landa (2) adj. "wide" (LAD). Maybe in landatavárë = *"wide-wood"? (TI:415)
Quenya
yanda
wide
yanda
adjective. wide
Cognates
- S. iand “wide” ✧ PE17/115
landa
wide
yonda
wide, roomy, extensive
yonda adj."wide, roomy, extensive" (PE17:43), also (as alternative form of yonna) glossed "enclosed", with the latter meaning perhaps intended as the passive participle of the verb yor-
yána
vast, huge; wide
yána (1) adj. "vast, huge; wide" (PE17:99, 115); also yanda, q.v.
yána
adjective. wide, vast, huge
Cognates
- S. iaun “wide, extensive, large, roomy, vast, huge” ✧ PE17/099
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √YAN > yāna- [jāna] ✧ PE17/099 √YAN > yāna [jāna] ✧ PE17/115 Variations
- yāna- ✧ PE17/099
- yāna ✧ PE17/115
lóna
dark
?lóna (4) adj. "dark" (DO3/DŌ). If this is to be the cognate of "Noldorin"/Sindarin dûr, as the context seems to indicate, lóna is likely a misreading for *lóra in Tolkien's manuscript.
lúna
dark
lúna adj. *"dark" in Lúnaturco and Taras Lúna, Quenya names of Barad-dûr (Dark Tower). (PE17:22). In the Etymologies, lúnë "blue" was changed by Tolkien from lúna (VT45:29).
morĭ
adjective. dark
PQ. dark
móri
dark
móri adj. "dark" (MC:221; this is "Qenya"; in Tolkien's later Quenya mórë, morë)
ulca
adjective. dark
dark, gloomy, sinister
Naira
vast, wide, empty
naira (2) adj. "vast, wide, empty" (PE17:27)
morna
dark, black
morna adj. "dark, black" (Letters:282, LT1:261; also used of black hair, PE17:154), or "gloomy, sombre" (MOR). Used as noun in the phrase mi…morna of someone clad "in…black" (PE17:71). In tumbalemorna (Letters:282), q.v. Pl. mornë in Markirya**(the first version of this poem had "green rocks", MC:215, changed to ondolisse mornë** "upon dark rocks" in the final version; see MC:220, note 8).
nulla
dark, dusky, obscure
nulla adj. "dark, dusky, obscure" (NDUL), "secret" (DUL). See also VT45:11.
núla
dark, occult, mysterious
núla ("ñ")adj. "dark, occult, mysterious" (PE17:125)
palla
wide, expansive
palla adj. "wide, expansive" (PAL)
mori-
dark, black
mori- "dark, black" in a number of compounds (independent form morë, q.v.):Morimando "Dark Mando" = Mandos (MBAD, VT45:33), morimaitë "black-handed" (LotR3:VI ch. 6, VT49:42). Moriquendi "Dark Elves" (SA:mor, WJ:361, 373), Moringotto "Black Foe", Sindarin Morgoth, later name of Melkor. The oldest form is said to have been Moriñgotho (MR:194). In late material, Tolkien is seen to consider both Moringotto and Moricotto _("k") _as the Quenya form of the name Morgoth (VT49:24-25; Moricotto also appears in the ablative, Moricottollo). Morion "the dark one", a title of Morgoth (FS). Morifinwë "dark Finwë", masc. name; he was called Caranthir in Sindarin (short Quenya name Moryo). (PM:353) In the name Morinehtar, translated "Darkness-slayer", the initial element is defined would thus seem to signify "darkness" rather than "dark" as an adjective (see mórë). (PM:384, 385)
lúrëa
dark, overcast
lúrëa adj. "dark, overcast" (LT1:259)
hróva
dark, dark brown
hróva adj. "dark, dark brown", used to refer to hair (PE17:154)
yanda adj. "wide" (PE17:115); variant of yána #1, q.v.