Another name for Vána in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, derived from the root ᴱ√MAẎA (QL/60). Its meaning is unclear, but may be similar to Maiwendi.
Early Quenya
mai
adverb. too much
mai
adverb. if; do?
maita
adjective. maimed
maiwe
feminine name. Maiwe
mailin
masculine name. Mailin
Qenya cognate of Meglin in a very early name list (PE13/103-4).
maiwendi
proper name. *Greatest Maiden
mairu
noun. (horse) mane, flowing hair; charger
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAẎA, with the gloss “horse” in parenthesis marked with a “?”, followed by the gloss “mane, flowing hair” (QL/60). In the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “mane; charger”. In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, ᴱQ. mairo was given as the cognate of G. †mair “horse” (GL/56).
maite
noun. maple
A word appearing as {mavain >>} ᴱQ. maite “maple” in Early Qenya Word-lists (PE16/140), likely based on ᴱQ. má “hand” and perhaps simply ᴱQ. maite “handed” as suggested by Wynne and Gilson.
Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. mavoisi “chestnut” from the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s also seems to be based on an adjectival form of ᴱQ. má “hand”, seen more clearly in its fuller name ᴱQ. alda mavoite “chestnut” where the second element is ᴱQ. mavoite “having hands” (QL/57; PME/57).
Neo-Quenya: Given the ambiguity of the form maite, for purposes of Neo-Quenya I would restore the deleted form as ᴺQ. mavaina “maple” as a combination of má “hand” and [ᴺQ.] vaina “clad”. For “chestnut” I would use ᴺQ. olmos (olmoss-) inspired by G. omlos (GL/62).
mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki
if I come (fut.), they will come
maika
adjective. cruel
mailina
adjective. beautiful
maira
adjective. excessive, strong
maisilanda
noun. sycamore
maisinto
fraction. one thousandth
maisintya
fraction. one thousandth
maite
cardinal. thousand
maite
adjective. handed
maivoine
noun. great longing
mai ke·tule
do you come?
mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai
*if I come then they might come
mai ni·tule tu·tulil
if I come (generic), they come (generic)
mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval
whenever I come, they will come
mai ni·túlie tu·túliel
*if I had come, they would have come
mairo
noun. *horse
maisinya
ordinal. thousandth
maisitto
fraction. one thousandth
maisitya
fraction. one thousandth
maivoita-
verb. to long exceedingly after
umpai
?. [unglossed]
tessa
noun. maid, maiden
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a maid, maiden” but with no explicit root given (QL/90). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “maid”.
eldasilqe
noun. maidenhair fern, (lit.) elf tress
A word appearing as ᴱQ. eldasilqe “maidenhair fern, (sea) elf’s tress” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, a combination of ᴱQ. Elda “elf” and ᴱQ. silqe “tree of hair” (QL/35; PME/35).
Neo-Quenya: I would update this word to ᴺQ. eldafindë “maidenhair fern, (lit.) elf tress” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, using the later word findë for “tress”.
tessara
adjective. maiden, maidenly
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “maiden, maidenly”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. tessa “maiden” (QL/90).
wen(di)
noun. maid, girl, maiden
wende
noun. maiden
wendele
noun. maidenhood
aris
noun. daughter, maid
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “daughter, maid”, a feminine variant of ᴱQ. ar “child” (QL/32). It is also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “daughter” (PME/32).
tessare
noun. little maid
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “little maid”, a diminutive form of ᴱQ. tessa “maiden” (QL/90).
saike
noun. hunger
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. saike (saiki-) “hunger” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SAẎA (QL/82). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the Qenya word for “hunger” was instead saiste (PE13/147).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain the noun ᴺQ. saicë “hunger” based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√SAYAK, but only as an archaic word so I could justify the retention of various famine-related words like ᴺQ. saicelë. For normal speech I would assume ᴺQ. maitië is the ordinary word for “hunger”, a noun form of the adjective Q. maita “hungry” from around 1960.
saiqa
adjective. hungry
An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. saiqa “hungry” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SAẎA (QL/82). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the Qenya word for “hungry” was instead saisa, though its Early Noldorin equivalent ᴱQ. haib seems to indicate primitive ✱saikwā (PE13/146).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain the adjective ᴺQ. saiqua “hungry” based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√SAYAK, but only as an archaic word so I could justify the retention of related words like ᴺS. saeb “hungry”. For normal speech I would assume Q. maita “hungry” is the ordinary word for “hungry” (VT39/11).
mande
adverb. well
má
noun. hand
máwe
noun. gull, seamew
alle
?. [unglossed]
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).
anaukante
?. [unglossed]
angwe
?. [unglossed]
anwe
?. [unglossed]
anî
noun. woman
aukaine
?. [unglossed]
ausi-
prefix. well
ausie
noun. wealth
auvar
masculine name. Wealth
A Qenya name for G. Ausir in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/33), also appearing as Autar and replacing rejected Avar/Avas.
eant
?. [unglossed]
ematte
?. [unglossed]
fingwe
?. [unglossed]
heru-
verb. to rule
hingwe
?. [unglossed]
hyanta
?. [unglossed]
intya
?. [unglossed]
ista-
verb. to know
ka
?. [unglossed]
kulu
noun. gold
laiqasse
noun. greenness
laisifalle
noun. [unglossed]
laiwa
adjective. pale
lantanwa
adjective. [unglossed]
las
noun. [unglossed]
lilyen
?. [unglossed]
linqarassea
adjective. [unglossed]
loime
noun. thirst
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “thirst” under the early root ᴱ√LOYO (QL/56).
loimea
adjective. thirsty
loire
adjective. thirsty
lossiattea
?. [unglossed]
lungwe
?. [unglossed]
láwakéle
?. [unglossed]
makte
noun. hand
An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.
malin(d)
adjective. yellow
malina
adjective. yellow
mat-
verb. to eat
mata-
verb. to eat
matl
noun. food
matso
noun. food
mel(i)na
adjective. dear
mella
noun. girl
A word for “girl” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MELE “love”, but Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/60). The same word did appear in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, however (PME/60).
milkin
noun. wealth
min-
verb. [unglossed]
minya
ordinal. first
mára
adjective. mighty, power[ful], doughty; good, excellent, useful (of things)
máye
adverb. too much
nauto
noun. [unglossed]
nawa-
verb. [unglossed]
nesta-
verb. to feed
The verb ᴱQ. nesta- “feed” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” (QL/66). It has past forms nēse and nesse, indicating a close relationship to the verb ᴱQ. nese- “graze, pasture, give to feed, feed” from the same root, which likely would have had the same or similar past-tense forms.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would combine both these early verbs into ᴺQ. nesta- “to graze, pasture, give to feed, feed”, derived from the Neo-Root ᴺ√NES.
nierme
?. [unglossed]
ningwe
?. [unglossed]
nyara
noun. tale
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.
nyúken
?. [unglossed]
níva
adjective. pale
nî
noun. woman
pingwe
?. [unglossed]
porokoi
?. [unglossed]
pundo
noun. [unglossed]
póya
adjective. [unglossed]
ralle
?. [unglossed]
saile
noun. [unglossed]
saisa
adjective. hungry
saiste
noun. hunger
saqa-
verb. [unglossed]
sauke
?. [unglossed]
silde
noun. daughter
sinqita-
verb. [unglossed]
sivilda
?. [unglossed]
sui
noun. daughter
súlimarya
?. [unglossed]
súme
?. [unglossed]
talarin
adjective. [unglossed]
tampo
noun. well
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. tampo “a well”, derived from the root ᴱ√TṂPṂ “build”; Tolkien considered transferring the word to ᴱ√TAPA “✱stretch” (QL/93). This word also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/93).
Neo-Quenya: I think ᴺQ. tampo “well” might be salvaged in Neo-Quenya as a derivative of √TAM “construct”; it is used this way in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).
tantilta-
verb. [unglossed]
tirípti
?. [unglossed]
toron
?. [unglossed]
tuksainen
cardinal. thousand
tuksainenya
ordinal. thousandth
tuksa kainen
cardinal. thousand
tultárie
adjective. [unglossed]
tyanta
?. [unglossed]
táne
adjective. [unglossed]
tánie
adjective. [unglossed]
túrea
adjective. mighty
túvima
adjective. acceptable
ukárele
noun. [unglossed]
upaitya-
verb. [unglossed]
usult
?. [unglossed]
valle
?. [unglossed]
vande
adverb. well
vingwe
?. [unglossed]
warda-
verb. to rule
yavanna
feminine name. Yavanna
yu
?. [unglossed]
A word for “maimed” appearing in vocabulary lists for drafts of the Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930 (PE16/77), not used in the finished versions. Its etymology is unclear.