nwalmë noun "torment", also name of tengwa #20. Originally pronounced ngwalmë; initial ng had become n in Third Age pronunciation (Appendix E). In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.
Quenya
ngwalmë
ngwalmë
nwalmë
torment
nwalmë
noun. torment
ungwalë
torture
ungwalë noun "torture" (ÑGWAL) Also nwalmë in Tolkien's later Quenya.
angaitya
torment
angaitya noun "torment" (LT1:249); rather nwalmë in Tolkien's later Quenya
nwalca
cruel
nwalca ("k")adj. "cruel" (ÑGWAL; this must represent earlier *ñwalca = *ngwalca; these forms are not given in Etym, but compare nwalmë_ below. In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.)_
nwalya-
to pain, torment
nwalya- vb. "to pain, torment" (ÑGWAL; this must represent earlier *ñwalya = *ngwalya; these forms are not given in Etym, but compare nwalmë_ above. In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.)_
ungwë
spider's web
ungwë noun "spider's web", also name of tengwa #8 (Appendix E), or, in the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, tengwa #20 which letter Tolkien would later call nwalmë (VT46:20). The word as such was defined as "gloom" in the Etymologies(UÑG), while in early "Qenya" it meant "spider" ("especially Ungwë the Gloomweaver" = Ungoliant) (LT1:271)
malcanë
torture
malcanë _("k")_noun"torture" (LT1:250)
naicea
adjective. cruel
ngwalmë see nwalmë