nwalmë

torment

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.

nwalmë

noun. torment

Derivations

• √(Ñ)GWAL “suffer torment, (suffer) torment, agony”

Element in

• ᴺQ. nwalmastarmo “martyr, (lit.) torment-witness”

Variations

• nwalme ✧ LotR/1123
• ngwalme ✧ LotR/1123 (ngwalme)

ngwalmë

ngwalmë

ngwalmë see nwalmë

ungwalë

torture

ungwalë noun "torture" (ÑGWAL) Also 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)

naicea

adjective. cruel

malcanë

torture

malcanë _("k")_noun"torture" (LT1:250)

angaitya

torment

angaitya noun "torment" (LT1:249); rather nwalmë in Tolkien's later Quenya