Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

men

noun. nose, beak

The word ᴱQ. men (mem-) “nose, beak” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MEME (QL/61).

Neo-Quenya: In later writings, Tolkien used ᴹQ. nengwe for “nose”, but I think it might be worth adapting this word as ᴺQ. mén (mem-) “beak”, with a long vowel to help distinguish it from Q. men “way”. This derivation is similar to ᴹQ. kén (kem-) “soil, earth” < ᴹ√KEM from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KEM); hat-tip to Röandil for suggesting this comparison and the form mén.

Early Quenya [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

men

preposition. ?with, in(to), on

me

preposition. ?with, in(to), on

Early Quenya [PE16/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

me

pronoun. we; 1st pl. exclusive pronoun

Early Quenya [PE14/052; PE14/053; PE14/054; PE14/056; PE14/059; PE14/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mente

noun. peak, tip

Early Quenya [QL/061; QL/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

menya

adjective. *our; 1st pl. exclusive possessive emphatic

Early Quenya [PE14/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ildi

collective name. men

Early Quenya [QL/042] Group: Eldamo. Published by

indi

collective name. Men, Earth Dwellers

A collective term for men appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s meaning “Earth Dwellers” (QL/43), a derivative of the root ᴱ√IÐI (written IŘI in QL). It was also given as ᴱQ. ildi from the (rejected) root ᴱ√ḶÐḶ (QL/42), but this form was rejected.

Early Quenya [GL/50; LT2A/Idril; QL/042; QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

néri ur natsi nostalen máre

*men are not beings good by nature

Early Quenya [PE15/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

talma

noun. end

Early Quenya [PE16/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taitelúme

noun. firmament

An unglossed word in a draft of the Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930 given as taiteluume- “firmanent” (PE16/77), probably a combination of some derivative of ᴱ√TAHA “✱high” and ᴱQ. telume “firmanent, heavens”, as suggested by Gilson, Welden and Hostetter (PE16/79).

Early Quenya [PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

man kiluva kirya ninqe?

Who shall see a white ship?

The first and fifth lines of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is man “who” followed by the future tense of the verb kili- “to see”, translated “heed” in the fifth line. The object of the phrase is the noun kirya “ship”, followed by the adjective ninqe “white”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> man kil-uva kirya ninqe = “✱who see-(future) ship white”

Early Quenya [MC/213] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telume lungane

the heavens bending

The twenty third line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/214). The first word is the noun telume “heavens” followed by the “bare stem” infinitive form of the verb lunga(na)- “to bend”, as suggested by Gilson, Welden, and Hostetter (PE16/84, notes on line #10 and #11), apparently functioning as either an active-participle or a verbal object.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> telume lunga-ne = “✱heavens bend-ing”

Early Quenya [MC/214] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ya(n)

conjunction. and

Early Quenya [LFC/030; PE15/69; QL/043; QL/104; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yu

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

arda

noun. place, spot

@@@ probably from [ɣarðā] since cognate G. gar(th) ends in [θ] which only develops from [ð] when final after a consonant

Early Quenya [QL/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ektar

noun. swordsman

Early Quenya [LT1A/Telimektar; PME/035; QL/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hesin

noun. winter

Early Quenya [LT1A/Heskil; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lantanwa

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/006] Group: Eldamo. Published by

las

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mata-

verb. to eat

Early Quenya [PE12/026; PE14/023; PE14/028; PE14/034; PE14/056; PE14/057; PE14/058; PE14/059; PE14/070; PE14/085; PE16/141; QL/043; QL/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninwa

adjective. blue

Early Quenya [LT1A/Nielluin; PE13/164; PE16/138; PME/066; QL/066; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sauke

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taime

noun. sky

A word for “the sky” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with variants Taime and Taimie from the early root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] (QL/87). ᴱQ. tea “sky” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s is probably related, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/142).

Early Quenya [LT1A/Telimektar; PE16/142; QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by

toron

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vasta

noun. road

Early Quenya [QL/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yelin

noun. winter

Early Quenya [LT1A/Melko; PME/106; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amarto

noun. fate

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

angwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eant

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ematte

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ere-

verb. to go

Early Quenya [PE16/133] Group: Eldamo. Published by

esta-

verb. to send

Early Quenya [PE16/133] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

intya

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/107] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ka

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maisinya

ordinal. thousandth

Early Quenya [PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maite

cardinal. thousand

Early Quenya [PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

makillar

noun. swordsman

Early Quenya [QL/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

man

pronoun. who

Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/214; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

manwe

masculine name. Manwe

Early Quenya [GL/18; LBI/Manwë; LT1A/Mánir; LT1A/Manwë; LT1I/Manwë; LT2I/Manwë; PE13/104; PE14/012; PE15/26; QL/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mat-

verb. to eat

melmo

pronoun. we (emphatic); 1st pl. exclusive pronoun

Early Quenya [PE14/053; PE14/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

min-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/028] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/064] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/064] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nierme

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninda

adjective. blue

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninya

adjective. blue

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/111] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qenya

adjective. *our; 1st pl. exclusive possessive emphatic

Early Quenya [PE14/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ralle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saile

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [GL/72] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

súlimo

masculine name. Manwe

Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/43; GL/67; LT1A/Súlimo; LT1I/Súlimo; LT2I/Manwë; LT2I/Súlimo; PE13/104; PE14/012; QL/058; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

súme

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tahorme

noun. mountain

taimie

noun. sky

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taorme

noun. mountain

tea

noun. sky

tie-

verb. to go

Early Quenya [PE16/133] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [LT1/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuksainen

cardinal. thousand

tuksainenya

ordinal. thousandth

Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuksa kainen

cardinal. thousand

Early Quenya [PE14/050; PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tultárie

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE14/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyanta

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tye

pronoun. you

Early Quenya [LFC/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

táne

adjective. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE13/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tánie

adjective. [unglossed]

ukárele

noun. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/006] Group: Eldamo. Published by

umpai

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE12/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

upaitya-

verb. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

usult

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

valle

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vingwe

?. [unglossed]

Early Quenya [PE16/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by