milyar

noun. soft

soft [sonants]

mussë

soft

mussë adj. "soft" (VT:39:17), also used as a noun (perhaps primarily in the pl. form mussi) with the same meaning as mussë tengwi, see below. (VT39:17)

mussë

adjective. soft

maxa

pliant, soft

maxa ("ks")adj. "pliant, soft" (MASAG, VT45:32)

milya

soft, gentle, weak

milya (1) adj. "soft, gentle, weak" (VT45:34)

miquelis

soft, sweet kiss

miquelis (miquelis(s)-) noun "soft, sweet kiss" (PE16:96)

moica

gentle, soft

moica ("k")adj. "gentle, soft" (GL:58)

mussë tengwë

soft elements

#mussë tengwë noun-phrase only attested in the pl.: mussë tengwi ("ñ") "soft elements", a term for vowels, semi-vowels (y, w) and continuants (l, r, m, n). (In the pl. we would rather expect *mussi tengwi with the pl. form of the adjective.) (VT39:17)

linda

adjective. beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, [ᴱQ.] kind; [ᴹQ.] fair

miquelis

noun. (soft, sweet) kiss

murmel

noun. plushie, (lit.) soft/slumber friend

A neologism for “plushie” coined by Orondil posted on 2024-09-27 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of mussë “soft” (or ᴱ√MURU “slumber”) and a reduction of meldo “friend”.

mustalan

noun. mattress, (lit.) soft flat space

A neologism for “mattress” coined by Luinyelle and posted on 2024-08-10 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of Q. mussë “soft” and Q. talan “flat space”.

moica

adjective. soft, gentle

hlintë

noun. fluff, down, soft stuff

A neologism coined by Röandil on 2023-07-25 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) inspired by ᴱQ. lint (linty-) of the same meaning, but reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√SLIN “✱delicate”, from primitive ✱slinti.

malaqua

adjective. soft, yielding, tender (of meat, substances, etc.)

linda

fair, beautiful

linda adj. "fair, beautiful" (of sound) (SLIN, LIND; VT45:27), "soft, gentle, light" (PE16:96), "beautiful, sweet, melodious of sound" (PE17:150); for Linda as a noun, see Lindar.

alfirin

adjective. immortal

alfírima/alfírimo

immortal

alima

fair, good

alima adj. "fair, good" (also alya) (PE17:146)

alya

fair, good

alya (1) adj. "fair, good" (PE17:146), "prosperous, rich, abundant, blessed" (GALA). In a deleted entry in Etym, the glosses provided were "rich, blessed"; another deleted entry defined alya as "rich, prosperous, blessed". (GALA, [ÁLAM], VT42:32, 45:5, 14)

ilfirin

immortal

ilfirin adj. "immortal" (PHIR)

ilpirin

immortal

*ilpirin (hypothetical form; the word actually appears in Q as ilfirin) adj. "immortal" (PHIR)

masta-

verb. bake

masta- vb. "bake" (MBAS)

vanya

fair

vanya (1) adj. "fair" (FS), "beautiful" (BAN), a word referring to beauty that is "due to lack of fault, or blemish" (PE17:150), hence Arda Vanya as an alternative to Arda Alahasta for "Arda Unmarred" (ibid., compare MR:254). Nominal pl. Vanyar "the Fair", the first clan of the Eldar; the original meaning of this stem was "pale, light-coloured, not brown or dark" (WJ:382, 383, stem given as WAN), "properly = white complexion and blonde hair" (PE17:154, stem given as GWAN); stems BAN vs. WAN discussed, see PE17:150.

vanë

fair

vanë adj. "fair" (LT1:272; in Tolkien's later Quenya rather vanya)

vanë

adjective. fair, fair, [ᴱQ.] lovely

hlussa-

verb. to whisper

liss

noun. soft

moe

adjective. soft

mada

adjective. soft, pliant, yielding

moe

adjective. soft, pliant

floss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

thloss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

thross

noun. whisper or rustling sound

lhoss

noun. wilderness

masag

root. *sticky, *sticky, [ᴹ√] knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading

The root ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. maksa/N. moe “soft, pliant” and ᴹQ. makse/N. moeas “dough” (Ety/MASAG). It reappeared in the Outline of Phonology from the early 1950s as unglossed √MASAG with derivatives like ✶mazgō “sticky substance” > Q. maxo “mire”, S. madha “mud” (PE19/101). It thus probably had a similar meaning as the one it had in the 1930s, perhaps “✱sticky”.

log

root. wet (and soft), soaked, swampy

Tolkien considered a bewildering variety of roots as the basis for the suffixal element S. -ló “flood” in Sindarin, common in river names such as S. Gwathló and S. Ringló. In a collection of notes associated with the name S. Lhûn from around 1967, Tolkien first considered √SLOUN, √SLON or √SLUN (unglossed); then √(S)LOW “flow freely (fully)” (PE17/136-7; VT48/27-28). In notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from 1967-69, Tolkien instead wrote:

> Lô was derived from Common Eldarin base LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy, etc.” The form ✱loga produced S. lô and T. loga; and also, from ✱logna, S. loen, T. logna “soaking wet, swamped”. But the stem in Quenya, owing to sound-changes which caused its derivatives to clash with other words, was little represented except in the intensive formation oloiya- “to inundate, flood”; oloire “a great flood” (VT42/10).

I prefer this last explanation, as it explains a wider variety of words. As for S. Lhûn, in notes from 1968 Tolkien explained it as a loan word from Khuzdul (VT48/24).

bani

adjective. fair

mbas

root. bake, bake, [ᴱ√] cook; [ᴹ√] knead

This root was connected to bread and baking for all of Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as ᴱ√M(B)ASA “cook, bake” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. maksa- “cook” and ᴱQ. masta “bread” (QL/59). In this period, both unstrengthened and strengthened forms were used as indicated by the Gnomish roots bas or mas (QL/59), both reflected by words in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon like G. bast “bread”, G. brath- “to cook”, and G. mast “feed, food, nourishment; fodder” (GL/22, 24, 56), though the mas- words seem to be influenced by ᴱ√MATA “eat”.

The root appeared as ᴹ√MBAS in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the derivatives like ᴹQ. masta/N. bast “bread” and ᴹQ. masta- “bake” (Ety/MBAS). When this root was first written it had the gloss “knead” and an unstrengthened form ᴹ√MAS, but both of these were crossed through (EtyAC/MBAS). The sense “knead” was transferred to the root ᴹ√MASAG, which still shows signs of unstrengthened ᴹ√MAS (Ety/MASAG). The root √MBAS “bake” appeared again in notes from the 1960s discussing the origin of S. lembas (PE17/51).

wanyā

adjective. fair

Ben-adar

'father-less' soft mut

'father-less' soft mut. of Pen-adar >> Pen-adar

Berhael

soft mut

soft mut. of Perhael** **(e.g. a·Berhael) >> Perhael

baran

soft mut

soft mut. of paran >> Dol Baran, paran

baur

soft mut

soft mut. of paur >> Celebrimbor

ben-

soft mut

soft mut. of pen-

berian

soft mut

soft mut. of perian after article i >> perain

beth

soft mut

soft mut. of peth >> peth

dew

soft mut

soft mut. of tew >> tew

galen

soft mut

soft mut. of calen >> calen

govannen

soft mut

soft mut. of covannen

vast

soft mut

soft mut. of #bast.

vedui

soft mut

soft mut. of medui

úvedin

soft mut

soft mut. of úmedin v. & pron. suff. I do not eat. >> -n, ú-, úmedin

úvel

soft mut

soft mut. of úmel _ suff. & verbal stem (quasi-participle in aorist mode) _lit. 'not loving', enemy, inimical. >> ú-, úmel

alfirin

noun/adjective. name of a flower, bell-like and running through many soft and gentle colours

mae

soft

mae (lenited vae; no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” moe. Note: a homophone is the adverb mae = ”well”.

mae

soft

(lenited vae; no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” moe. Note: a homophone is the adverb mae = ”well”.

muig

adjective. soft, gentle

mae

adjective. soft, pliant

alfirin

noun/adjective. immortal

alfirin

noun/adjective. also used for another small white flower

bain

fair

_ adj. _fair, good, blessed, wholesome, favourable, without evil/bad element, not dangerous, evil or hostile. bân or bain << bân pl. bain. >> bân

bân

adjective. fair

_ adj. _fair, good, wholesome, favourable, not dangerous, evil or hostile. bân or bain << bân pl. bain. >> bain

fael

adjective. fair minded, just, generous

gwain

adjective. fair

adj. fair. . This gloss was rejected.

gwana

noun/adjective. fair

gwân

adjective. fair

_ adj. _fair, pale.

lhoss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

lind

adjective. fair

rhoss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

alfirin

immortal

alfirin (no distinct pl. form). Note: the word alfirin is also used as name of a flower.

alfirin

immortal

(no distinct pl. form). Note: the word alfirin is also used as name of a flower.

bain

fair

bain (beautiful). Lenited vain. No distinct pl. form.

bain

fair

(beautiful). Lenited vain. No distinct pl. form.

lhoss

whisper

(noun) (also = ”rustling sound”) *lhoss (?i thloss or ?i loss [the lenition product of lh is uncertain],_ _construct lhos), pl. lhyss (?i lyss). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloss, floss.

rhoss

whisper

(noun) *rhoss (?i thross or ?i ross_ _ the lenition product of rh- is uncertain; construct rhos) (rustling sound), pl. rhyss (?idh ryss). Suggested S form of ”N” thross.