nyel

nyel

[nyel an (incomplete?) word occurring in the deleted entry NYELED in the Etymologies, VT46:7). Compare perhaps the final element of Falanyel, #Solonyel]

nyello

singer

nyello noun "singer" (NYEL). Compare the final element of Falanyel, #Solonyel, q.v

nyellë

bell

nyellë noun "bell" (NYEL). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, nyellë was also the name of tengwa #21 with overposed dots to indicate "following y", the whole symbol having the value ny (VT46:7)

nyelecca

onyx

nyelecca ("k") noun "onyx" (PE15:76)

nyelet

nail

nyelet noun "nail" (of the finger), pl. nyelexi (PE15:75)

nyellë

noun. small bell, [ᴹQ.] bell, [Q.] small bell

indyel

noun. small bell

small bell

indyel

noun. small bell

nyelle

noun. small bell

small bell

nyelco

noun. armadillo

A neologism coined by Orondil posted on 2025-04-10 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√NYELEK for hard substances.

nyelcë

noun. shell (of crabs, lobsters)

A neologism for a “shell” that is part of a living creature like a crab or lobster, arising out of a conversation on Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) and posted on 2025-05-12 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√NYELEK.

nyelexë

noun. arthropod

A neologism for “arthropod” coined by Luinyelle posted on 2024-11-08 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), derived from ᴱ√NYELEK that is the basis for ᴱQ. nyelet “nail (of finger)”.

nyelecca

noun. onyx

nyelet

noun. nail (of the finger)

nyel-

verb. to chime, to ring (like a bell)

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Lindissë

woman

Lindissë fem.name, perhaps lin- (root of words having to do with song/music) + (n)dissë "woman" (see nís). (UT:210)

corma

ring

#corma noun "ring", isolated from #cormacolindo "Ring-bearer", pl. cormacolindor (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308); Cormarë "Ringday", a festival held on Yavannië 30 in honour of Frodo Baggins (Appendix D)

corma

noun. ring

A word for “ring” appearing as an element in Q. Cormacolindor “Ring-bearers” (LotR/953), clearly derived from the root √KOR “round”. It also appeared in a translation of the title of The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien included in a 1973 letter to Phillip Brown: i Túrin i Cormaron.

Conceptual Development: Another translation of “Lord of the Rings” is known from an exhibit of Tolkien manuscripts: Heru imillion, where presumably the element millë means “ring” (DTS/54). In a deleted entry from The Etymologies of the 1930s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. kolma “ring ([?on] finger)” [or possibly “or finger”] derived from a deleted root ᴹ√KOL (EtyAC/KOL).

linda

proper name. Singer

The name that the Teleri used to refer to themselves, usually appearing in the plural form Lindar and glossed “The Singers” (SI/Teleri, UT/286). They were so called because in legend, they sang before they could speak with words (WJ/382). The name was derived from the root √LIN “sing” (SA/lin, WJ/382).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was used for the first tribe, with the gloss “The Fair” (LR/168). It usually appeared as a collective noun, but sometimes appeared in the singular (PE22/51). In The Etymologies, it is given as ᴹQ. linda “fair, beautiful (of sound)” used as a name (Ety/LIND). In later writings, the name of the first tribe became the Vanyar, and Tolkien repurposed this name as another name of the third tribe with a slightly different derivation and meaning.

lindo

singer, singing bird

lindo noun "singer, singing bird" (LIN2)

nissë

woman

nissë noun "woman" (NDIS-SĒ/SĀ, NI1, NIS, VT47:33); see nís. Note: nissë could apparently also mean "in me", the locative form of the 1st person pronoun ni, q.v.

nissë

noun. woman

ní

woman, female

†ní (2) noun "woman, female" (NI1, INI (NĒR ) ). Not to be confused with ní as a stressed form of the pronoun ni "I".

nína

woman

#nína (gen.pl. nínaron attested) noun "woman" (VT43:31; this word, as well as some other experimental forms listed in the same source, seem ephemeral: several sources agree that the Quenya word for "woman" is nís, nis [q.v.])

nís

woman

nís (niss-, as in pl. nissi) noun "woman" _(MR:213. The Etymologies gives _nis (or nissë), pl. nissi: see the stems NDIS-SĒ/SĀ, NI1, NIS (NĒR), VT46:4; compare VT47:33. In Tolkien's Quenya rendering of Hail Mary, the plural nísi occurs instead of nissi; this form is curious, since nísi would be expected to turn into *nízi, *_níri** (VT43:31). VT47:33 suggests that Tolkien at one point considered _niþ- as the older form of the stem, which etymology would solve this problem (since s from older þ does not become z > r). Even so, the MR forms, nís with stem niss-, may be preferred. - Compare †ní, #nína, nisto, Lindissë.

risil

ring

*risil (þ) noun "ring" (on the ground) in Rithil-Anamo, q.v.

taxë

nail

taxë ("ks")noun "nail" (TAK)

wenci

woman, maiden

wenci ("k") noun, apparently a diminutive form of the stem wēn- "woman, maiden". It is possible that this is meant to be Common Eldarin rather than Quenya; if so the Quenya form would be *wencë (compare nercë "little man") (VT48:18)

nell

noun. bell

nell

noun. bell

bess

noun. (young) woman

bess

noun. wife

dess

noun. young woman

dî

noun. woman, lady

nelladel

noun. ringing of bells

taes

noun. nail

taes

noun. nail

A noun for “nail” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶taksē under the root ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast” (Ety/TAK). Here the k became spirantal before s [taχse] and then vocalized to i to produce the diphthong ai [tais(e)], which then developed into ae [taes].

Neo-Sindarin: These Noldorin developments of the 1930s are different from the spirantal developments of Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. It seems that ancient ks became ch in Sindarin: compare S. ach “neck” from primitive ✶aks (PE17/92). If you update this “nail” word to fit these developments it should become ᴺS. ✱tach. However, I prefer to retain the 1930s form taes and assume it was a dialectical variant.

nyelek

root. *hard substance

ṇ̃gyellē

noun. small bell

nis

root. woman

This root first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√NIS “woman”, an extension of ᴹ√NĪ “female” (Ety/NIS). It also had a strengthened form ᴹ√NDIS, unglossed but apparently meaning “bride” based on its derivatives ᴹQ. indis/N. dîs of that meaning (Ety/NDIS). Unstrengthened ᴹ√NIS seems to have survived only in Quenya as the basis for ᴹQ. nis (niss-) “woman”, but this word was also blended with ✱ndis-sē to produce a longer form nisse of the same meaning.

In Tolkien’s later writings, both short Q. nís and longer nissë appeared as words for “woman” (MR/213; VT47/33) and Q. indis reappeared as well, though glossed “wife” (UT/8). As primitive forms, both unstrengthened √nis (VT47/33) and strengthened ✶ndī̆s “woman” also appeared in later writings, the latter given as the feminine equivalent of ✶[[p|n[d]ēr]] “man” (PE19/102).

nell

bell

nell (construct nel; pl. nill);

nell

bell

(construct nel; pl. nill);

adaneth

noun. (mortal) woman

arwen

noun. noble woman

bess

noun. (young) woman

bess

noun. wife

adaneth

mortal woman

(pl. edenith), also firieth (pl. firith).

bess

woman

bess (i vess, construct bes) (wife), pl. biss (i miss). The word etymologically means ”wife”, but the meaning was generalized.

bess

woman

(i vess, construct bes) (wife), pl. biss (i miss). The word etymologically means ”wife”, but the meaning was generalized.

dess

young woman

(i ness, o ndess, constuct des), pl. diss (i ndiss).

echor

ring

(outer ring or circle) echor (pl. echyr). It is unclear what the Sindarin word for an ornamental ring is; the cognate of Quenya corma would be *corf (i gorf, o chorf; pl. cyrf, i chyrf, coll. pl. corvath).

echor

ring

(pl. echyr). It is unclear what the Sindarin word for an ornamental ring is; the cognate of Quenya corma would be ✱corf (i gorf, o chorf; pl. cyrf, i chyrf, coll. pl. corvath).

gwanur

kinsman

(i ’wanur) (brother), pl. gwenyr (in gwenyr). Note: a homophone of the sg. means ”pair of twins”.

lind

singer

(also used of rivers) lind (song, air, tune), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath. (WJ.309). As for "yellow singer", the name of a bird, see YELLOWHAMMER.

lind

singer

(song, air, tune), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath. (WJ.309). As for "yellow singer", the name of a bird, see

linnor

noun. singer

nella

sound bells

(i nella, in nellar) (but according to VT46:7, this may be a misreading of Tolkien’s manuscript),  

nellad

sound of bells

(pl. nellaid)

nelladel

ringing of bells

(pl. nelledil):

taes

nail

taes (i daes, o thaes), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaes).

taes

nail

(i daes, o thaes), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaes).

nazg

noun. ring

nazg

noun. (finger-)ring

>> Nazgûl 'Ringwraiths'

kali

noun. woman

A noun translated “woman” (SD/434).