cata

cata

cata, see ca

ca

behind, at back of place

ca, cata, cana prep? "behind, at back of place" (VT43:30)

cat-

verb. to shape, fashion

ca

preposition. behind, at back of place

cat-

verb. shape

shape, fashion

cata

after

cato

adverb. afterwards

canta

shape

canta (2) _("k") noun"shape" (PE17:175), also used as adj._ "shaped", also as quasi-suffix -canta ("k") "-shaped" (KAT)

mëoi

cat

mëoi noun "cat", a somewhat strange word by the standards of Tolkien's later Quenya (there are no other instances of final -oi in the singular). Some would read *mëo, if the word is to be used in LotR-style Quenya. Vardo Mëoita "Prince of Cats"; mëoita here seems to be a kind of adjective rather than a genitive (LT2:348). Tolkiens later, less problematic word yaulë may be preferred by writers (PE16:132)

yaulë

cat

yaulë noun "cat" (PE16:132). Compare mëoi.

catassa

noun. anus, arsehole, (lit.) behind-hole

A neologism coined by Tamas Ferencz for “anus, arsehole”, a combination of cata “behind” and [ᴹQ.] assa and hence more literally “behind-hole”.

catamen

noun. background, milieu

catta

noun. back

A neologism for “back” coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, based on Q. ca(ta) “behind, at back of place”. This word can refer to the back of body as well as the back of other things.

atsa

catch, hook, claw

atsa noun "catch, hook, claw" (GAT)

raita-

catch in a net

raita- 2) vb. "catch in a net" (VT42:12)

raita-

verb. to make network or lace; to catch in a net

miura

noun. cat

miuro

noun. cat

miurë

noun. cat

ulumpembë

noun. caterpillar, (lit.) camel worm

at-

verb. to catch, capture

cassa

helmet

cassa ("k")noun "helmet" (KAS; though spelt cassa also in the Etymologies as printed in LR, VT45:19 indicates that Tolkien's own spelling was kassa). Cf. carma in a later source.

ca(ta)

preposition. behind, at back of place, behind, at back of place; [ᴹQ.] after

carrëa

noun. tressure, tressure, *headdress

A noun for “tressure” in notes from the late 1960s derived from ✶cas-raya = √KAS “head” + √RAY “net, lace” (VT42/12). Given this word’s etymology, Tolkien was probably using “tressure” with its Middle English sense = “headdress”.

ala

after, beyond

ala (5) prep. "after, beyond" (MC:221, 214; however, LotR-style Quenya has han and pella "beyond" and apa "after")

apa

after

apa (1) prep. "after" (VT44:36), attested as a prefix in apacenyë and Apanónar, q.v. Variant ep- in epessë, q.v.; see epë for futher discussion. (According to VT44:36, apa was glossed "after" and also "before" in one late manuscript, but both meanings were rejected.) See also apa # 2 below. For Neo-Quenya purposes, apa should probably be ascribed the meaning "after", as in our most widely-published sources (compare Apanónar, "the After-born", as a name of Men in the Silmarillion). Variants pa, pá (VT44:36), but like apa these are also ascribed other meanings elsewhere; see separate entry. Apo (VT44:36) may be yet another variant of the word for "after".

apo

after

apo prep. ?"after" (see apa #1) (VT44:36)

cana

preposition. behind, at back of place

carrëa

tressure

carrëa (for cas-raya) noun "tressure" (net for confining the hair). (VT42:12)

castol

helmet

castol noun "helmet", synonyms tholon (q.v.), sól (q.v), also variant castolo ("k")(PE17:186, 188)

castol(o)

noun. helmet

epe

after

harna

helmet

harna (3) noun "helmet" (VT45:21)

harpa

helmet

harpa noun "helmet" (VT45:21)

namma

claw, talon

namma noun "claw, talon" (also nappa) (VT47:20)

nappa

claw, talon

nappa noun "claw, talon" (also namma) (VT47:20)

opto

noun. back

pontë

back, rear

pontë (ponti-) noun "back, rear" (QL:75)

sól

helmet

sól, also solma or solos, noun variant words apparently for "helmet", cf. castol, q.v. (PE17:188)

tholon

helmet

tholon noun "helmet", variant of castol (q.v.), though Tolkien might have mistakenly marked it as Quenya instead of Sindarin (PE17:186)

venië

shape, cut

venië noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

venwë

shape, cut

venwë noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

þolon

noun. helmet

cant

noun. shape, shape; [N.] outline

cathrae

noun. tressure, *headdress

A noun for “tressure” in notes from the late 1960s derived from ✶cas-raya = √KAS “head” + √RAY “net, lace” (VT42/12). Given this word’s etymology, Tolkien was probably using “tressure” with its Middle English sense = “headdress”.

cathrae

noun. tressure, net for combining the hair

cant

shape

(noun) cant (i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i **chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint**; see SHADOW.

cant

shape

(i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint; see SHADOW.

cathrae

tressure

cathrae (i gathrae, o chathrae) (hairnet). No distinct pl. form except with article (i chathrae). (VT42:12))

cathrae

tressure

(i gathrae, o chathrae) (hairnet). No distinct pl. form except with article (i chathrae). (VT42:12))

raeda-

verb. to catch in a net

raeda-

verb. to catch in a net

muig

noun. cat

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catch in a net

ad (i **âd, i ngedir = i ñedir), pa.t. gant; CATCH IN A NET raeda- (i raeda, idh raedar) (VT42:12)

raeda

catch in a net

raeda- (i raeda, idh raedar) (VT42:12).

gad

catch

(i ’âd, i ngedir = i ñedir), pa.t. gant;

raeda

catch in a net

(i raeda, idh raedar) (VT42:12)

ged-

verb. to get, catch, obtain, take

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fân

shape

_n._shape, with the added notion of light and whiteness. It was thus often used where we might use 'a vision' (of something beautiful and sublime). Q. fana-. Tolkien notes that "Yet being elvish, though it may be used of things remote, it has no implication either of uncertainty or unreality" (PE17:26). In the name Fanuilos of Elbereth, the Fân was the vision of majesty of Elbereth upon the mountain where she dwelt.

ab

after

#ab (only attested as a prefix, as in:)

ad

back

(as prefix) ad-, also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

adel

behind

(adv. and prep) adel; as prep. probably followed by soft mutation.

dan

back

(prep.) dan (lenited nan) (again, against);

echad

shape

(verb) echad- (i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)

gamp

claw

gamp (i **amp) (hook, crook), pl. ?gaimp or ?gemp (i ngaimp = i ñaimp or i ngemp = i ñemp), coll. pl. gammath**

harn

helmet

harn (i charn, o charn), pl. hern (i chern). Note: this is a homophone of two unrelated adjectives harn, one meaning ”southern” and the other ”wounded”.

ab

preposition. after

ab-

prefix. after, later

auth

noun. a dim shape, spectral or vague apparition

castol

noun. helmet

ab

after

(only attested as a prefix, as in:)

abonnen

afterborn

pl. Ebennin (archaic "Eboennin" = Ebönnin, WJ:387), Elvish name of Men as the "Secondborn" of Eru. – If ab can be used as an independent preposition, it is probably followed by soft mutation.****

ad

back

also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

adel

behind

; as prep. probably followed by soft mutation.

dan

back

(lenited nan) (again, against);

echad

shape

(i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)

gamp

claw

(i ’amp) (hook, crook), pl. ?gaimp or ?gemp (i ngaimp =  i ñaimp or i ngemp = i ñemp), coll. pl. gammath

harn

helmet

(i charn, o charn), pl. hern (i chern). Note: this is a homophone of two unrelated adjectives harn, one meaning ”southern” and the other ”wounded”.

narwain

january

cathriw

noun. January, *After-winter

gad-

verb. to catch

gad-

verb. to catch

ad-

prefix. back, again, re-

adel

preposition. behind, in rear (of)

harn

noun. helmet

harn

noun. helmet

nerwinien

noun. January

ñ(g)et

root. catch, get

gyak

root. cattle

kat

root. shape, shape, [ᴹ√] make

The root ᴹ√KAT “shape” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. kanta- “to shape”, ᴹQ. kanta “shaped”, and N. echad- “fashion, shape” (Ety/KAT). All these derivatives reappeared in Tolkien’s later writings, though Q. canta was more typically used as the noun “shape” (PE17/175; PE18/84, 90). The root appeared frequently in both the first and second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa as an example of a biconsonantal root (TQ1: PE18/34, 46, 62; TQ2: PE18/84-85, 87, 89-90, 95).

kat-

verb. to shape

khan

root. back

nō

adverb. behind

stol

root. helmet

tō/oto

root. back

A root in a discussion of prefixes for “back” from around 1959, which Tolkien specified as meaning: “back as an answer, or return by another agent to an action affecting him, as in answering, replying, avenging, requiting, repaying, rewarding”; Tolkien also considered the forms √UTU/TŪ (PE17/166). But Tolkien crossed this all through and seems to have replaced it with √KHAN. Tolkien mentioned the root √OT in a discussion of numbers from the late 1960s, but only to specify that “there was no primitive base OT-” (VT47/16).