al(a)-

prefix. not, negative prefix

(a)láqan

adverb. not (at all)

ananta úva táre fárea, ufárea

but yet it will not be enough, not enough

helalthi menne kare/helar menne karilthi

they did not mean to make them

helávate mate

they will not eat it

il-

prefix. no, not

lan

adverb. not (at all)

lau(me)

adverb. no, no indeed not, on the contrary

leláne tule

you did not come

lá

adverb. no, not

lá-

verb. to not be

melalti kára/melar káralti

we are not making them

me·le·lávanelti kare

we were not going to make them for you

mun-

verb. to dislike, to not like

nan úye sére indo-ninya símen, ullume

but my heart resteth not here for ever

nila karit

I do not make it

nila tyaze matie makse

I do not like eating meat

ni·la nyára pa matie

I am not talking about eating

sem(p)-

prefix. few, little, not many, not much

A Quenya prefix appearing as sem- or sem(p)e- “few, little, not many, not much” in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/100).

tyavie la tyazie

(proverb) tasting is not necessarily liking

ufárea

adjective. not enough

A negated form of fárea “enough” (LR/72).

um-

verb. to not be, to not do

á kela karit

do not make it!

ú-

prefix. not, un-, in-