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!

Early Quenya

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).

Early Quenya [LT1/176; LT1A/Aulenossë; LT1A/Valinor; LT1I/Aulenossë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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 as vowels in hiatus rather than the usual diphthong [au̯]. The only other similar example is 5-syllable anaükante (PE12/27).

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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”.

Early Quenya [PE14/022] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Early Quenya [PME/033; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [PME/033; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [LT1A/Aulë; PME/034; PME/071; QL/034; QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aule

masculine name. Smith

Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/62; LBI/Aulë; LT1A/Aulë; LT1I/Aulë; LT2I/Aulë; PE13/104; PE14/012; PE15/08; PE15/29] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ausie

noun. wealth

Early Quenya [LT2A/Ausir; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aute

adjective. rich

Early Quenya [LT2A/Ausir; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aute

noun. goods, property, wealth, money

Early Quenya [LT2A/Ausir; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

auk

noun. fool, clumsy fellow

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aure

noun. sunlight, sunshine, gold light, warmth

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aurin

adjective. warm

Early Quenya [PE13/160; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aurinde

noun. summer, pleasant warmth

Early Quenya [PME/033; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ausi-

prefix. well

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

austa

noun. (high) summer

Early Quenya [PME/033; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

austalende

noun. mid-summer’s day

Early Quenya [PME/033; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aulo

noun. cloud

Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

auqa

adjective. awkward, clumsy (of things), difficult

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

auriqilea

adjective. golden, sunlit

laurina

adjective. golden

Early Quenya [LT1A/Laurelin; QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sauke

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taure

noun. forest

Early Quenya [LT2/089; MC/213; MC/220; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077; PE16/080; PE16/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laurea

adjective. golden

Early Quenya [PE15/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/064] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taurie

noun. forest

au

preposition. away from

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narqelion

noun. Autumn

Early Quenya [LT1/041; LT1I/Narquelion; PME/051; PME/068; PME/072; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nolme

noun. audacity

Early Quenya [PME/067; QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-(v)ando

adjective. augmentative

-(y)ando

adjective. augmentative

Early Quenya [PE14/048; PE14/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ilda

suffix. augmentative

-lda

suffix. augmentative

Early Quenya [PE14/047; PE14/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-umea

suffix. augmentative

-umya

suffix. augmentative

-yanda

adjective. augmentative

-úme

suffix. augmentative

Early Quenya [PE14/048; PE14/081; QL/088; QL/091; QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narquelion la..tu y aldalin kortirionwen

Autumn (among) the trees of Kortirion

Early Quenya [LT1/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nolmenoite

adjective. audacious

Early Quenya [QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

teret

noun. auger, borer, gimlet

Early Quenya [LT1A/Ilterendi; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lasselanta

noun. the Fall, Autumn

Early Quenya [LT1A/Gar Lossion; PME/051; PME/072; QL/051; QL/072; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yanta-

verb. to add to, enlarge, increase, augment

Early Quenya [GL/37; PE15/68; PE15/69; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yantya-

verb. to add to, augment

yávan

noun. harvest, autumn

Early Quenya [LT1A/Yavanna; PE15/69; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Early Quenya [GL/18; PE14/012; PE15/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [PME/093; QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

avesta

noun. summer

Early Quenya [PE13/137; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ka

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vande

adverb. well

Early Quenya [QL/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ahúra

noun. Sun

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

Early Quenya [PE15/77] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alkana-

verb. to blaze

Early Quenya [QL/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

angwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

avanwa

adjective. going, passing, nearly gone

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eant

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ematte

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

enqe

preposition. without

Early Quenya [QL/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ere-

verb. to go

Early Quenya [PE16/133] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fanya

noun. cloud

Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Early Quenya [PE14/021] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

histe

noun/adjective. dusk

holle

noun. shout

Early Quenya [QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

intya

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/107] Group: Eldamo. Published by

iye

adverb. ago

kala

noun. morning

kale

noun. day

Early Quenya [PE14/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [QL/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kor

noun. war

Early Quenya [PME/048; QL/048] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kuluina

adjective. golden

Early Quenya [PE13/104; PE14/046; PE15/73; PME/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kuluksa

adjective. golden

kuluvoite

adjective. golden

Early Quenya [PME/049; QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kále

noun. morning

Early Quenya [LT1A/Galmir; PE13/114; QL/034; QL/044] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lantanwa

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/006] Group: Eldamo. Published by

las

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

luin

adverb. ago

Early Quenya [QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

luina

adjective. ago

Early Quenya [QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. day

Early Quenya [PE16/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malke

adjective. rich

Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mande

adverb. well

Early Quenya [QL/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

marasan

proper name. Tuesday

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

Early Quenya [PE14/022] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maske

noun. dusk

Early Quenya [QL/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

milkin

noun. wealth

Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

min-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/028] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Early Quenya [GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/064] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nierme

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ohta

noun. war

Early Quenya [PE13/151; PE13/164; PE14/045; PE14/075; PE14/109; PE15/78] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oilima

adjective. last

Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/214; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/066; PE16/067; PE16/072; PE16/073; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/076; PE16/077; PE16/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

perqa

adjective. wrong

Early Quenya [QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/111] Group: Eldamo. Published by

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qalmisan

proper name. Tuesday

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

Early Quenya [PE14/022] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Early Quenya [QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qolina

adjective. ill

qímar

noun. phantom

Early Quenya [MC/213] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ralle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saile

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [GL/72] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saiwa

adjective. hot

Early Quenya [LT1/248; LT1A/Sári; PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saiwali

noun. summer

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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+ 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.

Early Quenya [QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sunqelaine

noun. sunset

Early Quenya [PME/087; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [LRI/Sári; LT1/186; LT1/198; LT1A/Sári; LT1I/Sári; PE14/014; SMI/Sári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

súme

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by

talka

noun. smith

Early Quenya [LT1A/Eldamar; PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tie-

verb. to go

Early Quenya [PE16/133] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [LT1/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tongar

noun. smith

Early Quenya [QL/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

toron

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tultárie

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyanta

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

táne

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE13/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tánie

adjective. [unglossed]

ukárele

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/006] Group: Eldamo. Published by

umpai

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

upaitya-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

usult

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

valle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yaim-

verb. to possess

Early Quenya [GL/43] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yaima-

verb. to possess

yu

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yú-

prefix. ago

Early Quenya [PE15/68] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ô

preposition. from

Early Quenya [GL/17] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malu-

verb. to devour

Early Quenya [QL/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by