Quenya 

mer-

wish, desire, want

mer- vb. "wish, desire, want" (the form merë given in Etym seems to be the 3rd person sg. aorist, *"wishes, desires, wants"); pa.t. mernë (MER)

mer-

verb. to hope, to hope, [ᴹQ.] wish, desire, want

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire”

Element in

mer-

verb. wish (for), want

Quenya [PE 22:103n, 118] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

mermë

noun. wish

Elements

WordGloss
mer-“to hope, to hope, [ᴹQ.] wish, desire, want”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

elwen

heart

elwen noun "heart" (LT1:255; rather hón or enda in LotR-style Quenya)

enda

heart

enda noun "heart", but not referring to the physical organ; it literally means "centre" (cf. endë) and refers to the fëa (soul) or sáma (mind) itself. (VT39:32)

hón

heart

hón noun "heart" (physical) (KHŌ-N); hon-maren "heart of the house", a fire (LR:63, 73; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -en, not -o as in LotR-style Quenya read *hon-maro?)

indo

heart, mood

indo (1) noun "heart, mood" (ID), "state" (perhaps especially state of mind, given the other glosses) (VT39:23), "mind, region/range of thought, mood" (PE17:155, 179), "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]" (PE17:189). In another post-LotR source, indo is translated "resolve" or "will", the state of mind leading directly to action (VT41:13). Indo is thus "the mind in its purposing faculty, the will" (VT41:17). Indo-ninya,a word occurring in Fíriels Song, translated "my heart" (see ninya). In the compound indemma "mind-picture", the first element would seem to be indo.

milmë

desire, greed

milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)

yesta-

desire

yesta- (1) vb. "desire" (YES, VT46:23; the latter source indicates that Tolkien did write yesta- with a final hyphen, indicating that this is "desire" as a verbal stem, not as a noun).

írissë

desire

Írissë fem. name (PM:345), evidently connected to írë "desire".

írë

desire

írë (1) noun "desire". (ID). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, írë was also the name of a long carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting long í. (VT45:17).

írë

noun. desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing

Derivations

  • IR “desire, long for, desire, long for; [ᴹ√] desirable, beautiful”
  • ID “desire, long for” ✧ PE17/112

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ID > ír-[īde] > [īðe] > [īre]✧ PE17/112

Variations

  • ír- ✧ PE17/112 (ír-)

órë

heart

órë (1) noun "heart" (inner mind), also name of tengwa #21 (Appendix E), "premonition" (VT41:13), "nearest equivalent of 'heart' in our application to feelings, or emotions (courage, fear, hope, pity, etc.)" (VT41:13). The órë apparently defines a person's personality, cf. the description of Galadriel in PM:337, that "there dwelt in her the noble and generous spirit (órë) of the Vanyar". Órenya "my heart" (VT41:11).

estelya-

verb. to hope

Elements

WordGloss
estel“hope, trust, *faith”
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Sindarin 

iest

wish

(noun) iest, pl. ist

iest

wish

pl. ist

mer-

verb. to hope, wish, desire, want

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

iesta-

verb. to wish

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YES “desire”
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aníra-

verb. to desire

Sindarin [SD/129-31] an+*íra- or *níra- (?) OS *anîra-. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gûr

noun. heart (in the moral sense), counsel

Sindarin [VT/41:11,15] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aníra

desire

(vb.) aníra- (i aníra, in anírar);

aníra

desire

(i aníra, in anírar);

gûr

heart

(i ’ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11).

hûn

heart

1) (physical heart) hûn (i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin), 2) (inner mind) gûr (i **ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11). 3) ind (inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath. 4) nest (core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix hû**- apparently meaning ”heart”..

hûn

heart

(i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin)

ind

heart

(inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

nest

heart

(core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix - apparently meaning ”heart”..

îr

sexual desire

(VT46:23)

Noldorin 

iest

noun. wish

Noldorin [Ety/400] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iest

noun. wish

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YES “desire” ✧ Ety/YES

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√YES > iest[jesta] > [jest]✧ Ety/YES

hartha-

verb. to hope

Element in

Variations

  • Hartha- ✧ SD/062 (Hartha-)

hûn

noun. heart (physical)

Noldorin [Ety/364] Group: SINDICT. Published by

îr

noun. sexual desire

Noldorin [VT/46:23] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

mer-

verb. to wish, desire, want

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire” ✧ Ety/MER; PE22/102; PE22/103

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MER > mere[mer-]✧ Ety/MER
ᴹ√MED > mere[med-] > [með-] > [mer-]✧ PE22/102
ᴹ√MER > merne[mer-]✧ PE22/103

Variations

  • mer ✧ PE22/099
Qenya [Ety/MER; PE22/099; PE22/102; PE22/103; PE22/118] Group: Eldamo. Published by

men-

verb. to wish, mean, intend

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MEN “go, proceed” ✧ PE22/103

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MEN > menne[menne]✧ PE22/103

Variations

  • menne ✧ PE22/127
Qenya [PE22/099; PE22/103; PE22/118; PE22/127] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

īdē

noun. heart, desire, wish

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ID “*desire, ?thought” ✧ Ety/ID

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. íre “desire, longing” ✧ Ety/ID

Variations

  • īdī ✧ EtyAC/ID
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ID; EtyAC/ID] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yes

root. desire

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “desire” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yesta- “desire” and N. iest “wish” (Ety/YES; EtyAC/YES).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. yesta- “to desire” ✧ Ety/YES
  • N. iest “wish” ✧ Ety/YES
  • ᴺS. iesta- “to wish”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/YES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khōn

noun. heart

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHO(N) “heart (physical)”

Variations

  • khō-n ✧ PE21/55
Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/55; PE21/64; PE21/66] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

erth

noun. wish

Cognates

  • Eq. irya “wish” ✧ PE13/116

Derivations

  • ᴱ√IRI “wish, intend”

mavwin

noun. wish

Changes

  • mavwinmavwin “a wish” ✧ GL/57

Cognates

  • Eq. maivoine “great longing” ✧ LT2A/Mavwin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAɃA “something nice” ✧ GL/57

Element in

Variations

  • mavwin ✧ GL/57 (mavwin); LT2A/Mavwin (mavwin)
Gnomish [GL/57; LT2A/Mavwin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

buin

noun. desire, wish

Cognates

  • Eq. voine “desire, wish” ✧ GL/24
Gnomish [GL/24; GL/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

elf

noun. heart

Changes

  • elfelf(in) “feeling, heart” ✧ GL/32

Cognates

  • Eq. elwen “heart” ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LEFE “*heart”

Element in

  • G. Elfrin(iol) “Littleheart” ✧ GL/32 (Elfriniol); GL/32 (elfrin)
  • G. Elfrith “Littleheart” ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23

Variations

  • elfeg ✧ GL/32 (elfeg)
  • Elf ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23
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honn

noun. heart

Changes

  • hondhonn ✧ GL/49

Cognates

  • Eq. hon “heart”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HONO “*heart”

Variations

  • hond ✧ GL/49 (hond)

ilf

noun. heart

Cognates

  • Eq. elwen “heart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LEFE “*heart”

Element in

  • G. Ilfrin “Littleheart” ✧ GL/50; LT1A/Ilverin; LT1A/Ilverin
  • G. Ilfrith “Dear Heart” ✧ GL/50; LT1A/Ilverin
Gnomish [GL/49; GL/50; LT1A/Ilverin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ûna-

verb. to hope

Early Noldorin

coth

noun. wish

Early Noldorin [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhonn

noun. heart

Changes

  • hondlhonn “heart” ✧ PE13/147
  • hondlhonn “heart” ✧ PE13/149

Cognates

  • Eq. hon “heart” ✧ PE13/149; PE13/162

Element in

  • En. urhonn “heartless” ✧ PE13/156

Variations

  • hond ✧ PE13/147 (hond); PE13/149 (hond)
  • honn ✧ PE13/156 (honn)
Early Noldorin [PE13/147; PE13/149; PE13/156; PE13/162] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

iri Reconstructed

root. wish, intend

Derivatives

  • Eq. irya “wish”
  • G. erth “wish”
  • G. îr- “to be willing; to will, intend to, mean to”
  • G. irm “a wish, intention, resolve”
  • G. irn “desired, wished for”
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Early Quenya

irya

noun. wish

Cognates

  • G. erth “wish” ✧ PE13/116

Derivations

  • ᴱ√IRI “wish, intend”
Early Quenya [PE13/116] Group: Eldamo. Published by

voine

noun. desire, wish

Cognates

  • G. buin “desire, wish” ✧ GL/24

Element in

  • Eq. maivoine “great longing” ✧ QL/060
Early Quenya [GL/24; QL/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

elben

noun. heart

elwen

noun. heart

A word appearing as ᴱQ. Elben “heart” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin of the 1910s (LT2/202; PE15/23), but as ᴱQ. Elwen “heart” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/35, 52). These words were connected to the character G. Elfrith who vanished from later versions of the Legendarium.

Cognates

  • G. elf “heart” ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23
  • G. ilf “heart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LEFE “*heart” ✧ QL/035; QL/052

Element in

  • Eq. Elwenil(do) “Littleheart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin (Elwenildo); LT2/202 (Elbenil)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LEFE > Elwen[elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen]✧ QL/035
ᴱ√LEFE > elwen[elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen]✧ QL/052

Variations

  • Elben ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23
  • Elwen ✧ QL/035
Early Quenya [LT1A/Ilverin; LT2/202; PE15/23; QL/035; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hon

noun. heart

Changes

  • hondolonda “heart” ✧ PE13/162

Cognates

  • En. lhonn “heart” ✧ PE13/149; PE13/162
  • G. honn “heart”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HONO “*heart” ✧ QL/040

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HONO > hon[xondo] > [xondǝ] > [xond] > [hond] > [hon]✧ QL/040

Variations

  • londa ✧ PE13/149; PE13/162
  • hondo ✧ PE13/162 (hondo); QL/040
  • honde ✧ PE16/137
  • hon ✧ QL/040
Early Quenya [PE13/149; PE13/162; PE15/32; PE16/137; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

honde

noun. heart

hondo

noun. heart

londa

noun. heart