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!

Early Quenya

qiri-

verb. to murmur

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QISI “*whisper” ✧ QL/077

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QIRI > qiri-[kʷiri-]✧ QL/077

Variations

  • qiri- ✧ QL/078
Early Quenya [QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qiri-

verb. to stir (make spin)

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qiri- or qirna- in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “stir (make spin)” under the early root ᴱ√QIŘI [QIÐI] (QL/77).

Neo-Quenya: A similar root √KWER “revolve” appeared in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/65), so I think a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWIR “stir, spin” might be used as a variant of that root. I would use ᴺQ. quir- “to stir, make spin” as its Quenya verb form.

Cognates

  • G. cwir- “to stir, stir round, make spin”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QIÐI “*stir, spin” ✧ QL/077

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QIŘI > qiri-[kʷiði-] > [kʷizi-] > [kʷiri-]✧ QL/077

Variations

  • qiri- ✧ QL/077
  • qirna- ✧ QL/077
Early Quenya [QL/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qirna-

verb. to stir (make spin)