Quenya 

vinya

pale blue

vinya (2) < windya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya is only attested with the meaning "young, new" in his later Quenya.)

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).

vinya

adjective. young, new

Quenya [CPT/1296; MR/067; PE17/191; UT/176; VT47/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

winya

winya

[winya (2), see vinya #2 (WIN/WIND)]

winya

new, fresh, young

winya (1) adj. "new, fresh, young" _(VT45:16; though the entry including this form was struck out in the Etymologies, _vinya "new" is a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya, and it is meant to represent older winya. Compare winyamo, q.v.)

vinyamo

noun. youngster

sinya

new

sinya adj. "new" (SI)

vinyë

evening

[vinyë noun "evening" (VT46:21)]

windya

pale blue

windya > vinya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya means "new" in his later versions of Quenya.)

lëa-vinya

feminine name. Lëa the Young

A (transient) name given for the wife of Tulkas in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/65-7), who was normally given as Nessa. The second element is vinya “young” (MR/67), but meaning of the initial element is unclear. In a Discord chat on 2022-10-09, Lokyt suggested that Lëa might be derived from √LAY “flourish”.

Quenya [MR/067; MRI/Lëa] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinima

adjective. childish

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wine

noun. baby, child not yet fully grown

winë (stem *wini-, given the primitive form ¤wini) noun "baby, child not yet fully grown", "little-one", also used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT46:10, 26, VT48:6, 16). Synonyms win(i), winimo. In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinë; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

winicë

baby

winicë (also wincë), noun "baby", also used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT48:6). Synonyms winë, winimo. In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinicë*, vincë; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new". Since the diminutive ending -icë descends from -iki(VT48:16), winicë may have the stem-form winici**-.

winima

childish

winima adj. "childish" (VT47:26). In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinima; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

winimo

baby

winimo noun "baby", "little-one", used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT47:10, VT48:6, 16). Synonyms winë, win(i). In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinimo; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

winyamo

youngster

winyamo noun "youngster" (VT47:26). In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinyamo; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

ingoldo

masculine name. The Noldo

The mother-name of Finarfin (PM/360), and also the mother name of his son Finrod (PM/346). It is an archaic combination of the definite article i “the” and ✶Ñgoldō > Noldo, with the ñg- preserved because it was not at the beginning of the word (PE19/76). It would have been Sindarized as S. Angolodh, but this name was not used because Finarfin did not go to Middle-earth with his brothers (PM/360). A similar name was common in Númenor and Gondor, where it was reduced to Ingold (PM/360, LotR/749).

Conceptual Development: In earlier writing, the mother-name of Finarfin was Ingalaurë, while Ingoldo was the mother-name of Fingolfin (MR/230, PE17/118). At this stage, Tolkien said that it was a combination of the names of the peoples of Fingolfin’s mother and father, the Ingar and Noldor (MR/230). As the mother-mame of Fingolfin, Tolkien also considered having this name develop into Fingoldo (PE17/39) or Ingoldofinwe (PE17/118, MR/230) to better match his Sindarin name.

Quenya [MR/230; MRI/Ingoldo; PE17/039; PE17/118; PE19/076; PM/360; PMI/Finarfin; PMI/Fingolfin; PMI/Finrod; PMI/Ingoldo; SMI/Ingoldo; VT39/16] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hinyë

noun. baby

A word for a “baby” in rough notes on Elvish finger names (VT47/27), probably some kind of diminutive formation from √KHIN “child”. It had a variant hintil that is clearly specific to fingers only: = √KHIN + √TIL “✱baby finger, (lit.) child tip”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, it is probably better to use one of the baby words from the more finished versions of these notes, such as vinimo.

ilin

pale blue

ilin adj. "pale blue" (GLINDI)

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).

sinyë

evening

sinyë (þ) noun "evening" (THIN)

windë

pale blue

[windë > vindë adj. "pale blue" (VT45:16)]

winima

adjective. childish

A word appearing as winima “childish” in notes from 1968, an adjectival form of winë (wini-) “child not yet full grown” (VT47/26).

Neo-Quenya: In other notes from this period, Tolkien said of winë that “Pengoloð gives these in archaic Quenya form before the change of w, in most situations to v” (VT48/6), so I would likewise adapt this word as ᴺQ. vinima.

winyamo

noun. youngster

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”.

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Sindarin 

gwein

adjective. young

adj. young. Q. vinya. >> gwîn

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

gwain

new

  1. #gwain (gwin-), lenited wain, pl. gwîn. Isolated from the month-name Narwain, ”new sun” (where #gwain appears in lenited form). The form gwîn ”young” listed in VT46:22 would have to be taken as a pl. form, if it is to be the cognate of Quenya vinya. 2) cîw (lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (fresh), 3) eden (begun again), pl. edin; 4) sain (sin-), lenited hain; pl. sîn;

gwain

new

(gwin-), lenited ’wain, pl. gwîn. Isolated from the month-name Narwain, ”new sun” (where #gwain appears in lenited form). The form gwîn ”young” listed in VT46:22 would have to be taken as a pl. form, if it is to be the cognate of Quenya vinya.

aduial

noun. the evening, time of star-opening, "evendim"

Sindarin [LotR/D] ad + uial "second twilight". Group: SINDICT. Published by

angolodh

masculine name. The Noldo

A hypothetical Sindarization of the name Q. Ingoldo “The Noldo”, mother-name of Finarfin (PM/360). The second element is clearly S. Golodh “Noldo”. The first element probably has no particular meaning, but rather is an example of how primitive [[os|initial syllabic [ŋg] became [aŋg]]] in Sindarin (PE17/124), while it became [iŋg] in Quenya (PE19/77).

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cîr

adjective. renewed

Sindarin [VT/48:7-8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cýr

adjective. renewed

Sindarin [VT/48:7-8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwain

adjective. new

Sindarin [Narwain (Narvinyë) LotR/D, Cf. Ety/399] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwein

adjective. young

gwinig

noun. "litte baby"

Sindarin [VT/48:6,16-17] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwinig

noun. little finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

Sindarin [VT/48:6,16-17] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sain

adjective. new

Sindarin [Ety/385, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cîl

renewal

(i gîl; no distinct pl. form except with article: i chîl) (VT48:8)

cîr

renewed

clashes with the word for ”ship”.s

cîw

new

(lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (fresh)

cýron

new moon

(i gýron), pl. cýroen (i chýroen). Archaic ✱cýraun, spelt cýrawn in the source (VT48:7).

dess

young woman

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

late evening

(i dhû) (night, nightfall, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302).

eden

new

(begun again), pl. edin

elu

pale blue

  1. elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?) 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form)

elu

pale blue

  1. elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?). 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form).

neth

young

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

neth

young

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

sain

adjective. new

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sain

new

(sin-), lenited hain; pl. sîn

siniath

news

(tidings) (i siniath).

thinna

grow toward evening

(fade).

thîn

evening

†*thîn (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. __ is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).

thîn

evening

(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. THIN is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).

tinnu

starlit evening

(i** dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, twilight, early night without a moon), pl. tinny (i** thynny) if there is a pl. Verb

Noldorin 

gwind

noun. pale blue

Noldorin [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwîn

adjective. young

Noldorin [EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eden

adjective. new, begun again

Noldorin [Ety/349] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwîn

noun. evening

Noldorin [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neth

adjective. young

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

neth

adjective. young

irregular, compare: tathor @@@

Noldorin [Ety/NETH; Ety/Nι; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sein

adjective. new

Noldorin [Ety/385, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sein

adjective. new

thîn

noun. evening

Noldorin [Ety/392, VT/46:18] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thîn

noun. evening

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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!

Qenya 

vinya

place name. Young, New Land

A name for Númenor in the initial versions of the tales of its fall (LR/19, 64; SD/332). It is simply vinya “young, new” used as a name.

Qenya [LR/019; LR/025; LR/064; LRI/Vinya; SD/332; SDI2/Vinya] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinya

adjective. pale blue

vinya

adjective. young, new

Qenya [EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinye

noun. evening

Qenya [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sinya

adjective. new, new, *current

ilin

adjective. pale blue

nessa

adjective. young

sinye

noun. evening

tet(ta)

noun. baby

A word in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s glossed “baby” with short and long variants tet and tetta (PE21/19).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tyetl “a tiny baby” under the early root ᴱ√TYETE “give suck” (QL/50), a word that also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “babe” (PME/50). This became ᴱQ. tetta “baby” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/135), and finally tet/tetta in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s as noted above. There are no signs of this word thereafter.

Qenya [PE21/19; PE21/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vinde

adjective. pale blue

Qenya [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

win(i)d

root. pale blue

A rejected set of roots with derivatives having to do with “blue-grey” and “fading” (Ety/WIN), perhaps replacing another rejected root ᴹ√GWINDI (EtyAC/GWINDI).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

windı̯ā

adjective. pale blue

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glindi

root. pale blue

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “pale blue” used in an abandoned explanation of N. Eredlindon as “Blue Mountains” (Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/GLINDI). Later this name was S. Ered Lindon “Mountains of Lindon” (Ety/LIN²; S/123).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/LUG²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neth

root. young

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LEP; Ety/NETH; Ety/Nι; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nethrā

adjective. young

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

winyē

noun. evening

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gwiog

adjective. young

gwion

adjective. young

gwiw

adjective. young

gân

adjective. young

mathwen

noun. evening

Gnomish [GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

puthli

noun. baby

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “baby” (GL/64), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√PU(HU) “generate” (QL/75).

Early Quenya

kana

adjective. young

Early Quenya [GL/37] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tetta

noun. baby

Early Quenya [PE16/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

gwind

adjective. pale blue

An adjective for “pale blue” derived from the root ᴹ√GWINDI, rejected along with its root (EtyAC/GWINDI).

Doriathrin [EtyAC/GWINDI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwine

noun. evening

A noun for “evening” derived from primitive ᴹ✶winyā [winjā], but it was rejected along with its root ᴹ√WIN (Ety/WIN). It is the clearest example of the Ilkorin phonetic development whereby [[ilk|final [j] became [i]]] and then became [e], since Tolkien indicated the intermediate forms before rejecting the word.

Doriathrin [Ety/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

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