Quenya 

Tintallë

kindler

Tintallë noun "Kindler", a title of Varda who kindled the stars (TIN, Nam, RGEO:67). From tinta- "kindle, make to sparkle" (MR:388). According to PE17:69, the form "should be Tintalde", apparently because -llë was at the time the ending for plural "you" and Tintallë could be taken as meaning *"you kindle" rather than as a noun "Kindler". However, Tolkien later changed the pronominal suffix, eliminating the clash of forms while leaving Tintallë correct (after the revision, it was *tintaldë itself that would be the verb "you kindle").

tintallë

feminine name. (Star) Kindler

A title of Varda as maker of the stars (LotR/377). The first element of this name is the verb tinta- “to kindle” (SA/tin, MR/388), and the second element is the feminine agental suffix -llë (PE17/69).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Tintalle appears in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/200, 212), as well as in The Etymologies (Ety/TIN). In The Etymologies, the variant form ᴹQ. Tintánie “star-maker, star-making” also appeared (Ety/TIN, TAN; EtyAC/TAN), which seems to be a combination of the roots ᴹ√TIN “sparkle” and ᴹ√TAN “make” with the abstract noun ending ᴹQ. -ie; this name did not appear in the narratives, however.

In Notes on Galadriel’s Song (NGS) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien considered and rejected the root √TAN “construct” as an element in the name Tintallë (PE17/69). After this rejection, he decided that the final element -lle was a feminine agental suffix, but this unfortunately clashed with the contemporaneous 2nd-plural pronominal suffix -llë “you”. Tolkien considered changing Varda’s title to Tintalde to avoid this conflict (PE17/69). In later writings, he revised the 2nd-plural pronoun to -ldë instead (VT49/16, 51), which allowed Tintallë to stand unchanged.

Cognates

  • S. Gilthoniel “Star-kindler” ✧ LotRI/Elbereth; PE17/023; MR/388

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
tinta-“to kindle, cause to spark, to kindle, cause to spark, [ᴹQ.] make to spark”
-llë“feminine agent”

Variations

  • tintalle ✧ PE17/022; PE17/066; PE17/069
  • Tintalle ✧ PE17/023; PE17/023; PE17/069; PE17/069; PE21/85; RGEO/59
  • Tintalde ✧ PE17/069
  • Tìntálle ✧ RGEO/58
Quenya [LotR/0377; LotRI/Elbereth; MR/388; MRI/Tintallë; PE17/022; PE17/023; PE17/066; PE17/069; PE21/85; RGEO/58; RGEO/59; RGEO/61; S/048; SA/tin; SI/Tintallë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Tintanië

kindler

Tintanië noun "Kindler" = Varda (TIN; Tintánië under TAN, which according to VT46:17 Tolkien interpreted both as "Star-maker" and "Star-making")

tinta-

kindle, cause to sparkle

tinta- vb. "kindle, cause to sparkle", cf. Tintallë (TIN, SA:tin, MR:388)

narta-

kindle

narta- vb. "kindle" (VT45:37)

tunda-

kindle

tunda- vb. "kindle" (LT1:270; rather tinta- or narta- in Tolkien's later Quenya)

turu-

kindle

turu- (2) vb. "kindle" (a "Qenya" form from LT1:270; rather narta- or tinta- in LotR-style Quenya)

-ldë

kindler

-ldë (2) feminine agental suffix. Tolkien at one point commented that Vardas title Tintallë "Kindler" should be Tintaldë because the ending -llë was rather the suffix for plural "you" (PE17:69). Since this pronominal suffix -llë was later revised to -ldë, it is now the ending of Tintaldë itself that would be potentially problematic.

-llë

one of several suffixes indicating feminine agent

-llë (1) "one of several suffixes indicating feminine agent", as in Tintallë "kindler" vs. the verb tinta- "to kindle". In the source _(PE17:69) _Tolkien noted that -llë was little used because of the clash with the pronominal ending -llë (see #2 below), but the latter ending was later revised.

vinya

young

vinya (1) adj. "young" (VT46:22, VT47:26, PE17:191) or "new" (cf. compounds Vinyamar, Vinyarië below; cf. also winya "new, fresh, young" in a deleted entry in the Etymologies, VT45:16; there the word was first written as vinya.) Vinya "the Young", original name of the isle of Númenor among its own people (SD:332).

nessa

young

nessa adj. "young" (NETH), alsoNessa as name of a Valië, the spouse of Tulkas (adopted and adapted from Valarin, or an archaic Elvish formation: WJ:404 vs. 416). Also called Indis, "bride" (NETH, NI1). The fem. name Nessanië (UT:210) would seem to incorporate Nessa's name; the second element could mean "tear" (nië), but since Nessa is not normally associated with sorrow, this #nië is perhaps rather a variant of "female" (compare Tintanië as a variant of Tintallë).

Sindarin 

toniel

noun. kindler

Sindarin [Gilthoniel LotR/II:I, LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72-74] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwein

adjective. young

adj. young. Q. vinya. >> gwîn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:191] < WIN young. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

gwein

adjective. young

nartha

kindle

nartha- (i nartha, in narthar) (VT45:37)

thoniel

kindler

(feminine) #thoniel (pl. thonil). Isolated from Vardas title Gilthoniel, Star-kindler.

Sindarin [Parviphith] Published by

thoniel

kindler

(pl. thonil). Isolated from Varda’s title Gilthoniel, Star-kindler.

neth

young

neth (pl. nith). A homophone is the noun ”sister, girl”.

neth

young

(pl. nith). A homophone is the noun ”sister, girl”.

dess

young woman

(i ness, o ndess, constuct des), pl. diss (i ndiss)

Primitive elvish

win

root. young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh

Tolkien used a similar set of Elvish roots for “youth” and “freshness” for many years. The earliest of these was primitive guı̯u̯ or gu̯iu̯ [ᴱ√GWIWI] in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like G. gui “just, just now, only just, already”, G. guin “recent, fresh”, and G. gwioth “youth” (GL/42). This root reappeared as ᴹ√WIR “new, fresh, young” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with variants ᴹ√ and ᴹ√WIN and derivatives ᴹQ. vírie “youth” and ᴹQ. virya “fresh” (EtyAC/WIR). The ᴹ√WIN variant had derivatives ᴹQ. vinya/N. gwîn “young”. Tolkien considered, but rejected, deriving these from strengthened ᴹ√GWIN instead, producing (also rejected) ᴹQ. winya/N. bîn (EtyAC/GWIN).

Q. vinya appeared in quite a few later names with the gloss “young” or “new”, but the Sindarin form became S. gwain as in S. Narwain “January, ✱(lit.) New Fire” (LotR/1110) and S. Iarwain “Old-young” (LotR/1114; RC/128). In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, both were given as derivatives of √WIN “young” along with Q. víne/S. gwîn “youth”, though the Sindarin word for “young” was given as (archaic?) gwein (PE17/191). Also related are various words for “baby” from 1968 notes such Q. †wine/S. gwinig “little-one, baby” (VT48/6). In these notes primitive wini was glossed “little” but this was deleted (VT47/26), making it likely that the earlier senses “young, new” were restored for √WIN.

As for the 1930s root ᴹ√WIR, it might have survived as an element in the month names Q. Víressë/S. Gwirith “April” (LotR/1110), perhaps meaning “✱freshness”.

Derivatives

  • wini “child not yet full grown” ✧ VT47/26
    • Q. winë “baby, little-one, child not yet full grown” ✧ VT47/26
  • ᴺQ. vin “just, just now, only just, already”
  • Q. vínë “youth, youth, *childhood” ✧ PE17/191; VT47/26
  • Q. vinya “young, new” ✧ PE17/191; VT47/26
  • Q. Víressë “April, *Freshness”
  • S. gwain “young, *new” ✧ PE17/191
  • ᴺS. gwí “just, just now, only just, already”
  • S. gwîn “youth” ✧ PE17/191

Element in

Variations

  • wini ✧ VT47/26 (wini)
  • win ✧ VT47/26
Primitive elvish [PE17/191; VT47/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

nartha-

verb. to kindle

Noldorin [VT/45:37] Group: SINDICT. Published by

neth

adjective. young

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

neth

adjective. young

irregular, compare: tathor @@@

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nessa “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nethrā “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS

Element in

  • N. dineth “bride” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS
  • N. Neth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • N. Nethwelein “Younger Gods”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nethra > neth[netʰra] > [neθra] > [neθr] > [neθ]✧ Ety/NETH
Noldorin [Ety/NETH; Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwîn

adjective. young

Changes

  • gwînbîn ✧ EtyAC/GWIN

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. vinya “young, new” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIN “new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GWIN > bîn[gwinje] > [binje] > [binie] > [bini] > [bin] > [bīn]✧ EtyAC/GWIN
ᴹ√WINI > gwîn[winje] > [gwinje] > [gwinie] > [gwini] > [gwin] > [gwīn]✧ EtyAC/WIR

Variations

  • bîn ✧ EtyAC/GWIN (bîn)
  • gwîn ✧ EtyAC/GWIN (gwîn); EtyAC/WIR
Noldorin [EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

tintalle

feminine name. Kindler

Variations

  • Tintallë ✧ LRI/Tintallë; TII/Tintallë
Qenya [Ety/TIN; LR/200; LR/212; LRI/Tintallë; TII/Tintallë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nessa

adjective. young

Cognates

  • N. neth “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nethrā “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶neth-rā > nessa[netʰrā] > [netsā] > [netsa] > [nessa]✧ Ety/NETH

Middle Primitive Elvish

neth

root. young

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶nēthē “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹQ. nése “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • N. nîth “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • ᴹ✶nethrā “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹQ. nessa “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • N. neth “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • ᴹQ. nése “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • ᴹQ. Nessa “*Young” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • N. nesta- “to heal”
  • N. Neth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
  • N. neth “young” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Nessaron “*Day of the Younger Gods” ✧ Ety/LEP
  • N. Nethwelein “Younger Gods” ✧ Ety/LEP
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LEP; Ety/NETH; Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nethrā

adjective. young

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. nessa “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • N. neth “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Variations

  • neth-rā ✧ Ety/NETH
  • nethra ✧ Ety/NETH
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Gnomish

gwion

adjective. young

gwiw

adjective. young

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWIWI “*young” ✧ GL/42

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯iu̯ > gwiw[gwiw]✧ GL/42

Variations

  • gwion ✧ GL/42
  • gwiog ✧ GL/42

gwiog

adjective. young

gân

adjective. young

Cognates

  • Eq. kana “young” ✧ GL/37

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GANA “young”

Element in

  • G. gân ar gantha “*young and old, (lit.) young and adult” ✧ GL/37
  • G. ganos “youth” ✧ GL/37

Variations

  • Gân ✧ GL/37

Early Primitive Elvish

gana Speculative

root. young

A hypothetical early root that would explain words appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as ᴱQ. kana and G. gân “young” (GL/37). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writings.

Derivatives

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Early Quenya

kana

adjective. young

Cognates

  • G. gân “young” ✧ GL/37

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GANA “young”
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