vëo

man

†vëo noun "man" (WEG; etymologically connected to vëa "manly, vigorous"; the more neutral word for "man" is nér. According to VT46:21, Tolkien indicated that vëo is an archaic or poetic word.) Tolkien at a later point defined the word as "living creature" (PE17:189). Cf. variant wëo, q.v.

nér

man

nér (1) (ner-, as in pl. neri) noun "man" (adult male elf, mortal, or of other speaking race) (MR:213, VT49:17, DER, NDER, NI1, VT45:9; see also WJ:393)

nér

noun. man

lér

man

**lér noun "man" (NI1; hypothetical Q form of PQ dēr; the form actually used in Quenya was nér)

nellon

noun. granite, (lit.) tri-rock

A neologism for “granite” coined by Luinyelle and Arael in a 2022 Discord discussion of words for stones, a combination of [ᴹQ.] nel- “tri-” and ondo “stone”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
nel-	“tri-”
ondo	“stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock”