Quenya 

lívë

sickness

lívë noun "sickness" (SLIW). Since Tolkien eventually decided that roots in sl- yield Quenya words in hl- (though this was pronounced l- in late Exilic Quenya), it may be that the spelling *hlívë is to be preferred.

quámë

sickness

quámë ("q")noun "sickness" (KWAM), "sickness, nausea" (QL:76). Earlier material also gives quámë as the past tense of the related verb quama- "vomit, be sick".

caimassë

lying in bed, sickness

caimassë ("k")noun "lying in bed, sickness" (KAY)

caila

lying in bed, bedridden, sickness

caila ("k")adj.(and noun???) "lying in bed, bedridden, sickness" (KAY, VT45:19). It may be that the gloss "sickness" applies only to the "Noldorin"/Sindarin form cael listed before Quenya caila, since cael could be both an adjective and a noun (the ancient adjective kailā "bedridden" merging with the noun kailē "sickness"). In Quenya the form caila < *_kailā _would probably be an adjective only.

hlívë

noun. sickness, *disease

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quolu

noun. disease

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. KWOL “*disease”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. quolúva “pestilent, pestilential”

Sindarin 

lhîw

noun. sickness

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cael

sickness

(i gael, o chael) (lying in bed). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael)

lhîw

sickness

1) *lhîw (?i thlîw or ?i lîw the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (disease), no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i lîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thliw, fliw. 2) cael (i gael, o chael) (lying in bed). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael), 3) paw (i baw), pl. poe (i phoe). various related terms (no Sindarin word simply meaning ”side” is known):

lhîw

sickness

(?i thlîw or ?i lîw – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (disease), no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i lîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thliw, fliw.

paw

sickness

(i baw), pl. poe (i phoe).

lhîw

noun. sickness, disease

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lhîw

disease

*lhîw (?i thlîw or ?i lîw the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (sickness), no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i lîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thliw, fliw.

lhîw

disease

(?i thlîw or ?i lîw – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (sickness), no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i lîw). – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thliw, fliw.

cael

lying in bed

(noun) cael (sickness) (i gael, o chael). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael).

cael

lying in bed

(noun) cael (sickness) (i gael, o chael). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael).

cael

lying in bed

(sickness) (i gael, o chael). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael).

Noldorin 

fliw

noun. sickness

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fliw

noun. sickness

A noun appearing as N. fliw “sickness” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ON. thlīwe < ᴹ✶slīwē under the root ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” (Ety/SLIW). The ancient initial sl became thl which was the usual sound change in (Old) Noldorin, and then this thl became fl, a less common Noldorin sound change. There was also a deleted variant of this root: ᴹ√LIW, where Tolkien had lhîw “disease” with the usual unvoicing of initial l in Noldorin (EtyAC/LIW).

Neo-Sindarin: In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, initial sl became lh instead of thl, so most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. lhîw, as suggested by Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD). Based on the deleted variant of the root, I would use the word lhîw for both “sickness” and “disease”, both within a body and independent of it.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. líve “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW; EtyAC/LIW

Derivations

  • On. thlīwe “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • ᴹ✶slīwē “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” ✧ Ety/SLIW
  • ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” ✧ EtyAC/LIW

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. thlīwe > thliw > fliw[θlīwe] > [θlīw] > [θliw] > [fliw]✧ Ety/SLIW

Variations

  • lhîw ✧ EtyAC/LIW (lhîw)
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paw

noun. sickness

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

paw

noun. sickness, sickness, *illness, ailment

A noun for “sickness” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWAM (Ety/KWAM). For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume it can apply to general illness and ailment as well.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. côma {“disease, pestilence, sickness” >>} “disease, illness” (GL/26), related to ᴱQ. qáme “sickness, nausea” and thus based on the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76). This became ᴱN. côm in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s (PE13/123) and then {cóm >>} ᴱN. pau “sickness” in Early Noldorin Word-lists a bit later in this period, still cognate to ᴱQ. qāme (PE13/140, 152). The new form reflected changes in Noldorin’s phonetic developments: kw &gt; p and ā &gt; au instead of earlier (Gnomish) ā &gt; ō and kwo &gt; ko. These Gnomish sound changes were allocated to Ilkorin in the 1930s: see Ilk. côm “sickness”, also from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KWAM).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qáme “sickness, sickness, [ᴱQ.] nausea” ✧ Ety/KWAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWAM “*sick” ✧ Ety/KWAM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWAM > paw[kwāme] > [pāme] > [pǭme] > [poume] > [paume] > [paum] > [pauv] > [pau]✧ Ety/KWAM
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thliw

noun. sickness

Noldorin [Ety/386, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cael

noun. lying in bed, sickness

Noldorin [Ety/363] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cael

adjective. lying in bed, bedridden, sickness, lying in bed, sickness, bedridden

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “lying in bed, bedridden, sickness” derived from the root ᴹ√KAY “lie down” (Ety/KAY). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road (LR/363) the glosses were “lying in bed, sickness”, but in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne indicated that gloss “bedridden” appeared between “lying in bed” and “sickness” (EtyAC/KAL).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume cael is the noun (= “lying in bed, sickness”) and N. caeleb “bedridden, sick” is the adjective.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kaila “lying in bed, bedridden; sickness, lying in bed, *abed, bedridden; sickness” ✧ Ety/KAY
  • ᴹQ. kaimasse “lying in bed, sickness, sickness, (lit.) lying in bed” ✧ Ety/KAY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAY “lie (down)” ✧ Ety/KAY

Element in

  • N. caeleb “bedridden, sick” ✧ Ety/KAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAY > cael[kajla] > [kaila] > [kail] > [kael]✧ Ety/KAY

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Qenya 

líve

noun. sickness

A noun appearing as ᴹQ. líve “sickness” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶slīwē under the root ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” (Ety/SLIW). The ancient initial sl became voiceless hl, which was then voiced to l as was generally the case in The Etymologies. The root had a deleted variant ᴹ√LIW “be sickly, ill”, where líve appeared with the gloss “disease” (EtyAC/LIW).

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writing, he usually retained hl- in spelling if not pronunciation; see the entry on how initial voiceless nasals and liquids were voiced for discussion. As such, most Neo-Quenya writers adapt this word as ᴺQ. hlívë. Given the gloss “disease” for its deleted form, I would further assume hlívë specifically refers to sickness by disease.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had the word ᴱQ. leume “sickness” under the similar but earlier root ᴱ√LEẆE (QL/53).

Cognates

  • On. thlīwe “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
  • N. fliw “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW; EtyAC/LIW

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶slīwē “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” ✧ Ety/SLIW
  • ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” ✧ EtyAC/LIW

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶slīwē > líve[slīwē] > [l̥īwē] > [līwē] > [līwe] > [līve]✧ Ety/SLIW

Variations

  • líwe ✧ EtyAC/LIW (líwe)
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qáme

noun. sickness, sickness, [ᴱQ.] nausea

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sickness” under the root ᴹ√KWAM (Ety/KWAM). ᴱQ. qáme also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “sickness, nausea” under the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would assume this noun applies mainly to stomach illnesses and nausea, as opposed to general sickness which would be [ᴺQ.] hlívë.

Cognates

  • N. paw “sickness, sickness, *illness, ailment” ✧ Ety/KWAM
  • Ilk. côm “sickness” ✧ Ety/KWAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWAM “*sick” ✧ Ety/KWAM

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWAM > qáme[kwāme]✧ Ety/KWAM

kaimasse

noun. lying in bed, sickness, sickness, (lit.) lying in bed

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s apparently referring to “sickness” from the original sense of “lying in bed”, an abstract or locative form of ᴹQ. kaima “bed” (Ety/KAY).

Cognates

  • N. cael “lying in bed, bedridden, sickness, lying in bed, sickness, bedridden” ✧ Ety/KAY

Element in

  • ᴹQ. kaimassea “bedridden, sick, bedridden, sick, [ᴱQ.] confined to bed, a-bed” ✧ Ety/KAY

Elements

WordGloss
kaima“bed, bed, [ᴱQ.] couch”
-sse“abstract noun”

kaila

adjective. lying in bed, bedridden; sickness, lying in bed, *abed, bedridden; sickness

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as the equivalent of N. cael “lying in bed, bedridden, sickness” derived from the root ᴹ√KAY “lie down” (Ety/KAY; EtyAC/KAL). Helge Fauskanger suggested the glosses apply only to the Noldorin word, and that the Quenya word is likely to be simply an adjective (QQ/caila). I agree, and think kaila simply means something like “lying in bed, ✱abed”, whereas ᴹQ. kaimasse is the noun for “lying in bed, sickness” and ᴹQ. kaimassea is the adjective for “bedridden, sick”.

Cognates

  • N. cael “lying in bed, bedridden, sickness, lying in bed, sickness, bedridden” ✧ Ety/KAY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAY “lie (down)” ✧ Ety/KAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAY > kaila[kaila]✧ Ety/KAY
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Doriathrin

côm

noun. sickness

A noun meaning “sickness” (Ety/KWAM). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. qáme indicates a primitive form ✱✶kwāmē, so this word is an example of how [[ilk|initial [kwo] became [ko]]] after the primitive vowel [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]]. Both these developments were noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/côm).

Conceptual Development: This word is nearly identical to earlier Gnomish côma “disease, illness” before Tolkien revised the phonological history of the Noldorin language so that [[on|[kw] became [p]]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qáme “sickness, sickness, [ᴱQ.] nausea” ✧ Ety/KWAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWAM “*sick” ✧ Ety/KWAM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWAM > côm[kwāmē] > [kwāme] > [kwōme] > [kōme] > [kōm]✧ Ety/KWAM
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Old Noldorin 

thlīwe

noun. sickness

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. líve “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶slīwē “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” ✧ Ety/SLIW

Derivatives

  • N. fliw “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶slīwē > slīwe > thlīwe[slīwē] > [slīwe] > [θlīwe]✧ Ety/SLIW

Variations

  • thlíwe ✧ EtyAC/SLIW
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Middle Primitive Elvish

slīwē

noun. sickness

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SLIW “sickly” ✧ Ety/SLIW

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. líve “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
  • On. thlīwe “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • N. fliw “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
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Gnomish

côma

noun. disease, illness

Changes

  • côma → côma “disease, pestilence, sickness” ✧ GL/26

Cognates

  • Eq. qáme “sickness, nausea” ✧ GG/13; GG/13; GL/26

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶qāmē > côma[kʷāmē] > [kʷōmē] > [kōmē] > [kōma]✧ GL/26

Variations

  • coma ✧ GG/13
  • Coma ✧ GG/13
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Early Noldorin

côm

noun. sickness

Variations

  • cóm ✧ PE13/140 (cóm)
Early Noldorin [PE13/123; PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pau

noun. sickness

Cognates

  • Eq. qáme “sickness, nausea” ✧ PE13/152
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Early Quenya

leume

noun. sickness

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LEẆE “*sick” ✧ QL/053

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LEẆE > leume[lewɣʷē] > [leɣʷme] > [lewme] > [leume]✧ QL/053
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qáme

noun. sickness, nausea

Cognates

  • G. côma “disease, illness” ✧ GG/13; GG/13; GL/26
  • En. pau “sickness” ✧ PE13/152

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QAMA “*sick” ✧ QL/076

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QAMA > qāme[kʷamē] > [kʷame]✧ QL/076

Variations

  • qāme ✧ GG/13; GG/13; GL/26; QL/076
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qolu

noun. disease

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qolu “disease” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√QOLO (QL/78). This word was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/78).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. quolu “disease” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, and would assume it applies to disease in general, as opposed to disease or sickness within a body which would be [ᴺQ.] hlívë. Not all Neo-Quenya writers accept quo- as a valid combination; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.

Cognates

  • G. colu “pestilence”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QOLO “*disease” ✧ QL/078

Element in

  • Eq. qolúva “pestilent, pestilential” ✧ QL/078

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QOLO > qolu[kʷolū] > [kʷolu]✧ QL/078
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