_ n. _tongue. Q. lambe. >> lammen
Primitive elvish
lam
root. (inarticulate voiced) sound
lam- Reconstructed
verb. lam-
Sindarin
lam
tongue
lam
noun. echo
lam
noun. (physical) tongue; language, (physical) tongue; language, [G.] speech
lam
noun. physical tongue
lam
noun. language
lam
tongue
(both body-part and = ”dialect, language”) lam (pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath). (WJ:394, 416) Not: lam is also used = ”echo, voice, echoing voice”.
lam
tongue
(pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath). (WJ:394, 416) Not: lam is also used = ”echo, voice, echoing voice”.
lam
echoing voice
lam, pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath.
lam
echoing voice)
specially ECHOING VOICE) lam, pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath
lam
echoing voice
pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath.
lammad
echo
pl. lemmad. May also be spelt with a single m.
lammas
account of tongues
lammen
my tongue
.
glam
shouting
glam (i **lam) (din, uproar, confused yelling of beasts; tumult, confused noise; a body of Orcs), pl. glaim (in glaim), coll. pl. glammath**
glamor
echo
(noun) glamor (i **lamor), banalogical pl. glemyr (in glemyr**). Archaic *glamr, glambr. ECHO (or, sound of voices) lammad, pl. lemmad. May also be spelt with a single m.
glamor
echo
(i ’lamor), banalogical pl. glemyr (in glemyr). Archaic ✱glamr, glambr.
tevas
noun. hatred
Noldorin
lham
noun. physical tongue
lamben
place name. Tongue
lhamb
noun. physical tongue
glamm
noun. shouting, confused noise; barbarous speech
glamor
noun. echo
glambr
noun. echo
glamor
noun. echo
lham(b)
noun. tongue
Quenya
lamba
noun. (physical) tongue
A word for the physical tongue appearing in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, derived from primitive ✶lab-mā = “✱lick-thing” (WJ/394, 416). It was distinct from Q. lambë “tongue” = “language” (WJ/394). ᴹQ. lamba “tongue” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LAB “lick” (Ety/LAB), where it was likewise distinct from ᴹQ. lambe “language”, as in ᴹQ. parmalambe “book-language” (Ety/PAR).
lamba
tongue
lamba (1) noun "tongue" (physical tongue, while lambë = "language") (WJ:394, LAB; according to VT45:25, Tolkien first wrote lambe, but as noted, this alternative form is rather used for "tongue" in the sense of "language")
lambelë
language
lambelë noun "Language" (especially with reference to phonology), *"phonetics" (VT39:15)
lambë
tongue, language
lambë noun "tongue, language" (the usual word for 'language' in non-technical use) (WJ:368, 394, ÑGAL/ÑGALAM), "the language or dialect of a particular country or people...never used for 'language' in general, but only for particular forms of speech" (VT39:15); also name of tengwa #27 (Appendix E). (In early "Qenya", lambë was defined as "tongue" of body, but also of land, or even = "speech" [LT2:339]. In LotR-style Quenya lambë only means "tongue = speech", whereas the word for a physical tongue is lamba.) Lambë Valarinwa "Valarin tongue" (WJ:397), lambë Quendion "the language of the Elves" (PM:395), Lambengolmor pl. noun "Loremasters of Tongues", a school founded by Fëanor (WJ:396); sg. #Lambengolmo. Spelt Lambeñgolmor in VT48:6.
lambe
noun. tongue
nalláma
echo
nalláma, nallama noun "echo" (LAM). The initial element may be nan- "back", hence "back-sound", sound that comes back (cf. láma).
quetil
tongue, language
quetil ("q")noun "tongue, language" (KWET)
tengwelë
language
tengwelë noun "Language" (in all its aspects), a general word for the grouping and composing of tengwi (linguistic "signs", phonemes) into a linguistic system (VT39:16)
tengwestië
language
tengwestië noun "Language" as abstract or phenomenon (WJ:394)
tengwië
language
#tengwië noun "language" in the compound mátengwië "language of the hands" (VT47:9). Compare tengwë, tengwesta.
tévië
hatred
tévië noun "hatred" (LT1:268; according to QL:90 the first vowel should be long)
Telerin
lambë
noun. language
North Sindarin
lóm
noun. echo
Khuzdûl
aglâb
noun. language
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!
Gnomish
lam
noun. tongue, speech
lam eglathon
proper name. Lam Eglathon
lam ’lisc
*flattering tongue
i·lam na·ngoldathon “goldogrin” di sacthoðrin
*the Language of the Gnomes ‘Goldogrin’ [translated] into (Old) English
glâm
noun. hatred, loathing, fierce hate
Middle Primitive Elvish
lam
root. *sound
glam
root. *noise, echo
A (Noldorin-only) root in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a strengthened form of the root ᴹ√LAM which was the basis of general sound words (Ety/GLAM). The derivatives of ᴹ√GLAM include N. glamm “shouting, confused noise” and N. glavra- “babble” but also N. glamor “echo” and N. glamren “echoing”, the last of these seen in N. Dorlamren, the pure Noldorin form of N. Dor-lómen “Land of Echoes”, which incorporates the Ilkorin word lómen “echoing” (LR/249; Ety/LAM).
The word S. glam “din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts” reappeared in the Quendi and Eldar essay written in 1959-60, where it was an element (as it was earlier) in the collective name for orcs: S. Glamhoth “Din-horde” (WJ/391). This strongly indicates that the “confused sounds” aspect of this root survived into Tolkien’s later conception of the language. However, the “echo” portion seemed to have been transferred to the unstrengthened form of this root √LAM as with (West) Sindarin loven “echoing” vs. North Sindarin lómin, which remained an element in Dor-lómin “Land of Echoes”, albeit reconceived of as a North Sindarin name (PE17/133).
om
root. *sound
Early Noldorin
lam na·ngoluith
Lam na·NGoluith
glam(m)
noun. hatred
lham(b)
noun. tongue
Qenya
lam-
verb. to call [out to]
laman
noun. tame beast
lamba
noun. tongue
nalláma
noun. echo
Doriathrin
lóm
noun. echo
Early Quenya
-issa
suffix. language
-qet(se)
suffix. language
This root for “sound” words appeared regularly in Tolkien’s writing, probably to a certain degree contrasted with √LAB which was the basis for Q. lamba “tongue” and Q. lambë “language”. The root √LAM was more specifically for inarticulate vocal sounds and in this sense was the basis for ✶lamā̆n(a) “animal” > Q. laman/S. lavan (WJ/416).
In fact, Tolkien’s earliest use of this root was as the basis for animal words, appearing as unglossed ᴱ√LAMA in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. lama “a head of cattle or sheep; an animal, beast” and ᴱQ. lamáre “flock” (QL/50). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, animal words were instead derived from ᴱ✶labna (PE14/70).
The first clear connection of ᴹ√LAM to “sound” was in The Etymologies of the 1930s where it was the basis of words like ᴹQ. láma “ringing sound, echo”, ᴹQ. lamma “sound” and ᴹQ. lámina “echo” (Ety/LAM). In this document, the Noldorin word N. glamor for “echo” was based on the strengthened root ᴹ√GLAM along with words like N. glamm “shouting, confused noise; barbarous speech” (Ety/GLAM); the latter sense survived in words like S. Glamhoth “din-horde” (UT/39), but later Sindarin “echo” word were transferred back to √LAM, as in S. Lammoth “Great Echo” (S/106). In the 1930s and 40s the root was also still connected to animals (PE21/28; PPE22/116).
The root √LAM appeared regularly in Tolkien’s later writings, variously glossed “sound” (VT39/15), “inarticulate voiced sounds” (PE17/138), or “sounds, especially ... vocal sounds, but [it] was applied only to those that were confused or inarticulate” (WJ/416). It remained connected to sound-words (VT39/20), echo-words (PE17/133) and animal-words (WJ/416).