ala

noun. wing

ala

interjection. behold, look

ala

preposition. beyond, after; before

ala hui oilimaite

*before the last night

The repeated thirteenth, fourteenth and sixteenth phrases (lines 24, 25 and 27) of the intermediate version of the Oilima Markirya poem (PE16/77). The first word is ala “before” followed by hui “night” and oilimaite “last”. This phrase corresponds to phrase in the English translations of the poem LA2a-LA2b (PE16/68-9): “before the last night”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> ala hui oilimaite = “✱before night last”

Conceptual Development: The second word “night” was first written fuin (line 24) or fui (lines 25 and 27).

ala fuin oilimaite

after the last night

The twentieth phrase (lines 24 and 26) of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/221). The first word is the preposition ala “after”, followed by the nominative form of the noun fui “night” and the adjective oilimaite “night”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> ala fui-n oilimaite = “✱before night-(nominative) last”

Conceptual Development: This phrase also appeared in the fourth, fifth and sixth drafts, though the number of times it appeared varied (OM1d-f: PE16/62, 72, 74). It appeared twice in the final draft, on lines 24 and 26 (MC/221). In the fourth draft, ala was translated “before” rather than “after” (PE16/62, 68).

alalminóre

place name. Land of (Many) Elms

A region in Tol Eressëa in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/16). It is a compound of alalme “elm” and nóre “land” (QL/29, 66).

alas

noun. marble

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ʒalast- (QL/30).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word may be salvageable in Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. alas, reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”, perhaps from ᴺ✶galast- originally with the sense “thing pleasant to touch”.

alaswa

adjective. like marble

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variations alaswa, alakse, alaska glossed “like marble”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” (QL/30).

Neo-Quenya: I see no straightforward way of adapting any of these forms to Neo-Quenya, so I stick to ᴺQ. alasta as the adjectival form of “marble” instead.

alasta

adjective. of marble, marble

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. alasta “of marble, marble”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” (QL/30).

Neo-Quenya: I think it might likewise be used in Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. alasta, an adjectival form of ᴺQ. alas “marble”.

ala-

verb. ?to grow

alalme

noun. elm (tree)

alandri

collective name. Earth [Fay]

Name for a type of Earth Fay in Tolkien’s “Creatures of the Earth” from the 1910s (PE14/10). Its etymology is unclear.

alatya-

verb. to shield, ward off, protect

ala fuin oilimaite

after the last night

ala hui oilimaite

*before the last night

ala hui oilimaite

*before the last night

alakse

adjective. like marble

alanda

adjective. wide, broad

alapumba

noun. drum

alaska

adjective. like marble

alayambo

interjection. hurrah!

halda

adjective. wide, broad

alkar

noun. glory

talainen tinwelindon

with wings like stars

The fourth phrase of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/220). The first word is the instrumental form talainen of the noun tala “sail”, followed by the adverbial plural form tinwelindon of the noun tinwe “star”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> tala-inen tinwe-li-ndon = “✱sail-with star-(plural)-like”

Conceptual Development: This phrase did not appear until the fourth draft of the poem (OM1d: PE16/62); earlier drafts used the unrelated phrase kirilde tinwelinqe (OM1a-c: PE16/56-7, 60). In the revised phrase, Tolkien first used alainen, the instrumental of otherwise-unattested ala “wing”. He changed it to tala in the sixth draft, and the associated Glossary Commentary made its meaning “sail” clear (OM1f: PE16/74-5). Tolkien did not alter the translation of the entire phrase, in which the word “wing” was presumably poetic license.

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

halis

noun. rush

kale

noun. day

kulu

noun. gold

landa

adjective. wide, broad

lapumba

noun. drum

lá

noun. day

(a)rauka

adjective. swift, rushing

alle

?. [unglossed]

amu-

verb. to raise

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

angwe

?. [unglossed]

anwe

?. [unglossed]

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

ausi-

prefix. well

eant

?. [unglossed]

ematte

?. [unglossed]

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

haliske

noun. rush

haloisi velike

place name. Great Sea

A name of the Great Sea in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/85), a compound of haloisi “(stormy) sea” and velike “great”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Haloisi Velikë).

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

húro

noun. storm

il(l)aika

adjective. blunt

intya

?. [unglossed]

isqa

adjective. wise

iswa

adjective. wise

ka

?. [unglossed]

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

lantanwa

adjective. [unglossed]

las

noun. [unglossed]

lava-

verb. to lick

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

mande

adverb. well

min-

verb. [unglossed]

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

nierme

?. [unglossed]

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

orto-

verb. to raise

pelloini

collective name. Earth [Fay]

Name for a type of Earth Fay in Tolkien’s “Creatures of the Earth” from the 1910s (PE14/10). Its etymology is unclear.

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

qolda

adjective. ill

The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had several similar adjectives under the early root ᴱ√QOLO: ᴱQ. qolda or qolina “ill” and ᴱQ. qolima “sickly, ailing” (QL/78).

Neo-Quenya: I’d adopt ᴺQ. quolina for all these meanings: “ill, sickly, ailing”. I would further assume it applies to any kind of physical ailment, including injury. For someone sick specifically by disease I would use [ᴺQ.] hlaiwa. Not all Neo-Quenya writers accept quo- as a valid combination; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.

qolina

adjective. ill

ralle

?. [unglossed]

rauka

adjective. swift

rista-

verb. to plant

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “plant” under the early root ᴱ√RIẎI “scatter” (QL/80).

saile

noun. [unglossed]

salistina

adjective. blessed

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

sauke

?. [unglossed]

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

súme

?. [unglossed]

tampo

noun. well

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. tampo “a well”, derived from the root ᴱ√TṂPṂ “build”; Tolkien considered transferring the word to ᴱ√TAPA “✱stretch” (QL/93). This word also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/93).

Neo-Quenya: I think ᴺQ. tampo “well” might be salvaged in Neo-Quenya as a derivative of √TAM “construct”; it is used this way in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

toron

?. [unglossed]

tultárie

adjective. [unglossed]

tyanta

?. [unglossed]

táne

adjective. [unglossed]

tánie

adjective. [unglossed]

ukárele

noun. [unglossed]

umpai

?. [unglossed]

upaitya-

verb. [unglossed]

usult

?. [unglossed]

valle

?. [unglossed]

vande

adverb. well

varya

adjective. different

vasse

noun. wing

A word for “wing” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√VASA (QL/100). A similar word ’wasse appeared under the early root ᴱ√GWASA (QL/103). The word vasse “wing” also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/22) and again in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but not thereafter.

vingwe

?. [unglossed]

wasse

noun. wing

yanta

adjective. large

yu

?. [unglossed]

áye

interjection. hail

úmea

adjective. large