A word for the “orb of the Moon” appear in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s and the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√RINI, except that the form was erased from the Qenya Lexicon (QL/80; PME/80). A variant of it seems to appear in the 1920s, the final dual element -ringwi in the word ᴱQ. ránuringwi “sun and moon” (PE14/76; PE15/75).
Early Quenya
rin
noun. dew
rin
noun. year, circle
ringil
proper name. Ringil
rinku
noun. orb of Moon
ringa
adjective. cold, damp, chilly
ringwe
noun. rime, frost; cold
rinki
adjective. orbed
rinko
noun. disc, orb, circle
rinqa
adjective. round, circular; revolving returning, recurrent
rinkalenda
noun. anniversary
-rin
suffix. noun suffix
werin(a)
adjective. round
pirimbe
noun. ring, circle
kalongalan
noun. ringing or jangling of (large) bells
kalongale
noun. ringing or jangling of (large) bells
ank
noun. loop, handle, ring
randa
noun. bark; peel, rind, outer ring, circumference
A word for “bark” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, also glossed “peel, rind, outer ring, circumference” and derived from the early root ᴱ√RAŘA [RAÐA] (QL/79).
nalie
noun. playing of tunes, ringing of bells
hyal-
verb. to ring, resound
kalonya-
verb. to ring, peal
kilintya-
verb. to ring, tinkle
nóte
noun. dew
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. nōte “dew” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NOSO (QL/67), and as ᴱQ. nóte “dew” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/68). It also appeared as ᴱQ. nōtē in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s as a cognate of ᴱN. nûd “wet” (PE13/122).
-ine
suffix. noun suffix
-re
suffix. noun suffix
kilin
noun. bell
korima
adjective. round
-lin
suffix. noun suffix
-lis
suffix. noun suffix
fen
noun. reed
heresse
noun. sister
A word for “sister” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with numerous variants: heresse, hesta(noi)ni, and hestaqin, all based on the early root ᴱ√HESE that was the basis for “brother” and “sister” words (QL/40). Of these Tolkien said heresse was the “ordinary word”, and it also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).
hesin
noun. winter
hestani
noun. sister
hestanoini
noun. sister
hestaqin
noun. sister
hyekka
noun. jerk
kale
noun. day
kisin
adjective. cleft
lepta
noun. finger
let
noun. finger
lá
noun. day
rauka
adjective. swift
riqi-
verb. to wrench, twist
tenge
noun. finger
tenna
noun. finger
A noun for “finger” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” (QL/91). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, but with -nd- written above it indicating a variant form tenda (PME/91). A similar word tenge “finger” appeared Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but ᴱQ. lepta was written next to it, perhaps as a replacement, since after this point finger-words were primarily based on √LEP.
yan
conjunction. when
yelin
noun. winter
yelwa
adjective. cold
latta
noun. year
A word for “dew” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√RIŊI (QL/80).