aulenosse

proper name. Kindred of Aulë

Name for the Kindred of Aulë in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/176), a compound of Aule and nosse “people” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Aulenossë).

aurqila

adjective. golden, sunlit

An adjectice meaning “golden, sunlit” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant forms aürqila and auriqilea (QL/33), apparently a combination of ᴱQ. aure “sunlight” and ᴱQ. qilea “hued”. The first variant aürqila is unusual in that it implies aü as vowels in hiatus rather than the usual diphthong [au̯]. The only other similar example is 5-syllable anaükante (PE12/27).

ausie

noun. wealth

A word appearing as ᴱQ. ausie “wealth” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√AW̯A having to do with riches and property (QL/33).

Neo-Quenya: The root √AW “possess, own, keep” resurfaced in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, along with a derivative aura “possession, thing owned”. As such I would adapted this Early Qenya word as ᴺQ. aurië “wealth” as an abundance of possessions, an abstract noun based on aura.

aute

noun. goods, property, wealth, money

A noun for “goods, property, wealth, money” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√AW̯A (QL/33).

Neo-Quenya: Since √AW “possess, own, keep” resurfaced in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, I would retain ᴺQ. autë for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but only in the sense “property”. For “goods” I would use ᴹQ. armar, for “wealth” ᴺQ. aurië, and for “money” telpë.

aulisan

proper name. Tuesday

Name of the first Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the name of the god Aule and sana “day”.

auro

noun. sun

A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).

auvar

masculine name. Wealth

A Qenya name for G. Ausir in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/33), also appearing as Autar and replacing rejected Avar/Avas.

auqa

adjective. awkward, clumsy (of things), difficult

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as ᴱQ. auqa “awkward, clumsy (of things); awkward, difficult”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. auk “a fool, clumsy fellow” (QL/33).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. auqua for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but mainly in the sense “awkward, clumsy” applicable to both people and things. For “difficult” I would use hraia and hranga.

aurea

adjective. sunny, sunlit

ᴱQ. aurea “sunlit, sunny” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of the early word ᴱQ. aure “sunlight” (QL/33). This word also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “sunny” (PME/33).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word can be salvaged as ᴺQ. aurëa “✱daytime”, an adjectival form of the later word aurë “day(light)” (RC/727), by extension also meaning brightly lit by day hence also sunlit and sunny. Thus aurëa oron “daytime mountain” is one lit by the day = “sunny mountain”, and also aurëa arin “daytime morning” is a sunny morning. Aurëa would be both warm and bright as opposed to calina which is merely bright.

aurinka

adjective. sunny

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s equivalent to ᴱQ. aurea “sunlit, sunny”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. aure (auri-) “sunlight” (QL/33). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “sunny” (PME/33).

aule

adjective. shaggy

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “shaggy” derived from the early root ᴱ√OWO that was the basis of “wool” words (QL/71).

aule

masculine name. Smith

aute

adjective. rich

An adjective for “rich” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√AW̯A (QL/33). The same root also had ᴱQ. avarna “very rich”, but this form was deleted.

auk

noun. fool, clumsy fellow

aure

noun. sunlight, sunshine, gold light, warmth

aurin

adjective. warm

aurinde

noun. summer, pleasant warmth

ausi-

prefix. well

austa

noun. (high) summer

austalende

noun. mid-summer’s day

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

aulo

noun. cloud

auriqilea

adjective. golden, sunlit

laurina

adjective. golden

sauke

?. [unglossed]

taure

noun. forest

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

laurea

adjective. golden

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

taurie

noun. forest

au

preposition. away from

teret

noun. auger, borer, gimlet

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. teret (terekt-) “auger, borer, gimlet” in the Qenya Lexicon based on the early root ᴱ√TEŘE “pierce” (QL/91; PME/91).

Neo-Quenya: The root √TER “pierce” appeared in Tolkien’s later writings so I think this ᴺQ. teret “auger, borer, gimlet” can be salvaged for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but I would update its stem form to tereht- for consistency with later Quenya phonology.

narqelion

noun. Autumn

nolme

noun. audacity

-(v)ando

adjective. augmentative

-(y)ando

adjective. augmentative

-ilda

suffix. augmentative

-lda

suffix. augmentative

-umea

suffix. augmentative

-umya

suffix. augmentative

-yanda

adjective. augmentative

-úme

suffix. augmentative

narqelion laktu y·aldalin kortirienwen

Autumn among the Trees of Kortirion

narquelion la..tu y aldalin kortirionwen

Autumn (among) the trees of Kortirion

nolmenoite

adjective. audacious

lasselanta

noun. the Fall, Autumn

yanta-

verb. to add to, enlarge, increase, augment

yantya-

verb. to add to, augment

yávan

noun. harvest, autumn

mar

masculine name. Mar

Another name for Aule in an very early name list of the Valar (PE14/12). It seems to be mar “Earth” used as a name.

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).

avesta

noun. summer

ka

?. [unglossed]

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

vande

adverb. well

ahúra

noun. Sun

An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.

alkana-

verb. to blaze

alle

?. [unglossed]

angwe

?. [unglossed]

anwe

?. [unglossed]

eant

?. [unglossed]

ematte

?. [unglossed]

enqe

preposition. without

ere-

verb. to go

A deleted verb in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with present form ere “goes” and past tense erne “went”, perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√ERE [EÐE] “out” as suggested by the editors (PE16/133).

fanya

noun. cloud

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

fuinen

proper name. Tuesday

Name of Tuesday in the seven-day week of the Elves (otsola) in an early word list (PE14/21). The day was related to death and sorrow, and was probably derived from Fui, a name of the Goddess Nienna.

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

histe

noun/adjective. dusk

holle

noun. shout

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

intya

?. [unglossed]

iye

adverb. ago

kala

noun. morning

kale

noun. day

kanda-

verb. to blaze

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “blaze” and derived from the early root ᴱ√KṆŘṆ [KṆÐṆ] (QL/47).

kor

noun. war

kuluina

adjective. golden

kuluksa

adjective. golden

kuluvoite

adjective. golden

kále

noun. morning

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

las

noun. [unglossed]

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

luin

adverb. ago

luina

adjective. ago

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

lá

noun. day

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

malke

adjective. rich

An adjective for “rich” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MḶKḶ “possess” (QL/62).

mande

adverb. well

marasan

proper name. Tuesday

Alternate name of the first Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of mar “Earth” and sana “day”.

maske

noun. dusk

milkin

noun. wealth

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. milkin “wealth” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MḶKḶ “possess” (QL/62).

Neo-Quenya: Given S. maelig “wealth, abundance” < √MILIK from the 1950s, I think ᴺQ. milcin “wealth” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

min-

verb. [unglossed]

málos

noun. forest

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as the cognate of G. goloth “forest”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- (GL/41). This is likely a combination of ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together” and some elaboration of the root ᴱ√ALA “spread”, the basis of “tree” words, so probably originally “✱together spread(ing)” or something to that effect.

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

nierme

?. [unglossed]

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

ohta

noun. war

oilima

adjective. last

perqa

adjective. wrong

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

qalmisan

proper name. Tuesday

Name of the second Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of qalme “death” and sana “day”.

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

qímar

noun. phantom

ralle

?. [unglossed]

saile

noun. [unglossed]

saiwa

adjective. hot

saiwali

noun. summer

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

silkesse

noun. harvest

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. silkesse “harvest” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SḶKḶ that was also the basis for “grass” words (QL/84).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s updated this root to ᴹ√SALAK+wē for “grass” words (Ety/SALÁK), so I think this Early Qenya word can be updated to ᴺQ. salcessë “harvest”. I would assume this word refers to the product of a harvest = “✱produce”, as opposed to yávië which is the time or act of harvesting.

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

sunqelaine

noun. sunset

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sunset”, an elaboration of ᴱQ. sunqele “setting of stars, moon, sun, etc.” (QL/87).

sári

proper name. Sun

A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

súme

?. [unglossed]

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

talka

noun. smith

tie-

verb. to go

A deleted verb in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, probably related to ᴱQ. tie “path” and the early root ᴱ√TEHE as suggested by the editors (PE16/133).

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

tongar

noun. smith

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]

vingwe

?. [unglossed]

wessa

adjective. rich

This word appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s as ’wessa equated to G. gwes “rich”, probably its Qenya cognate.

yaim-

verb. to possess

A Qenya verb mentioned a couple times in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as related to either G. guira- “possess” or G. gaithi “he had” as a past form of gôtha- “possess, have, hold” (GL/42-43).

yaima-

verb. to possess

yu

?. [unglossed]

yú-

prefix. ago

ô

preposition. from

malu-

verb. to devour