The Quenya word for “boat”, which was well-established. It first appeared as ᴱQ. lunte (lunti-) “ship” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√LUTU (QL/57). It was used for “boat” in the ᴱQ. Earendel poem from around 1930 (MC/216). ᴹQ. lunte “boat” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LUT “float, swim” (Ety/LUT). Q. lunte “boat” also appeared in the second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ2) from around 1950 (PE18/99).
Neo-Quenya: See the entry for cirya “ship” for a discussion of the possible semantic distinctions of Elvish words for water vessels.
The Quenya word for “boat”, which was well-established. It first appeared as ᴱQ. lunte (lunti-) “ship” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√LUTU (QL/57). It was used for “boat” in the ᴱQ. Earendel poem from around 1930 (MC/216). ᴹQ. lunte “boat” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LUT “float, swim” (Ety/LUT). Q. lunte “boat” also appeared in the second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ2) from around 1950 (PE18/99).
Neo-Quenya: See the entry for cirya “ship” for a discussion of the possible semantic distinctions of Elvish words for water vessels.