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!

Middle Primitive Elvish

ta

root. that

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TA; PE18/033; PE18/060; PE23/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ta

pronoun. impersonal 3rd pl.; pronominal stem

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE18/046; VT43/20] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tad

adverb. thither

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TA; PE19/052; PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tankla

noun. brooch, clasp, pin

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TAK; PE18/051; PE19/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taʒna

adjective. *high

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-tā

suffix. causatives from adjectives

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE17/044; PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tata

root. two

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AT(AT); Ety/TATA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

syadta

noun. axe-stroke

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SYAD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atta

root. two

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AT(AT); Ety/TATA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atta

cardinal. two

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/63] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ista-

verb. to know

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/095; PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orta-

verb. to rise

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

smaldā

noun. gold (as metal)

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/LÁWAR; EtyAC/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ndar

root. sign

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with a single derivative: ᴹQ. narwe “sign, token”, along with an unglossed (and probably incomplete) form nar... (EtyAC/NDAR).

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/NDAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tāna

adjective. *high

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mbarat

root. fate

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MBARAT; EtyAC/MBARAT; EtyAC/SIL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tār(ō)

noun. king

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ; PE21/55] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yan

root. give

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “give” with derivatives ON. yanta- “give” and ᴹQ. Ariante “Day-bringer” (EtyAC/YAN²). Tolkien marked this entry with a “?”, and elsewhere in The Etymologies he derived ᴹQ. anta-/N. anna- “give” from ᴹ√ANA (Ety/ANA¹), so I suspect this root was a transient idea.

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/YAN²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dat

root. fall down

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DAT; Ety/PEN; Ety/TALÁT; EtyAC/DAT; EtyAC/LANTA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-d

suffix. allative

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kanat

root. four

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KÁNAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khe

pronoun. they

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/094; PE23/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kiukā

noun. thigh

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwat

root. fill

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GENG-WĀ; Ety/KAB; Ety/KWAT; Ety/YEN; PE23/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwessē

noun. feather

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maʒtā-

verb. to handle, stroke, feel

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MAƷ; Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninkwitil(di) tára

place name. High White Horn

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NIK-W; EtyAC/NIK-W] Group: Eldamo. Published by

reddā

noun. ‘sown’, sown field, acre

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RED; EtyAC/RED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sa

pronoun. demonstrative

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE23/089] Group: Eldamo. Published by

te

pronoun. him, her, it

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE23/074; PE23/075; PE23/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tiukō

noun. thigh

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TIW; EtyAC/TIW] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wedtā

noun/verb. contract

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

da(n)t

root. fall down

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by