calf
noun. water-vessel
calf
noun. water-vessel
Anor
noun. sun
ylf
noun. drinking-vessel, *cup
A word for a “drinking-vessel” appearing in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 as a derivative of ✶julmā [yulmā] = √YUL + ✶-mā “✱thing for drinking” (WJ/416), where the final lm became lf (pronounced [lv]). It was cognate to Q. yulma, and hence probably also means “✱cup”.
calph
noun. water-vessel
ylf
noun. drinking-vessel
calph
vessel
(water vessel) calph (i galph, o chalph), pl. celph (i chelph). By another suggestion, if the word goes like alph "swan", the pl. forms could be ceilph (i cheilph).
calph
vessel
(i galph, o chalph), pl. celph (i chelph). By another suggestion, if the word goes like alph "swan", the pl. forms could be ceilph (i cheilph).
calph
noun. water-vessel, [G.] bucket
calph
water vessel
calph (i galph, o chalph), pl. celph (i chelph). By another suggestion, if the word goes like alph "swan", the pl. forms could be ceilph (i cheilph).
calph
water vessel
(i galph, o chalph), pl. celph (i chelph). By another suggestion, if the word goes like alph "swan", the pl. forms could be ceilph (i cheilph).
ylf
drinking vessel
ylf (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. ylvath) (WJ:416). Note: a homophone means ”brand”.
ylf
drinking vessel
(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. ylvath) (WJ:416). Note: a homophone means ”brand”.
Anor
noun. sun
Anor
noun. Sun
_n. Astron._Sun. Q. anār/anăr. >> Ithil
Anor
sun
- Anor (pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306). 2) naur (mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.
rant
water-channel
(watercourse, stream; lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath
cilinyul
noun. drinking-vessel (made of glass)
yulma
noun. cup, drinking vessel, drinking implement, goblet
calpa
water-vessel
calpa ("k") (1) noun "water-vessel" (KALPA), "bucket, vessel" (QL:47)
cilinyul
drinking-vessel
cilinyul noun "drinking-vessel" (made of glass) (PE17:37)
sungwa
drinking-vessel
sungwa noun "drinking-vessel" (SUK)
venë
small boat, vessel, dish
venë noun "small boat, vessel, dish" (LT1:254)
lótecas
noun. vase, (lit.) flower-vessel
tiquas
noun. crucible, (lit.) melt-vessel
cemba
noun. flowerpot, ceramic vessel
A neologism for “flowerpot, ceramic vessel” coined by Luinyelle posted on 2025-05-09 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) based on the root ᴹ√KEM “earth” used for other pottery words.
cennassë
noun. pottery, ceramic vessel
venë
noun. dish, [eating] vessel, small boat
Calavénë
sun
Calavénë _("k")_noun "Sun" (lit. "light-vessel", "light-dish") (LT1:254)
yulma
cup
yulma (1) noun "cup" (Nam, RGEO:67), "drinking-vessel" (WJ:416, PE17:180). The plural form yulmar is attested (VT48:11). Yulmaya ("k") colloquial Quenya for "his cup" (the formally correct form being *yulmarya) (VT49:17)
Anar
sun
Anar noun "Sun" (ANÁR, NAR1, SA:nár; UT:22 cf. 51); anar "a sun" (Markirya); Anarinya "my Sun" (FS). See also ceuranar, Úr-anar. (According to VT45:6, Tolkien in the Etymologies mentioned anar "sun" as the name of the short vowel carrier of the Tengwar writing system; it would be the first letter if anar is written in Quenya mode Tengwar.) Compounded in the masc. name Anárion "Sun-son" (Isildur's brother, also the Númenorean king Tar-Anárion, UT:210); also in Anardil "Sun-friend" (Appendix A), a name also occurring in the form Anardilya with a suffix of endearment (UT:174, 418). Anarya noun second day of the Eldarin six-day week, dedicated to the Sun (Appendix D). Anarríma name of a constellation: *"Sun-border"??? (Silm; cf. ríma)
Calaventë
sun
Calaventë _("k")_noun "Sun" (LT1:254)
Narsil
sun
Narsil (Þ) noun the sword of Elendil, compound of the stems seen in Anar "Sun" and Isil "Moon"; see Letters:425 for etymology
úri
sun
úri noun "sun" (MC:214, 221; this is "Qenya"); genitive úrio "sun's" (MC:216)
yulmā
noun. drinking-vessel
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!
i vene kemen
proper name. *Shape of the Earth, Vessel of the Earth
vene
noun. small boat, vessel, dish
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. vene in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, initially glossed “small boat” and then with the glosses “vessel, dish” added, listed under the early root ᴱ√VENE {“small boat” >>} “shape, cut out, scoop” (QL/100-101).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. venë for purposes of Neo-Quenya with the more limited meaning “[eating] vessel, dish”. I would reconceive of it as a derivative of the 1930s root ᴹQ. BEN “corner, angle”.
kalpa
noun. bucket, vessel
kalpa
noun. water-vessel, bucket
A noun in The Etymologies of the late 1930s glossed “water-vessel” under the root ᴹ√KALPA of the same meaning (Ety/KALPA). The word ᴱQ. kalpa “bucket, vessel” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KḶPḶ “hold, contains (esp. of liquids)” where Tolkien also considered and rejected another form kalpe (QL/47). The word appeared again in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s with the gloss “bucket” (PE21/8).
kapsa
noun. case, vessel, case, vessel, *container
A word in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s glossed “case, vessel” (PE21/20). It appeared in both a short form kas (kaps-) and longer kapsa (PE21/27). It might be derived from ᴹ√KAB “hollow” as suggested by Raccoon in a Discord chat from 2022. If so, its general meaning might be “✱container”.
sungwa
noun. drinking-vessel
A noun for “drinking-vessel” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶sukmā under the root ᴹ√SUK “drink” (Ety/SUK).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to later Q. yulma “cup, drinking vessel” to avoid dealing with changes to the phonetic rules whereby km > gm > ngw that Tolkien made in the 1950s.
kas
noun. case, vessel
saum
noun. drinking-vessel
A noun meaning “drinking-vessel” derived from primitive ᴹ✶sukmā (Ety/SUK). This word went through a number of phonetic changes:
[[ilk|the [k] became [g] before the nasal [m]]]
[[ilk|the [u] shifted to [o] before the final [a]]]
[[ilk|the [g] vocalized to [u] before the nasal [m] producing the diphthong [ou]]]
[[ilk|the resulting diphthong [ou] became [au]]]
Helge Fauskanger originally suggested these developments (AL-Ilkorin/saum).
kalpa
root. water-vessel
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “water-vessel”, with derivatives ᴹQ. kalpa/N. calf “water-vessel, bucket”, as well as ᴹQ. kalpa- “draw water, scoop out, bale out” (Ety/KALPA). It is a later iteration of ᴱ√KḶPḶ from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hold, contains (esp. of liquids)”, with functionally identical noun forms ᴱQ. kalpa/G. calph “bucket, vessel”, but a different verb form ᴱQ. kulp- due to variations in how syllabic ḷ developed in Early Qenya (QL/47; GL/25). It illustrates how early roots with syllabic consonants from the 1910s were sometimes transformed later into KALTA-stem roots.
sukmā
noun. drinking-vessel
bráglorin
proper name. Golden Wain, Blazing Vessel
bent
noun. small boat
calph
noun. bucket
benc
noun. small boat
i·vrada ’loriol
proper name. Golden Wain
A noun appearing as N. calf “water-vessel” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√KALPA of the same meaning (Ety/KALPA). The same word appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but had the form and gloss G. calph “bucket” (GL/25).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use the spelling ᴺS. calph to make the pronunciation clear, as suggested in HSD (HSD), since final f is generally pronounced [v] in Sindarin. Given its generic gloss “water-vessel”, I would use this word for any larger vessel for holding or carrying water.