lóte

noun. flower, bloom, blossom

lotesse

feminine name. Lotesse

A name for Erinti (later called Ilmarë) in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/55; PME/56), a combination of lóte “flower” with the feminine suffix -sse. This name also appeared as Lotisse (QL/36) and Lotel (PE14/15).

lotella

noun. floret

A word appearing as ᴱQ. lotella “a floret” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a diminutive form of ᴱQ. lóte “flower” (QL/055).

Neo-Quenya: Since Q. lótë “flower” appeared regularly in Tolkien’s later writings, I’d keep ᴺQ. lotella “floret” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

lotession

proper name. May

lótea

adjective. full of blossom

A word appearing as ᴱQ. lótea “full of blossom” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. lóte “flower, blossom” under the early root ᴱ√LO’O (QL/55-56).

Neo-Quenya: Since Q. lótë “flower” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I would keep ᴺQ. lótëa “full of blossom, ✱blooming, flowering” for purposes of Neo-Quenya. This adjective also appeared in lilótëa “having many flowers” from the late 1960s (VT42/18).

lotarwa

noun. garden

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “garden” based on lōtetarwa, a combination of ᴱQ. lóte “flower” and ᴱQ. tarwa “garden” (QL/55).

Neo-Quenya: Since Q. lótë “flower” survives in Tolkien’s later writing and I retain ᴺQ. tarwa for purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would retain ᴺQ. lotarwa as well, but with the more specific sense “[flower] garden”.

lunde kalaina

proper name. May

A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and kalain(e)a “serene” similar to another name of this month: Kalainis.

lunde lótea

proper name. May

A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and lótea “full of blossom”.

kalainis

proper name. May

A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/44), an abstract noun formation from kalaine “serenity, serene”.

lóter kuluinai

collective name. Lóter Kuluinai

Name for the people of Glorfindel in an early name list (PE13/104), a combination of the plurals of lóte “flower” and kuluina “golden”.

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”.