not-

verb. to reckon

al(a)-

prefix. not, negative prefix

-nye

suffix. I

-on

suffix. great

aiqe e·kestanen ela en ni túlie/karnet

if he had asked me (he did not), I should have come/made it

aiqe ni káraza (nila) san ette kára(za) yú

if I were doing this now (I am not), he would be doing it too

alfírima

adjective. immortal

An adjective for “immortal” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 appearing only in its plural form alphírimar, using the adjective plural formation of QVS (PE22/124). Its more typical Quenya adjective plural form would be alfírime. It also appeared in a noun plural form Alphírimor “Immortals”. It is a combination of ᴹQ. fírima “mortal” with the negative prefix ᴹQ. al-.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s the word for “immortal” was ᴹQ. ilfirin, a combination of ᴹQ. il- “not” and firin “dead (by natural cause)” (Ety/PHIR).

alfírimo

noun. Immortal

almárea

adjective. blessed

ananta úva táre fárea, ufárea

but yet it will not be enough, not enough

au-

prefix. without

ava-

prefix. without

avar(o)

proper name. Refuser, One who does not go forth

faren

adverb. enough

he

pronoun. they

il-

prefix. no, not

ilfirin

adjective. immortal

kav-

verb. to be able

lau(me)

adverb. no, no indeed not, on the contrary

lá

adverb. no, not

lá-

verb. to not be

mat-

verb. to eat

mun-

verb. to dislike, to not like

mána

adjective. blessed

nulda

adjective. secret

ná-

verb. to be

panta

adjective. open, open, [ᴱQ.] wide, spreading

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶pantā “open” under the root ᴹ√PAT (Ety/PAT).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. panta “open, wide, spreading” under the early root ᴱ√PATA² or PṆTṆ “open, spread out, show” (QL/72).

se

pronoun. they

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” appearing in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/100).

sil-

verb. to shine

suv-

verb. to sink (esp. in water)

A verb appearing on a rejected page of verbal roots in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, given only in its past form ᴹQ. sumbe based on the root ᴹ√SUB “sink, esp. in water” (PE22/127). Presumably its stem form would be ✱suv- “to sink”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. suq- “fall, fail, go down, die down” under the early root ᴱ√SUQU (QL/87). Related words had to with the setting sun and stars rather than sinking in water.

Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺQ. suv- “to sink (especially in water)” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, as similar verbs mostly have to do with descending objects like the setting sun rather than sinking in liquid.

taura

adjective. mighty

tet(ta)

noun. baby

A word in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s glossed “baby” with short and long variants tet and tetta (PE21/19).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tyetl “a tiny baby” under the early root ᴱ√TYETE “give suck” (QL/50), a word that also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “babe” (PME/50). This became ᴱQ. tetta “baby” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/135), and finally tet/tetta in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s as noted above. There are no signs of this word thereafter.

ti

pronoun. they

toi

pronoun. they

ufárea

adjective. not enough

um-

verb. to not be, to not do

va

preposition. away

vanima

adjective. fair

verka

adjective. wild

ye-

verb. to be

ú-

prefix. not, un-, in-