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 Primitive Elvish

miri

root. smile

Derivatives

  • Eq. miri- “to smile” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. mírien “mirth” ✧ LT1A/Samírien
  • Eq. mirmile “ripple of laughter” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. mirt “grin” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. mirtya- “to grin” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. mire “smile” ✧ QL/061

Variations

  • MṚT͡YṚ ✧ QL/061
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Samírien; QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mṛtyṛ

root. smile

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

iti Speculative

root. precious

A hypothetical root to explain words in the Gnomish Lexicon such as G. idra “dear, valued, precious” and G. idril “sweetheart”, the latter being the earliest etymology of the name G. Idril (GL/50). For the later etymologies of this name and the possible conceptual evolution of the root, see the entries for √IR “desire” and √IT “glitter, shine, shimmer, twinkle”.

Derivatives

  • G. idra “dear, valued, precious”
  • G. idri “treasure, thing of great worth, jewel”
Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by