kiryā
noun/adjective. (small swift sailing) ship; swift (especially of things that pass easily through obstacles)
kiryaktō
noun. shipwright
kiryā kyulmā
a ship’s mast
cirya
ship
cirya
noun. (sharp-prowed) ship; swift gliding, (sharp-prowed) ship, [ᴹQ.] boat; [Q.] swift gliding
ciryaher
masculine name. *Ship Lord
The given name of the 15th king of Gondor, later called Hyarmendacil (LotR/1045). This name is probably a compound of cirya “ship” and heru “lord”.
Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, his name was first given as Kiryahir, perhaps a combination with S. hîr “lord”.
círa
sail
círa ("k")vb. "sail" (apparently the continuative stem of #cir-) (Markirya)
ciryaquen
noun. shipman, sailor
cirya tyulma
a ship-mast, ship’s mast, mast of an unspecified ship or any ship
ciryandil
masculine name. *Ship Lover
ciryatan
masculine name. Shipbuilder, Shipwright
Tar-Ciryatan was the 12th ruler of Númenor (S/265, UT/221), also known as Ad. Ar-Balkumagân (PM/151). His name is a compound of cirya “ship” and the suffixal form -tan “-builder, -wright” of tamo “smith”.
ciryando
noun. sailor
ciryahto
noun. shipwright
shipwright
ciryamo
mariner
ciryamo noun "mariner", nominative and genitive are identical since the noun already ends in -o, cf. Indis i-Ciryamo "the Mariner's Wife" (UT:8)
ciryamo
noun. mariner
ciryando
sailor
ciryando ("k")noun "sailor" (PE17:58).
ciryaquen
shipman, sailor
ciryaquen ("k") "shipman, sailor" (WJ:372)
ciryatan
noun. shipbuilder, shipwright
lútë
sail
lútë noun "sail" (MC:213; this is "Qenya")
veluntë
noun. sail
ceir
noun. ship
ciriaeth
noun. shipwright
cirdan
noun. shipbuilder
ceir
noun. ship
ceirdan
noun. shipbuilder, shipwright
cirdan
noun. shipbuilder, shipwright
cirdan
masculine name. Shipbuilder
ciriaeth
noun. shipwright
shipwright
cîr
noun. ship
cair
noun. ship
cirion
noun. shipman, sailor
cair
noun. ship
círdan
noun. shipbuilder, shipwright
círdan
masculine name. Shipwright
An Elf-lord who was a famous ship builder, whose name was translated “Shipwright” (LotR/240). His name is simply círdan “shipbuilder” used as a name (Ety/KIR).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, his name was first given as N. Cirdan with a short i (WR/76). His name appeared in The Etymologies as C(e)irdan (Ety/TAN), where the (e) probably indicates its development from N. ceir “ship” (later S. cair).
círdan
noun. shipbuilder, shipwright
belon
noun. sail
cair
ship
cair (in compounds cír-) (i gair, o chair), pl. cîr, i chîr; coll. pl. ciriath.
cair
ship
(in compounds cír-) (i gair, o chair), pl. cîr, i chîr; coll. pl. ciriath.
cirion
shipman
(i girion) (sailor), pl. ciryn (i chiryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.
cirion
shipman
cirion (i girion) (sailor), pl. ciryn (i chiryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.
cirion
sailor
cirion (i girion) (shipman), pl. ciryn (i chíryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.
cirion
sailor
(i girion) (shipman), pl. ciryn (i chíryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.
círdan
shipbuilder, shipwright
(i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain).
círdan
shipbuilder
círdan (i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain)
círdan
shipwright
círdan (i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipbuilder), pl. círdain (i chírdain). Compare Círdan as a proper name.
círdan
shipbuilder, shipwright
círdan (i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain).
renia
sail
(verb) renia- (fly, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar)
renia
sail
(fly, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar)
balak
noun. ship
The noun for “ship”, attested only in the plural (balîk) and objective (balku) forms (SD/247, PM/151). Its plural form indicates that it is a strong-noun (Strong I), so its final vowel must be short. In theory its final vowel could be any of a, i or u, each of which would be replaced by long î in plural nouns. However, its attested objective form uses the variant objective-with-syncope form balku instead of ordinary ✱baluk. Since the Adûnaic syncope seems only to occur for nouns with two identical short vowels, this indicates the singular form of this word is balak.
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!
kiryā
noun. kiryā
kirya
noun. ship, boat
kiryan kantalár
kiryan kantalár
kirya kalliére
the ship shone
The seventh phrase of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/220). The first word is kirya “ship” followed by the past 3rd-singular feminine form of the verb kala- “to shine”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> kirya kall-ié-re = “✱ship shine-(past)-she”
Conceptual Development: This phrase appeared in the second draft of the poem, though Tolkien first wrote (and then deleted) the definite article i, and he put kirya into its nominative form kiryan (OM1b: PE16/57-8). For unclear reasons, he abandoned the nominative form in fourth and all later drafts (OM1d: PE16/62). This change was not reflected in the English translation; Gilson, Welden, and Hostetter speculated on its possible revised meaning in the Early Qenya Poetry article (PE16/62, notes on line #7).
kiryassea
adjective. what is on board ship
kiryasse earendil or vea
Earendel, upon a ship upon the sea
earendel
masculine name. Earendel
lunte
noun. ship, boat
sala-
verb. to sail
salta-
verb. to sail
tala
noun. sail
velu
noun. sail
velunte
noun. sail
veniel
noun. mariner
yarendilyon
noun. sailor
kirya
noun. ship, boat
kiryahto
noun. shipwright
kiryasta-
verb. to sail
kirya karie
ship-making, making a ship/ships, nautical construction
kiryava karie
the making of a ship
earendel
masculine name. Earendel
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vainar
noun. sailor
veaner
noun. sailor
kiryā
noun. ship
kiryaktō
noun. shipwright
kirya kyulma
a ship’s mast
vaianer
noun. sailor
cîr
noun. ship
A noun for “ship” used to in some linguistic notes in the mid-1930s to illustrate the class plural: círiath. Tolkien first wrote these forms with a short vowel (cir, ciriath), and he vacillated on whether these were Noldorin or Ilkorin words, eventually deciding they were from both languages (PE21/57 noted #28). The proper etymology of the Ilkorin form is unclear; based on the example of gwene < ✱gwenyā we might expect Ilk. ✱✱cere instead.
belon
noun. sail
earendel
masculine name. Earendel
ioringli
masculine name. Earendel
lunta
noun. ship
certhan
masculine name. Shipbuilder
cirya _("k")_noun "ship" (MC:213, 214, 220, 221), "(sharp-prowed) ship" (SA:kir-, where the word is misspelt círya with a long í; Christopher Tolkien probably confused it with the first element of the Sindarin name Círdan. It seems that Círyon, the name of Isildur's son, is likewise misspelt; read Ciryon as in the index and the main text of the Silmarillion. Cf. also kirya_ in Etym, stem KIR.) _Also in Markirya. In the Plotz letter, cirya is inflected for all cases except plural possessive (*ciryaiva). The curious dual form ciriat occurs in Letters:427, whereas Plotz gives the expected form ciryat. Locative ciryasse "upon a ship" (MC:216). Compounded in ciryaquen "shipman, sailor" (WJ:372), also ciryando (PE17:58), cf. also ciryamo "mariner" (UT:8). Masc. names Ciryaher* "Ship-lord" (Appendix A), Ciryandil "Ship-friend" (Appendix A), Ciryatan "Ship-builder" (Appendix A), also Tar-Ciryatan**, name of a Númenórean king, "King Shipbuilder" (SA:kir-)