ia

noun. gulf

ia

noun. gulf

ia

noun. abyss, void

ia

adverb. ago

iaros

place name. Iaros

A name appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, described as a “a river with reddish water” and apparently containing iâr “blood” or some other derivative of the root ᴹ√YAR (Ety/YAR).

iaeth

noun. neck

A word for “neck” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶yakta- under the root ᴹ√YAK (Ety/KEM), where the primitive k spirantalized and vocalized to i and the resulting diphthong ai became ae, sound changes that remain plausible in Sindarin as well.

Conceptual Development: There was a similar word G. gath “neck” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s from primitive ᴱ✶yatt- (GL/36), with the Gnomish sound change of initial y to g.

Neo-Sindarin: For purpose of Neo-Sindarin, I would use iaeth for “neck” as a joining between the head and torso, as opposed to lang as a passage from the mouth to stomach and lungs [including the “✱throat”] and S. ach referring the vertebrae in the neck [“✱(upper) spine”].

iau

noun. corn, corn, *cereal crop

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “corn” derived from the root ᴹ√YAB “fruit” (Ety/YAB). It had the rather unusual plural form iui, which seems to be the result of au becoming ui via i-intrusion in Noldorin of the 1930s and 40s (PE22/40): yābī > ı̯auvi > ı̯uiw(i) > iui. In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s the result was instead oe, so the Sindarin plural of this word would likely be ✱ioew. As for the gloss “corn”, it was probably intended to have its British meaning as a general term for any cereal crop like wheat or oats.

iau

noun. ravine, cleft, gulf

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ravine, cleft, gulf” derived from the root ᴹ√YAG “yawn, gape” from primitive ᴹ✶yagwē (Ety/YAG).

Neo-Sindarin: I’d avoid this word for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as it is easily confused with N. iau “corn” and has a number of other better-known alternatives like S. iâ “gulf” and S. cirith “ravine, cleft”.

iaun

noun. holy place, fane, sanctuary, holy place, fane, sanctuary, *shrine, temple

A noun for “holy place, fane, sanctuary” appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√(A)YAN (Ety/YAN). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. yána suggests a primitive form yānā [jānā], with the medial primitive long vowel [ā] developing into the diphthong [au] as usual.

Conceptual Development: This word has no clear precursors in Tolkien’s earlier writings, but in the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the word G. gorthin was glossed “fane, temple” and G. alc(hor) was glossed “shrine, fane, temple” (GL/18, 42).

Neo-Sindarin: This word does not appear in Tolkien’s later writings, but it is consistent with the phonetic rules of Sindarin and a later version of its root √AYA(N) does appear (PE17/145), though it does conflict with iaun “wide”.

ianw

noun. (?) yoke

It originally meant "bridge" in the Etymologies, but was apparently switched with iant

iarwath

masculine name. Blood-stained

iaew

noun. mocking, scorn

ial

noun. ?cry, shout, *cry, shout

ialla-

verb. to call

iant

noun. yoke

ianw

noun. bridge

@@@ invalid in Sindarin since in this combination voiced stops became spirants after vowels

iath

preposition. across

iathrad

noun. crossing, ford

iaur

masculine name. Eldest

iaur

adjective. ancient, old(en)

iaeth

noun. neck

iaew

noun. mocking, scorn

ial

noun. (?) a call, (?) a cry

ialla-

verb. to call

iant

noun. bridge

iau

noun. ravine, cleft, gulf

iau

noun. corn

iaun

noun. holy place, fane, sanctuary

iaur

adjective. ancient, old, original

iaur

adjective. older, former

erion

masculine name. Eldest

Earlier form of S. Iarwain appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, translated “Eldest” and appearing beside N. Iaur (TI/125). It might be a superlative form of iaur “old”; in the Early Noldorin Grammar, the similar suffix -iant was used for the superlative (PE13/125). If the suffix -ion was a Noldorin superlative suffix, perhaps the initial [e] developed due to Noldorin i-affection.

belegast

place name. Void

Noldorin term for the “Void” appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of beleg “great” and Gast “void” (Ety/KUM), also appearing as a variant Belego containing gaw “void” (Ety/GAS).

iâr

noun. blood

ui

adverb. ever

ath-

prefix. on both sides, across

athrad

noun. (river-)crossing, ford, way

brûn

adjective. old, that has long endured, or been established, or in use

dannas

noun. autumn

dantilais

noun. autumn

edhel

noun. Elf

ephel

noun. outer fence, encircling fence

firith

noun. autumn

gast

proper name. Void

A name for the Void beyond the world appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, more fully Belegast (Ety/KUM).

gaw

noun. void

gaw

noun. void

golodh

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

ingem

adjective. old (of person, in mortal sense: decripit, suffering from old age)

New word coined by the Elves after meeting with Men

io

adverb. ago

io

adverb. ago

iâr

noun. blood

lasbelin

noun. autumn

lhand

adjective. wide, broad

lhann

adjective. wide, broad

lhann

adjective. wide, wide, [ᴱN.] broad

lhasbelin

noun. season of autumn

pann

adjective. wide

pann

adjective. wide

rhess

noun. ravine

rhess

noun. ravine

rhis

noun. ravine

rhis

noun. ravine

thar-

prefix. across, athwart, over, beyond

thora-

verb. to fence

ûr

noun. wide

ûr

adjective. wide