Quenya 

porë

flour, meal

porë (stem *pori-, given the primitive form ¤pori) noun "flour, meal" (POR). See polë.

polë

meal, grist

[polë (stem poli-) noun "meal, grist" (PE17:115, 181), a word Tolkien decided to replace by mulë; perhaps polë was a variant of porë.]

mulë

noun. meal, meal, *grist, ground grains

A word in a list of “large & small” roots from around 1968 replacing polë “meal” (PE17/115). It was likely derived from ✱√MUL, which in the 1910s meant “grind” (QL/63). This words means “meal” in the sense “ground grains” such as “cornmeal”, not “meal” as a time for eating which is [ᴹQ.] mat.

mat

meal, meal time

mat (matt-) noun "meal, meal time" (QL:59)

mulë

meal, grist

mulë noun "meal, grist" (PE17:115, 181), replacing polë, q.v.

quárë

fist

quárë (also quár) noun "fist" _(SA:celeb, KWAR; in the Etymologies, Tolkien first wrote _quár pl. quari, and quár is also found in PM:318 and VT47:8, in the latter case changed from quárë, VT47:22. As usual, the spelling of the Etym forms shows q instead of qu_.) _According to PM:318 and VT47:8, the "chief use [of this word] was in reference to the tightly closed hand as in using an implement or a craft-tool rather than to the 'fist' as used in punching".

Noldorin 

paur

noun. fist

Noldorin [Ety/DARÁM; Ety/KWAR; EtyAC/KWAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

drambor

noun. clenched fist

Noldorin [Ety/354] dram+paur. Group: SINDICT. Published by

drambor

noun. blow (with fist)

Noldorin [Ety/354] dram+paur. Group: SINDICT. Published by

paur

noun. fist (often used to mean "hand", its chief use was in reference of the tighly closed hand, as in using an implement or a craft-tool, rather than to the fist used in punching)

Noldorin [Ety/366, S/429, PM/179, PM/318, VT/47:8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Primitive elvish

dond(a)

noun. fist

Primitive elvish [VT47/23] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwāra

noun. fist

Primitive elvish [PE17/042; PM/318; VT47/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

poli

noun. meal

Primitive elvish [PE21/76; PE21/80] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Telerin 

donda

noun. fist

pár

noun. fist

Telerin [PM/318; VT47/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

dond

noun. fist, hand (especially in punching)

Sindarin [VT/47:23] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dond

noun. fist

A word for “fist” appearing as dond or donn only in draft notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s derived from primitive ✶dond(a) (VT47/23 note #25). A more usual word for “fist” is S. paur.

donn

noun. fist, hand (especially in punching)

Sindarin [VT/47:23] Group: SINDICT. Published by

donn

noun. fist

paur

noun. fist (often used to mean "hand", its chief use was in reference of the tighly closed hand, as in using an implement or a craft-tool, rather than to the fist used in punching)

Sindarin [Ety/366, S/429, PM/179, PM/318, VT/47:8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

paur

fist

(baur) _ n. _fist. Q. quáre. >> Celebrimbor

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:42] < _kwārē _< KWĂR squeeze, clench. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dond

fist

  1. dond (i dhond; construct don) (hand), pl. dynd (i nynd), coll. pl. donnath (VT47:23). 2) paur (i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (tightly closed hand), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath. or

dond

fist

(i dhond; construct don) (hand), pl. dynd (i nynd), coll. pl. donnath (VT47:23).

maul

noun. flour

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

mâd

noun. meal

paur

fist

(i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (tightly closed hand), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath.


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

pore

noun. flour, meal

A word appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “flour, meal” derived from primitive ᴹ✶pori under the root ᴹ√POR (Ety/POR).

Neo-Quenya: I recommend 1968 Q. mulë for “meal” = any ground grains in general, but I think it worth retaining 1930s ᴹQ. pore specifically for “flour”. See Q. polë for further discussion.

Old Noldorin 

pōre

noun. fist

Old Noldorin [Ety/KWAR; EtyAC/KWAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

pori

noun. flour, meal

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/POR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

mâd

noun. meal

A noun appearing as G. mâd “a meal” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/55), clearly derived from the early root ᴱ√MATA “eat” (QL/59).

Neo-Sindarin: I would retain ᴺS. mâd “meal” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

mail

noun. flour

A noun appearing as G. mail “flour” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MILI which had to do with “seed” words (GL/56; QL/61). This word seems to be the result of a-fortification: the insertion of an a in ancient word forms. Tolkien marked the word with a “?” indicating he was uncertain of it.

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. maul “flour” using a-fortification of the (hypothetical) root √MUL that seems to be the basis for Q. mulë “meal” from the 1960s.