Quenya 

masto

village

masto noun "village" (LT1:251)

opelë

walled house or village, 'town'

opelë noun "walled house or village, 'town' " (PEL(ES) )

farnë

dwelling

#farnë (2) noun "dwelling", in orofarnë (as translated in Letters:224, but in other notes of Tolkiens the word was interpreted "any growing thing or plant", PE17:83)

indo

house

indo (2) noun "house" (LT2:343), probably obsoleted by #1 above (in Tolkiens later Quenya, the word for "house" appears as coa).

marda

dwelling

marda noun "dwelling" (PE17:107)

os

house, cottage

os (ost-) noun "house, cottage" (LT2:336; hardly valid in LotR-style Quenya writers may use coa or már)

Sindarin 

Amon Obel

noun. hill-village

amon (“hill, steep-sided mount”) + obel (“walled house or village”) #The second element is found in Obel Halad (possibly “town of chieftain”) .

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Tindobel

noun. starlit village, city

tindu (AS “twilight”) + gobel (“village, town”) #Nd doesn’t become nn within one morpheme as it’s an archaic name.

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rhosgobel

place name. Russet Village

The home of Radagast (LotR/256), translated “russet village or town” (RC/241), a combination of rhosc “russet” and gobel “village”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was also N. Rhosgobel, translated “Brownhay” (TI/164).

Sindarin [LotRI/Rhosgobel; RC/241; UTI/Rhosgobel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gobel

noun. village, town (enclosure), (walled) village, town (enclosure); [N.] walled house, *manor

gobel

village

(walled village or house) gobel (i **obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil** = i ñebil). Archaic pl. *göbil.

gobel

village

(i ’obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. ✱göbil.

gobel

walled house (or village)

gobel (i **obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil** = i ñebil). Archaic pl. *göbil.

gobel

walled house (or village)

gobel (i **obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil** = i ñebil). Archaic pl. *göbil.

gobel

enclosed dwelling

(i ’obel) (walled house or village, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. göbil.

bar

noun. dwelling, home

Sindarin [S/428, WR/379-80, SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

bar

noun. inhabited land

Sindarin [S/428, WR/379-80, SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sennas

noun. guesthouse

Sindarin [RC/523] "resting place", from *send, *senn (SED) ?. Group: SINDICT. Published by

Amon Obel

Fortified Hill

Amon Obel means "Fortified Hill" in Sindarin (amon = "hill" and gobel = "walled settlement").

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway "Amon Obel"] Published by

adab

house

(building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb.

bâr

dwelling

bâr (house, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds

bâr

dwelling

(house, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds

bâr

house

bâr (dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

bâr

house

(dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

car

house

(building, dwelling-place) 1) car or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity. 2) adab (building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb. 3)

car

house

or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity.

dôr

dwelling place

(i nôr, construct dor) (land, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413).

grôd

underground dwelling

(i ’rôd, construct grod) (cave, delving, excavation), pl. grŷd (in grŷd) (WJ:414)

noss

house

(family) 1) noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan), 2) nost (pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360), 3) nothrim (family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

noss

house

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan)

nost

house

(pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360)

nothrim

house

(family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

rhûd

dwelling underground

(construct rhud, with article ?i thrûd or ?i rûd – *the lenition product of rh- is uncertain) (artificial cave, rockhewn hall, mine), pl. rhuid (?idh ruid) (PM:365)*.

sennas

guesthouse

(i hennas), pl. sennais (i sennais), coll. pl. sennassath (RC:523)

Noldorin 

gobel

noun. walled house or village, town

Noldorin [Ety/PEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gobel

noun. walled house or village, town

Noldorin [Ety/380] Group: SINDICT. Published by

car

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

car(dh)

noun. house, house, *construction, structure

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as car or carð with the gloss “house” under the root ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” (Ety/KAR). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. kar (kard-) was glossed “building, house”.

Neo-Sindarin: Given the meaning of its root, I would use cardh for any kind of building-like construction or structure for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. For an ordinary “house” where people live, I would use S. bâr.

cardh

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Adûnaic

zadan

noun. house

A noun translated “house” and fully declined as an example of a Strong I noun (SD/430).

Telerin 

cava

noun. house


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

masto

noun. village

Early Quenya [LT1A/Eldamar; QL/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ruella

noun. village

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wasto

noun. village

Early Quenya [QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. dwelling, village, hamlet

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

indo

noun. house

A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).

Early Quenya [LT2A/Idril; PE16/132; PME/043; QL/042; QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

opele

noun. walled house or village, town, walled house, *manor; village, town, *hamlet

Qenya [Ety/PEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Westron

ran(u)

noun. village, small group of dwellings on a hill-side

Westron [LotR/1138; PM/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hlothran

place name. a common village name

Westron [LotR/1138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

pel

suffix. village, hamlet, -ham

Gnomish [GL/64; LT1A/Tavrobel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-vran

suffix. dwelling

A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.

-vron

suffix. dwelling

baur

noun. house

gwast

noun. dwelling

A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).

Early Noldorin

bâr

noun. house

Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/122; PE13/128; PE13/138; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

sōđā

noun. house

Early Primitive Elvish [PE12/021; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by