queren

noun. pivot, revolving centre, pivot, revolving centre, *axis

A word appearing in its stem form querend- in etymological notes from the mid-1960s, with the glosses “pivot” and “revolving centre” (PE17/65). It was based on the root √KWER “revolve”, and its isolate would reduce to ✱queren.

Neo-Quenya: In a post on 2024-11-08 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested this word might also mean “✱axis”.

queren

pivot

#queren noun "pivot" (PE17:65), only cited as a stem-form querend-. (Cf. peltas.) It is unclear whether Tolkien rejected this word or not.

quer-

verb. to turn, to turn, *revolve

A verb for “turn” appearing in various forms in the Ambidexters Sentence from 1969 (VT49/20-21). It is clearly based on the root √KWER “revolve” (PE17/65), and so probably has that sense as well. If so, this verb might be used both transitively (turn something) and intransitively (turn oneself = revolve).

Conceptual Development: A similar verb ᴱQ. {wir- >>} kere “turn” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s (PE16/134), likely based on the early root ᴱ√KERE of the same meaning (PE14/65). This early root had a variant ᴱ√ku̯ere [KWER] which Tolkien eventually decided was the normal form of the root.

querë

noun. revolution (around a point)

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, the noun form of Q. quer- “turn, ✱revolve”. The NQW (NQW) gave ᴺQ. pelë for “revolution” based on the root √PEL “go round, encircle”, but I think the root √KWER “revolve” fits better semantically.

peltas

pivot

peltas (peltax-, as in pl. peltaxi ["ks"]) noun "pivot" (PEL, TAK)

pelë

noun. revolution