore, knowledge, long study; [ᴹQ.] wisdom”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ñgol-/ñgōlo- > Ñolmë	[ŋgolme] > [ŋolme] > [nolme]	✧ PM/360
√ñgol-/ñgōlo- > ñolmë	[ŋgolme] > [ŋolme] > [nolme]	✧ PM/360

Variations

• Ñolmë ✧ PM/344; PM/360
• ñolmë ✧ PM/360

nólemë

deep lore, wisdom

nólemë (ñ) noun "deep lore, wisdom" (LT1:263). Perhaps replaced by Nolmë in Tolkien's later Quenya.

ista

knowledge

ista (1) noun "knowledge" (IS). Also istya.

istare

noun. knowledge

istya

knowledge

istya noun "knowledge" (IS). Also ista (#1).

handë

knowledge, understanding, intelligence

handë noun "knowledge, understanding, intelligence" (KHAN). Note: *handë is (probably) also the past tense of the verb har- "sit".

issë

knowledge, lore

issë noun "knowledge, lore" (LT2:339; rather ista or istya in Tolkien's later Quenya)