os

noun. cottage, house

osorot

proper name. Osorot

Qenya cognate of G. Othrod appearing on an early name list (PE13/105).

oswe

noun. terror, horror; (evil) phantom, ghost

ossa

noun. wall and moat

A word for “wall & moat” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√OSO (QL/71). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was hosse “wall & moat” instead (PME/71).

osto

noun. gates of the Sun

A word for “the gates of the Sun” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√OŘO [OÐO], also the basis for ᴱQ. ōre “dawn”; Tolkien considered transferring it to the root ᴱ√OSO, the basis for wall and town words (QL/70-71).

ostor

proper name. the East, the Sun when she issues from her white gates

A name for the “Sun when she issues from her white gates” in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/71), apparently an elaboration of osto “gate”. This name was first given as (rejected) Ostar.

osse

masculine name. God of Sea

osta

noun. homestead

ostar

noun. township

oswe

noun. hip

tirios otsoyáma

place name. City of Seven Names

A name of Gondolin in a very early name list (PE13/102), a combination of tirios “city”, otso “seven” and yáma “name”. Ironically, this name brought the total up to eight.

uilosse

noun. foam

A (rejected) noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/139). Its etymology is unclear.

hosse

noun. wall and moat

falman

masculine name. Osse

Another name for Ossë appearing in the earliest Lost Tales, also appearing in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons from the 1910s (LT1/66, GL/33, QL/37). It is derived from the root ᴱ√FALA, which is also the source of falas(se) “shore, surf”.

falassar

masculine name. Ossë

A name for Ossë appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s (GL/33), an elaboration of falas(se) “beach” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2A/Falasquil).

hoiye

noun. foam

A noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/136). Its etymology is unclear.

herendo

noun. brother

A word for “brother” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with numerous variants: herendo or herēro, hestaner, and hesta(noi)nu, all based on the early root ᴱ√HESE that was the basis for “brother” and “sister” words (QL/40). Of these Tolkien said herendo/herēro was the “ordinary word”, and herendo appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).

indo

noun. house

A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).

otso

cardinal. seven

otsonto

fraction. one seventh

otsontya

fraction. one seventh

avesta

noun. summer

falmo

noun. foam

heresse

noun. sister

A word for “sister” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with numerous variants: heresse, hesta(noi)ni, and hestaqin, all based on the early root ᴱ√HESE that was the basis for “brother” and “sister” words (QL/40). Of these Tolkien said heresse was the “ordinary word”, and it also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).

heréro

noun. brother

hestaner

noun. brother

hestani

noun. sister

hestanoini

noun. sister

hestanoinu

noun. brother

hestanu

noun. brother

hestaqin

noun. sister

korima

adjective. round

lahta-

verb. ‽

otsotto

fraction. one seventh

otsottya

fraction. one seventh

saiwali

noun. summer

werin(a)

adjective. round