Quenya 

tambë

copper

tambë (2) noun "copper" (LT1:250; this is "Qenya"; see urus for a later word for "copper")

tambë

so

tambë prep. (1) "so" or "as" (referring to something remote; contrast sívë). Sívë...tambë "as...so" (VT43:17).

tambë

preposition. *as, so

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
tana“that”
ve“as, like, similar, after the manner [of], as, like, similar, after the manner [of]; [ᴹQ.] with”

Variations

  • tambe ✧ VT43/17; VT43/38
Quenya [VT43/17; VT43/38] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tampë

copper

tampë noun "copper" (LT1:268; in LotR-style Quenya tampë is [also?] the past tense of tap- "stop, block")

ta

so, like that, also

ta (2) adv. "so, like that, also", e.g. ta mára "so good" (VT49:12)

ter

so

ter (2), also tér, prep. (?) ephemeral word for "so" (see ier), abandoned by Tolkien in favour of tambë (VT43:17)

tië

path, course, line, direction, way

tië noun "path, course, line, direction, way" (TE3, VT47:11); pl. tier in Namárië(Nam, RGEO:67); tielyanna "upon your path" (UT:22 cf. 51; tie-lya-nna "path-your-upon")

tier

path

tier is, besides the pl. form of tië "path" above, an ephemeral word for "so", abandoned by Tolkien in favour of tambë (VT43:17)

-vë

as, like

-, (3) apparently an ending used to derive adverbs from adjectives (see andavë under anda and oiavë under oia). May be related to the preposition ve "as, like".

ve

as, like

ve (1) prep. "as, like" (Nam, RGEO:66, Markirya, MC:213, 214, VT27:20, 27, VT49:22); in Narqelion ve may mean either "in" or "as". Ve fírimor quetir *"as mortals say" (VT49:10), ve senwa (or senya) "as usual" (VT49:10). Followed by genitive, ve apparently expresses "after the manner of": ve quenderinwë coaron ("k") "after the manner of bodies of Elven-kind" (PE17:174). Tolkien variously derived Quenya ve from older , or vai(VT49:10, 32, PE17:189)

ier

as

ier prep. "as" (VT43:16, probably rejected in favour of sívë, q.v.). In an abandoned version of the Quenya Lord's Prayer, Tolkien used ier...ter for "as...so" (VT43:17).

ier

preposition. *as

Element in

Variations

  • ye ✧ VT43/16 (ye)
  • ✧ VT43/16 ()
Quenya [VT43/16; VT43/20] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sívë

as

sívë (1) prep. "as", apparently ve of similar meaning with the prefix - "this, here, now"; sívë therefore makes a comparison with something close, whereas tambë (q.v.) refers to something remote. Sívë...tambë "as...so" (VT43:17). Elided sív' in VT43:12, since the next word begins in the vowel e-.

sívë

preposition. *as

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
“now”
ve“as, like, similar, after the manner [of], as, like, similar, after the manner [of]; [ᴹQ.] with”

Variations

  • sívë ✧ VT43/17
Quenya [VT43/17; VT43/20] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ya

as

ya (2) or yan, prep. "as" (VT43:16, probably abandoned in favour of sívë)

yan

adverb/conjunction. *as

@@@ possibly modal adverb

Element in

Variations

  • ya(n) ✧ VT43/16
  • ya ✧ VT43/16
Quenya [VT43/16; VT43/20] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ye

as

[ye (3), also , prep. "as" (VT43:16, struck out; in the text in question Tolkien finally settled on sívë, q.v.)]

san

so

san (2) adv. ephemeral word for "so" (ya(n)...san "as...so"; san na "thus be" = let it be so, "amen"); this form was apparently quickly abandoned by Tolkien (VT43:16, 24, VT49.18)

londa

path

[londa noun "path"], changed by Tolkien to londë noun "road (in sea)" (VT45:28)

urus

copper

urus (urust-) noun "copper" (VT41:10)

urus

noun. copper

Cognates

  • S. rust “copper” ✧ VT41/10
  • T. urus “copper” ✧ VT41/10

Derivations

  • RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
(u)rus > urus[urusto] > [urust] > [urus]✧ VT41/10

tambë

noun. bronze, copper

Derivations

  • TAM “construct, construct; [ᴹ√] knock, [ᴱ√] beat; smelt, forge”

Sindarin 

sui

conjunction. as, like

Sindarin [VT/44:21,27] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sui

preposition. *as

Element in

rust

noun. copper

Sindarin [VT/41:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rust

noun. copper

Cognates

  • Q. urus “copper” ✧ VT41/10

Derivations

  • RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

  • S. rustui “copper, copper, *of copper, like copper” ✧ VT41/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
(u)rus > rust[uruste] > [urust] > [urust] > [rust]✧ VT41/10

rustui

adjective. of copper

Sindarin [VT/41:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rustui

adjective. copper, copper, *of copper, like copper

lond

noun. narrow path or strait

Sindarin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lonn

noun. narrow path or strait

Sindarin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lond

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

Sindarin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

Sindarin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ross

adjective. red-haired, copper coloured (especially used of animals, as fox, red deer, etc.)

Sindarin [VT/41:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

be

as

(like, according to). Followed by lenition? With article ben (followed by "mixed mutation" according to David Salo’s reconstruction)

sui

as

1) prep. “like, as”) sui (VT44:23), 2) (prep.) be (like, according to). Followed by lenition? With article ben (followed by "mixed mutation" according to David Salos reconstruction)

sui

as

(VT44:23)

Speculative

noun. path

Element in

imrad

path

(between mountains, hills or through trackless forest) imrad (pass), pl. imraid.

imrad

path

(pass), pl. imraid.

pada

walk

(i bada, i phadar)

rust

copper

rust, pl. ryst (idh ryst) if there is a pl. Possibly also ?urun (pl. yryn if there is a pl.).

rust

copper

pl. ryst (idh ryst) if there is a pl.  Possibly also ?urun (pl. yryn if there is a pl.).

râd

path

râd (track), construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh).

râd

path

(track), construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh).

bâd

pathway

(i vâd, construct bad) (beaten track), pl. baid (i maid).

urun

noun. copper

Derivations

  • URUN “copper”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Telerin 

urus

noun. copper

Cognates

  • Q. urus “copper” ✧ VT41/10

Derivations

  • RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10

Primitive elvish

urun

root. copper

Derivatives

  • ᴺS. urun “copper”

Element in

  • Q. Urundil “Copper-lover” ✧ PM/366
Primitive elvish [PM/366] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

lonn

noun. path

râd

noun. path, track

Noldorin [Ety/383] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhonn

noun. narrow path or strait

Noldorin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lond

noun. narrow path or strait

Noldorin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lonn

noun. narrow path or strait

Noldorin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

Noldorin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lond

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

Noldorin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

Noldorin [Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

tambe

noun. pot

A word in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s whose archaic form tambı̯ǝ was glossed “pot” (PE21/12). Its inflected forms indicate its stem form was effectively tambi- (PE21/12). Tambe is probably related to ᴱQ. tambin “cauldron” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TAMA “beat; smelt, forge” (QL/88).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAMA “beat; smelt, forge”
Qenya [PE21/12; PE21/13] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. path

Gnomish

tam

noun. copper

Cognates

  • Eq. tambe “copper, bronze” ✧ LT1A/Aulë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAMA “beat; smelt, forge” ✧ LT1A/Aulë

Element in

  • G. tambin “of copper” ✧ GL/69; LT1A/Aulë
  • G. tambrin “like copper” ✧ GL/69
  • G. tambos “cauldron” ✧ GL/69; LT1A/Aulë

Variations

  • tăm ✧ GL/69
Gnomish [GL/69; LT1A/Aulë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bad

noun. path

Cognates

  • Eq. van “way, path”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VAHA “*depart, travel”

Element in

  • G. badweg “traveller; pedlar” ✧ GL/21 (badweg)
  • G. Bad Uthwen “Way of Escape”

Variations

  • bad ✧ GL/21 (bad)

Early Noldorin

lhant

noun. path

Element in

  • En. uvlant “pathless” ✧ PE13/155 (uvlant)

Variations

  • lant ✧ PE13/155 (lant)
Early Noldorin [PE13/148; PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

root. as

Derivatives

  • Eq. ve “as, like” ✧ QL/101
  • Eq. víke “like” ✧ QL/101
  • G. fel “like; (as av.) as, like”

Variations

  • VI‘I ✧ QL/101
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

tambe

noun. copper, bronze

Cognates

  • G. tam “copper” ✧ LT1A/Aulë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAMA “beat; smelt, forge” ✧ LT1A/Aulë; QL/088

Element in

  • Eq. tambin “cauldron” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. Tilkal ✧ LT1/100; LT1A/Tilkal
  • Eq. tambina “of copper” ✧ LT1A/Aulë; QL/088

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TAMA > tambe[tambi] > [tambe]✧ QL/088

Variations

  • Tambë ✧ LT1/100
  • tambë ✧ LT1A/Aulë; LT1A/Tilkal
Early Quenya [LT1/100; LT1A/Aulë; LT1A/Tilkal; PME/088; QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-víke

suffix. as

Element in

  • Eq. noldovike “like a gnome, after the gnomes’ way” ✧ PE15/69 (noldovike)

Variations

  • vīke ✧ QL/101
Early Quenya [PE15/69; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kie

noun. path