Quenya 

tauca

stiff, wooden

tauca ("k") "stiff, wooden" (PE17:115)

norna

stiff, tough; hard, firm, resistant

norna adj. "stiff, tough; hard, firm, resistant" (WJ:413, PE17:106), "thrawn, tough, obdurate", mainly applied to persons (PE17:181)

taryalanca

adjective. stiff-necked, obstinate

Cognates

  • N. tarlanc “stiff-necked, obstinate”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

taryalangova

adjective. stiff-necked, obstinate

Cognates

  • S. tarlang “proud, (lit.) stiff-necked; stiff neck (a nickname applied to men of haughty carriage or mood); the stiff/tough passage, proud, [N.] obstinate, [S.] (lit.) stiff-necked; stiff neck (a nickname applied to men of haughty carriage or mood); the stiff/tough passage”

Elements

WordGloss
tarya“tough, stiff”
lango“neck, neck, [ᴹQ.] throat”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

tarch

adjective. stiff, tough

Sindarin [tarch-lang RC/536] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dorn

adjective. stiff, tough

Sindarin [WJ/413] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tarlanc

stiff-necked

(obstinate), lenited darlanc, pl. terlainc.

tarlanc

obstinate

tarlanc (stiff-necked), lenited darlanc, pl. terlainc

tarlanc

obstinate

(stiff-necked), lenited darlanc, pl. terlainc

tarlanc

stiff-necked

tarlanc (obstinate), lenited darlanc, pl. terlainc.

tharn

stiff

(sapless, rigid, withered), pl. thern.

tarias

stiffness

(i darias, o tharias) (toughness, difficulty), pl. teriais (i theriais) if there is a pl.

dorn

stiff

1) dorn (tough), lenited dhorn, pl. dyrn; 2) tharn (sapless, rigid, withered), pl. thern.

dorn

stiff

(tough), lenited dhorn, pl. dyrn

Noldorin 

tarlanc

adjective. stiff-necked, obstinate

Noldorin [Ety/390] tara+lanc, later tarch+lang. Group: SINDICT. Published by

tarlanc

adjective. stiff-necked, obstinate

Cognates

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
tara“tough, stiff”
lhanc“throat”
Noldorin [Ety/TÁRAG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

star

root. stiff

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. sara “stiff dry grass, bent, stiff dry grass, bent [as a type of grass]” ✧ Ety/STAR
  • ᴺQ. sarassë “hassock, footstool”
  • ᴹQ. thar- “[unglossed]” ✧ PE22/112
  • N. gwastar “hummock” ✧ Ety/STAR
  • N. thâr “stiff grass” ✧ Ety/STAR
  • On. stharna “sapless, stiff, rigid, withered” ✧ Ety/STAR
    • N. tharn “sapless, stiff, rigid, withered” ✧ Ety/STAR

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BEL; Ety/DING; Ety/STAR; Ety/WŌ; PE22/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

balthanc

adjective. obstinate

Elements

WordGloss
bal-“evil-”
tanc“firm, steady, steadfast”
Early Noldorin [PE13/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by