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 Quenya

ó(vo)

noun. mouth

Variations

  • óvo ✧ PE16/136
  • ó ✧ PE16/136
Early Quenya [PE16/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

penta

noun. nose, beak (probably of such birds as woodpeckers)

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “nose, beak” derived from the early root ᴱ√PETE, the basis of several “hammer” words (QL/73). Tolkien specified that this word was used “probably of such birds as woodpeckers”, but he also marked the word with a “?”.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PETE “*knock, hammer” ✧ QL/073

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PETE > penta[pentā] > [penta]✧ QL/073
Early Quenya [QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by