velca

flame

velca ("k") noun "flame" (LT1:260; nár, nárë would be the normal word in Tolkien's later Quenya)

velca

adjective. large, great, big

A rejected Quenya equivalent of S. beleg “large, great, big” given as (crossed through) velka or velke, appearing in notes probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115). This rejection seems to be because Tolkien revised the primitive form to ✶mbelek- so that the Quenya name Q. Melkor could be related instead.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. velike as equivalent to G. beleg “mighty, great” (GL/22), and the contemporaneous Quenya Lexicon had the stem form Velikĭ- “great” (QL/100). Early Qenya word-lists of the 1920s had velike (velity-) “large” (PE16/137). The Etymologies of the 1930s did not have an Quenya equivalent of N. beleg “great” (Ety/BEL), but it seems these Early Qenya forms were lurking in Tolkien’s mind until he revised the etymology of these words in his later writings, as noted above.

nár

flame

nár noun "flame", also nárë (NAR1).Translated "fire" in some names, see Aicanár(o), Fëanáro (where nár apparently has the masculine ending -o added to it). According to PE17:183, nár- is "fire as an element" (a concrete fire or blaze is rather called a ruinë).

nárë

flame

nárë, also short nár, noun "flame" (NAR1, Narqelion). Translated "fire" in some names, see Aicanáro, Fëanáro (where nár apparently has the masculine ending -o, though in the latter name it may also be the genitive ending since Fëa-náro** is translated "Spirit of Fire"). At one point, Tolkien mentioned "nār-" as the word for "fire (as an element)" (PE17:183). Cf. ruinë** as the word for "a fire" (a concrete instance of fire) in the same source.

cûl

noun. flame

A word for “flame” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KUL “golden-red”, but this word was deleted (EtyAC/KUL).

lhach

noun. (leaping) flame

naur

noun. flame

naur

noun. fire

naur

noun. flame

mbelek-

adjective. large, great, big, large, great, big, [ᴹ✶] huge; mighty

lach

noun. (leaping) flame

lacha-

verb. to flame

lacho

verb. flame!

naur

noun. flame

naur

noun. fire

lach

flame

(noun) 1) lach (leaping flame), pl. laich; 2) naur (in compounds nar-, -nor) (fire, sun), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath, 3) rill (construct ril) (brilliance, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

lach

flame

(leaping flame), pl. laich;  2) naur (in compounds nar-, -nor) (fire, sun), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath, 3) rill (construct ril) (brilliance, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

lacha

flame

(verb) *lacha- (i lacha, i lachar). Only the imperative form lacho is attested.

lacha

flame

(i lacha, i lachar). Only the imperative form lacho is attested.

lachenn

flame-eyed

pl. lachinn *(WJ:384, there cited in archaic form lachend)*.

ruin

red flame

(no distinct pl. form except with article: idh ruin) (blazing fire). Also used as an adj. ”fiery red, burning”. (Silm app, entry ruin; PM:366)