tel

noun. roof

telerines

place name. Telerines

A valley where Teler lived, mentioned only in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/91; PME/91), as some elaboration or abstraction of that name.

telimpe

proper name. Telimpe

teleatka

proper name. Teleatka

telellin

proper name. Telellin

telpetalwi

feminine name. Telpetalwi

telda

adjective. having a roof

A word for “having a roof” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. tel (teld-) “roof” under the early root ᴱ√TELE (QL/90).

telea

adjective. *roofed

A word in notes on The Valmaric Script from the 1920s (PE14/109), possibly an adjectival form of ᴱQ. tel “roof” and so meaning “✱roofed, covered” as suggested by Arden Smith (PE14/111).

telpe

noun. butter

A Qenya word for “butter” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s from primitive ᴱ✶t’lḗpe (PE13/154), a temporary repurposing of the form usually used for “silver”, which in this document was ᴱQ. telqe from primitive ᴱ✶kelekwé (PE13/140).

teltasse

noun. awning

A word appearing as {telte >>} teltasse “awning” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive {ᴱ✶tet’li >>} ᴱ✶tet’l-asse (GL/70).

telumbe

noun. mushroom, (lit.) fairy-canopy

A word appearing as ᴱQ. telumbe “mushroom” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the root ᴱ√TELE “cover in”, along with a longer variant inwetelumbe where the initial element was ᴱQ. inwe “fairy” (QL/42), hence more properly “fairy-canopy” (QL/90).

Neo-Quenya: Since √TELU meant “roof in” in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. telumbë “mushroom” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

telumen tollanta naiko lunganar

the vault of heaven sagged upon the tops of the hills

The sixteenth phrase (lines 17-18) of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/221). The first word is the nominative form of the noun telume “vault of heaven” followed by the allative of tolla “hill”, singular despite its English translation. It is followed by an adverb of unclear function naiko; this adverb is not reflected in the English translation, but in the Glossary Commentary accompanying the sixth draft, it is said to be the adverbial form of naika “stricken ill, sick” (PE16/75). The last word in the phrase is the aorist 3rd-singular masculine form of the verb lunga(na)- “sag, bend down”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> telume-n tolla-nta naik-o lungana-r = “✱heavens-(nominative) hill-upon sick-ly sag-he”

Conceptual Development: This phrase appeared in the fourth draft of this poem, where Tolkien first considered an alternate form lungáro of the verb before switching to lunganar (OM1d: PE16/62). Aside from the variant Finnish-like spelling of the fifth draft (OM1e: PE16/72), the phrase remained the same thereafter.

telintule

adjective. bearing a roof, roofed

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bearing a roof, roofed”, a combination of ᴱQ. telin “roof” and ᴱQ. -tule “bearing” (QL/90, 95).

telpingwe

noun. silverfish

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. telpingwe “silverfish” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a combination of ᴱQ. telpe “silver” and ᴱQ. ingwe “fish” (QL/91).

Neo-Quenya: I think ᴺQ. telpingwë “silverfish” can be retained in Neo-Quenya as a combination of the later words Q. telpë “silver” and Q. lingwë “fish”, where the initial li of “fish” was reduced by haplology.

telume lungane

the heavens bending

The twenty third line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/214). The first word is the noun telume “heavens” followed by the “bare stem” infinitive form of the verb lunga(na)- “to bend”, as suggested by Gilson, Welden, and Hostetter (PE16/84, notes on line #10 and #11), apparently functioning as either an active-participle or a verbal object.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> telume lunga-ne = “✱heavens bend-ing”

telu

noun. end (fate), close

telu-

verb. to finish, end, close, complete; to cover, roof

telwa

adjective. last, late

telúme

noun. finish, conclusion, (the great) end

telúmea

adjective. final, conclusive, end; last; extreme

telelle

proper name. little elf

teler

proper name. little elf

telerea

adjective. elfin

telerin

proper name. of ... Elfland, of Elfin kindred

telimbo

noun. canopy; sky

telimektar

proper name. Orion, (lit.) Swordsman of Heaven

telpe

noun. silver; money

telepta

adjective. of silver

teler-’ohta

proper name. *Sea-elf War

telin

noun. roof, covering

telpea

adjective. silvern

telpina

adjective. of silver

telume

noun. the heavens, (vault of) heaven, firmament

teluste

noun. extremity

telya

adjective. attractive; importunate

telyanta-

verb. to allure

telella

adjective. elfin

telar

noun. brick, tile

telempe

noun. silver

teleste

noun. (f.) little elf

telesto

noun. (m.) little elf

telko

noun. stem

telpea kalka

proper name. *Silvern Sickle

telpia

adjective. silvern

telpilin

noun. silver piece

telqe

noun. silver

telumen

noun. finish, conclusion

telusta

adjective. outer, extreme, ultimate

telyantalya

adjective. alluring

telyantasse

noun. allurement

kiris iluqingatelda

place name. Gully of the Rainbow Roof

In an early name list, Qenya cognate of G. Cris a Teld Quing Ilon, precursor to S. Cirith Ninniach (PE13/101). It is a combination of kiris “cleft”, iluqinga “rainbow” and telda “(having a) roof”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon). In one early name list it appeared beside a variant form Kiris Ilqintelimba (PE13/101) where the second element contained telimbo “canopy”. Yet another variant form, Ilwerantelimba appeared in a different name list (PE15/21), with the initial element ilweran(ta) “rainbow”.

taitelúme

noun. firmament

An unglossed word in a draft of the Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930 given as taiteluume- “firmanent” (PE16/77), probably a combination of some derivative of ᴱ√TAHA “✱high” and ᴱQ. telume “firmanent, heavens”, as suggested by Gilson, Welden and Hostetter (PE16/79).

inwetelumbe

noun. mushroom, (lit.) fairy-canopy

nyara-

verb. to relate, tell

mingwe

noun. butter

The word for “butter” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s was ᴱQ. manya derived from the early root ᴱ√MṆGṆ (QL/62) with the cognate G. mang “butter” from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/56). A similar form ᴱQ. mingwe “butter” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/141, 145), along with an unrelated form ᴱQ. úle “butter” that also appeared as an adjective in the phrase masta {mingwea >>} úlea]] “bread and butter” (PE16/141). In contemporaneous Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the Qenya word for “butter” was ᴱQ. telpe rather than having its usual meaning “silver” as in earlier and later writings (PE13/154).

Neo-Quenya: Of these forms, I prefer ᴺQ. manya for “butter” for purposes of Neo-Quenya since it has the clearest (Neo-Sindarin) cognate ᴺS. mang. I assume these words are derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√MANGYA where ngy became ng in (Old) Sindarin but became ndy in Quenya and then developed into ny.

ektar

noun. swordsman

taime

noun. sky

A word for “the sky” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with variants Taime and Taimie from the early root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] (QL/87). ᴱQ. tea “sky” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s is probably related, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/142).

ka

?. [unglossed]

karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite

amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist

The eighteenth phrase (the second part of line 20 and lines 21-22) of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/221). Its English translation is quite liberal. The first Qenya word is a compound of karne “red” and an adjectival form vaite (“skied”) of vaiya “sky”, as indicated by the Glossary Commentary accompanying the sixth draft (PE16/75).

The subject úri is a variant form of Ûr “Sun” followed by the verb kilde, the aorist 3rd-singular feminine form of kili- “to see”. As indicated by the Glossary Commentary accompanying the sixth draft (PE16/75), the combination kili- nie (nienaite) is idiomatic Qenya meaning “have tears in the eyes”, more literally “see a dropping [(lit.) tearful] tear” (PE16/75).

In the middle of this phrase is the word hísen “of mist”, which superficially resembles a nominative but seems to function as a genitive, something supported by its translation in the Glossary Commentary as “misty”, it is possible, though that it is a distinct adjective.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> karne-vaite úri kil-de híse-n níe nienaite = “✱red-skied Sun see-she mist-of tear tearful”

Conceptual Development: This phrase appeared in the fourth draft of this poem, where after experimenting with and rejecting some alternate wording, Tolkien settled on a phrase quite close to its final form, with the addition of the preposition ter “through” before nie “tear” (OM1d: PE16/62). This preposition was removed in the sixth draft (OM1f: PE16/74).

teta-

verb. to attract (physical and figurative)

tolto

cardinal. eight

alle

?. [unglossed]

ambarta

adjective. fated

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

angwe

?. [unglossed]

anwe

?. [unglossed]

arwa

noun. field

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

eant

?. [unglossed]

eldarin

adjective. Elfin

eldarinwa

adjective. Elfin

elte-

verb. to thrust in

ematte

?. [unglossed]

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

intya

?. [unglossed]

kie

noun. path

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

lantanwa

adjective. [unglossed]

las

noun. [unglossed]

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

lindo

noun. singer

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

maite

adjective. handed

makillar

noun. swordsman

manya

noun. butter

min-

verb. [unglossed]

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

nierme

?. [unglossed]

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

oilima

adjective. last

palante

noun. plain

palume

noun. plain

pelko

noun. leg

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

ralle

?. [unglossed]

saile

noun. [unglossed]

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

sauke

?. [unglossed]

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

súme

?. [unglossed]

taimie

noun. sky

tal-

noun. to end

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

talas

noun. sole

talma

noun. end

talqe

noun. glass

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

tea

noun. sky

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

toron

?. [unglossed]

tultárie

adjective. [unglossed]

tyalu-

verb. to play

tyanta

?. [unglossed]

táne

adjective. [unglossed]

tánie

adjective. [unglossed]

ukárele

noun. [unglossed]

umna

cardinal. eight

umpai

?. [unglossed]

upaitya-

verb. [unglossed]

usult

?. [unglossed]

valle

?. [unglossed]

vingwe

?. [unglossed]

yu

?. [unglossed]

úle

noun. butter