le

pronoun. you (plural)

le

preposition. with (accompaniment)

le·tul

le·tul

le·tulil (en)

le·tulil (en)

lenqelénu

noun. (daddy) long-legs

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as lenqelēnu “long-legs” or atta lenqelēnu “daddy-long-legs”, a combination of ᴱQ. lenk (lenq-) “limb” and ᴱQ. -lénu “long” (QL/53).

lenka

adjective. slow, dull, stiff; left (hand)

lerendi

noun. brotherhood, association, college

lesta-

verb. to collect (tr.)

lemindea

adjective. quintuple

letinwesse

noun. constellation

A word appearing as ᴱQ. letinwesse “constellation” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with initial element ᴱQ. le “with” (QL/52), along with ᴱQ. tinwe “star” and the abstract noun suffix ᴱQ. -sse.

Neo-Quenya: Since all these elements survived in later iterations of Quenya with basically the same meanings, I think ᴺQ. letinwessë can be used as-is in Neo-Quenya despite its age.

lé

noun. a sward, glade

A noun glossed “a sward, glade” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as a cognate of (the noun form of) G. lech “smooth place; slide”, thus derived from the same base leχ- [✱ᴱ√LEHE] as similar words (GL/53).

lenk

noun. limb

A word for “limb” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√LEQE (QL/53).

lepsa

noun. liver

ᴱQ. lepsa “liver” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/52). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had (unglossed) lipsa, in keeping with the revision G. elf >> G. ilf “heart” (GL/50).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. lepsa “liver” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

lepsile

noun. tendril

A word appearing as ᴱQ. lepsilẹ “tendril” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LEPE having to do with finger words (QL/53). The under-dotted ẹ also appears in the word ᴱQ. līnẹ under the root ᴱ√LI+ya, and so might represent a stem ending in a vocalized y, such as: ✱lepsilyǝ, līnyǝ > lepsilı̯-, līnı̯- > lepsile, līne.

Neo-Quenya: Since √LEP was still associated with finger words in Tolkien’s later conceptions of the languages, I’d retain ᴺQ. lepsilë “tendril” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

lea

adjective. smooth, slippery

lemin

cardinal. five; (lit.) half the fingers

lempe

cardinal. ten

leuke

adjective. sick, ill; pallid, wan

leume

noun. sickness

lenu-

verb. to stretch

lenwa

adjective. long and thin, straight, narrow

lea-

prefix. *your; 2nd pl. possessive

lehesta

noun. ride, riding, raid

lehta-

verb. to ride, move (tr.)

lekte-

verb. to join together, dovetail, fit in, splice

lelko

pronoun. you (emphatic); 2nd pl. pronoun

lemindóra

cardinal. *five million

lemindóre

cardinal. *quintillion

leminkainen

cardinal. fifty; twenty three

leminto

fraction. one fifth

lemintya

fraction. one fifth

lempe

fraction. one half

lempe

noun. crook, hook

lempea

adjective. half

lempea

adjective. decimal

lenkea

cardinal. fifteen

lenya

adjective. half

lep-

verb. to take

lepta

noun. finger

lepta

adjective. hooked (as a tendril)

leqet

noun. joint

lese-

verb. to come together, gather (intr.)

lesta

noun. gathering, assembly

let

noun. finger

lehe-

verb. to ride

lehtasta

noun. ride

lelya

adjective. *your; 2nd pl. possessive emphatic

lemillume

adverb. *five times

leminkaiya

ordinal. fifteenth

leminkea

cardinal. fifteen

leminya

ordinal. fifth

lempe

cardinal. five

lempessea

adjective. tenfold

lemya

adjective. half

lenuva

adjective. tight, narrow

lev-

verb. to move (intr.)

núle

noun. lead

malenka

adjective. left handed

maqale

noun. legerdemain, sleight

maqile

noun. legerdemain, sleight

laulesta-

verb. to lead a life, gain a living

A verb appearing as {laumeta- or laumesta- >>} ᴱQ. lausta- or laulesta- “lead a life, gain a living” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. laule “mode of life” (QL/52).

Neo-Quenya: Since I retain ᴺQ. laulë, I’d also retain ᴺQ. laulesta- for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

peler

noun. fence

saile

noun. [unglossed]

ukárele

noun. [unglossed]

alle

?. [unglossed]

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

ralle

?. [unglossed]

valle

?. [unglossed]

kalar

noun. lettuce

A word appearing as ᴱQ. kalar “lettuce” in Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s derived from primitive ᴱ✶karase (PE14/70), where the final s became z and then r, after which the medial r dissimilated to l.

Neo-Quenya: The dissimilations in later Quenya were different, with the medial r preventing the z from becoming r and instead dissimilating it back to s (PE19/73). As such, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. caras “lettuce” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, which also has the advantage of differentiating it from Q. calar “lamp”. Note that the stem for this word would also be caras- rather than the usual carar- due to the same dissimulative forces.

kampo

masculine name. Leaper

A name for Earendel appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/45).

oilima ailinello lúte

leave the last shore

The second line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is oilima “last” followed by the ablative form of the noun ailin “shore”, a modifying-phrase of the verb lutu- “to sail” in the aorist tense, loosely translated “leave” in the poem.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> oilima ailin-ello lúte = “✱last shore-from sail [leave]”

teket

noun. letter

@@@ used for “letter (epistola)” in NQNT

tult

noun. leg of chair, etc.

A noun in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “leg of chair, etc.” derived from the early root ᴱ√TḶPḶ (QL/93).

lapatl

noun. leveret

A word for a “leveret” (young hare) in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, based on ᴱQ. lapatte “rabbit” (QL/51).

kanu

noun. lead

lasse

noun. leaf; petal

latsina

adjective. level, smooth

patl

noun. leaf (esp. of book)

pelko

noun. leg

haloite

adjective. leaping

kanuva

adjective. leaden

me·tulil enno

let us come

teketta

noun. letter

lassea

adjective. with leaves, leafy

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “with leaves, leafy”, an adjective form of ᴱQ. lasse “leaf” (QL/51).

Neo-Quenya: Since both lassë “leaf” and the adjective suffix -ëa survived in Tolkien’s later writing, I would retain ᴺQ. lassëa “with leaves, leafy” for purposes of Neo-Quenya. It also appeared in Q. lillassëa “having mean leaves” from the 1960s (MC/223).

enqe

noun. plane, level

fainu-

verb. to release

halta-

verb. to leap

kap-

verb. to jump, leap

kapalima

adjective. bounding, leaping

kapta-

verb. to leap

kos

noun. quarrel, dispute, the matter disputed, legal action

lunga(na)-

verb. to sag, bend (down), hang heavy, lean

minda-

verb. to diminish, fade, lessen, vanish

nyara

noun. tale

nóva

adjective. ahead, foremost, leading

alildon ornin lassevarnen

?leaf-brown trees grow

erefainu

noun. release

erevainu

noun. release

kapa-

verb. to jump, leap

lausta-

verb. to lead a life, gain a living

nyarie

noun. fable, story, legend

palanka

adjective. even, flat, level

palanta

adjective. even, flat, level

paluva

adjective. even, flat, level

palwa

adjective. even, flat, level

papta

noun. *leaf

paptaqelasta

noun. fall, *leaf dying

lin

noun. snake

A word for “snake” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with a stem form of {linge- >>} ling- (QL/54).

makte

noun. hand

An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.

meril

noun. flower

A word for a “flower(s)” in the name ᴱQ. Meril-i-Turinqi “Queen of Flowers” (LT1/16; GL/46).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writing, S./N. {Beril >>} Meril was used for the name “Rose”.

otsola

noun. week

The Early Qenya word for a seven-day “week” is otsola. It is related to the word otso “seven”, and its Gnomish cognate ochlad is derived from ᴱ✶ot·g’lāta (GL/62). The Qenya word is probably derived from ᴱ✶otso-g’lā, where the second element is a reduced form of ᴱ✶galā > kala “daytime”.

Conceptual Development: In a very early list of weekday names, this word also appeared as ᴱQ. otsan (PE14/16, 21), where its second element was probably derived from sana “day” (GL/29).

Neo-Quenya: There are a couple later words for “week” in Quenya, namely ᴹQ. lemnar and Q. enquië. These describe five- and six-day weeks, respectively and are related to ᴹQ. lempe “five” and Q. enquë “six”. The Elves used a six-day week in Tolkien’s later writing (LotR/1107). The Númenóreans added a seventh day that was adopted throughout the human kingdoms of Middle-earth, but Tolkien did not give a name to this seven-day week.

The later Quenya word for “seven” remained otso, and the later word for the six-day week is a combination of enquë “six” with the abstract-noun suffix -ië. Therefore, otsola might remain a valid Quenya word for a seven-day week, though a revised form !otsolë might fit later Quenya structure better.

qámea

adjective. sick

A word appearing as qāmea “sick” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjective form of ᴱQ. qáme “sickness, nausea” (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹQ. qáme “sickness” appears in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/KWAM), I would retain ᴺQ. quámëa for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but given the meaning of its noun form I would assume its primary meaning is “✱nauseous”, as opposed to generally sick which would be [ᴺQ.] hlaiwa.

tenna

noun. finger

A noun for “finger” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” (QL/91). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, but with -nd- written above it indicating a variant form tenda (PME/91). A similar word tenge “finger” appeared Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but ᴱQ. lepta was written next to it, perhaps as a replacement, since after this point finger-words were primarily based on √LEP.

wembe

noun. worm

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. {wembe >>} ’wembe “worm” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWEVE; it had a longer variant *’wembil** (QL/103). Wembe “worm” was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa* (PME/103).

Neo-Quenya: Helge Fauskanger adapted this word as ᴺQ. vembë “worm” in his NQNT (NQNT), and I follow his suggestion in part for better compatibility with adapted Gnomish forms from the Neo-Root ᴺ√WEB.

-léni

suffix. long

anta-

verb. to give

anwe

?. [unglossed]

apte

adjective. open

e-

verb. to be

ematte

?. [unglossed]

er-

verb. to remain

ere-

verb. to go

esta-

verb. to send

faika

adjective. free

faino

noun. freeman

faire

adjective. free

fairie

noun. freedom

halda

adjective. wide, broad

har(e)

adverb. near

har-

verb. to remain

heru

noun. lord

isqa

adjective. wise

ka

?. [unglossed]

kainen

cardinal. ten

kapanda

noun. jump

kea

cardinal. ten

laiqa

adjective. green

landa

adjective. wide, broad

lantanwa

adjective. [unglossed]

las

noun. [unglossed]

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

lossa

adjective. white

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

líse

adjective. sweet

masta

noun. bread

má

noun. hand

narqelion

noun. Autumn

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

ne

conjunction. that

nelkea

cardinal. thirteen

nierme

?. [unglossed]

ninqe

adjective. white

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

oksa

noun. joint

oqi

noun. snake

orne

noun. tree

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

qen

noun. Elf

saina

adjective. smooth

sanda

adjective. that

sauke

?. [unglossed]

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

suksa

adjective. sweet

sutya

adjective. sweet

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

súme

?. [unglossed]

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

tanya

adjective. that

tie-

verb. to go

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

toron

?. [unglossed]

tultárie

adjective. [unglossed]

tye

pronoun. you

tyúka

adjective. thick

tyúte

noun. thumb

táne

adjective. [unglossed]

usult

?. [unglossed]

vardo

noun. prince

wembil

noun. worm

ya(n)

conjunction. and

yu

?. [unglossed]

ó-

verb. to be

lé- Reconstructed

verb. to come, be sent, approach

@@@ medial [x] vanishes per Lokyt

-lénu

suffix. long

alanda

adjective. wide, broad

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

anda

adjective. long

andra

adjective. long

angwe

?. [unglossed]

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

eant

?. [unglossed]

enqe

preposition. without

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

intya

?. [unglossed]

iswa

adjective. wise

laika

adjective. green

lanta-

verb. to fall

lingo

noun. snake

min-

verb. [unglossed]

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

orme

noun. tree

otsan

noun. week

palante

noun. plain

palume

noun. plain

perqa

adjective. wrong

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

qende

noun. Elf

rauka

adjective. swift

santo

pronoun. that

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

telko

noun. stem

tenge

noun. finger

turanion

noun. prince

turillo

noun. prince

tyanta

?. [unglossed]

tánie

adjective. [unglossed]

túrion

noun. prince

umpai

?. [unglossed]

upaitya-

verb. [unglossed]

vingwe

?. [unglossed]