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
men
noun. nose, beak
men
preposition. ?with, in(to), on
me
preposition. ?with, in(to), on
me
pronoun. we; 1st pl. exclusive pronoun
mente
noun. peak, tip
menya
adjective. *our; 1st pl. exclusive possessive emphatic
ildi
collective name. men
indi
collective name. Men, Earth Dwellers
néri ur natsi nostalen máre
*men are not beings good by nature
talma
noun. end
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).
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”
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”
ya(n)
conjunction. and
yu
?. [unglossed]
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
ektar
noun. swordsman
hesin
noun. winter
lantanwa
adjective. [unglossed]
las
noun. [unglossed]
mata-
verb. to eat
ninwa
adjective. blue
póya
adjective. [unglossed]
sauke
?. [unglossed]
sivilda
?. [unglossed]
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).
toron
?. [unglossed]
vasta
noun. road
yelin
noun. winter
alle
?. [unglossed]
amarto
noun. fate
anaukante
?. [unglossed]
angwe
?. [unglossed]
anwe
?. [unglossed]
aukaine
?. [unglossed]
eant
?. [unglossed]
ematte
?. [unglossed]
ere-
verb. to go
esta-
verb. to send
fingwe
?. [unglossed]
hingwe
?. [unglossed]
hyanta
?. [unglossed]
intya
?. [unglossed]
ka
?. [unglossed]
laisifalle
noun. [unglossed]
lilyen
?. [unglossed]
linqarassea
adjective. [unglossed]
lossiattea
?. [unglossed]
lungwe
?. [unglossed]
láwakéle
?. [unglossed]
maisinya
ordinal. thousandth
maite
cardinal. thousand
makillar
noun. swordsman
man
pronoun. who
manwe
masculine name. Manwe
mat-
verb. to eat
melmo
pronoun. we (emphatic); 1st pl. exclusive pronoun
min-
verb. [unglossed]
nauto
noun. [unglossed]
nawa-
verb. [unglossed]
nierme
?. [unglossed]
ninda
adjective. blue
ningwe
?. [unglossed]
ninya
adjective. blue
nyúken
?. [unglossed]
pingwe
?. [unglossed]
porokoi
?. [unglossed]
pundo
noun. [unglossed]
qenya
adjective. *our; 1st pl. exclusive possessive emphatic
ralle
?. [unglossed]
saile
noun. [unglossed]
saqa-
verb. [unglossed]
sinqita-
verb. [unglossed]
súlimarya
?. [unglossed]
súlimo
masculine name. Manwe
súme
?. [unglossed]
tahorme
noun. mountain
taimie
noun. sky
talarin
adjective. [unglossed]
tantilta-
verb. [unglossed]
taorme
noun. mountain
tea
noun. sky
tie-
verb. to go
tirípti
?. [unglossed]
tuksainen
cardinal. thousand
tuksainenya
ordinal. thousandth
tuksa kainen
cardinal. thousand
tultárie
adjective. [unglossed]
tyanta
?. [unglossed]
tye
pronoun. you
táne
adjective. [unglossed]
tánie
adjective. [unglossed]
ukárele
noun. [unglossed]
umpai
?. [unglossed]
upaitya-
verb. [unglossed]
usult
?. [unglossed]
valle
?. [unglossed]
vingwe
?. [unglossed]
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.