Quenya 

nár

flame

nár noun "flame", also nárë (NAR1).Translated "fire" in some names, see Aicanár(o), Fëanáro (where nár apparently has the masculine ending -o added to it). According to PE17:183, nár- is "fire as an element" (a concrete fire or blaze is rather called a ruinë).

nárë

flame

nárë, also short nár, noun "flame" (NAR1, Narqelion). Translated "fire" in some names, see Aicanáro, Fëanáro (where nár apparently has the masculine ending -o, though in the latter name it may also be the genitive ending since Fëa-náro** is translated "Spirit of Fire"). At one point, Tolkien mentioned "nār-" as the word for "fire (as an element)" (PE17:183). Cf. ruinë** as the word for "a fire" (a concrete instance of fire) in the same source.

velca

flame

velca ("k") noun "flame" (LT1:260; nár, nárë would be the normal word in Tolkien's later Quenya)

Sindarin 

lacha-

verb. to flame

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lach

noun. (leaping) flame

Sindarin [S/433, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naur

noun. flame

Sindarin [Ety/374, S/435, LotR/II:IV] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naur

noun. fire

Sindarin [Ety/374, S/435, LotR/II:IV] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lacho

verb. flame!

Sindarin [UT/65] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tang

string

(bowstring) tang (i dang, o thang), pl. teng (i theng)

tang

string

(i dang, o thang), pl. teng (i theng)

tang

bowstring

tang (i dang), pl. teng (i theng)

tang

bowstring

(i dang), pl. teng (i theng)

lachenn

flame-eyed

pl. lachinn *(WJ:384, there cited in archaic form lachend)*.

lach

flame

(noun) 1) lach (leaping flame), pl. laich; 2) naur (in compounds nar-, -nor) (fire, sun), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath, 3) rill (construct ril) (brilliance, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

lach

flame

(leaping flame), pl. laich;  2) naur (in compounds nar-, -nor) (fire, sun), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath, 3) rill (construct ril) (brilliance, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

ruin

red flame

(no distinct pl. form except with article: idh ruin) (blazing fire). Also used as an adj. ”fiery red, burning”. (Silm app, entry ruin; PM:366)

lacha

flame

(verb) *lacha- (i lacha, i lachar). Only the imperative form lacho is attested.

lacha

flame

(i lacha, i lachar). Only the imperative form lacho is attested.

Noldorin 

tang

noun. bowstring

Noldorin [Ety/394] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tang

noun. bowstring

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TING “ting (onomatopoeic)” ✧ Ety/TING

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TANG > tang[taŋgo] > [taŋg] > [taŋ]✧ Ety/TING
Noldorin [Ety/TING] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhach

noun. (leaping) flame

Noldorin [S/433, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naur

noun. flame

Noldorin [Ety/374, S/435, LotR/II:IV] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naur

noun. fire

Noldorin [Ety/374, S/435, LotR/II:IV] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naur

noun. flame

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nár(e) “flame” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NAR¹ > naur[nār] > [nǭr] > [nour] > [naur]✧ Ety/NAR¹
Noldorin [Ety/EK; Ety/NAR¹; PE22/034; TI/187] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cûl

noun. flame

A word for “flame” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KUL “golden-red”, but this word was deleted (EtyAC/KUL).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kulo “flame” ✧ EtyAC/KUL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KUL “golden-red” ✧ EtyAC/KUL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KUL > cûl[kūl]✧ EtyAC/KUL
Noldorin [EtyAC/KUL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

kulo

noun. flame

A word for “flame” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KUL “golden-red”, but this word was deleted (EtyAC/KUL).

Cognates

  • N. cûl “flame” ✧ EtyAC/KUL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KUL “golden-red” ✧ EtyAC/KUL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KUL > kulo[kulo]✧ EtyAC/KUL

nár(e)

noun. flame

Cognates

  • N. naur “flame” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NAR¹ > nár[nār]✧ Ety/NAR¹

Variations

  • nár ✧ Ety/NAR¹
  • náre ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Middle Primitive Elvish

tang

root. ting (onomatopoeic)

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ting

root. ting (onomatopoeic)

An onomatopoeic root with variants ᴹ√TING and ᴹ√TANG appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. tinge or tango “twang”, ᴹQ. tinga- “to twang”, and N. tang “bowstring” (Ety/TING). The entry had a reference to a deleted variant ᴹ√THING (EtyAC/TING) and another variant ᴹ√TUNG was listed in the entry ᴹ√DING (EtyAC/DING). In the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s Tolkien gave the root ᴹ√TAÑ as the basis for the verb ᴹQ. tanga- “twang”, which is probably another instance of this root (PE22/103).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. tinga- “to twang” ✧ Ety/TING; PE22/103
  • ᴹQ. tinge “twang” ✧ Ety/TING
  • N. tang “bowstring” ✧ Ety/TING

Variations

  • TUNG ✧ Ety/DING
  • TANG ✧ Ety/TING; EtyAC/DING
  • THING ✧ EtyAC/TING (THING)
  • TAÑ ✧ PE22/103
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DING; Ety/TING; EtyAC/DING; EtyAC/TING; PE22/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tung

root. ting (onomatopoeic)

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Gnomish

tang

noun. flame, flash

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame, a flash”, derived from the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TANA “*fire, kindle” ✧ GL/69

Element in

  • G. Tanfa “lowest of all airs, hot air of the deep places” ✧ GL/69
Gnomish [GL/69; LT1A/Tanyasalpë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cantha

noun. flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “flame” (GL/25), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KṆŘṆ [KṆÐṆ] “shine” (QL/47).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
KṆÐṆ“shine”
-tha“noun or adjective suffix”

Early Noldorin

lhacha

noun. flame

Early Noldorin [PE13/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

tendl

noun. string

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TEME “tie” ✧ PE12/025

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TEME > tendl[temḷ] > [tendḷ]✧ PE12/025
Early Quenya [PE12/025] Group: Eldamo. Published by

velka

noun. flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√melek/mbelek/belek > velka[βelkā] > [βelka] > [velka]✧ GL/22
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