A noun for “petrel” (a type of seabird) appearing in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s (PE22/32). It was derived from primitive ᴹ✶kwǣnē, a rare example of the vowel ǣ in primitive Elvish.
Qenya
qen
noun. Elf
qenya
noun. Elvish (Tongue), Elfspeech, Elf-latin; belonging to the Qendi, Quendian
qenta eldalien
proper name. History of the Elves
qende
noun. Elf
qenta
noun. tale, story, account, history
qenta noldorinwa
proper name. History of the Gnomes
qendelie
proper name. Elf-race
qenderin
noun/adjective. Quendian
qentale
noun. account, history
qentaro
noun. narrator, reciter, minstrel
qendya
noun. Elvish
qenso
noun. minstrel
qenta silmarillion
proper name. History of the Silmarils
qentasse
noun. history
qéne
noun. petrel
lúmeqentale
noun. history
as this form is an abstraction, it likely means “History” as a general concept
eldamir
masculine name. Elfstone
ambor
noun. breast, breast, *chest
The word ᴹQ. ambor “breast” appeared in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, derived from ᴹ✶amƀus (PE21/33). This word shows the Early Qenya sound change whereby [[eq|final [s] became [r]]]; in Tolkien’s later writings this change applied mainly to intervocalic [s]. This word also had the unusual development of u to o in final syllables, a sound change Tolkien used for Quenya in the Declension of Nouns but nowhere else.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien gave ᴱQ. ambar “breast” with stems ambar- or ambas- (QL/30); the word also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, but only with the stem ambas- (PME/30). ᴱQ. ambos was glossed “breast” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/136), and in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, ᴱQ. ambos (ambost-) appeared as a word related to both ᴱN. bost “back, from shoulder to shoulder” and ᴱN. amoth “shoulder” (PE13/137, 139, 159), the latter with primitive forms ᴱ✶a-mbod-t’ (PE13/137) or ᴱ✶a-mbos-t (PE13/159).
ᴱQ. ambar reappeared in the phrase ᴱQ. níve qímari ringa ambar “the pale phantoms in her cold bosom” from the Oilima Markirya poem written around 1930. Early 1930s ᴹQ. ambor seems to be the last published iteration of this word, as discussed above.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. ambos (ambor-) “breast, chest” to fit better with later Quenya phonology. It might be an ancient combination of √AM “up” and ᴹ√OS “around”, perhaps with the original sense “upper enclosure (of the body)”.
hún
noun. earth, earth, *ground
A word in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s with stem form hun- and gloss “earth” (QL/39). It might be a later iteration of ᴱQ. han “ground, earth” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/39), and if so then hún might also be used as “✱ground”. I think it is useful to assume so for purposes of Neo-Quenya, as the other attested word for “ground”, Q. talan, is probably used more often for “floor”, including floors above the ground level.
kelulinde
noun. spring
nelet
noun. tooth
The normal Quenya word for “tooth”, appearing in The Etymologies written around 1937 derived from the root ᴹ√NELEK of the same meaning (Ety/NÉL-EK), where the final k became t. Its plural form nelki [nelci] indicates a stem form of nelk- [nelc-], since in most inflected forms the word would undergo the Quenya syncope and loose the second e. A variant form nelke (EtyAC/NÉL-EK) may reflect a reformation to align with those inflected forms.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had ᴱQ. nele (neli-) “tooth” under the early root ᴱ√NELE (QL/65), a word also mentioned in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (PME/65). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien instead had ᴱQ. nyat “tooth” (PE16/136), but that seems to have been a transient idea. ᴹQ. nelet first appeared in Common Eldarin: Noun Structure from 1936 alongside variant nelke, but it was replaced by nele and then later nelke was deleted as well (PE21/56 and note #12). Both nelet and variant nelke were restored in The Etymologies (see above).
Primitive √nelek “tooth” was mentioned in Common Eldarin: Noun Structure from the early 1950s, but its Quenya derivatives were not listed.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d use nelet (nelc-) “tooth” as the traditional form of this word, with nelcë as a modern variant with more regular inflections.
qalin
adjective. dead, dead, [ᴱQ.] dying
An adjective for “dead” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWAL “die (in pain)” (Ety/KWAL).
Conceptual Development: The adjective ᴱQ. qalin meant “dead” all the way back in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√QALA “die” (QL/76; PME/76). In the Qenya Lexicon it has an archaic variant ᴱQ. †qalna (QL/76). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, qalin appeared in the stative construction qalinya {“is dead” >>} “is dying” (PE16/140).
uruite
adjective. fiery
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fiery”, an adjectival form of ᴹQ. úr “fire” under the root ᴹ√UR “be hot”, but these words were deleted when the meaning of the root was revised to “wide, large, great” (Ety/UR).
Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. uruvoite “fiery, having fire” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√URU (QL/98).
Neo-Quenya: The word úr “fire” was restored in some later writings, and this adjective may have been restored with it, but I prefer ᴺQ. úruva for “fiery”; see that entry for discussion.
úruva
adjective. fiery
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as ᴹQ. úruva “fiery”, an adjectival form of ᴹQ. úr “fire” under the root ᴹ√UR “be hot”, but these words were deleted when the meaning of the root was revised to “wide, large, great” (Ety/UR).
Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. urūva “like fire” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√URU (QL/98).
Neo-Quenya: The word úr “fire” was restored in some later writings, and this adjective may have been restored with it. I personally would use ᴺQ. úruva “fiery” for purposes of Neo-Quenya. See the entry on ᴹQ. úr for further discussion on the viability of “fire” words based on √UR.
kala
noun. light
ninqe
adjective. white
qet-
verb. to say
sa
pronoun. that
nelde
cardinal. three
aire
noun. sea
airen
noun. sea
earen
noun. sea
elda
noun. Elf
eldanyáre
proper name. History of the Elves
elessar
masculine name. Elfstone
eresse
noun. solitude
fuine
noun. deep shadow
i
pronoun. that
in
pronoun. that
kalina
adjective. light
kalumet
noun. lamp
karka
noun. tooth
karkane
noun. row of teeth
A word for a “row of teeth” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an elaboration of ᴹQ. karka “tooth” (Ety/KARAK).
kas
noun. head
koire
noun. Stirring
korin
noun. circular enclosure, circular enclosure, [ᴱQ.] great circular hedge
kuive
noun. awakening
kuivie
noun. awakening
kár
noun. head
lamba
noun. tongue
lango
noun. throat
lanko
noun. throat
laure
noun. gold
lorna
adjective. asleep
An adjective for “asleep” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LOS “sleep” (Ety/LOS).
luina
adjective. pale
lóna
adjective. dark
maiwe
noun. gull
miqilis
noun. kiss
mitsa
adjective. small
muile
noun. secrecy
nele
noun. tooth
nelke
noun. tooth
no
preposition. under
nu
preposition. under
oio
noun. bird
parma
noun. book
ringe
noun. cold, cold, *chill
rá
noun. lion
ráva
noun. lion
rú
noun. lion
sana
adjective. that
sorne
noun. eagle
soron
noun. eagle
tanna
adverb. thither
telpe
noun. silver
tol
noun. island
tsette
noun. fly
tyelpe
noun. silver
tyulma
noun. mast
vai(y)a
noun. envelope
vaiwa
noun. wind
ve
preposition. with
vea
noun. sea
vista
place name. Air
Name for the region of Air in Silmarillion notes from the 1930s (SM/236). It is simply vista “air as substance” used as a name.
wilwarin
noun. butterfly
ye
preposition. at
yondo
noun. son
óre
noun. rising, rising, *rise; [ᴱQ.] dawn, Sunrise, East
úmea
adjective. evil
A fictional book appearing in Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Notion Club Papers” (SD/303), a combination of qenta “tale” and the genitive form of Eldalie “Elvish People”. It also appeared as Quenta Eldaron, but this form was rejected (SD/308 note #14).