Quenya 

vand-

way, path

vand- noun "way, path" (LT1:264; a final vowel would seem to be required, but in Tolkien's later Quenya, the words tië or mallë are to be preferred)

Quenya [Quettaparma Quenyallo] Group: Quettaparma Quenyallo. Published by

way

(1) noun "way" = "method, manner" ("as in that is not As way"). Not to be confused with as a stressed form of le = plural "you"; Tolkien was himself dissatisfied with this clash (PE17:74).

men

way

men (2) noun "way" (SA) or "place, spot" (MEN)

men

noun. way, way; [ᴹQ.] place, spot

Cognates

  • S. men “road, way, road, way; [N.] *place”

Derivations

  • MEN “go, move, proceed (in any direction); make for, go towards; have as object, (in)tend; direction, object, point moved toward; region”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. catamen “background, milieu”
  • Q. formen “north, north, [ᴹQ.] right-hand [direction]” ✧ SA/men
  • Q. hyarmen “south, (lit.) left-hand direction” ✧ SA/men
  • Q. Ilmen “*Place of Starlight”
  • ᴺQ. mancamen “market, (lit.) trade-place”
  • ᴺQ. menessë “instead, (lit.) in place”
  • Q. mentië “passage, journey, direction of travel”
  • ᴺQ. mótamen “office”
  • ᴺQ. natsemen “website, (lit.) web-spot”
  • Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ SA/men
  • ᴺQ. parmen “school, place of study”
  • ᴺQ. quermen “a turning, turn, corner (of a street)”
  • Q. rómen “east, uprising, sunrise” ✧ SA/men
  • ᴺQ. tirmen “theater”
  • ᴺQ. tungwemen “tax-office”

pat

noun. step

Derivations

  • PAT “*step, walk”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

pâd

noun. way

Sindarin [Aphadon (*ap-pata), Tharbad (*thara-pata) WJ/387] Group: SINDICT. Published by

pâd

ford

_ n. _ford. Also called athrad 'crossing'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:34] < _pata_-. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

pâd

a step

_ n. _a step (action).

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:34] < _pata_-. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

pâd

noun. a step (action); track, road; ford, a step (action); track, road; ford; [N.] way

Derivations

  • pat(a) “track, road, way; ford” ✧ PE17/034; PE17/034
    • PAT “*step, walk”

Element in

  • S. Tharbad “Crossway, Crossing” ✧ PE17/034

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
pat- > pad[pata] > [pat] > [pad] > [pād]✧ PE17/034
pata- > pâd[pata] > [pat] > [pad] > [pād]✧ PE17/034

Variations

  • pad ✧ PE17/034
Sindarin [PE17/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tharbad

noun. cross-way

Sindarin [S/438] thar-+pâd. Group: SINDICT. Published by

men

noun. way, road

Sindarin [UT/281] Group: SINDICT. Published by

othlonn

noun. paved way

Sindarin [Ety/370, X/ND4] ost+lond. Group: SINDICT. Published by

iach

noun. ford, crossing

Sindarin [Arossiach S/382, Brithiach S/286, Cirith Ninniac] Probably OS *jakkʰ- (YAK), see Quenya yatta "neck, isthmus" in Ety/400. Group: SINDICT. Published by

iach

noun. ford

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YAK “*neck”

Element in

Sindarin [S/121; UT/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pâd

way

(construct pad), i bâd, pl. paid (i phaid). Isolated from Tharbad ”Crossroad”.

athrad

ford

athrad, pl. ethraid

athrad

ford

pl. ethraid

lend

way

(journey), pl. lind, coll. pl. lennath. Note: a homophone means ”tuneful, sweet”

mên

way

1) mên (i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (road), pl. mîn (i mîn), 2) lend (journey), pl. lind, coll. pl. lennath. Note: a homophone means ”tuneful, sweet”, 3) #pâd (construct pad), i bâd, pl. paid (i phaid). Isolated from Tharbad ”Crossroad”. 4) (i dê, o thê) (line), pl. (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath.

mên

way

(i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (road), pl. mîn (i mîn)

way

(i dê, o thê) (line), pl. (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath.

Noldorin 

pâd

noun. ?way

Derivations

  • PAT “*step, walk”

Element in

  • N. Tharbad “(?Crossway)” ✧ Ety/THAR
Noldorin [Ety/THAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

othlon

noun. paved way

Noldorin [Ety/370, X/ND4] ost+lond. Group: SINDICT. Published by

othlond

noun. paved way

Noldorin [Ety/370, X/ND4] ost+lond. Group: SINDICT. Published by

rada-

verb. to make a way, find a way

Noldorin [Ety/383] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Noldorin

bad

noun. way

Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/137; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by