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ava

outside, beyond

ava (1) adv.? noun? prep.? "outside, beyond" (AWA, VT45:6)

ava

adverb/adjective. *outer, [ᴹQ.] outside, beyond; outer, exterior

ava

interjection. strong or curt refusal

Avamanyar

avamanyar

Avamanyar noun Elves that refused to go to Aman (= Avari) (WJ:370). Sg. Avamanya (PE17:143)

avarin

proper name. language(s) of the Avari, *of the Avari

Term referring to the languages of the Avari (WJ/410).

Conceptual Development: The term ᴹQ. Avarin appeared in the Comparative Tables from the 1930s, replacing the older term ᴹQ. Lemberin (PE19/19). Earlier still in the 1920s, Tolkien used the term ᴱQ. Ilkorin to refer to the languages of the Elves who remained behind in Middle-earth (PE14/62), but by the 1930s the term ᴹQ. Ilkorin referred only to the languages of the Elves of Beleriand (which in still later writings became Sindarin).

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áva

don't!

áva, avá (the latter stressed on the final syllable) "Don't!", negative imperative particle (compare ala, #ála). Cf. ávan "I won't" (also ván, ványë); áva carë! ("k") "don't do it!" (WJ:371)

áva

particle. don’t, negative imperative

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avallónë

place name. Outer Isle

The name for a port city on the island of Tol Eressëa, so named for its nearness to Valinor (S/260). This name seems to be a compound of ava “outer” and lónë “island”.

Conceptual Development: This name first appears as ᴹQ. Avallon, another name for the island Tol Eressëa in the earliest tales of the “Fall of Númenor” from the 1930s (LR/24). The name was doubtless a deliberate allusion to the Avalon of Celtic legend. At this stage, the island was so named “for it is hard by Valinor”, so perhaps it included an abbreviation of Valinor as an element. In The Etymologies, the name appeared instead as ᴹQ. Avalóna “Outer Isle” (Ety/AWA, LONO), a compound of ᴹQ. ava “outer” and ᴹQ. lóna “island”.

In the Tolkien’s revised stories on the Fall of Númenor from the 1940s, the name ᴹQ. Avallon(de) appeared as a name of a city on Tol Eressëa (SD/399). This name was also used as a name for Valinor itself, where it was glossed “Haven of the Gods” (SD/344); in this version of the story, ancient legends confused the island of Tol Eressëa with the land of Valinor itself. The name Avallonde most likely contained the element ᴹQ. londe “haven”, and its initial element was perhaps an allusion to the Vala (or their Adûnaic name Avalô). In the Tolkien’s writings in the 1930s and 1940s, these names applied to either the island or the city, but never appeared together.

In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, the name appeared as Avallónë in a footnote, again as a name of Tol Eressëa “signifying the isle that lies nighest unto the Valar in Valinor” (MR/175). At this stage, Tolkien seems to have changed ᴹQ. lóna to Q. lónë “island”. In the materials making up the published version of The Silmarillion, the name Avallónë was once again applied instead to the city of Tol Eressëa (S/260). It is unclear why the name’s final element wasn’t changed back to Q. londë “haven”, which would be a better fit for the name of a port city.

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avamanyar

collective name. Elves who would not go to Aman

Another name of the Avari meaning “Elves who would not go to Aman”. This term was coined to distinguish them from the Úmanyar “Elves who did not go to Aman, but not because they refused” (that is, the Sindar). It is a combination of Amanyar (“Elves of Aman”) with the prefix ava- for refusal. Unlike the other elaborations of Amanyar, this term appears in the singular in at least one place: avamanya “not (willing to go to) Aman” (PE17/143).

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avar

proper name. Refuser, Elf who did not journey to Aman

The Elves who refused to journey to Aman, an agental formation of the ancient verb ava- “to refuse” with the common agental suffix -r(o) (VT47/13, WJ/371). This name most frequently appeared in its plural form Avari referring to this entire people (S/52).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Avar(o) first appeared in plural form * in Tolkien’s linguistic notes from the 1930s with the gloss “The Departing”, and referred to those elves who left Middle-earth, whereas those who remained were referred to by the earlier name the ᴹQ. Lembi “Lingerers” (LR/169-170). Tolkien soon revised this name to refer to the Elves who remained behind, effectively replacing the term Lembi (LR/200). This name appeared in The Etymologies* with essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/AB).

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ava-

without

ava- (3) prefix "without" (AR2, AWA). In some cases apparently used as a mere negation prefix: The form avalerya in VT41:6 is seemingly a negated form of the verb lerya- "release, set free"; the verb avalerya- is suggested to have the same meaning as the root KHAP = "bind, make fast, restrain, deprive of liberty". Likewise, the verb avalatya- from the same source seems to mean "to close, shut", this being a negated form of a verb *latya- "open" (q.v.)

ava-

not to be said, that must not be said

ava- (2) prefix indicating something forbidden: avaquétima "not to be said, that must not be said", avanyárima "not to be told or related" (WJ:370)

ava-

was not

ava- (4) vb with pa.t. avanë. This verb is not clearly glossed; apparently meaning refuse or prohibit(WJ:370). Cf. áva, Avamanyar. What is seems to be more or less the same verb has its principal tenses listed (with the ending -n "I") in VT49:13: aorist avan, present ávan (ávëan), future auvan for older avuvan, past avanen or auvan, perfect avávien. In one version of the paradigm, the present tense ávëan and past avanen are marked as archaic/poetic forms. One text seemingly uses the pa.t. aunë in the sense "was not", as a negative verb, but this may have been a short-lived idea of Tolkiens (the text was revised).

avathar

place name. Shadows

A region in the far south of Aman where Ungoliant dwelled before she was recruited by Morgoth to destroy the Two Trees (S/73-4). Its meaning is uncertain. In one place (MR/284) Tolkien declared that it was ancient Quenya with the meaning “Shadows”. Elsewhere (WJ/404) he said it was not an Elvish word at all and was probably adapted from Valarin. Its use of “th” [θ] means this name must have been archaic or from the Vanyarin dialect, since [[q|[θ] became [s]]] by the time of the Noldorin exile.

Very likely it is derived from the root √WATHAR (VT42/9-10) as suggested to me by Lokyt.

Conceptual Development: The earliest mention of this region was perhaps the name ᴱQ. Harwalin “Near the Valar” (QL/39), though this form had many variations. The issue is confused in Tolkien’s very early writing, because this name was often interchanged with ᴱQ. Eruman (later Q. Araman). In the Lost Tales, Tolkien eventually settled on the name ᴱQ. Arvalin “Nigh Valinor” (LT1/22), and the region retained this name for a long time, appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as ᴹQ. Arvalin “Outside Valinor” (Ety/AR²). It wasn’t until Tolkien’s Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s that the name changed to its final form, first (briefly) Vastuman of unclear meaning, then Avathar (MR/291).

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Avacúma

exterior void beyond the world

Avacúma place-name, "Exterior Void beyond the World" (AWA, (OY) )

Avallónë

of all cities the nearest to valinor

Avallónë place-name; haven and city on Tol Eressëa. In the Akallabêth the city is said to be so named because it is "of all cities the nearest to Valinor", but the etymology is not further explained. The Etymologies gives Avalóna "the outer isle" = Tol Eressëa (LONO, (AWA), VT45:28)

Avathar

not elvish

Avathar place-name denoting the land between the southern Pelóri and the Sea, where Ungoliant dwelt; said to be "not Elvish" in WJ:404 and must be thought of as an adaptation from Valarin; on the other hand, MR:284 states that it is "ancient Quenya" and offers the interpretation "The Shadows". Whatever the case, it must have become *Avasar in Exilic Quenya.

avahaira

remote, far

avahaira adj. "remote, far" (KHAYA)

avanir

unwill

avanir noun "unwill" (VT39:23)

avanwa

refused, forbidden, banned

avanwa adj. "refused, forbidden, banned" (PE17:143), blended in meaning with vanwa, q.v.

avanyárima

not to be told or related

avanyárima adj. "not to be told or related" (WJ:370), "unspeakable, wahat one must not tell" (PE17:143)

avanótë

without number, numberless

avanótë adj. "without number, numberless" (AWA, AR2, VT49:36)

avaquet-

refuse, forbid

avaquet- ("q")vb. "refuse, forbid" (KWET)

avaquétima

not to be said, that must not be said

avaquétima adj. "not to be said, that must not be said" (WJ:370)

avar

recusant, one who refuses to act as advised or commanded

avar noun "recusant, one who refuses to act as advised or commanded"; pl. Avari Elves that refused to join in the westward march to Aman (WJ:371, singular Avar in WJ:377 and VT47:13, 24).The Etymologies gives Avar or Avaro, pl. Avari "Elves who never left Middle-earth or began the march" (AB/ABAR)

avatyar-

forgive

#avatyar- vb. "forgive" (VT43:18); the form ávatyara (VT43:10) seems to include the imperative particle á (the two-word phrase *á avatyara "forgive!" merging into ávatyara). Plural aorist avatyarir (VT43:20). Where Tolkien used avatyar-, he cited the person(s) forgiven in the ablative (ávatyara mello** "forgive us", literally "from us"), whereas the matter that is forgiven appears as a direct object (VT43:11). Compare apsenë**.

ava-

verb. to refuse, forbid

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ava-

prefix. negation (refusing or forbidden)

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avalatya-

verb. *to refuse to open

A negation of the verb latya- “to open”, so meaning “✱refuse to open”, appearing in etymological notes associated with the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60 (VT41/5; PE17/159). It was probably a technical term connected to the “barrier of unwill” that one could choose to raise to prevent mental intrusion (VT39/23).

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avalerya-

verb. to restrain, to deprive of liberty

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avanir

noun. unwill

avanyárima

adjective. unspeakable, what one must not tell, not to be told or related

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avaquétima

adjective. not to be said, that must not be said

avalda

adjective. move[d], stirred, excited

@@@ per Helge Fauskanger, probably an archaic form (QQ/awalda).

avanwa

adjective. refused, forbidden, banned

avar

adverb. away down

ava-

verb. refuse, forbid

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ava-

verb. to depart, go away, disappear, be lost

avante

verb. refused

refused, denied, said nay

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avatyar-

verb. *to forgive, (lit.) do away with

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yáva

noun. *fruit

avacen-

verb. to unsee, forget something seen

A neologism for “unsee” coined by Chaered posted on 2025-06-16 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of ava- “refuse” and cen- “see”. Based on this etymology, it applies to things intentionally forgotten or ignored.

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avamarwa

adjective. homeless

A neologism coined by Greta Rudolph and Boris Shapiro in PPQ (PPQ) a combination of [ᴹQ.] ava- and an adjectival form of már “home”.

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avamolië

noun. (labour) strike, (lit.) refusal to work

A neologism for “strike” as in “labour strike”, coined by Chaered posted on 2025-01-30 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) as combination of the prefix ava- for refusal and an abstraction of mólë “labour”, so more literally “refusal to work”.

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avamat-

verb. to fast, (lit.) refuse to eat

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avanev-

verb. to avoid, (lit.) refuse to face

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avanut-

verb. to untie

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avarta-

verb. to abandon

A neologism coined by Boris Shapiro in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s, inspired by N. awartha- “forsake”.

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avatup-

verb. to uncover, expose

A neologism coined by Arael in the “Neologism of the Day” (NotD) series on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) posted at 2023-05-22, a combination of √AWA “away” and √TUP “cover”.

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auta-

verb. to go (away), depart, leave; to pass away, disappear, be lost, to go (away), depart, leave; [variant: vanya-] to pass away, disappear, be lost

A rather irregular verb whose base meaning is “go (away), depart, leave” and by extension with the senses “pass away, disappear, be lost”, derived from the invertible root √WĀ/AWA “away” (PE17/63; WJ/366). Its most notable use is in the Namárië poem where it appeared in its plural perfect form avánier “have passed” (LotR/377). The related adjective vanwa “lost, departed, vanished” appeared in the same poem. Tolkien’s desire to retain the forms avánie and vanwa likely influenced his investigation of this verb; its conceptual development is quite complex (see below).

The irregularity of this verb is due to some of its tenses being based on √AW, and others on √. Starting in the late 1950s he usually represent the base verb stem as auta- (PE17/63; PE22/164; WJ/366), such as in auta i lómë “the night is passing” from The Silmarillion (S/190). The stem form auta- was based on √AW + , similar to other verbs whose roots ended in y/w which usually required a formative suffix like ✶-tă (PE22/156). Such “half-strong” verbs normally had past forms with nasal-infixion before the formative suffix, in this case with primitive ✶áwa-n-tē becoming modern öante because ancient awa become öa in Quenya’s phonetic history (WJ/366-367). Tolkien posited similar perfect forms öantie or öávie (WJ/366; PE17/148; PE22/164).

In the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, Tolkien said that:

> In the more purely physical sense “went away (to another place)” the regular forms (for a -ta verb of this class) öante, öantie were used (WJ/366).

However, in this document (and others) he described another past form váne from primitive ✶wāne, derived from √ rather than √AW (PE17/63; WJ/366). From this ancient past form the perfect avánie was derived, with Tolkien saying “the forms of past and perfect became progressively more closely associated in Quenya” (WJ/366). This variant of the past and perfect was associated with the adjective (originally a perfective adjective) vanwa “gone, lost, no longer to be had, vanished, departed, dead, past and over”, and from it got the meaning: “✱passed away, went away (to never return)”. It was in this sense the perfect form avánier was used in the Namárië poem.

Conceptual Development: This verb has numerous precursors in Tolkien’s earlier writings, since the original root ᴱ√AVA “go away, depart, leave” dates back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/33). This root had a verb form ᴱQ. avin “he departs” with past form ambe (QL/33). The early root also had an inversion ᴱ√VAHA, from which an alternate past form “went” was derived (QL/99). Thus the notion that the past and present forms of this verb were from inversions of the root was quite an old idea in Tolkien’s mind.

The English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s had a verb form ᴱQ. vana- “pass, depart, vanish, go away” (PE15/76). This became ᴹQ. vanya- “go, depart, disappear” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√WAN “depart, go away, disappear, vanish” (Ety/WAN). This verb reappeared in the “Merin Sentence” from the mid-to-late 1950s: merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world” (MS). It is thus likely the base verb was vanya- when Tolkien first composed the Namárië poem, and in the 1st edition of The Lord of the Rings the perfect form was vánier without the leading a (RC/341).

The verb form ᴹQ. auta- with the sense “to go away” first appeared in the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1940s, where it was a variant of ᴹQ. apsa- < ᴹ✶abtā- of the same meaning, a back-formation from the past form avante < ✱aba-n-tē, all based on the root ᴹ√ABA/BA “away, go away” (PE19/45). However, sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s, Tolkien revised the meaning of ᴹ√AB to “refuse, deny, say no” (Ety/AB). In the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s, Tolkien had a similar verbal paradigm with Q. apta < ✶ab-ta vs. Q. auta as back-formation from past avante, but in that document the past was glossed “refused, denied, said nay” (PE19/90).

The derivations of auta- “go away, depart” from the root √WĀ/AWA began to appear in documents from the late 1950s and early 1960s such as Notes on Galadriel’s Song (NGS: PE17/63), Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN: PE17/148), and Quendi and Eldar (Q&E: WJ/365-366). He seem to stick with this paradigm going forward, but continue to experiment with various forms for different verb tenses. For example, in couple places Tolkien gave anwe as another (archaic) past along with oante (WJ/366; PE17/148). In another place he consider a variant verb ava- “depart, go away, disappear, be lost” with present avea, future auva, past vāne, and perfect avānie (PE17/63).

Neo-Quenya: It is pretty clear Tolkien intended the aorist form of this verb to be auta. In NGS Tolkien gave a future form autuva (PE17/63) and in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 a present form autya (PE22/164). LVS had a number of -ya or -ia present tenses for various ta-formative verbs, but also said something like “make Q. ea as present tense invaded other forms” in a difficult-to-read note. I take that to mean that the -ya/-ia presents regularized to -ea across many verb classes, so I would use the present tense form ✱autea “is departing” instead and assume that †autya is archaic; see the discussion of the Quenya present tense for more details.

This verb had two past paradigms: öante “went away (to another place)” vs. váne “✱pass away, went away (to never return)”, along with associated perfects öantie vs. avánie, with the last meaning “have passed away” (RGEO/58). In the aorist, present and future tenses this distinction is frequently less relevant, because the “to never return” qualifier is necessarily unknown. Where it is relevant, however, I would use a variant stem form vanya- “to pass away, disappear, be lost”, a back-formation derived from the alternate perfect avánie, inspired by the verb form in The Etymologies and the Merin Sentence (see above).

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latya-

to open anything (so as to allow entry)

latya- (2) vb. "to open anything (so as to allow entry)" (PE17:159). Cf. the negated form avalatya *"un-open" = to "close"? (VT41:6). See ava- #3.

mailitya

adjective. (greedily) wealthy, avaricious

A neologism coined by Röandil on 2023-07-30 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) based on the root √MILIK “✱greed”, from a primitive adjectival form mailikiyā of ✶mailiki “wealth”.

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Vala

power, god, angelic power

Vala (1) noun "Power, God, angelic power", pl. Valar or Vali (BAL, Appendix E, LT2:348), described as "angelic governors" or "angelic guardians" (Letters:354, 407). The Valar are a group of immensely powerful spirits guarding the world on behalf of its Creator; they are sometimes called Gods (as when Valacirca, q.v., is translated "Sickle of the Gods"), but this is strictly wrong according to Christian terminology: the Valar were created beings. The noun vala is also the name of tengwa #22 (Appendix E). Genitive plural Valion "of the Valar" (FS, MR:18); this form shows the pl. Vali, (irregular) alternative to Valar (the straightforward gen. pl. Valaron is also attested, PE17:175). Pl. allative valannar *"to/on the Valar" (LR:47, 56; SD:246). Feminine form Valië (Silm), in Tolkiens earlier material also Valdë; his early writings also list Valon or Valmo (q.v.) as specifically masc. forms. The gender-specific forms are not obligatory; thus in PE17:22 Varda is called a Vala (not a Valië), likewise Yavanna in PE17:93. Vala is properly or originally a verb "has power" (sc. over the matter of , the universe), also used as a noun "a Power" _(WJ:403). The verb vala- "rule, order", exclusively used with reference to the Valar, is only attested in the sentences á vala Manwë! "may Manwë order it!" and Valar valuvar "the will of the Valar will be done" (WJ:404). However, Tolkien did not originally intend the word Valar to signify "powers"; in his early conception it apparently meant "the happy ones", cf. valto, vald- (LT2:348)_. For various compounds including the word Vala(r), see below.

apsene-

remit, release, forgive

apsene- vb. "remit, release, forgive" (VT43:18, 20; it is unclear whether the final -e is somehow part of the verbal stem or is just the final form of the ending -i associated with the aorist, so that "I forgive" would be *apsenin). Where Tolkien used apsene-, he cited the person(s) forgiven in the dative (ámen apsenë "forgive us", literally "for us"), whereas the matter that is forgiven appears as a direct object (VT43:12). Compare avatyar-.

lerya-

release, set free, let go

lerya- vb. "release, set free, let go"; negated avalerya- "bind, make fast, restrain, deprive of liberty" (VT41:5, 6)

vanwa

gone, lost, no longer to be had, vanished, departed, dead, past, past and over, gone on the road, over

vanwa adj. "gone, lost, no longer to be had, vanished, departed, dead, past, past and over, gone on the road, over" (WJ:366, Nam, RGEO:67, WAN, LT1:264; older wanwa, PE17:143). The word was "not applied to _dead persons _except those who would not return, either because of a special doom (as [in the case of] Men) or because of a special will of their own (as Felagund or Míriel) or a special ban of Mandos (as Feanor)" (PE17:143). Also see avanwa.

ala

not

ala, #ála (1) imperative particle á, a combined with the negation , -la "not" to express a prohibition (VT43:22; see #1). Also with 1st person suffix -lyë (alalyë and álalyë, VT43:10, 22, VT44:8) and 1st person pl. object suffix - (alamë and álamë, "do not [do something to] us", as in ála tulya, "do not lead us", VT43:12, 22). In the essay Quendi and Eldar, negative imperatives are rather indicated by áva, q.v., but this form can well coexist with ala, #ála.

auta-

go away, leave

auta- (1) vb. "go away, leave" (leave the point of the speaker's thought); old "strong" past tense anwë, usually replaced by vánë, perfect avánië but when the meaning is purely physical "went away (to another place)" rather than "disappear", the past tense oantë, perfect oantië was used. Past participle vanwa "gone, lost, no longer to be had, vanished, departed, dead, past and over" (WJ:366)

avánië

avánië

avánië, pl. avánier, perfect tense of auta-, q.v. (WJ:366)

vánië

vánië

vánië vb., an augmentless perfect of auta- (q.v.) that may occur in verse; regular form avánië (WJ:366)

öa-

verb. to possess, own, keep

A verb Tolkien coined in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) written in 1969 (PE22/155-156) to have the meaning “possess, own, keep (have in hand, use or with one)” (PE22/151). It was derived from the root √AW, apparently not in its usual sense “away”. Tolkien considered two base forms: auta- with pasts au̯ante, oante, vante, or oa- with past aune, future auva, and alternate present āva. Since auta- clashes with better known auta- “depart”, I recommended using oa- “possess, own, keep” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

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únut-

verb. to untie

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a negation of [ᴹQ.] nut- “to tie”. Helge Fauskanger had ᴺQ. avanut- for “untie” in his NQNT (NQNT), but the prefix ava- means refusal or forbiddance, so I think the connotation is wrong.

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öar

adverb. away from

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-enca

without, -less

-enca suffix "without, -less" (PE17:167), cf. nec-, q.v.

ala-

not

ala- (2) negative prefix "not", "un-", reduced to al- before a vowel (VT42:33, GALA, VT45:25), though the example Alcorin would suggest that al- can sometimes appear before a consonant as well. In a deleted entry in Etym, al(a)- was defined as "not" and said to be a "pure negative" (VT45:5). In alahasta, Alamanyar, alasaila, Alcorin.

apta-

verb. to refuse, deny, say nay

ar-

outside

ar- (1) prefix "outside" (AR2), element meaning "beside" (VT42:17), "by" (PE17:169; in the same source the glosses "near, by, beside" were rejected). Cf. ara.

ara

outside, beside, besides

ara prep.(and adv.?) "outside, beside, besides" (AR2, VT49:57). According to VT45:6, the original glosses were "without, outside, beside", but Tolkien emended this. Arsë "he is out", VT49:23, 35, 36. As for ar(a), see ar #1. VT49:25 lists what seems to be ar(a) combined with various pronominal suffixes: Singular anni > arni "beside me", astyë "beside you" (informal), allë "besides you" (formal), arsë "beside him/her", plural anwë > armë "beside us" (exclusive), arwë "beside us" (inclusive), astë > ardë "beside you" (plural), astë > artë "beside them"; dual anwet > armet "beside us (two)". (Here Tolkien presupposes that ara represents original ada-.) The same source lists the unglossed forms ari, arin that may combine the preposition with the article, hence "beside the" (VT49:24-25)

au

away from

o (3) prep.? variant (along with au and va) of the stem awa "away from" (VT49:24). It is uncertain whether this o is a Quenya word; Patrick Wynne suggests it could be the first element of the preposition ollo "away from" (ibid.)

au-

without

au- (3) privative prefix, = "without" (AWA)

ausië

wealth

ausië noun "wealth" (LT2:336; rather lar or alma in Tolkiens later Quenya)

auta-

verb. go away

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auta-

verb. to possess, own, keep

eccaira

remote, far

eccaira ("k") adj. "remote, far" (KHAYA)

etsë

outside, exterior

etsë noun "outside, exterior", glosses changed from ?"issuing" and ?"spring" (VT45:13)

ettë

outside

ettë noun(and/or adv.?) "outside" (ET)

fainu-

release

fainu- vb. "release" (LT1:250). Rather lerya- or sen- in Tolkien's later Quenya.

haira

remote, far

haira adj. "remote, far" (KHAYA)

lenweta-

go away, migrate, leave ones abode

lenweta- vb. "go away, migrate, leave ones abode", pa.t. lenwentë (PE17:51)

maptalë

ravishment, rape, seizure

maptalë noun "ravishment, rape, seizure" (PE13:163)

nec-

without, -less

nec- prefix "without, -less" (PE17:167), cf. -enca, q.v.

nec-

prefix. without

ollo

away from

ollo (2) prep. "away from" (VT49:24)

ollo

preposition. away from

pen

without, not having

[pen prep. "without, not having" (PE17:171). Cf. Ú #1.]

sac-

verb. to close

A verb for “close” in the phrase á þak’ i fende, mekin “close the door, please” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 (PE22/166). It might be a later iteration of √PAK “close, shut” from 1959-60 (VT41/5; PE17/159).

tele

verb. mean, intend

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vá-

prefix. negation (refusing or forbidden)

vórima

adjective. faithful, faithful, *(lit.) able to endure; [ᴹQ.] continuous, enduring, repeated; [ᴱQ.] everlasting

ú

particle. not

ú

without, destitute of

ú (1) adv. and prep. "without, destitute of" (VT39:14). Usually followed by genitive: ú calo "without light" (cala). In one source, ú is seemingly also used as a negative verb "was not" (VT49:13), but Tolkien revised the text in question.

úquétima

unspeakable

úquétima adj. "unspeakable", sc. impossible to say, put into words; also "unpronounceable" (WJ:370)

úva

will not

úva (1) vb. "will not", future tense of a negative verb (present/aorist tense úyë?) in Fíriel's Song. Compare #úva as the future tense of the negative verb ua- (q.v.) in a later source (PE17:144, where the verb is cited with a 1st person sg. ending: úvan).

leryalë

noun. release

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo as a replacement for ᴱQ. erefainu “release”. It is simply a noun form of lerya- “to release”.

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milcin

noun. wealth