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!

Middle Primitive Elvish

is

root. *know

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/IS; Ety/PHIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

istāyā

adjective. learned

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

ista-

verb. to know

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/095; PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ulyā-

verb. it is raining

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

erekwa

adjective. isolated

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

minitunda

noun. isolated hill, tower

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MINI; Ety/TUN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tollo

noun. island

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TOL²; EtyAC/TOL²; PE22/126] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ektele

noun. spring, issue of water

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

et-kelē

noun. spring, issue of water

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

lon

root. *island

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

ñgolda

adjective. wise

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

iw

root. [unglossed], [ᴱ√] *fish

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

maiga

root. [unglossed]

An unglossed root appearing in the first version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1930s (TQ1) to illustrate certain patterns of root formation (PE18/66). It may have serving as the basis for ᴹQ. Maia, though this word was given different derivations later.

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE18/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

stā

root. [unglossed]

A deleted root reference in The Etymologies apparently serving as the basis for the verbal action suffix ᴹ✶-stā “-ing” in ᴹ✶khau̯-stā “rest-ing” (Ety/KHAW; EtyAC/KHAW). See the entry on ✶-stā for further discussion.

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

eʒ-

verb. to be

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/122] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ithil

noun. moon

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

yakta-

noun. neck

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

(n)di

root. in

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

auluta-

verb. [unglossed]

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bay

root. [unglossed]

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

ed(er)

root. open

A deleted root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “open” and the forms √ED and extended √EDÉR, but it had no derivatives (EtyAC/ED).

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

ettul-

verb. to come out

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gal

root. shine

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GAL; Ety/GYEL; Ety/KAL; EtyAC/GAL¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

galā-

verb. to grow

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/026; PE22/098; PE22/106; PE22/113] Group: Eldamo. Published by

golā-

verb. to grow

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/113] Group: Eldamo. Published by

imi

root. in

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

kab-

verb. can, I can

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kal

root. shine

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/AY; Ety/GAL; Ety/KAL; Ety/YŪ; EtyAC/GAL¹; EtyAC/GYEL; EtyAC/MAN; PE18/035; PE18/036; PE18/038; PE18/058; PE18/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kaltwa

?. [unglossed]

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/048] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khlip

root. [unglossed]

An unglossed root in a rejected paragraph from the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s (PE22/112 note #78).

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/113] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kōmā

noun. [unglossed]

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mat-

verb. to eat

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/093; PE22/095; PE22/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mī/imi

root. in, inside

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MI; EtyAC/IMÍ; EtyAC/MI; EtyAC/NDI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauthe

noun. imagination

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

ndē̆-

prefix. in, inside

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

pantā

adjective. open

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

phan

root. [unglossed]

A deleted root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no glosses or derivatives and no clear function (EtyAC/PHAN).

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

ranā

proper name. Moon

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

ril

root. glitter

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

skil

root. [unglossed]

A root mentioned in passing in as a variant of ᴹ√KIL “divide” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, but it had no derivatives and appeared nowhere else (Ety/KIL).

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

span

root. white

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LEP; Ety/ÑGUR; Ety/ÓLOS; Ety/PHAY; Ety/SPAN; Ety/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

stin

root. [unglossed]

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

torōmā

noun. [unglossed]

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tul-

verb. come, am coming, have come, am arrived, am here

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/095; PE22/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uruk

root. [unglossed]

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no glosses or derivatives and no clear function (EtyAC/URUK).

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

us

root. [unglossed]

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no glosses or derivatives and no clear function (EtyAC/US).

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

root. to be

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/YĒ; PE18/060; PE18/084; PE22/123] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ē

root. to be

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

ī

root. to be

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by