Quenya 

luina

pale

[luina] adj. "pale" (VT45:30)

lóna

noun. (deep) pool, mere, river-feeding well

A noun lóna glossed “pool, mere” derived from the root √LON and distinct in origin from Sindarin lô “flood” < √LOG (VT42/10).

Conceptual Development: This word seems to be a remnant of Tolkien’s investigation into the origin of the river-name S. Lhûn (PE17/136-137; VT48/27-28), where Tolkien first considered having a related Quenya word hlōna “a river” (PE17/136), then another related word lōn(e) “deep pool or lake” (PE17/137), but this notion was rejected and Tolkien said:

> The stem (S)LOW- does not appear in Quenya, where it is replaced by √LŎNŎ, as in lōn/lōne (pl. lōni) “deep pool or river-feeding well” (PE17/137).

This word and its derivation seems to have reemerged as lóna “pool, mere” in the notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, as described above (VT42/10).

Changes

  • lōn → lōn “deep pool or lake” ✧ PE17/137
  • lōn → lōn “deep pool or lake” ✧ VT48/28

Derivations

  • ✶slōno “Lhûn” ✧ PE17/136; VT48/27
    • √LOW “flow freely (fully)” ✧ PE17/136; PE17/137; VT48/27; VT48/28
    • √LON “*haven, harbour” ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28
  • √LOW “flow freely (fully)” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/137; VT48/28; VT48/28
  • √LON “*haven, harbour” ✧ PE17/137; VT42/10; VT48/28

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶Slōnā > hlōna[slōnā] > [l̥ōnā] > [l̥ōna]✧ PE17/136
√LŎNŎ > lōn[lōn]✧ PE17/137
√LOW > lou > lū[low] > [lou] > [lū]✧ PE17/137
√LOW > lounē̆ > lūn[loune] > [loun] > [lūn]✧ PE17/137
√LON > lóna[lōna]✧ VT42/10

Variations

  • hlōna ✧ PE17/136 (hlōna); VT48/27 (hlōna)
  • lōn ✧ PE17/137 (lōn); PE17/137; VT48/28; VT48/28 (lōn)
  • lōne ✧ PE17/137 (lōne); PE17/137; VT48/28; VT48/28
  • lū ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28
  • lūn ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28
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isca

pale

isca ("k") adj."pale" (LT1:256)

nívë

pale

nívë adj."pale" (MC:213; this is "Qenya" Tolkien's later Quenya has néca)

néca

pale, vague, faint, dim to see

néca ("k") adj "pale, vague, faint, dim to see", pl. nécë ("k") in Markirya

marya

pale, fallow, fawn

marya adj. "pale, fallow, fawn" (MAD)