rá

noun. lion

ránen

adjective. errant, errant, *roving

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an adjective form of ᴹQ. ráne “straying, wandering” (Ety/RAN). As such it likely means “errant = ✱straying from the proper or expected course” but not necessarily erroneous; “✱roving” might be another translation.

ráne

noun. straying, wandering

A noun [probably] in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “straying, wandering” derived from the root ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” (Ety/RAN).

rámalóke

noun. winged dragon

rana

noun. Moon, (lit.) Wayward

ranko

noun. arm

A noun for “arm” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶ranku under the root ᴹ√RAK “stretch out, reach” (Ety/RAK).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. rā “arm” appeared Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√RAHA “stretch forward”, along with a variant rakta (QL/78). The Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s instead had ᴱQ. ranko “arm” (PE14/76; PE15/69), a form which reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s (see above).

ráva

noun. bank (especially of a river)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bank, especially of a river” derived from the root ᴹ√RAB, also the basis for ᴹQ. ramba “wall” (Ety/RAMBĀ; EtyAC/RAMBĀ).

ráka

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶d’rāk under the root ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK), where the ancient initial dr became r as usual for Quenya (PE19/37).

Conceptual Development: Earlier words for “wolf” of similar form include ᴱQ. ulku and feminine ᴱQ. ulqi “she-wolf” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ULUKU (QL/97).

ráma

noun. wing

ráva

noun/adjective. wild, untamed

raika

adjective. crooked, bent, wrong

ranya

adjective. free

ráva

noun. lion

(a)ranya

adjective. free

-rasta

suffix. twelve

narmo

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGARAM (Ety/ÑGAR(A)M), apparently a variant of ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl”. It seems narmo is a word for an ordinary wolf, as opposed to nauro “werewolf”.

Conceptual Development: A similar (but rejected) form ᴹQ. harma “wolf” appeared under the deleted root ᴹ√ƷARAM (Ety/ƷARAM).

mirima

adjective. free

hwarin

adjective. crooked

merka

adjective. wild, untamed

nú

proper name. Moon

A name for the moon in linguistic notes from 1930s (PE21/38, 41), perhaps a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down”, though this root usually applied to the Sun. Its dual form Nunt referred to both the sun and moon (PE21/38).

rú

noun. lion

té

noun. path

verka

adjective. wild