A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “lack, want, shortage” under the early root ᴱ√MANGA “lacking” (QL/59).
Early Quenya
mange
noun. grease
mange
noun. lack, want, shortage
There are more words but they are from Tolkien's earlier conceptional periods. Tolkien likely changed these words as he evolved the aesthetics and completeness of the languages. You may even find languages that Tolkien later rejected. Do not mix words from different time periods unless you are familiar with the phonetic developments.
mange
noun. grease
mange
noun. lack, want, shortage
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “lack, want, shortage” under the early root ᴱ√MANGA “lacking” (QL/59).
Below: Tolkien's Late Period (1950–1973). These are from Tolkien's late conceptual period — his most settled forms of the languages. Prefer these over the earlier ones above when composing new text.
A word for “grease” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived the early root ᴱ√MṆGṆ (QL/62), with syllabic ṇ becoming an [aŋ] which was the most common result in Early Qenya (PE12/10).