Quenya 

parna

bare

parna adj. "bare" (PE17:86), also with variant form parnë (PE17:171)

parna

adjective. bare

varnë

brown, swart, dark brown

varnë (1) adj. "brown, swart, dark brown", stem-form varni- (BARÁN)

malda

yellow, of golden colour

malda adj. "yellow, of golden colour" (PE17:51), variant of malina. An earlier source (the Etymologies, entry SMAL) has malda as the noun "gold" but LotR gives malta, q.v., and according to VT46:14 the form malta originally appeared in the Etymologies as well. Since Quenya sometimes uses adjectives as nouns (see for instance fanya), malda could still be regarded as a valid side-form of the noun malta "gold".

malina

yellow

malina adj. "yellow" (SMAL, Letters:308), "yellow, of golden colour" (PE17:51). Malinalda *"Yellow-tree", a name of Laurelin (SA:mal-; evidently malina + alda), translated "Tree of Gold" in the Silmarillion index. Cf. also malinornë.

tulca

yellow

tulca (3) ("k") adj. "yellow". Adopted and adapted from Valarin; the normal Quenya word for "yellow" is rather malina (WJ:399)

varnë Reconstructed

adjective. russet, brown, brown, russet; [ᴹQ.] swart, dark brown

Cognates

  • S. baran “brown, golden-brown, brown, golden-brown; [N.] swart, dark brown”

Derivations

  • ✶barani “russet, brown” ✧ PE21/81
    • ᴹ√BARAN “russet, brown”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶barani > varnë[barani] > [barane] > [barne] > [βarne] > [varne]✧ PE21/81

Sindarin 

baran

adjective. brown, swart, dark brown, golden brown, yellow brown

Sindarin [Ety/351, LotR/F, TC/179, RC/343] Group: SINDICT. Published by

baran

soft mut

soft mut. of paran >> Dol Baran, paran

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:86:171. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

baran

adjective. brown, golden-brown, brown, golden-brown; [N.] swart, dark brown

Cognates

  • Q. varnë “russet, brown, brown, russet; [ᴹQ.] swart, dark brown”

Derivations

  • ✶barani “russet, brown”
    • ᴹ√BARAN “russet, brown”

Element in

  • S. Baranduin “Brandywine, (lit.) Brown River” ✧ LotR/1138; PM/054; RC/765
  • S. Berennyr “Brown Lands” ✧ RC/343
Sindarin [LotR/1138; PM/054; RC/343; RC/433; RC/765] Group: Eldamo. Published by

paran

adjective. bare, naked; smooth, shaven

A word for “bare, naked” appearing in notes from the late 1950s and early 1960s to explain the name Dol Baran. This name was originally intended to be “✱Brown Hill” with the second element N. baran “brown”; see N. Dolbaran from The Etymologies of the 1930s, which had baran as its second element (Ety/BARÁN). This meaning survived until Tolkien was working on the index to The Lord of the Rings (RC/433), but there he recognized this was problematic because the adjective baran should be mutated to varan. To resolve this quandary, Tolkien coined paran from the root √PAR “peel”, and this new adjective was variously glossed “smooth, shaven” (RC/433), “bare” (PE17/86) or “bare, naked” (PE17/171).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had some similar “bare” words: G. falt “bare” (GL/33) and fôl “empty, bare — leafless, esp. of trees” (GL/35), both based on the early root ᴱ√FALA “bare, nude” (QL/37).

Cognates

  • Q. parnë “bald, bare, naked” ✧ PE17/086

Derivations

  • √PAR “peel, peel, *bare” ✧ PE17/086
  • ✶paran “bare, bald, naked, unclad” ✧ PE17/171
    • √PAR “peel, peel, *bare” ✧ PE17/171

Element in

  • S. Dol Baran “*Bare Hill” ✧ PE17/086; PE17/171; RC/433

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√PAR > paran[parane] > [paran]✧ PE17/086
✶PARAN > Baran[parane] > [paran]✧ PE17/171

Variations

  • Paran ✧ RC/433
Sindarin [PE17/086; PE17/171; RC/433] Group: Eldamo. Published by

berian

soft mut

soft mut. of perian after article i >> perain

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:66. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

baur

soft mut

soft mut. of paur >> Celebrimbor

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:42. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhosg

adjective. brown

Sindarin [Ety/385, X/Z] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Berhael

soft mut

soft mut. of Perhael** **(e.g. a·Berhael) >> Perhael

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:102. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ben-

soft mut

soft mut. of pen-

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:34. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

galen

soft mut

soft mut. of calen >> calen

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:77. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

govannen

soft mut

soft mut. of covannen

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

beth

soft mut

soft mut. of peth >> peth

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:46. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

vast

soft mut

soft mut. of #bast.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:144. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhosc

adjective. russet, russet, [N.] brown

Derivations

  • √RUS “brownish red”

Element in

Variations

  • rhos- ✧ RC/241 (rhos-)

úvedin

soft mut

soft mut. of úmedin v. & pron. suff. I do not eat. >> -n, ú-, úmedin

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:145] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dew

soft mut

soft mut. of tew >> tew

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:43. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

vedui

soft mut

soft mut. of medui

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] PE17:16. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

úvel

soft mut

soft mut. of úmel _ suff. & verbal stem (quasi-participle in aorist mode) _lit. 'not loving', enemy, inimical. >> ú-, úmel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:144-5] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

baran

dark brown

baran (swart, dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain

baran

dark brown

(swart, dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain

baran

yellow brown

(swart, dark brown, golden-brown), pl. berain.

baran

brown

1) baran (swart, dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain; 2) rhosc (red, russet), lenited ?throsc or ?rosc (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhysc

baran

brown

(swart, dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain

baran

swart

1) baran (dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain. 2) graw (swart), lenited raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16) 3)

baran

swart

(dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain.

baran

golden-brown

baran (swart, dark brown, yellow brown), pl. berain

baran

golden-brown

(swart, dark brown, yellow brown), pl. berain

baran

yellow brown

baran (swart, dark brown, golden-brown), pl. berain.

rhosc

brown

(red, russet), lenited ?throsc or ?rosc *(the lenition product of rh is uncertain)*, pl. rhysc

graw

swart

(swart), lenited ’raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16)

donn

swart, swarty

(black, shady, shadowy) (lenited dhonn, pl. dynn). (VT45:11). Also dunn- in compounds.

malen

yellow

malen (lenited valen; pl. melin).

malen

yellow

(lenited valen; pl. melin).

mâl

yellow powder

(i vâl; construct mal) (pollen), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

rhosc

russet

rhosc (red, brown), lenited ?throsc or ?rosc (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhysc

rhosc

russet

(red, brown), lenited ?throsc or ?rosc *(the lenition product of rh is uncertain)*, pl. rhysc

Quendya 

tulka

adjective. yellow

Derivations

Primitive elvish

barani

adjective. russet, brown

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BARAN “russet, brown”

Derivatives

  • Q. varnë “russet, brown, brown, russet; [ᴹQ.] swart, dark brown” ✧ PE21/81
  • S. baran “brown, golden-brown, brown, golden-brown; [N.] swart, dark brown”
Primitive elvish [PE21/81] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

baran

adjective. brown, swart, dark brown, golden brown, yellow brown

Noldorin [Ety/351, LotR/F, TC/179, RC/343] Group: SINDICT. Published by

baran

adjective. brown, swart, dark brown

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. varne “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Derivations

  • On. barane “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN
    • ᴹ√BARAN “russet, brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. barane > baran[barane] > [baran]✧ Ety/BARÁN
Noldorin [Ety/BARÁN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhosc

adjective. brown

Noldorin [Ety/385, X/Z] Group: SINDICT. Published by

malen

adjective. yellow

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

malen

adjective. yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Element in

  • ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”
  • ᴺS. melingarn “orange, tawny”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. malina > malen[m̥alina] > [m̥alena] > [m̥alen] > [malen]✧ Ety/SMAL
On. malina > melin[m̥alini] > [m̥elini] > [m̥elin] > [melin]✧ Ety/SMAL
Noldorin [Ety/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

donn

adjective. swart, swarthy

Noldorin [Ety/355, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhosc

adjective. russet, brown

Derivations

  • On. ruska “brown” ✧ Ety/RUSKĀ
    • ᴹ✶ruskā “brown” ✧ Ety/RUSKĀ
    • √RUS “brownish red”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. ruska > rhosc[ruska] > [roska] > [rosk] > [r̥osk]✧ Ety/RUSKĀ

Variations

  • rhusc ✧ EtyAC/BARÁN (rhusc)
Noldorin [Ety/RUSKĀ; EtyAC/BARÁN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Edain

baran

masculine name. Baran

Edain [MRI/Baran; SI/Baran; WJI/Baran] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Valarin 

tuluk-ha(n)

adjective. yellow

Derivatives

  • Van. tulka “yellow” ✧ WJ/399

Element in

Qenya 

varne

adjective. brown, swart, dark brown

Cognates

  • On. barane “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN
  • N. baran “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BARAN “russet, brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√BARÁN > varne[barani] > [barane] > [barne] > [βarne] > [varne]✧ Ety/BARÁN

malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

  • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶smalinā > malina[malinā] > [m̥alina] > [malina] > [malina]✧ Ety/SMAL

Old Noldorin 

barane

adjective. brown, swart, dark brown

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. varne “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BARAN “russet, brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Derivatives

  • N. baran “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√BARÁN > barane[barani] > [barane]✧ Ety/BARÁN
Old Noldorin [Ety/BARÁN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ruska

adjective. brown

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ruskā “brown” ✧ Ety/RUSKĀ
    • √RUS “brownish red”

Derivatives

  • N. rhosc “russet, brown” ✧ Ety/RUSKĀ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶RUSKĀ- > ruska[rūska] > [ruska]✧ Ety/RUSKĀ
Old Noldorin [Ety/RUSKĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivatives

  • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶smalinā > malina[smalinā] > [smalina] > [m̥alina]✧ Ety/SMAL
Old Noldorin [Ety/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

baran

root. russet, brown

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “russet, brown”, with the derived adjectives ᴹQ. varne and N. baran of similar meaning (Ety/BARÁN). The continued appearance of S. baran in later words such as S. Baranduin “Brown River” (LotR/1138) and Berennyr “Brown Lands” (RC/343) indicates its continued validity. However, in The Lord of the Rings appendices Tolkien translated S. baran as “golden brown”, so it seems in later writings Tolkien considered this to be a brighter shade of brown.

Derivatives

  • ✶barani “russet, brown”
    • Q. varnë “russet, brown, brown, russet; [ᴹQ.] swart, dark brown” ✧ PE21/81
    • S. baran “brown, golden-brown, brown, golden-brown; [N.] swart, dark brown”
  • ᴹQ. varne “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN
  • On. barane “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN
    • N. baran “brown, swart, dark brown” ✧ Ety/BARÁN

Variations

  • BARÁN ✧ Ety/BARÁN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BARÁN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ruskā

adjective. brown

Derivations

  • √RUS “brownish red”

Derivatives

  • On. ruska “brown” ✧ Ety/RUSKĀ
    • N. rhosc “russet, brown” ✧ Ety/RUSKĀ

Variations

  • RUSKĀ- ✧ Ety/RUSKĀ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RUSKĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

smalinā

adjective. yellow

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

smal

root. yellow

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶asmalē “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. ambale “yellow bird, yellow hammer” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. ammale “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶asmalindē “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. ammalinde “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. emlin “yellow bird, yellow hammer” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smaldā “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malta “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
    • On. malda “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
    • N. malt “gold (as metal)” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL; Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smalu “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. smalo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smalwā “fallow, pale” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malwa “fallow, pale, fallow, pale, [ᴱQ.] yellowish, *wan” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. hmalw “fallow, pale” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹQ. malo “rust”
  • N. mallen “of gold” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Variations

  • MAL ✧ EtyAC/MAL (MAL)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/MAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

falt

adjective. bare

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FALA “bare, nude” ✧ GL/33

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√fal-² > falt[ɸalt] > [falt] > [falθ] > [falt]✧ GL/33

malon

adjective. yellow

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MALA “yellow”

Element in

sentha

adjective. russet

Early Noldorin

malw

adjective. yellow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MALA “yellow”
Early Noldorin [PE13/150] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

mala

root. yellow

Derivatives

  • Eq. malo “rust”
  • Eq. malwa “pale, yellowish” ✧ QL/058
  • G. malon “yellow”
  • G. maltha “golden yellow, rich, mellow”
  • En. malw “yellow”

Element in

  • Eq. malikon “amber” ✧ QL/058
  • Eq. malina “yellow” ✧ QL/058

Variations

  • mali- ✧ QL/058; QL/063
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/058; QL/063] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

karwalin

noun. russet

wal(i)na

adjective. brown

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWALA “*brown” ✧ QL/103

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWALA¹ > ’walna[gʷalnā] > [gʷalna] > [walna]✧ QL/103

Variations

  • walin ✧ QL/048
  • ’walna ✧ QL/103
  • ’walina ✧ QL/103
Early Quenya [QL/048; QL/103; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

Element in

Variations

  • malin(d) ✧ QL/058
Early Quenya [PME/058; QL/044; QL/058; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malin(d)

adjective. yellow