Quenya 

asto

dust

asto noun "dust" (ÁS-AT). According to VT45:6, asto was the name of tengwa #13 in the pre-classical system presupposed in the Etymologies, but Tolkien would later change the name of this letter to anto (its Quenya value changing from st to nt).

Primitive elvish

malu

noun. dust

Changes

  • malŭsmalŭ “dust” ✧ PE21/80

Derivations

  • MAL “gold, yellow, gold”

Variations

  • malŭ ✧ PE21/80 (malŭ)
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thith

root. singe, etc.

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. sis- “to scorch, singe, fry”
  • ᴺQ. sisin “parched, scorched”
  • ᴺS. thisin “parched, withered, *desiccated”
  • ᴺS. thista- “to dry up”
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Noldorin 

ast

noun. dust

Noldorin [Ety/349] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ast

noun. dust

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dust” derived from the root ᴹ√ÁS-AT (Ety/ÁS-AT).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. asto “dust” ✧ Ety/ÁS-AT

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ASAT “*dust” ✧ Ety/ÁS-AT

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÁS-AT > ast[asto] > [ast]✧ Ety/ÁS-AT
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Qenya 

asto

noun. dust

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dust” derived from the root ᴹ√ÁS-AT (Ety/ÁS-AT). It was also mentioned in The Feanorian Alphabet from the late 1930s with the same form and meaning (PE22/21-22), and in the revisions of that document from the 1940s, though there it was replaced with ᴹQ. osto as a name for one of the tengwar (PE22/50). This replacement may only have to do with tengwar names, and doesn’t necessarily invalidate asto “dust”.

Cognates

  • N. ast “dust” ✧ Ety/ÁS-AT

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ASAT “*dust” ✧ Ety/ÁS-AT

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÁS-AT > asto[asto]✧ Ety/ÁS-AT

Variations

  • asto ✧ Ety/ÁS-AT; EtyAC/ÁS-AT; PE22/021; PE22/022; PE22/050 (asto)
Qenya [Ety/ÁS-AT; EtyAC/ÁS-AT; PE22/021; PE22/022; PE22/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mulo

noun. dust, dust, [ᴱQ.] fine powder

A word in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s glossed “dust”, given as an example of declensions for nouns that in ancient times ended with short : mulǔ- (PE21/10-11). It is probably a later iteration of ᴱQ. mul (muld-) “fine powder” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√MULU “grind (fine)” (QL/63). In notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien gave Q. mulë for “meal” = “✱coarsely ground flour”, so it seems ✱√MUL “grind” either survived or was restored. For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is appropriate to use this word with the earlier sense “fine powder” as well.

Derivations

  • MUL “grind (fine)”
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Gnomish

thith

noun. dust

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dust”, appearing below other forms like G. thisin “parched, withered” (GL/73). The latter is clearly a cognate of ᴱQ. sisin from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon, and hence is derived from the root ᴱ√SISI as it appeared in that document (QL/84), though its Gnomish derivatives make it clear the actual root was ✱ᴱ√ÞISI.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ÞISI “singe, etc.”

Element in

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Early Noldorin

lhith

noun. dust

Element in

  • En. yrlhith “dustless” ✧ PE13/156
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Early Primitive Elvish

sisi

root. singe, etc.

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þisi Reconstructed

root. singe, etc.

The root ᴱ√SISI “singe, etc.” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives ᴱQ. sisi- “scorch, singe, fry” and ᴱQ. sisin “parched, scorched” (QL/84). Its derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon were words like G. thisin “parched, withered” and G. thith “dust” (GL/73), indicating an actual root form ✱ᴱ√ÞISI.

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√THITH to salvage some of these early words; ᴺ√THITH is better than ✱ᴺ√THIS if we wish retain Early Qenya forms, as otherwise they would become sir- rather than sis-.

Derivatives

  • Eq. sisi- “to scorch, singe, fry” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. sisin “parched, scorched” ✧ QL/084
  • G. thith “dust”
  • G. thisc “dry, waterless”
  • G. thisin “parched, withered”
  • G. thista- “to dry up (tr.)”

Variations

  • SISI ✧ QL/084
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