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 Quenya

til

proper name. Til

A star name in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√TILI (QL/92; PME/92).

Early Quenya [PME/092; QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

til

noun. (single) hair

Early Quenya [PE14/117; QL/092; QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilkal

proper name. Tilkal

Name of a magical metal created by Aule in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/100), a combination of the initial letters of the names of the metals: tambe “copper”, ilsa “silver”, latúken “tin”, kanu “lead”, anga “iron”, and laure “gold”.

Early Quenya [LT1/100; LT1A/Tilkal; LT1I/Tilkal] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilinya

adjective. downy, hairy

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “downy, hairy”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. til (tiln-) “single hair” (QL/92).

Early Quenya [QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilio

proper name. Sirius

A name for Sirius in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√TILI (QL/92; PME/92).

Early Quenya [PME/092; QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilta

adjective. slanting

An adjective in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s glossed “slanting”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶tḷtā́ (PE13/165). In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s it appeared as ᴱQ. tiltin “slanting” as a derivative of ᴱ√TḶTḶ (QL/80).

Early Quenya [PE13/165] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilde

noun. point, tip, peak

Early Quenya [PME/092; QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tildi-

verb. to cover

Early Quenya [QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tille

noun. eyelash

Early Quenya [PME/092; QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilt-

verb. to make slope, incline (tr.), decline, shake at foundations, make totter

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “make slope, incline (tr.), decline, shake at foundations, make totter, etc.” derived from the root ᴱ√TḶTḶ (QL/80). Its past tense form talte is the result of differing phonetic developments for long vs. short in Early Qenya.

Early Quenya [QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tiltin

adjective. slanting

Early Quenya [QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilu-

verb. to shine (blue)

Early Quenya [QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilwe

noun. glimmer

Early Quenya [QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilwin

noun. shining light, bright light

Early Quenya [PME/092; QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tilwínea

adjective. shining

Early Quenya [QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tila

noun. (single) hair

tile

noun. single hair

tilwindea

adjective. shining

túpele

noun. roofing, tiles, roof

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. túpele “roofing, tiles, roof” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. tupu- “to roof, cover” under the early root ᴱ√TUPU (QL/95).

Neo-Quenya: Since √TUP “cover” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, for purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain ᴺQ. túpelë with the sense “roofing, tiles”, but for “roof” I would use the later word ᴹQ. tópa.

Early Quenya [QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telar

noun. brick, tile

Early Quenya [PE13/153; PE14/070; PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telelle

proper name. little elf

Early Quenya [LT1/022; LT1A/Telelli; LT1I/Telelli; PE13/099; PE14/009; PME/091; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

teler

proper name. little elf

Early Quenya [LBI/Teleri; LR/165; LT1/050; LT1A/Telelli; LT1A/Teleri; LT1I/Teleri; LT2I/Teleri; PE13/099; PE13/154; PE14/009; PE14/109; PE15/08; PME/091; QL/090; SM/013] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eldarin

adjective. Elfin

Early Quenya [PE15/71] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eldarinwa

adjective. Elfin

milnar(wa)

noun. sown field

Early Quenya [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taru

noun. horn

Early Quenya [LT2A/Dramborleg; LT2A/Taruithorn; PME/089; QL/089] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tarukka

adjective. horned

A word for “horned” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. taru “horn” (QL/57, 89). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/57).

Early Quenya [LT2A/Taruithorn; PME/057; QL/057; QL/089] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telella

adjective. elfin

Early Quenya [LT1A/Telelli; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telerea

adjective. elfin

Early Quenya [LT1A/Telelli; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telko

noun. stem

Early Quenya [PE16/112; PE16/113; PE16/114; PE16/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tinda

noun. spike

Early Quenya [LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tump-

verb. to cover

Early Quenya [PE16/134] Group: Eldamo. Published by