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Middle Primitive Elvish

id

root. *desire, ?thought

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DUL; Ety/ID; Ety/KHOR; Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/TUR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

idrē

noun. thoughtfulness

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ID] Group: Eldamo. Published by

īdē

noun. heart, desire, wish

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ID; EtyAC/ID] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ñōn-

noun. idea, thought

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/ÑŌ¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

inik

root. *idea

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹ√INK and ᴹ√INIK, the latter marked with a “?” but probably representing the actual form of the root (Ety/INK). The root was unglossed, but its derivatives all seem to be related to the sense “idea” such as ᴹQ. inka “idea”, ᴹQ. intya [< inkya] “guess, supposition, idea, notion” and N. inc “guess, idea, notion” (Ety/INK; EtyAC/INK). It might be connected to the later root √IN(ID) “mind” from 1957 (PE17/155).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/INK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lop

root. horse, horse; [ᴱ√] *run (of animals), gallop, lope

This root was the basis for horse words starting with the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, where it appeared unglossed as ᴱ√LOPO (QL/56). It was compared to the root ᴱ√LOQO, and these roots include the verbs ᴱQ. lopo- “gallop, run (of animals)” and ᴱQ. loqo- “run (of human beings)”, so I think it is likely those were the meanings of the roots as well (QL/56). In the Qenya Lexicon, ᴱ√LOPO had the derivatives ᴱQ. lōpa “horse or mare” and ᴱQ. lopsi “mare” (QL/56), but elsewhere in that document there was the word ᴱQ. lapatte “rabbit” < ᴱ✶lopatte, so I think that word is related as well, though Tolkien did mark the primitive form with a “?” (QL/51). The probably-related word ᴹQ. lopo “rabbit” appeared in a discussion of nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/31).

In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root ᴹ√LOP was glossed “horse”, and its derivatives ᴹQ. olombo and N. lobor had only that sense (EtyAC/LOP), but horse words were usually derived from ᴹ√ROK from the 1930s and later. The word Q. lopoldi “rabbits” appeared in some 1965 notes on Númenor, so It seems likely √LOP remained valid in some form. Another possibly related late word is S. ✱laba- “hop” as in S. Labadal “Hopafoot” (UT/60).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is worth retaining ᴹ√LOP with a verbal sense “✱gallop, lope”. In this way, it can remain the basis for rabbit words based on their loping run. The horse words from this root might be specialized for heavier loping horses like destriers, since ᴹQ. rokko was said to refer more specifically to a “swift horse” (EtyAC/ROK).

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/LOP] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yen

root. year

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “year” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yén/N. în “year” (Ety/YEN). Tolkien’s ongoing use of words like Q. yén and S. ínias “annals” indicate its ongoing validity (LotR/377; MR/200), but in Quenya at least the meaning shifted to that of an “Elvish long year”, equal to 144 solar years (LotR/1107; MR/471; NM/84).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GENG-WĀ; Ety/LEP; Ety/RIN; Ety/YA; Ety/YEN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dēr

noun. man

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NDER; Ety/Nι; EtyAC/NDER; PE18/035; PE21/55; PE21/58; PE21/60; PE21/64; PE21/65; PE21/69] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ezdē

noun. rest

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EZDĒ; Ety/SED; PE19/045] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ril

root. glitter

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MBIRIL; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sed

root. rest

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EZDĒ; Ety/SED; PE19/045; PE22/102; PE22/125] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yenrinde

noun. year

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/YEN; EtyAC/YEN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

andā

adjective. long

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gattā

noun. cavern

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GAT(H)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ithil

noun. moon

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/I²; SD/306] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khe

pronoun. they

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khrassē

noun. precipice

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHARÁS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khōn

noun. heart

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/55; PE21/64; PE21/66] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kiris

root. cut

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KIRIS; Ety/RIS²; EtyAC/KIR; EtyAC/KIRIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwen(ed)

root. Elf

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWEN(ED); PE18/034; PE18/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwenedē

noun. Elf

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWEN(ED); PE19/057; PE19/059; PE21/25; PE21/69] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ndar

root. sign

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with a single derivative: ᴹQ. narwe “sign, token”, along with an unglossed (and probably incomplete) form nar... (EtyAC/NDAR).

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/NDAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

phal

root. foam

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL; Ety/SPAL; EtyAC/SPAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pheleg

root. cave

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/PHÉLEG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rambā

noun. wall

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RAMBĀ; EtyAC/RAMBĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ranku

noun. arm

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RAK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ranā

proper name. Moon

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

raph

root. snatch

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rista-

verb. cut

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RIS²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ruk

root. demon

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GOS; Ety/ÑGWAL; Ety/RUK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rāmā

noun. wing

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RAM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rāu

noun. lion

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RAW; EtyAC/RAW; PE19/062; PE21/69] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rīgē

noun. crown

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RIG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rǭda

noun. cave

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ROD; EtyAC/ROD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sir

root. flow

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ET; Ety/SIR; PE22/127] Group: Eldamo. Published by

slus

root. whisper

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with variants ᴹ√SLUS and ᴹ√SRUS; it was glossed “whisper” with derivatives like ᴹQ. lussa- “to whisper” and ᴹQ. lusse/N. thloss/floss “whispering sound” (Ety/SLUS). The only sign of ᴹ√SRUS was the variant form N. thross of N. thloss/floss.

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SLUS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

srus

root. whisper

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

tainā

adjective. long

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE18/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tārī

noun. queen

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ; PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yes

root. desire

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “desire” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yesta- “desire” and N. iest “wish” (Ety/YES; EtyAC/YES).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/YES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ñgolda

adjective. wise

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÑGOL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ī

article. the

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by