swal-
verb. to wash
thas-
verb. to wash
hwal-
verb. to wash
whal-
verb. to wash
A neologism for “wash” coined by Gilruin posted on 2024-10-10 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), based on √SWAL of the same meaning. Gilruin originally suggested hwal-, but I prefer whal- as more consistent with Tolkien’s orthography in the 1950s and 60s.
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
fas-
verb. to wash
A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wash”, marked with a “✱” indicating it also served as a primitive root ✱ᴱ√FASA (GL/34).
lhuv-
verb. to wash
A verb in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s glossed “wash” with various inflected forms (PE13/132). Tolkien indicated its archaic form was lub-, and its modern forms had either lhu- or lhuv-.
allu-
verb. to wash
A verb for “wash” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants allu, alnu-, both under the early root ᴱ√ALU “cleanse, dress” (QL/30).
alnu-
verb. to wash
sovo-
verb. to wash
A verb appearing as ᴱQ. sovo- “wash” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√SOVO or ᴱ√SOW̯O “wash” (QL/86).
Neo-Quenya: In some Neo-Quenya writings (including earlier versions of this lexicon), ᴺQ. sov- is used as the neologism for “wash”. However, in 2024 the word Q. hwal- “wash” was published in PE23, and this is now preferable to sov- for this meaning. I am currently retaining sov- as a neologism for “✱bathe” instead, but may revisit this in future versions of this lexicon.
A verb for “wash” appearing in the phrase hwalilmien “we wash ourselves” from Eldarin Pronouns, Demonstratives, and Correlatives (EP1) from the early 1950s (PE23/126), based on the root √SWAL of the same meaning (PE23/122).