fine

noun. larch

A word for “larch” [a type of pine tree] in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶spinē under the root ᴹ√SPIN (Ety/SPIN).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. fine “larch” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/38), and it appeared again in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140).

lia

noun. fine thread, spider filament, fine thread, spider filament; line; string, [ᴱQ.] twine, *wire

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fine thread, spider filament” and derived from ᴹ✶ligā under the root ᴹ√SLIG having to do with spider words (Ety/SLIG). In drafts of Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948, Tolkien gave a second hard-to-read gloss after ᴹQ. lia “many” which might read “lines (straight or string)”, with “string” deleted (PE23/106 note #80); this was probably an allusion to the noun derived from ᴹ√SLIG.

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. lia “twine” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LI+ya “unite many as one” with derivatives having to do with threads and vines (QL/53).

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings, √ungu- became the basis for spider words, but I retain ᴹ√SLIG assuming it has to do with threads and strings to salvage words from the 1910s and 30s. As such I’d use lia for threads and strings that are relatively thin compared to other items of their class, especially those crafted by twining: “fine thread”, a “twine” as a thin cord and by extension things like a “✱wire”. I would also use it for “line” but not necessarily one that is straight, such as in a line in a drawing.

terra

noun. fine pierced hole

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fine pierced hole” derived from primitive ᴹ✶ters- base on the root ᴹ√TERES (EtyAC/TERES).

mulo

noun. dust, dust, [ᴱQ.] fine powder

A word in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s glossed “dust”, given as an example of declensions for nouns that in ancient times ended with short -ŭ: mulǔ- (PE21/10-11). It is probably a later iteration of ᴱQ. mul (muld-) “fine powder” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√MULU “grind (fine)” (QL/63). In notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien gave Q. mulë for “meal” = “✱coarsely ground flour”, so it seems ✱√MUL “grind” either survived or was restored. For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is appropriate to use this word with the earlier sense “fine powder” as well.

miste

noun. fine rain

tereva

adjective. fine, acute, fine, acute; [ᴱQ.] sharp, piercing, shrill [of sound]; acute (pain)

rosse

noun. fine rain, dew

asto

noun. dust

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dust” derived from the root ᴹ√ÁS-AT (Ety/ÁS-AT). It was also mentioned in The Feanorian Alphabet from the late 1930s with the same form and meaning (PE22/21-22), and in the revisions of that document from the 1940s, though there it was replaced with ᴹQ. osto as a name for one of the tengwar (PE22/50). This replacement may only have to do with tengwar names, and doesn’t necessarily invalidate asto “dust”.

lokse

noun. hair, hair [in general]

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hair” derived from the root ᴹ√LOKH (Ety/LOKH).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. laksa “tress” appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s (PE14/117).

ninqe

adjective. white

psára Archaic

noun. peel

A noun for “peel” appearing in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1940s (PE22/51). It is likely related to the verb ᴹQ. psar- “rub” (PE18/94; PE22/119). The rare initial combination ps- survived up until Classical Quenya, and probably retained this form in tengwar spelling, but was likely pronounced upsára in Tarquesta (PE19/36, 79).

tundo

noun. hole

úra

adjective. large

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “large” derived from the root ᴹ√UR “wide, large, great”, itself a revision of ᴹ√UR “be hot” (Ety/UR).

Neo-Quenya: Since √UR “heat” was restored in Tolkien’s later writings, I would not use the adjective úra for “large”.