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

lin

noun. snake

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

Early Quenya [QL/043; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lin

noun. melody, air, tune, musical voice

Early Quenya [LT1A/Lindelos; PE15/25; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linda

adjective. singing

Early Quenya [LT1A/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lingo

noun. snake

ondolinda

place name. Singing Stone

Early Quenya [GL/41; LT1A/Gondolin; PE13/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-lin

suffix. noun suffix

li(n)-

prefix. many

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

liri-

verb. to sing

Early Quenya [QL/054; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ine

suffix. noun suffix

Early Quenya [QL/043; QL/047; QL/052; QL/057; QL/058; QL/063; QL/072; QL/075; QL/082; QL/087; QL/095; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-lis

suffix. noun suffix

Early Quenya [QL/029; QL/032; QL/043; QL/057; QL/071; QL/077; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-re

suffix. noun suffix

Early Quenya [QL/031; QL/055; QL/078; QL/091; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-rin

suffix. noun suffix

Early Quenya [QL/035; QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anai

noun. woman

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s form “woman” with variants anai and anî, a feminine form ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31).

Early Quenya [QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anî

noun. woman

ilma

noun. air

A word for “air” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/142), probably based on the early root ᴱ√ILU “ether”. Later ᴹQ. Ilma was used for “Starlight” (Ety/GIL; LR/205).

Early Quenya [PE16/142] 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

nyél

noun. woman

A word for “woman” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with stem form nyel-, as indicated by its accusative nyela (PE16/135). Its etymology is unclear; Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson suggested it might be connected to the early root ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” or later root ᴹ√NYEL “ring, sing”, but these both feel like stretches to me.

Early Quenya [PE16/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. woman

Early Quenya [GL/60] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ola-

prefix. many

olli

adjective. many

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

olli-

prefix. many

oqi

noun. snake

Early Quenya [PME/070; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ormin

noun. top

Early Quenya [PE15/78] Group: Eldamo. Published by