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Early Quenya

-i

suffix. plural suffix

Cognates

  • G. -in “plural suffix” ✧ GG/10
Early Quenya [GG/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ni

suffix. feminine suffix

A common feminine suffix in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s in words like varyani “foreigner (fem.)”, probably a suffixal form of ᴱQ. “woman” (GL/60) and often paired with its masculine equivalent ᴱQ. -nu.

Element in

  • Eq. heruni “lady” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. kuruni “witch” ✧ QL/049
  • Eq. ettani “female cousin” ✧ QL/036
  • Eq. haruni “grandmother” ✧ QL/039
  • Eq. hestani “sister” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. túrani “queen” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. varyani “foreigner (fem.)” ✧ QL/100
  • Eq. veruni “wife” ✧ QL/101
  • Eq. vestani “*bride” ✧ QL/101

Elements

WordGloss
“woman”
Early Quenya [QL/036; QL/039; QL/040; QL/049; QL/095; QL/100; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-si

suffix. feminine suffix

A feminine suffix in several words from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s such as ᴱQ. felusi “witch” (QL/38) and ᴱQ. varitsi “foreigner (fem.)” (QL/100).

Element in

  • Eq. felusi “witch” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. varitsi “foreigner (fem.)” ✧ QL/100
  • Eq. yaksi “cow” ✧ QL/105

Variations

  • -tsi ✧ QL/100 (-tsi)
Early Quenya [QL/038; QL/100; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ina

suffix. adjectival suffix

Element in

  • Eq. angaina “of iron” ✧ QL/031
  • Eq. aksina “steel” ✧ PE15/77
  • Eq. yaksina “of steel” ✧ QL/105
  • Eq. kalassina “brazen” ✧ QL/044
  • Eq. talqina “made of glass” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. kanuina “of lead” ✧ QL/044
  • Eq. karina “finished” ✧ QL/045
  • Eq. kólemaina “patient” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. tirtina “divided, shared, distributed” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. anaina “womanly” ✧ QL/031 (-na)
  • Eq. itisin “itching” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. kaina “done, actual, real” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. kuluina “golden”
  • Eq. latsina “level, smooth”
  • Eq. laurina “golden” ✧ QL/051
  • Eq. lúsina “warm, glowing (of things); affectionate, hearty (of people)” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. lúvin(a) “dark, overcast” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. malina “yellow” ✧ QL/058
  • Eq. -noina “adjective suffix”
  • Eq. pimpina “trailing” ✧ QL/074
  • Eq. polina “oaten” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. potsina “rearward, back, rear, hinder; next, following; second” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. rimp(in)a “striped” ✧ QL/080
  • Eq. rúvina “burst” ✧ QL/081
  • Eq. salistina “blessed” ✧ QL/081
  • Eq. silína “shimmering” ✧ QL/083
  • Eq. siltina “winnowed” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. sistina “ulcerated, sore” ✧ QL/086
  • Eq. sitsina “habitual, customary, accustomed, usual, ordinary, common” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. suksina “resinous” ✧ QL/086
  • Eq. sunqelaina “falling, fading, setting” ✧ QL/087
  • Eq. talarin “[unglossed]” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. tarqin(a) “salted, dried; salt meat” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. telpina “of silver” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. tiltin “slanting” ✧ QL/093
  • Eq. sinqina “metallic” ✧ QL/083
  • Eq. torina “baked, done” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. tambina “of copper” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. vórina “of fur” ✧ QL/102

Variations

  • -INA ✧ QL/031 (-INA)
  • -na ✧ QL/031 (-na); QL/102 (-na)
  • -in ✧ QL/043 (-in); QL/088 (-in); QL/093 (-in)
Early Quenya [PE15/77; QL/031; QL/043; QL/044; QL/045; QL/047; QL/051; QL/057; QL/058; QL/074; QL/075; QL/080; QL/081; QL/083; QL/084; QL/086; QL/087; QL/088; QL/091; QL/093; QL/094; QL/102; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-tsi

suffix. feminine suffix

-a

suffix. adjectival suffix

Element in

  • Eq. aistalea “worshipful” ✧ QL/034
  • Eq. alasta “of marble, marble” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. aldea “tree-shadowed”
  • Eq. atempa “(strong) dislike” ✧ QL/090
  • Eq. auqa “awkward, clumsy (of things), difficult” ✧ QL/033
  • Eq. aurea “sunny, sunlit” ✧ QL/033
  • Eq. avíka “very much alike”
  • Eq. assea “bony”
  • Eq. talqea “glassy” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. kityalea “ticklish, susceptible, sensitive” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. koirea “alive, lively” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. talanda “burdened, weighed down, sad” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. fanórea “absent-minded” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. ekkia “thorny” ✧ QL/035
  • Eq. eressea “lonely”
  • Eq. pómea “northern” ✧ QL/074
  • Eq. hatsea “rushing, rapid” ✧ QL/039
  • Eq. helinillea “*violet [colour]” ✧ QL/039
  • Eq. órea “of the dawn, Eastern” ✧ QL/070
  • Eq. illia “in multitudes” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. isqalea “clever” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. kaimassea “confined to bed, a-bed, bedridden” ✧ PE14/079
  • Eq. karneambara “*red-breasted” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. kiryassea “what is on board ship” ✧ PE14/047
  • Eq. kómea “globe-shaped, round” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. kotsia “nutty” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. kulmarinda “orange-coloured” ✧ QL/049
  • Eq. kulurinda “orange-coloured” ✧ QL/049
  • Eq. lassea “with leaves, leafy” ✧ QL/051
  • Eq. latukenda “of tin” ✧ QL/051
  • Eq. laumea “dark, stormy” ✧ QL/051
  • Eq. laurea “golden” ✧ PE15/73
  • Eq. lempea “half” ✧ PE14/051
  • Eq. limpalassea “much roaring” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. lindelea “melodious” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lindea “singing, *musical” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lindórea “singing at dawn (esp. of birds)” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. líneneldora “having many beeches” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. linqea “watery” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lintasarindea “having many willows” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. lintuilinda “many-swallows of autumn” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. lintuilindórea “of autumn; when many swallows congregate and sing at dawn”
  • Eq. lintyulussea “having many poplars” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. liqistea “transparent” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. listea “full of grace, blessed” ✧ QL/055
  • Eq. lómea “*gloomy”
  • Eq. lómina “shadowy” ✧ QL/055
  • Eq. lótea “full of blossom” ✧ QL/056
  • Eq. lotórea “flourishing” ✧ QL/055
  • Eq. luina “ago” ✧ QL/056
  • Eq. lúlea “sapphirine” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. lúmia “pertaining to time, temporal” ✧ QL/056
  • Eq. lúrea “overcast, dark [of weather]” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. maqalea “handy, skilled (with hands)” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. Makarnea “Red-handed”
  • Eq. maksilistea “powerful, having possession of or authority over” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. malikondea “of amber” ✧ QL/058
  • Eq. lempea “decimal” ✧ QL/052
  • Eq. melitsa “beloved, favourite” ✧ QL/060
  • Eq. mirmila “rippling” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. mulda “powdery” ✧ QL/063
  • Eq. murmea “slumbrous” ✧ QL/063
  • Eq. naikelea “agonizing” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. narka “snappy, ill-tempered” ✧ QL/064
  • Eq. násea “loathsome” ✧ QL/064
  • Eq. niqissea “snowy” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. nardilea “perfumed” ✧ QL/068
  • Eq. nornea “of oak” ✧ QL/067
  • Eq. kaurea “timid”
  • Eq. númea “in the west, western” ✧ QL/068
  • Eq. nyenya “querulous, tearful, plaintive” ✧ QL/069
  • Eq. olórea “dreamy, dreamlike” ✧ QL/069
  • Eq. palassea “foaming (of the sea)” ✧ QL/072
  • Eq. pampil(e)a “tremulous” ✧ QL/072
  • Eq. pirindea “cylindrical” ✧ QL/074
  • Eq. pirúk(end)ea “pirouetting, whirling lightly” ✧ QL/074
  • Eq. pínea “small” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. poldórea “muscular, powerful” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. málea “able” ✧ PE15/67
  • Eq. qentea “verbal” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qim(en)ea “womanly, feminine” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qirqirinda “murmuring” ✧ QL/078
  • Eq. qalmea “deathly” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. qalúmea “deadly” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. qámea “sick” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. qilda “quiet, hushed, still” ✧ QL/078
  • Eq. qilea “coloured, -hued” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qínea “squeaking” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qinqelea “languorous” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. werelinda “twirling, pirouetting” ✧ QL/103
  • Eq. mírea “smiling” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. raustea “of prey” ✧ QL/079
  • Eq. asampe(a) “cavernous”
  • Eq. rua “steady, still, tranquil” ✧ QL/080
  • Eq. saikelea “famished” ✧ QL/082
  • Eq. salamba “twanging, throbbing, resounding, echoing” ✧ QL/081
  • Eq. saminda “silken” ✧ QL/081
  • Eq. silmea “*of the moon” ✧ QL/056
  • Eq. silqeléna “having tresses” ✧ QL/083
  • Eq. silqelossea “with hair like white flowers” ✧ PE16/100
  • Eq. siliq(in)a “flinty” ✧ QL/083
  • Eq. loimea “thirsty” ✧ QL/056
  • Eq. sunqelea “westering, setting” ✧ QL/087
  • Eq. susúlima “full of wind, windy, airy” ✧ QL/086
  • Eq. telerea “elfin” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. telella “elfin” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. telúmea “final, conclusive, end; last; extreme” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. telpea “silvern” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. telusta “outer, extreme, ultimate” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. tendilea “feeling; sentimental” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. tilwínea “shining” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. timpina “fine, powdered, sprayed” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. timpínea “made of spray, full of fine showers, showery (of weather)” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. tiqilindea “thawing, slushy” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. tólea “central, middle” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. túrea “mighty” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. turinda “royal, of the ruling dynasty; in power” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turinqia “royal, Queenly” ✧ QL/096 (turinqia)
  • Eq. ulwea “alder-grown” ✧ QL/097
  • Eq. valdea “of moment, important” ✧ QL/102
  • Eq. valkea “cutting, sharp” ✧ QL/101
  • Eq. vanest(e)a “beautious” ✧ QL/099
  • Eq. vea “similar, like” ✧ QL/101
  • Eq. wilwarinda “butterflylike”
  • Eq. waliemba “tropical” ✧ QL/103
  • Eq. yarendila “like a sailor” ✧ QL/105

Variations

  • -ea ✧ QL/074 (-ea); QL/075 (-ea); QL/077 (-ea); QL/077 (-ea); QL/091 (-ea); QL/092 (-ea); QL/092 (-ea); QL/092 (-ea)
Early Quenya [PE14/047; PE14/051; PE14/079; PE15/67; PE15/73; PE16/100; QL/030; QL/033; QL/034; QL/035; QL/037; QL/039; QL/042; QL/043; QL/047; QL/048; QL/049; QL/051; QL/052; QL/053; QL/054; QL/055; QL/056; QL/057; QL/058; QL/060; QL/061; QL/063; QL/064; QL/065; QL/066; QL/067; QL/068; QL/069; QL/070; QL/072; QL/073; QL/074; QL/075; QL/076; QL/077; QL/078; QL/079; QL/080; QL/081; QL/082; QL/083; QL/086; QL/087; QL/088; QL/090; QL/091; QL/092; QL/094; QL/095; QL/096; QL/097; QL/099; QL/101; QL/102; QL/103; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-l

suffix. dative suffix

Cognates

  • G. -i “dative suffix” ✧ GG/10

Variations

  • -l ✧ GG/10
Early Quenya [GG/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-r

suffix. plural suffix

Cognates

  • G. -th “plural suffix” ✧ GG/10

Variations

  • -r ✧ GG/10
Early Quenya [GG/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ea

suffix. adjectival suffix

-ra

suffix. adjectival suffix

Element in

  • Eq. alkara “brilliant, bright, shining” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. karkara “toothed” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. diéra “yesterday’s; (mostly in sense) bygone, over, passed” ✧ QL/105
  • Eq. núora “tomorrow’s, to be; future” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. panyara “?setting”
  • Eq. tanta(ra) “bouncing, resilient” ✧ QL/094
  • Eq. tessara “maiden, maidenly” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. oara “of wool” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. úsiéra “*escaped”
Early Quenya [QL/030; QL/048; QL/066; QL/071; QL/091; QL/094; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-va

suffix. adjectival

Element in

  • Eq. alaswa “like marble” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. alluva “clean” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. turinwa “kingly, royal” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. aswa “of bone” ✧ QL/033
  • Eq. kalleva “fair (weather or complexion)” ✧ QL/044
  • Eq. kanuva “leaden” ✧ QL/044
  • Eq. qeluva “original” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. lausiva “living (of plants)” ✧ QL/052
  • Eq. kóleva “passive” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. fandelúva “monstrous” ✧ QL/038; QL/038
  • Eq. fanóriva “absent-minded” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. anúva “doughty” ✧ QL/031
  • Eq. (h)áva “*its; 3rd sg. neut. possessive emphatic” ✧ PE14/054
  • Eq. helinwa “of pansies; (of colour) a blue-violet” ✧ QL/039
  • Eq. (h)íva “*her; 3rd sg. fem. possessive emphatic” ✧ PE14/054
  • Eq. henuva “venomous, poisonous” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. haranwa “fleshly, carnal” ✧ QL/039
  • Eq. sarkuva “corporeal, bodily” ✧ QL/086
  • Eq. huiva “murky” ✧ QL/041
  • Eq. (h)úva “*his; 3rd sg. masc. possessive emphatic” ✧ PE14/054
  • Eq. ilimba “milky” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. kenyeva “sharp (of points)” ✧ QL/046
  • Eq. koisiva “animal, bodily” ✧ QL/048
  • Eq. larúva “greasy” ✧ QL/051
  • Eq. lenuva “tight, narrow” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. kuluva “of gold” ✧ QL/049
  • Eq. -matwa “*-eating”
  • Eq. mekilwa “central” ✧ QL/060
  • Eq. mirúva “like wine, winy” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. móriva “nocturnal” ✧ QL/062
  • Eq. naiqa “painful” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. Noldorinwa “Goblin; Gnomish” ✧ QL/067
  • Eq. noldova “belonging to gnomes” ✧ QL/067
  • Eq. notsiva “drizzling” ✧ QL/068
  • Eq. oiswa “poor” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. paluva “even, flat, level” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. perenwa “continual, enduring, unceasing” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. qolúva “pestilent, pestilential” ✧ QL/078
  • Eq. saratwa “made of planks” ✧ QL/082
  • Eq. singwa “salt” ✧ QL/083
  • Eq. sovalwa “cleansing” ✧ QL/086
  • Eq. terenwa “shapely, well tuned” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. tereva “sharp, piercing, shrill; acute (pain)” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. turúva “wooden” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. urúva “like fire” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. vílyava “airy” ✧ PE15/68 (vílyava)
  • Eq. vóriva “like fur” ✧ QL/102
  • Eq. voruva “age long” ✧ QL/102
  • Eq. yerenwa “like iron” ✧ QL/105

Variations

  • -uva ✧ PE14/079
  • -wa ✧ QL/030 (-wa); QL/033 (-wa); QL/038 (-wa); QL/039 (-wa); QL/039 (-wa); QL/060 (-wa); QL/065 (-wa); QL/067 (-wa); QL/071 (-wa); QL/073 (-wa); QL/082 (-wa); QL/083 (-wa); QL/086 (-wa); QL/091 (-wa); QL/096 (-wa); QL/105 (-wa)
  • -ba ✧ QL/042 (-ba)
Early Quenya [PE14/047; PE14/054; PE14/079; PE15/68; QL/030; QL/031; QL/033; QL/037; QL/038; QL/039; QL/040; QL/041; QL/042; QL/044; QL/046; QL/047; QL/048; QL/049; QL/051; QL/052; QL/053; QL/060; QL/061; QL/062; QL/065; QL/067; QL/068; QL/071; QL/073; QL/076; QL/078; QL/082; QL/083; QL/086; QL/091; QL/096; QL/098; QL/102; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-sse

suffix. feminine suffix

Element in

Variations

  • -sse ✧ QL/040 (-sse); QL/055 (-sse)
Early Quenya [QL/040; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

en(we)

noun. name

Cognates

  • G. enn “name”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ENE “*name” ✧ QL/035

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ENE > en[emb] > [en]✧ QL/035

Variations

  • en ✧ QL/035
  • enwe ✧ QL/035
Early Quenya [QL/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fenume

noun. dragon

Variations

  • fenumë ✧ LT2A/Glorund
  • Fenume ✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [LT2A/Glorund; QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kondo

noun. dragon

Cognates

  • En. gunn “dragon” ✧ PE13/162; PE13/162

Element in

  • Eq. kondasse “dragon’s lair” ✧ PE13/162
Early Quenya [PE13/162] Group: Eldamo. Published by