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

han

noun. ground, earth

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with stem form hamb- and gloss “the ground”, derived from the root ᴱ√HAMA (QL/39). The contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa had only its stem form hamb- with the glosses “ground, earth” (PME/39).

Early Quenya [PME/039; QL/039] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hanstovánen

place name. Hanstovánen

A name of the beaching place of the ship Mornie, first appearing as (rejected) Mornielta and Vane Hansto (LT1/170). The meaning of this name is unclear.

Early Quenya [LT1/170; LT1I/Hanstovánen] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hant

adverb. down, to the ground

Early Quenya [QL/039] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hanta

noun. a blow with an axe

Early Quenya [PE13/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

karpan

noun. hank (of wool etc.)

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hank (of wool, etc.)” under the early root ᴱ√KᴬRPᴬR “pluck” (QL/45).

Early Quenya [QL/045] Group: Eldamo. Published by

makte

noun. hand

An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.

Early Quenya [QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pimpilin

noun. hanging tail, tassel

A word appearing as ᴱQ. pimpilin (pimpilind-) “hanging tail, tassel” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. pint (pimp-) “tail” (QL/74). The meaning of the second element is unclear: its form resembles ᴱQ. lin(d-) “musical voice, tune” (QL/54) but that meaning doesn’t fit. The second element might instead be a variant of ᴱQ. lint (linty-) “fluff, down, soft stuff” (QL/54).

Neo-Quenya: Since I retain ᴺQ. pimpë for “tail”, I’d retain ᴺQ. pimpilin for “tassel, hanging tail” without being overly concerned about the meaning of its second element.

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

unqilla(r)

noun. handle of jar; pothook

A word appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as ᴱQ. unqilla “handle of jar; pothook” under the early root ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ that might be an independent root meaning “✱hook”, or might be identical to ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ having to do with ears (QL/98). The contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa had ᴱQ. unqillar “jar handle” (PME/98).

Early Quenya [PME/098; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maite

adjective. handed

Early Quenya [PE14/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maqa

adjective. handy, skilled (with hands)

Early Quenya [QL/057; QL/090] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. hand

Early Quenya [GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed; PE14/052; PE14/076; PE14/117; PE15/73; PE16/137; QL/057; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maqalea

adjective. handy, skilled (with hands)

Early Quenya [QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tókele

noun. handling

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

luvu-

verb. to lower, hang, brood

A verb for “lower, hang, brood” (presumably of clouds) in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LUVU (QL/57).

Early Quenya [LT1A/Luvier; QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ank

noun. loop, handle, ring

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “loop, handle, ring” for holding something, derived from the early root ᴱ√ᵁNQᵁN having to do with ears (QL/31, 98). Tolkien considered transferring it to the root ᴱ√AQA “grasp, hold” (QL/31).

Early Quenya [QL/031; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kinka-

verb. to hang (intr.)

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

kinkata-

verb. to hang (tr.)

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

pipte-

verb. to fall (of folds or clusters), hang, trail

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

toko-

verb. to feel with the hand, handle; to appraise, tax, assess, assay; to try, test, essay, endeavour

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

lunga(na)-

verb. to sag, bend (down), hang heavy, lean

Early Quenya [MC/214; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/065; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qiqi-

verb. to hang, droop

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

anúre

noun. manliness, masculinity

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. anūre “manliness, masculinity” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31). In the entry, this word was predeceded by the definite article i and Tolkien gave it the alternate gloss “concr. men in general”; by this I assume Tolkien mean anúre by itself meant “masculinity”, but with the definite article i anúre meant “men in general”.

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would modify this word to ᴺQ. hanúrë, basing it instead on later ᴹQ. hanu “male” (Ety/ƷAN).

Early Quenya [QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anúva

adjective. doughty

A word appearing as ᴱQ. anūva “doughty” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31).

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. hanúva “doughty, ✱manly”, basing it instead on later ᴹQ. hanu “male” (Ety/ƷAN).

Early Quenya [QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anúvie

noun. manhood, doughtyness

A word appearing as ᴱQ. anūvie “manhood, doughtyness” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an abstract noun form of ᴱQ. anūva “doughty” (QL/31).

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. hanúvië, basing it instead on later ᴹQ. hanu “male” (Ety/ƷAN).

Early Quenya [QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anta-

verb. to give

Early Quenya [MC/215; MC/221; PE12/027; PE14/053; PE14/086; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/090; PE16/092; QL/031; QL/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hyanda-

verb. to mow, cleave

Early Quenya [GL/48] Group: Eldamo. Published by

a

pronoun. it

Early Quenya [PE14/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anqa(r)

noun. ear

anuon

noun. monk

anusta

noun. monastery

Early Quenya [QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anustar

noun. monk

Early Quenya [QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atta

preposition. above

er-

verb. to remain

Early Quenya [LT1A/Tol Eressëa; QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fion

noun. son

A word glossed {“nephew” >>} “son” in an isolated entry of the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with stem form fiond- (QL/37). The same word appeared unglossed under the early root ᴱ√SUẈU where it was derived from primitive ᴱ✶þẉ-iı̯on-d (QL/87).

Early Quenya [LT1A/Fionwë; QL/038; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

furu

noun. lie

Early Quenya [GL/36; LT2A/Gar Thurion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

har-

verb. to remain

Early Quenya [QL/039] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hata-

verb. to hurl, fling

Early Quenya [PME/039; QL/039] Group: Eldamo. Published by

herendo

noun. brother

A word for “brother” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with numerous variants: herendo or herēro, hestaner, and hesta(noi)nu, all based on the early root ᴱ√HESE that was the basis for “brother” and “sister” words (QL/40). Of these Tolkien said herendo/herēro was the “ordinary word”, and herendo appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).

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

heréro

noun. brother

hestaner

noun. brother

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

hestanoinu

noun. brother

hestanu

noun. brother

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

hilmo

noun. son

hilu

noun. son

A word for “son” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants hilu and hilmo under the early root ᴱ√HILI (QL/40), both variants also appearing in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).

Early Quenya [PME/032; PME/040; QL/040; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ion

noun. son

In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. Ion was the “mystic name of God, 2nd Person of Blessed Trinity”, that is the “Son” in the “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” trinity (QL/43). In that document yon or yond- was given in a couple of places as (archaic?) words for “son” (QL/43, 106). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien gave ion as the equivalent of ᴱN. “son”, along with a plural form yondi (PE13/113). However, in the English-Qenya Dictionary Tolkien said yondi was an irregular plural form of ᴱQ. yondo “son” (PE15/77), and this is the form he typically used in later writings.

Early Quenya [PE13/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kasse

preposition. above

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

marikta

noun. wrist

Early Quenya [QL/057; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nahúa

noun. giant

nauva

noun. giant

Early Quenya [PE12/010] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ne

conjunction. that

Early Quenya [PE14/052; PE14/054; PE14/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orta

preposition. above

Early Quenya [PE15/67; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qan

noun. ear

Early Quenya [PME/031; PME/076; QL/031; QL/076; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sanda

adjective. that

Early Quenya [PE14/055; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

santo

pronoun. that

Early Quenya [PE14/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sóra

noun. seat

Early Quenya [QL/085; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tande

adverb. thither

Early Quenya [MC/215; PE16/090; PE16/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tanya

adjective. that

Early Quenya [MC/215; PE16/090; PE16/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

via

adjective. male

An adjective in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “male”, likely related to ᴱQ. vie “teors” [= “✱penis”] (PE16/135).

Early Quenya [PE16/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vondo

noun. son

Early Quenya [GL/23; LT2A/bo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. son

yon

noun. son

noun. son

Early Quenya [LT2A/go; LT2A/Indorion; QL/043; QL/087; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by