A word in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s glossed “lapis lazuli” as a combination of ᴱQ. nin (nind-) “blue” and ᴱQ. ondo “stone” (QL/66; PME/66). In the Qenya Lexicon ningon was written below it and a faint line was drawn through the first part of nindon, possibly indicating a replacement as suggested by the editors.
Early Quenya
nin
noun. blue (colour), blueness, blue green
ninwi
proper name. Nineveh
nindon
noun. lapis lazuli
ni
pronoun. I; 1st sg. pronoun
ninda
noun. water, river
A word in the Early Noldorin Dictionary from the 1920s given as a cognate of ᴱN. nenn “water, river” (PE13/164). The reason why the vowel was i rather than e isn’t clear; compare to earlier ᴱQ. nen(d-) “river, water” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/65-66) and the root √NEN “water” from the 1930s and later.
ninqa-
verb. to shine white
ninqe
adjective. white
ninqeru
noun. male personified form of white
ninwa
adjective. blue
ninya
adjective. *my; 1st sg. possessive emphatic
ninda
adjective. blue
ningon
noun. lapis lazuli
ningwe
?. [unglossed]
ninya
adjective. blue
hue
cardinal. nine
huekainen
cardinal. ninety
hukaiya
ordinal. nineteenth
húkea
cardinal. nineteen
húya
ordinal. ninth
olme(t)
cardinal. nine
nieriltasinwa
proper name. Unnumbered Tears
Qenya cognate of the battle of Nínin-Udathriol “Unnumbered Tears” in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/84). It initial element is the plural of nie “tear” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nielluin). The remainder seems to be a combination of the negative prefix il- “un-” and the otherwise unattested adjective tasinwa “numbered”, likely related to tanta “number” (QL/90).
ondoli losse karkane
the white rocks snarling
The fifteenth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is the plural of ondo “rock” modified by the plural of the adjective lossa “white”, with the “bare stem” infinitive form of the verb karka- “to snarl”, 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:
> ondo-li loss-e karka-ne = “✱rock-(plural) white-(plural) snarl-ing”
sinqita-
verb. [unglossed]
ailinon
noun. water lily
A word for “water lily” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. ailin “lake, pool” (QL/29; PME/29).
alle
?. [unglossed]
amillion
noun. February
anaukante
?. [unglossed]
angwe
?. [unglossed]
anwe
?. [unglossed]
aukaine
?. [unglossed]
eant
?. [unglossed]
elben
noun. heart
elwen
noun. heart
A word appearing as ᴱQ. Elben “heart” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin of the 1910s (LT2/202; PE15/23), but as ᴱQ. Elwen “heart” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/35, 52). These words were connected to the character G. Elfrith who vanished from later versions of the Legendarium.
ematte
?. [unglossed]
fingwe
?. [unglossed]
hingwe
?. [unglossed]
hon
noun. heart
honde
noun. heart
hondo
noun. heart
hyanta
?. [unglossed]
iluqinga
noun. rainbow
intya
?. [unglossed]
iskane
noun. pallor
ka
?. [unglossed]
laisifalle
noun. [unglossed]
lantanwa
adjective. [unglossed]
las
noun. [unglossed]
lilyen
?. [unglossed]
linqarassea
adjective. [unglossed]
liqin(a)
adjective. wet
londa
noun. heart
lossa
adjective. white
lossiattea
?. [unglossed]
lunde tiqilindea
proper name. February
A name for the month of February in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and tiqilindea “thawing”.
lungwe
?. [unglossed]
láwakéle
?. [unglossed]
mella
noun. girl
A word for “girl” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MELE “love”, but Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/60). The same word did appear in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, however (PME/60).
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.
meril
noun. flower
A word for a “flower(s)” in the name ᴱQ. Meril-i-Turinqi “Queen of Flowers” (LT1/16; GL/46).
Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writing, S./N. {Beril >>} Meril was used for the name “Rose”.
min-
verb. [unglossed]
minwa
adjective. small
nauto
noun. [unglossed]
nawa-
verb. [unglossed]
nenda
adjective. wet
nienaite
adjective. tearful
nierme
?. [unglossed]
nyúken
?. [unglossed]
nímo
pronoun. I (emphatic); 1st sg. pronoun
pingwe
?. [unglossed]
pinilya
adjective. small
porokoi
?. [unglossed]
pundo
noun. [unglossed]
pínea
adjective. small
póya
adjective. [unglossed]
ralle
?. [unglossed]
saile
noun. [unglossed]
saqa-
verb. [unglossed]
sauke
?. [unglossed]
sild(r)a
adjective. slender
sivilda
?. [unglossed]
sovalwaris
noun. February
súlimarya
?. [unglossed]
súme
?. [unglossed]
talarin
adjective. [unglossed]
tantilta-
verb. [unglossed]
tirípti
?. [unglossed]
toron
?. [unglossed]
tultárie
adjective. [unglossed]
tyanta
?. [unglossed]
táne
adjective. [unglossed]
tánie
adjective. [unglossed]
ukku
noun. rainbow
ukárele
noun. [unglossed]
umpai
?. [unglossed]
upaitya-
verb. [unglossed]
usult
?. [unglossed]
valle
?. [unglossed]
vingwe
?. [unglossed]
yu
?. [unglossed]
úqa
adjective. wet
Qenya name for the city Nineveh in the earliest Lost Tales, first given as Ninwë (LT2/203). It is likely a phonetic adaption of the original name.