An adjective appearing as orwa or orna “high, lofty” in notes from the mid-1960s (PE17/186), clearly based on √ORO “rise”. The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s has ᴱQ. orwa or orda “lofty” under the early root ᴱ√ORO (QL/70). See also tára “lofty, tall, high”.
Quenya
orwa
tall, high, lofty
orwa
adjective. high, lofty
orna
tall, high, lofty
orna adj. (2) "tall, high, lofty" (PE17:112, 186), also orwa
orna
adjective. high, lofty
aiqualin
tall
aiqualin ("q")adj. "tall", plural form (???) (MC:216; this is "Qenya" - but cf. aiqua above.)
halda
adjective. tall, tall; [ᴱQ.] wide, broad
halla
tall
halla (1) adj. "tall" (Appendix E, footnote)
halla
adjective. tall, tall, [ᴹQ.] high
The Quenya word for “tall”, also the name of the tengwa ½ used as a sign for h-aspiration (LotR/1123). This word first appeared in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1940s (PE22/51), though in a couple places Tolkien suggested an alternate form halda instead (PE17/184; PE22/103).
Conceptual Development: Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱQ. {alda >>} halda as the cognate of ᴱN. {all >>} gall “wide, broad”, both derived from {ᴱ✶aldá >>} ᴱ✶ʒaldá (PE13/136, 144).
tunda
tall
tunda adj. "tall" (TUN)
tára
lofty
tára (1) adj. "lofty". (SA:tar, LT1:264, TĀ/TA3 (AYAK, TÁWAR), VT45:6), "tall, high" (WJ:417). Compare antara. Adverb táro in an early "Qenya" text (VT27:20, 26). The adj. tára is not to be confused with the continuative form of the verb #tar- "stand".
orwa adj. (2) "tall, high, lofty" (PE17:112, 186), also orna