Quenya 

tarwa

garden, enclosure

tarwa noun "garden, enclosure" (QL:87)

tarwa

noun. garden, enclosure

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. TAD “enclosure”

Element in

Sindarin 

sant

noun. garden, field, yard (or other place in private ownership whether enclosed or not)

Sindarin [VT/42:20] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sant

garden

sant (i hant, o sant) (field, yard, or other privately owned place), pl. saint (i saint) (VT42:20)

sant

garden

(i hant, o sant) (field, yard, or other privately owned place), pl. saint (i saint) (VT42:20)

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!

Early Primitive Elvish

lōtetarwa

noun. garden

Derivatives

  • Eq. lotarwa “garden” ✧ QL/055
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

tarva

noun. garden, enclosure

tarva

adjective. tired

tarwa

noun. garden, enclosure

A word appearing as ᴱQ. tarwa “garden, enclosure” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TAÐA (QL/87). The Qenya Phonology from this period had [unglossed] tarva, the form in the Cortirion dialect where rw > rv (PE12/24). The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tarwa as a cognate to G. taru “horned” but both these words were deleted (GL/69).

Neo-Quenya: I personally would retain ᴺQ. tarwa “garden, enclosure” for purposes of Neo-Quenya based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√TAD “enclosure”. For example, Helge Fauskanger used this word in his NQNT (NQNT). If, however, you find it dubious you might instead use the neologism ᴺQ. santa for “garden”, inspired by S. sant from the late 1960s (VT42/20).

Cognates

  • G. taru “horned” ✧ GL/69

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAÐA “*hedge, fence, enclosure” ✧ QL/087

Element in

  • Eq. lotarwa “garden” ✧ QL/055

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TAÐA > tarwa[taðwā] > [taðwa] > [tazwa] > [tarwa]✧ QL/087

Variations

  • tarwa ✧ GL/69 (tarwa); QL/055; QL/087
  • tarva ✧ PE12/024
Early Quenya [GL/69; PE12/024; QL/055; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tarwa

adjective. tired

Cognates

  • En. darw “tired, weary” ✧ PE13/161

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶dar’wa- > tarwa[darwā] > [darwa] > [tarwa]✧ PE13/161

Variations

  • tarwa ✧ PE13/161
  • tarva ✧ PE13/161
Early Quenya [PE13/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lotarwa

noun. garden

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “garden” based on lōtetarwa, a combination of ᴱQ. lóte “flower” and ᴱQ. tarwa “garden” (QL/55).

Neo-Quenya: Since Q. lótë “flower” survives in Tolkien’s later writing and I retain ᴺQ. tarwa for purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would retain ᴺQ. lotarwa as well, but with the more specific sense “[flower] garden”.

Derivations

Early Quenya [QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by