Quenya 

nossë

clan, family, 'house'

nossë noun "clan, family, 'house' " (NŌ), "kindred, family" (PM:320), "kin, people" (LT1:250, LT1:272, LT2:338)

os

house, cottage

os (ost-) noun "house, cottage" (LT2:336; hardly valid in LotR-style Quenya writers may use coa or már)

indo

house

indo (2) noun "house" (LT2:343), probably obsoleted by #1 above (in Tolkiens later Quenya, the word for "house" appears as coa).

ulo

noun. rain

Quenya [PE 22:167] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

ulo

noun. rain

A noun for “rain” in Late Notes on Verbs from 1969 given as {ulla >>} ulo in the phrase ulo úva “rain (unwelcome) is coming”, clearly related to the impersonal verb ul- “to rain” appearing in its future form on the same page: uluva “it will rain” (PE22/167).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the noun for “rain” was ᴱQ. úqil, likewise related to the contemporaneous verb ᴱQ. uqin “it rains” (QL/98).

Changes

  • ulla → ulo “rain” ✧ PE22/167

Derivations

  • √UL “pour (out), flow, pour (out), flow, [ᴱ√] flow fast”

Element in

  • Q. ulo úva “rain (unwelcome) is coming/threatens” ✧ PE22/167
  • ᴺQ. ulutelme “umbrella, rainshade”

Variations

  • ulla ✧ PE22/167 (ulla)

nostarë

noun. birthday

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
nosta“birth, birthday”
ré“day (period from sunset to sunset)”
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Sindarin 

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Sindarin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nost

noun. kindred, family, house

Sindarin [PM/360] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ross

noun. rain

Sindarin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sennas

noun. guesthouse

Sindarin [RC/523] "resting place", from *send, *senn (SED) ?. Group: SINDICT. Published by

nothrim

noun. kindred, family, house

The word was rejected in favor of nost , but it may be interpreted as a valid class plural "those of the house"

Sindarin [Nothrim [> Nost] Finarfin PM/360] noss/nost + rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

house

(family) 1) noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan), 2) nost (pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360), 3) nothrim (family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

noss

house

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan)

noss

clan

noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, house)

noss

clan

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, house)

noss

family

noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (clan, house), also nost (pl. nyst) (house) (PM:360) or nothrim (house) with no distinct pl. form (PM:360). Also bâr (dwelling, house, home; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). The element appears in the forms -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

noss

family

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (clan, house), also nost (pl. nyst) (house) (PM:360) or nothrim (house) with no distinct pl. form (PM:360). Also bâr (dwelling, house, home; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). The element appears in the forms -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

nost

house

(pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360)

ross

rain

ross (construct ros) (foam, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss). (Letters:282) Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”.

ross

rain

(construct ros) (foam, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss). (Letters:282) Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”.

adab

house

(building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb.

bâr

house

bâr (dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

bâr

house

(dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

car

house

(building, dwelling-place) 1) car or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity. 2) adab (building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb. 3)

car

house

or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity.

nothrim

house

(family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

sennas

guesthouse

(i hennas), pl. sennais (i sennais), coll. pl. sennassath (RC:523)

nothlir

family line, family tree

(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. nothliriath)

nothrim

noun. family

Elements

WordGloss
nothri“family, kinship”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

eilia

rain

(vb.) eilia-, impersonal 3rd singular uil "it rains". (In ”Noldorin”, the impersonal form was "oeil" = öil, later eil.)

eilia

rain

impersonal 3rd singular uil "it rains". (In ”Noldorin”, the impersonal form was "oeil" = öil, later eil.)

gobel

village

(i ’obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. ✱göbil.

oronnad

noun. birthday

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
aur“(whole) day, (whole) day, sunlight, [N.] morning”
onnad“birth”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Telerin 

cava

noun. house

Cognates

  • Q. cöa “house; outhouse, shed, hut, booth; building used for a dwelling or other purposes; †body” ✧ WJ/369

Element in

Adûnaic

zadan

noun. house

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

Noldorin 

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

noun. clan, family, ‘house’

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nosse “clan, family, ‘house’” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Element in

  • N. Nos Feanor “*House of Feanor” ✧ Ety/NŌ
  • N. Nos Finrod “House of Finrod” ✧ Ety/NŌ
  • N. Sethnoss “Firstborn, Elves” ✧ EtyAC/SET (Sethnoss)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NŌ > noss[nosse] > [noss]✧ Ety/NŌ
Noldorin [Ety/NŌ; EtyAC/SET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nos

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhoss

noun. rain

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhoss

noun. rain

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. rosse “fine rain, dew” ✧ Ety/ROS¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ROS “distil, drip” ✧ Ety/ROS¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ROS¹ > rhoss[rosse] > [ross] > [r̥oss]✧ Ety/ROS¹

Variations

  • rhoss ✧ Ety/ROS¹
Noldorin [Ety/ROS¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

car(dh)

noun. house, house, *construction, structure

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as car or carð with the gloss “house” under the root ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” (Ety/KAR). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. kar (kard-) was glossed “building, house”.

Neo-Sindarin: Given the meaning of its root, I would use cardh for any kind of building-like construction or structure for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. For an ordinary “house” where people live, I would use S. bâr.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kar “building, house” ✧ Ety/KAR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” ✧ Ety/KAR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAR > carð[karda] > [kard] > [karð]✧ Ety/KAR

Variations

  • car ✧ Ety/KAR
  • carð ✧ Ety/KAR

nothlir

noun. family line (esp. as family tree, genealogical tree)

Noldorin [WR/234, WR/237, WR/309] nost, *noth + lîr "family line". Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobel

noun. walled house or village, town

Noldorin [Ety/380] Group: SINDICT. Published by

car

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cardh

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

nosse

noun. clan, family, ‘house’

Cognates

  • N. noss “clan, family, ‘house’” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NŌ > nosse[nosse]✧ Ety/NŌ

Gnomish

noss

noun. rain

Changes

  • nôs → noss ✧ GL/61

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NOSO “*damp, wet”

Variations

  • noss ✧ GL/61
  • noth ✧ GL/61
  • nôs ✧ GL/61 (nôs)

noss

noun. birthday

nôs

noun. birthday; nature

A word appearing as G. {noss >>} nôs “birthday” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/61), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born” (QL/66). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Grammar it appeared with the gloss “nature” in phrases like nôs mora “good by nature” (GG/10).

Neo-Sindarin: The usual Neo-Sindarin word for “birthday” is ᴺS. oronnad, a combination of aur “day” and [ᴺS.] onnad “birth”. The word has been floating around for long enough that I have no idea where it originated, but I first learned of it from Fiona Jallings’s Sindarin word lists.

Changes

  • noss → nôs “birthday” ✧ GL/61
  • noss → nôs “birthday” ✧ LT2A/Duilin

Cognates

  • Eq. nosta “birth, birthday”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born”

Element in

Variations

  • noss ✧ GL/61; GL/61 (noss); LT2A/Duilin (noss)
Gnomish [GG/10; GL/44; GL/61; LT2A/Duilin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noth

noun. rain

baur

noun. house

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶mbāră ✧ PE13/116; PE13/116

Variations

  • bawr ✧ PE13/116

dana nosteg

birthday

Changes

  • dana nosseg → dana nosteg ✧ GL/61

Variations

  • dana nosseg ✧ GL/61 (dana nosseg)

eithlos

noun. family

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s glossed “family, etc.” of unclear derivation, though it may be related to G. eithog “ancestor, †father, sire” (PE13/113).

uch

noun. rain

A noun for “rain” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ukko (GL/74), probably based on the early root ᴱ√UQU “wet” which had derivatives like ᴱQ. ukku “rainbow” (QL/98).

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ukko “rain” ✧ GL/74
    • ᴱ√UQU “wet”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ukko > uch[ukko] > [ukk] > [uxx] > [ux]✧ GL/74

renni

noun. family

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a family”, derived from the early root ᴱ√redh- having to do with kin (GL/65).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√REÐE “kinsman” ✧ GL/65

gwaren

noun. family

gwarin(n)

noun. family

The word G. {gwaren >>} gwarin(n) “family” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā (GL/44). It was a combination of G. gwa- “together” and G. renni “family” (GL/65), but it is not clear why the e became i in the compound.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this word as ᴺS. gwaren as a combination of later prefix gwa- “together” and the Neo-Root ᴺ√RE(N)D “kin”. Furthermore, I would use it specifically for a nuclear family (just the parents and children), as opposed to S. nos(s) which seems to refer to an extended family or clan.

Changes

  • gwaren → gwarin(n) ✧ GL/44

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā > gwarin(n)[ŋʷarenðā] > [ŋgʷarenðā] > [gʷarenðā] > [gʷarenða] > [gʷarenda] > [gʷarenna] > [gʷaren] > [gʷarin]✧ GL/44

Variations

  • gwaren ✧ GL/44 (gwaren); GL/65
  • gwarin ✧ GL/65
Gnomish [GL/44; GL/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

bâr

noun. house

Element in

Variations

  • bar ✧ PE13/122; PE13/138
Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/122; PE13/128; PE13/138; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

sōđā

noun. house

Derivations

Element in

  • ᴱ✶saχsōđa “house of fire” ✧ PE12/021; QL/081

Variations

  • þōra ✧ QL/081
Early Primitive Elvish [PE12/021; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ukko

noun. rain

Derivations

  • ᴱ√UQU “wet”

Derivatives

  • G. uch “rain” ✧ GL/74
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/74] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ŋuarenđā

noun. family

Derivatives

Elements

WordGloss
ŋu̯a“together, in one”
REÐE“kinsman”
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/44] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

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).

Cognates

  • G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril

Derivations

  • ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043

Element in

  • Eq. indor “master of house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
  • Eq. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. indolis “domicile” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. indositsina “domestic(ated)” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. indoite “indoors, at home, homely, domestic” ✧ QL/043

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√IŘI > indo[inðō] > [inðo] > [indo]✧ QL/043
Early Quenya [LT2A/Idril; PE16/132; PME/043; QL/042; QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Early Quenya [QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uqis

noun. rain

úqil

noun. rain

Cognates

  • G. ubri “rainfall, rain”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√UQU “wet” ✧ QL/098

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√UQU > uqist-[ukʷist] > [ukʷis]✧ QL/098

Variations

  • uqist- ✧ QL/098
  • ūqil ✧ QL/098
Early Quenya [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by