al(a)-

prefix. not, negative prefix

ilkorin

proper name. Not of Kôr

In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this was the name of the Elves who remained in Beleriand, so called because they never came to Kôr (SM/85, LR/171). It was a combination of the negative suffix il- with the name of the city Kôr (Ety/AR², LA).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, the term Ilkorin was used for the whole of Elven-kind who did not travel to Valinor (LT1/196), equivalent to the later terms ᴹQ. Lembi and Q. Avari, though in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien at first used the term Teleatka or Teleakta as the name of their language (QL/32, 39). By the time of the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this term referred only to the folk of Thingol in Beleriand (LR/171, 181). In Tolkien’s later writing, the Elves of Beleriand became the Sindarin.

-nye

suffix. I

-on

suffix. great

aiqe e·kestanen ela en ni túlie/karnet

if he had asked me (he did not), I should have come/made it

aiqe ni káraza (nila) san ette kára(za) yú

if I were doing this now (I am not), he would be doing it too

alfírima

adjective. immortal

An adjective for “immortal” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 appearing only in its plural form alphírimar, using the adjective plural formation of QVS (PE22/124). Its more typical Quenya adjective plural form would be alfírime. It also appeared in a noun plural form Alphírimor “Immortals”. It is a combination of ᴹQ. fírima “mortal” with the negative prefix ᴹQ. al-.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s the word for “immortal” was ᴹQ. ilfirin, a combination of ᴹQ. il- “not” and firin “dead (by natural cause)” (Ety/PHIR).

alfírimo

noun. Immortal

almárea

adjective. blessed

ananta úva táre fárea, ufárea

but yet it will not be enough, not enough

au-

prefix. without

ava-

prefix. without

avar(o)

proper name. Refuser, One who does not go forth

faren

adverb. enough

he

pronoun. they

helalthi menne kare/helar menne karilthi

they did not mean to make them

helávate mate

they will not eat it

holme

noun. odour, odour, *scent, smell [not necessarily bad]

il-

prefix. no, not

ilfirin

adjective. immortal

kav-

verb. to be able

ksenna

noun. odour

lau(me)

adverb. no, no indeed not, on the contrary

leláne tule

you did not come

lá

adverb. no, not

lá-

verb. to not be

mat-

verb. to eat

melalti kára/melar káralti

we are not making them

me·le·lávanelti kare

we were not going to make them for you

me·láner fasta sa yára túro

we were not pleased [that old Túro...]

mun-

verb. to dislike, to not like

mána

adjective. blessed

nan úye sére indo-ninya símen, ullume

but my heart resteth not here for ever

nauro

noun. werewolf

nila karit

I do not make it

nulda

adjective. secret

ná-

verb. to be

olme

noun. odour

panta

adjective. open, open, [ᴱQ.] wide, spreading

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶pantā “open” under the root ᴹ√PAT (Ety/PAT).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. panta “open, wide, spreading” under the early root ᴱ√PATA² or PṆTṆ “open, spread out, show” (QL/72).

se

pronoun. they

sem(p)-

prefix. few, little, not many, not much

A Quenya prefix appearing as sem- or sem(p)e- “few, little, not many, not much” appearing in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/100).

sil-

verb. to shine

suv-

verb. to sink (esp. in water)

A verb appearing on a rejected page of verbal roots in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, given only in its past form ᴹQ. sumbe based on the root ᴹ√SUB “sink, esp. in water” (PE22/127). Presumably its stem form would be ✱suv- “to sink”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. suq- “fall, fail, go down, die down” under the early root ᴱ√SUQU (QL/87). Related words had to with the setting sun and stars rather than sinking in water.

Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺQ. suv- “to sink (especially in water)” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, as similar verbs mostly have to do with descending objects like the setting sun rather than sinking in liquid.

taura

adjective. mighty

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.

ti

pronoun. they

toi

pronoun. they

ufárea

adjective. not enough

um-

verb. to not be, to not do

va

preposition. away

vanima

adjective. fair

verka

adjective. wild

ye-

verb. to be

á kela karit

do not make it!

ú-

prefix. not, un-, in-

sauta- Speculative

verb. to dislike