Middle Primitive Elvish
yen
root. year
yen
root. daughter
yenpanta
adjective. aged, long-lived
yenrinde
noun. year
yend
noun. daughter
yē
root. to be
eʒ-
verb. to be
nī/ini
root. female
yel
root. daughter
ē
root. to be
ī
root. to be
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!
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “year” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yén/N. în “year” (Ety/YEN). Tolkien’s ongoing use of words like Q. yén and S. ínias “annals” indicate its ongoing validity (LotR/377; MR/200), but in Quenya at least the meaning shifted to that of an “Elvish long year”, equal to 144 solar years (LotR/1107; MR/471; NM/84).