ngwalmë see nwalmë
Quenya
nwalmë
torment
nwalmë
noun. torment
Derivations
- √(Ñ)GWAL “suffer torment, (suffer) torment, agony”
Element in
- ᴺQ. nwalmastarmo “martyr, (lit.) torment-witness”
Variations
- nwalme ✧ LotR/1123
- ngwalme ✧ LotR/1123 (ngwalme)
ngwalmë
ngwalmë
ungwalë
torture
ungwalë noun "torture" (ÑGWAL) Also nwalmë in Tolkien's later Quenya.
nwalca
cruel
nwalca ("k")adj. "cruel" (ÑGWAL; this must represent earlier *ñwalca = *ngwalca; these forms are not given in Etym, but compare nwalmë_ below. In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.)_
nwalya-
to pain, torment
nwalya- vb. "to pain, torment" (ÑGWAL; this must represent earlier *ñwalya = *ngwalya; these forms are not given in Etym, but compare nwalmë_ above. In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.)_
ungwë
spider's web
ungwë noun "spider's web", also name of tengwa #8 (Appendix E), or, in the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, tengwa #20 which letter Tolkien would later call nwalmë (VT46:20). The word as such was defined as "gloom" in the Etymologies(UÑG), while in early "Qenya" it meant "spider" ("especially Ungwë the Gloomweaver" = Ungoliant) (LT1:271)
naicea
adjective. cruel
malcanë
torture
malcanë _("k")_noun"torture" (LT1:250)
angaitya
torment
angaitya noun "torment" (LT1:249); rather nwalmë in Tolkien's later Quenya
nwalmë noun "torment", also name of tengwa #20. Originally pronounced ngwalmë; initial ng had become n in Third Age pronunciation (Appendix E). In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.