[lin- (2) vb. "sing" (GLIN, struck out)]
Quenya
lin
musical sound
lin-
sing
linda
fair, beautiful
linda adj. "fair, beautiful" (of sound) (SLIN, LIND; VT45:27), "soft, gentle, light" (PE16:96), "beautiful, sweet, melodious of sound" (PE17:150); for Linda as a noun, see Lindar.
lindë
air, tune, singing, song
lindë noun "air, tune, singing, song" (SA:gond, (LIN2, [GLIN]); lindelorendor "music-dream-land"; see laurelindórenan lindelorendor... _(LotR2:III ch. 4, cf. Letters:308). _Also compare lindi- in lindimaitar, q.v. (but the other compounds here cited do not give a lindë a stem-form lindi-).
lindë
noun. singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune
Cognates
- S. lind “song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”
Derivations
- √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”
Element in
- ᴺQ. airalindë “hymn, (lit.) holy song”
- Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold, Singing Gold”
- Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/308; NM/351
- ᴺQ. lindëa “singing, *musical”
- ᴺQ. lindelin “melody, tune”
- Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
- ᴺQ. lindelos “laburnum, (lit.) singing cluster”
- Q. lindimaitar “composer, musician” ✧ PE17/163
- Q. Lindissë “*Singer (f.)”
- ᴺQ. lindista “music album”
- Q. Lindórië
- Q. lómelindë “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer”
- ᴺQ. nainalindë “dirge, (lit.) lament-song”
- ᴺQ. olindë “harmony”
- Q. Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water, (lit.) Singing Stone” ✧ SA/gond
lingë
musical sound
lingë noun "musical sound" (PE16:96)
lingë
noun. musical sound
Derivations
- √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”
Element in
- Q. lingëa “with a musical sound” ✧ PE16/096
Variations
- linge ✧ PE16/096
linya
pool
linya noun "pool" (LIN1)
lindë-
sing
lindë- vb. ?"sing" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya lir- or #linda-)
alima
fair, good
alima adj. "fair, good" (also alya) (PE17:146)
hlón
sound
hlón noun "sound", "a noise" (VT48:29). Also hlóna. The stem of hlón is apparently hlon- if hloni "sounds" in WJ:394 is its plural form.
lanya
thread
#lanya (3) noun "thread", isolated from hísilanya "mist thread" (PE17:60)
lóna
pool, mere
lóna (1) noun "pool, mere" (VT42:10). Variant of lón, lónë above?
-ima
fair
-ima adjectival suffix. Sometimes it is used to derive simple adjectives, like vanima "fair" or calima "bright"; it can also take on the meaning "-able" (PE17:68), as in mátima "edible" (mat- "eat"), nótima "countable" (not- "count") and (with a negative prefix) úquétima "unspeakable" (from quet- "speak"). Note that the stem-vowel is normally lengthened in the derivatives where -ima means "-able", though this fails to occur in cenima "visible" (q.v., but contrast hraicénima, q.v.) and also before a consonant cluster as in úfantima "not concealable" (PE17:176). "X-ima" may mean "apt to X" (when the ending is added to an intransitive verbal stem), as in Fírimar "mortals", literally "those apt to die" (WJ:387). The adj. úfantima "not concealable" (PE17:176) also appears as úfantuma (PE17:180), indicating the existence of a variant ending -uma (possibly used to derive adjectives with a "bad" meaning; compare the ending *-unqua next to -inqua, q.v.)
-lya
thy, your
-lya 2nd person sg. formal/polite pronominal suffix "thy, your" (VT49:16, 38, 48). In tielyanna "upon your path" (UT:22 cf. 51), caritalya(s) "your doing (it)" (VT41:17), esselya "thy name" (VT43:14), onnalya "your child" (VT49:41, 42), parma-restalyanna *"upon your book-fair" (VT49:38), and, in Tolkien's Quenya Lord's Prayer, in the various translations of "thy kingdom": aranielya in the final version, earlier turinastalya, túrinastalya, turindielya, túrindielya (VT43:15). Also in indómelya (changed from mendelya) "thy will" (VT43:15-16)
alya
fair, good
alya (1) adj. "fair, good" (PE17:146), "prosperous, rich, abundant, blessed" (GALA). In a deleted entry in Etym, the glosses provided were "rich, blessed"; another deleted entry defined alya as "rich, prosperous, blessed". (GALA, [ÁLAM], VT42:32, 45:5, 14)
ango
snake
ango noun "snake"; stem angu- as in angulócë (q.v.); pl. angwi (ANGWA/ANGU)
nendë
pool
nendë (1) noun "pool" (NEN), "lake" (PE17:52)
vanya
fair
vanya (1) adj. "fair" (FS), "beautiful" (BAN), a word referring to beauty that is "due to lack of fault, or blemish" (PE17:150), hence Arda Vanya as an alternative to Arda Alahasta for "Arda Unmarred" (ibid., compare MR:254). Nominal pl. Vanyar "the Fair", the first clan of the Eldar; the original meaning of this stem was "pale, light-coloured, not brown or dark" (WJ:382, 383, stem given as WAN), "properly = white complexion and blonde hair" (PE17:154, stem given as GWAN); stems BAN vs. WAN discussed, see PE17:150.
vanë
fair
vanë adj. "fair" (LT1:272; in Tolkien's later Quenya rather vanya)
vanë
adjective. fair, fair, [ᴱQ.] lovely
Derivations
- √BAN “beauty (due to lack of fault or blemish); fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/056
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √BAN > vane [bani] > [bane] > [βane] > [vane] ✧ PE17/056 Variations
- vane ✧ PE17/056
lamma
sound
lamma noun "sound" (LAM)
leuca
snake
leuca (1) noun "snake" (Appendix E)
leuca
noun. snake
The best known Quenya word for “snake”, appearing in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115). In 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD), Tolkien said it was derived from the root √LEWEK “worm” (PE17/160).
Cognates
- S. lŷg “snake” ✧ LotR/1115; PE17/121; PE17/160
Derivations
- √LEWEK “worm” ✧ PE17/160
Element in
- ᴺQ. lingwileuca “eel”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LEWEK > leuka [leuka] ✧ PE17/160 Variations
- leuka ✧ PE17/160
láma
noun. sound, sound; [ᴹQ.] ringing sound, echo
Cognates
- ᴺS. law “sound”
Derivations
- √LAM “(inarticulate voiced) sound” ✧ VT39/20
Element in
- Q. Lámaquenta “Account of Sounds” ✧ PE18/082
- Q. Lámasampanë “Combination of Sounds” ✧ PE18/090
- Q. lámatyávë “*sound-taste”
- Q. ólama “consonant”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √lam > láma [lāma] ✧ VT39/20 Variations
- Láma ✧ PE18/082; PE18/090
láma#
noun. sound
sound
vilwa
air, lower air
[vilwa < wilwa] noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL; in one place vilwa was not struck out, VT46:21) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered vilda < wilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.
vilya
air, sky
vilya noun "air, sky", also name of tengwa #24. Older wilya. (Appendix E). Early "Qenya" has Vilya (changed from Vilna) "lower air" (LT1:273); also vilya "air" (MC:215)
wilma
air, lower air
wilma noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL)
hlócë
snake, serpent
hlócë ("k")noun "snake, serpent", later lócë ("k")(SA:lok-)
lin, lind- noun "a musical sound" (Letters:308), "melody" (LT1:258). Compare lindë.