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!

Early Quenya

lar

noun. region, place

Early Quenya [PME/051; QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laru

noun. fat, grease

A word appearing as ᴱQ. laru “fat, grease” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LARA whose derivatives had to do with fat (QL/51). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien instead had ᴱQ. lise {“greasy” >>} “grease”, with an accusative form lisya- indicating a stem lisy- (PE16/141). In Qenya Declensions also from the 1920s, its partitive form lisihta was glossed “of butter” (PE16/115).

Neo-Quenya: The root ᴹ√LAR “fat, grease” from The Etymologies of the 1930s seems to indicate that lisy- was a transient idea, so I would retain ᴺQ. laru for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but would use it only for “grease”. For “fat” I would instead use ᴹQ. larma (Ety/LAR). Note that Tolkien also had the adjective Q. (h)lúvo “greasy, fat” in notes from the early 1950s (PE21/82) but gave no noun form.

Early Quenya [QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

larúva

adjective. greasy

A word appearing as ᴱQ. larúva “greasy”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. laru “fat, grease” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LARA (QL/51). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien instead had ᴱQ. lisiva “greasy” as the adjectival form of ᴱQ. lise (lisy-) “grease” (PE16/141).

Neo-Quenya: The root ᴹ√LAR “fat, grease” from The Etymologies of the 1930s seems to indicate that lisy- was a transient idea, so I would retain ᴺQ. larúva “greasy” for purposes of Neo-Quenya. Note that Tolkien also had a different adjective Q. (h)lúvo “greasy, fat” in notes from the early 1950s (PE21/82), but I think the two can coexist.

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larma

noun. area, space, room

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. larma “area, space, room” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAŘA (QL/51).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. latsë “area, space, room” coined by Tamas Ferencz based on the root √LAT “open”. The word latsë means “room” only in the sense of “having room”; a room in a building would be [ᴹQ.] sambe.

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larmea

adjective. roomy, spacious

A word appearing as ᴱQ. larmea or larmavoite “roomy, spacious” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. larma “area, space, room” (QL/51).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. latsëa “roomy, spacious”, an adjectival form of ᴺQ. latsë which is the word I use to replace ᴱQ. larma.

Early Quenya [QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laruke

adjective. fat, rich

Early Quenya [QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

larmavoite

adjective. roomy, spacious

karkasarma

noun. large saw

A word appearing as ᴱQ. karkasarma “a large saw” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. karka “fang” and ᴱQ. sarma “saw” (QL/48).

Neo-Quenya: Since Q. carca “fang” appears in Tolkien’s later writings and I retain ᴺQ. sarma “saw” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would retain ᴺQ. carcasarma “large saw” as well.

Early Quenya [QL/048] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kamillo

noun. large poppy

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s glossed “large poppy” derived from the early root ᴱ√KAMA having to do with red flowers (QL/44; PME/44). The word kamillo was the proper name of a ᴱQ. fumella valinōrea, a “✱Valinorean poppy”.

Early Quenya [PME/044; QL/044] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pimpevinne

noun. larch

A word for “larch” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. pimp- “tail” and (perhaps) some variant of ᴱQ. fine “larch” (QL/74; PME/74).

Early Quenya [PME/074; QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ambarin

noun. lark

Early Quenya [PE13/110; PE13/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fine

noun. larch

Early Quenya [PE16/140; QL/038; QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yanta

adjective. large

Early Quenya [PE15/69; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úmea

adjective. large

Early Quenya [QL/097; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

falqan

noun. large sword

Early Quenya [LT2A/Glorfalc; QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kalonga

noun. large bell

anqa(r)

noun. ear

qan

noun. ear

Early Quenya [PME/031; PME/076; QL/031; QL/076; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kalon

noun. (large) bell

Early Quenya [PME/046; QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fauka

adjective. fat, large

Early Quenya [QL/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-(n)dóre

suffix. -illion, *large number suffix

kantl

noun. (large) harp

@@@ probably inspired by Finnish “kantele” as suggested by Draug in Discord, 2021-12-30

Early Quenya [PME/045; QL/045] Group: Eldamo. Published by

velike

adjective. great, large

Early Quenya [GL/22; LT1A/Haloisi Velikë; PE16/137; QL/100] Group: Eldamo. Published by

li(n)-

prefix. many

Early Quenya [LT1A/Tinwë Linto; PE16/077; QL/042; QL/053; QL/069] Group: Eldamo. Published by

auvar

masculine name. Wealth

A Qenya name for G. Ausir in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/33), also appearing as Autar and replacing rejected Avar/Avas.

Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kilapi

noun. robin

A word for “robin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with a variant [kilap]ink, related to the verb ᴱQ. kilapitya- “to chirp” (QL/46) and G. cilobinc “robin” from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/26).

Early Quenya [QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lia(r)

adjective. many

Early Quenya [QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

limba

adjective. many

Early Quenya [QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malke

adjective. rich

An adjective for “rich” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MḶKḶ “possess” (QL/62).

Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mange

noun. grease

A word for “grease” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived the early root ᴱ√MṆGṆ (QL/62), with syllabic becoming an [aŋ] which was the most common result in Early Qenya (PE12/10).

Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

milkin

noun. wealth

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. milkin “wealth” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MḶKḶ “possess” (QL/62).

Neo-Quenya: Given S. maelig “wealth, abundance” < √MILIK from the 1950s, I think ᴺQ. milcin “wealth” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olli

adjective. many

Early Quenya [QL/069] Group: Eldamo. Published by

túrea

adjective. mighty

Early Quenya [QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ausie

noun. wealth

A word appearing as ᴱQ. ausie “wealth” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√AW̯A having to do with riches and property (QL/33).

Neo-Quenya: The root √AW “possess, own, keep” resurfaced in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, along with a derivative aura “possession, thing owned”. As such I would adapted this Early Qenya word as ᴺQ. aurië “wealth” as an abundance of possessions, an abstract noun based on aura.

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aute

adjective. rich

An adjective for “rich” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√AW̯A (QL/33). The same root also had ᴱQ. avarna “very rich”, but this form was deleted.

Early Quenya [LT2A/Ausir; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kilapink

noun. robin

likinda

noun. trumpet

Early Quenya [PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lisiva

adjective. greasy

Early Quenya [PE16/141] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maite

cardinal. thousand

Early Quenya [PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ola-

prefix. many

olli-

prefix. many

olwa

adjective. much

olya

adverb. much

Early Quenya [PE14/048; PE14/080; PE15/75] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pyúva

adjective. fat

Early Quenya [PE16/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rauka

adjective. swift

sarqa

adjective. fleshy

A word for “fleshy” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. sarko (sarku-) “flesh” (QL/86).

Early Quenya [LT2A/Sarqindi; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sindi

noun. river

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “river” derived from the root ᴱ√SIŘI [SIÐI] (QL/84). The same word appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/84).

Early Quenya [LT1A/Kelusindi; LT1A/Sirion; PME/084; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuksainen

cardinal. thousand

tuksa kainen

cardinal. thousand

Early Quenya [PE14/050; PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wessa

adjective. rich

This word appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s as ’wessa equated to G. gwes “rich”, probably its Qenya cognate.

Early Quenya [PE13/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by