lië

people

lië noun "people" (LI, Narqelion, VT39:6), in Eldalië, losselië, Ornelië (q.v.); possessive #liéva in Mindon Eldaliéva (q.v.); maybe also compounded in #rohtalië, #ruhtalië (q.v.)

lie

noun. people

nornalië

proper name. People of the Dwarves

A name for the Dwarvish people (WJ/388). This name is a compound of norna “stiff, tough”, from which the word Norno “Dwarf” is derived (WJ/413), and lië “people”.

olië

noun. company, people together

An ancient word for “company” in notes from around 1959, used to refer to the early organization of the elves into tribes, with two variants: olië “people together” and ombari “dwellers together” (NM/117), combinations of o- “together” with lië “people” and √MBAR “dwell” respectively.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would assume in the modern form of the language these refer to companies of people, with ombari also implying they live together.

rohtalië

noun. *debtors, trespassers, (lit.) debt/trespass people, *debtors, (lit.) debt people, trespassers, (lit.) trespass people

Just as Tolkien experimented with various words for “debt, trespass” (e.g. luhta or rohta), he also experimented with various words for “debtor, trespasser” in drafts of the Átaremma prayer from the 1950s. In the earliest drafts Tolkien had lucando or lucindo (VT43/8-10), but in the third version he had (plural) rocindi (VT43/11), which in the fourth version was revised to (plural) rucindi >> ruhtalie >> rohtalië (VT43/11-12). In the final two versions Tolkien reformulated the phrase, saying “those who trespass against us” rather than “trespassers” (VT43/12).

The forms rocindi/rucindi appear only in the plural, but their singular is probably rocinde/rucinde. The form rohtalie is clearly rohta “✱debt, trespass” + lië “people”.

Neo-Quenya: Since I retain rohta “✱debt” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would retain rocinde “✱debtor” as well. However, Helge Fauskanger mostly used ✱rohtando for “debtor” in his NQNT (NQNT). In some places Fauskanger used rohtalie as an alternate plural formation for “debtors”, and I would as well.

Númen(n)órë

people of the west

Númen(n)órë noun "people of the west", confused with Númendor "land of the west" (SA:dôr); hence Númenor as the name of the great isle given to the Edain by the Valar (FS, LR:56); full form Númenórë (LR:47, SD:247, NDŪ); allative númenórenna "to Númenor" (LR:56)

Quendelië

the people of the elves

Quendelië ("q")noun *"the People of the Elves" (KWEN(ED) )

Valinor

the land (or people) of the valar

Valinor place-name "the land (or people) of the Valar", *"Vali-land" (Vali = Valar), land of the Gods in the West (BAL, NDOR); cf. Valandor. Full form Valinórë (BAL; Vali-nórëunder NDOR).Said to be "the true Eldarin name of Aman", the latter name being explained as a borrowing from Valarin in some versions of the linguistic scenario (VT49:26). In the early "Qenya Lexicon", Valinor, Valinórë is glossed "Asgard", the name of the city of the gods in Norse mythology (LT1:272). It seems that in such more restricted use, Valinor is not the entire Blessed Realm but rather the specific region beyond the Pelóri where (most of) the Valar dwelt, with Val(i)mar as the chief city. Thus it is said of Eärendil that he "went into Valinor and to the halls of Valimar" only after he had already left his ship and ventured as far as Tirion (Silmarillion, chapter 24). Possessive Valinóreva in Nurtalë Valinóreva, the "Hiding of Valinor", the possessive case here assuming the function of object genitive (Silm); genitive Valinórëo in Yénië Valinórëo "Annals of Valinor" (MR:200; the last word was changed from Valinóren, Tolkien revising the genitive ending from -n to -o)

ingwi

collective name. People of Ingwë, Chieftains

A name for the People of Ingwë, the first tribe of Elves, more commonly known as the Vanyar (PM/332, PE17/154-5). It is simply the plural form of the name for their leader: Ingwë.

Alternate Forms: In a few places in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name appeared instead as Ingar (MR/230, 265). It also appeared in an alternate plural form Ingwer and genitive plural Ingweron (PM/340). This last example seems to be an irregular plural, since the plural of nouns ending in -e are usually formed by changing this vowel to an -i (WJ/361). See the entry for the Quenya plural nouns for further discussion.

Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as ᴱQ. Inwir (LT1/50) derived from the older name of their leader: ᴱQ. Inwe. At this stage the name referred only the royal house of the first tribe (QL/42). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the form changed to ᴹQ. Ingwi, but still referred only to the royal house (LR/171). In Tolkien’s writing from the 1950s and later, the term expanded to include all Elves of the first tribe (MR/230; PM/332, 340).

losselië

white people

losselië noun"white people" (MC:216, PE16:96)

naucalië

collective name. People of the Dwarves

A term for the Dwarvish people (WJ/388), a compound of the adjective nauca “stunted” (PE17/45) and lië “people”.

noldo

one of the people of the noldor

noldo (ñ) noun "one of the people of the Noldor", "one of the wise folk, Gnome". Cf. the gloss "Gnome" in early "Qenya" (LT1:262). Also name of tengwa #19, that is used for the initial n of noldo in Tengwar spelling. Originally pronounced ngoldo (also spelt ñoldo by Tolkien, ÑGOLOD); initial ng had become n in Third Age pronunciation (Appendix E). Pl. Noldor ("Ñoldor"), "the Wise", name of the second clan of the Eldar (WJ:380, 381); gen. pl. Noldoron "of the Noldor" is attested (VT39:16)

eldalië

noun. People of the Elves, Elven-folk, People of the Eldar, Elven-folk, [ᴹQ.] Elf-folk

lië

noun. people, folk

nos(së)

noun. kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people

nórë

noun. land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family

losselië telerinwa

*the white people of the shores of Elfland

aiya eldalië ar atanatári, utúlie’n aurë

Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come!

atan

noun. Man, (lit.) the Second (People)

This is the most common Quenya word for “Man” as a species, most frequently appearing in its plural form Atani (LotR/1034). In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien wrote:

> The name Atan, pl. atani was already given in Quenya in Valinor to the “Second Kindred” whom the Eldar learned were to appear (or had appeared) in Endor. It meant “the Second”. The Sindar had no name for Men, until they arrived in Beleriand and were first found by Finrod. They borrowed the Q atan and gave it Sindarin form adan. For a long time this word therefore referred only to the three “houses” or kindreds of the “Elf-friends” or Elendili; and always tended to refer primarily to them. But when the Eldar became aware of other kinds of Men (more or less parallel to their own division into Eldar and Avari) they distinguished the Elendili as Núnatani, Dúnedain (pl. of Dún·adan) “western men” ... Other men were called Hrónatani, Rhúnedain [Easterlings] (PE17/18).

Thus while Atan applied to all humans, there was a bias towards considering the Elf-friends as the “true Men”, and Atan was sometimes used only to refer to them. Tolkien typically translated this word as “Man”, but the Elvish word has no particular association with the male gender, and actually means “the Second” (S/103; WJ/403; PE17/18) being related to the word atta “two”, referring to the fact that Men were the second-born race of the children of Eru.

Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. Atan seems to have been coined in the 1940s, for example appearing in the phrase ᴹQ. atani koitar endoresse “men live in Middle-earth” in the Quenya Verbal System document from this period (PE22/125).

The last description of this word’s origin appeared in notes from the late 1960s, where Tolkien said it was instead borrowed from the language of Men: “The name is said to have been derived from atan ‘man, human being as distinct from creatures’, a word used by that kindred which the Eldar first encountered in Beleriand” (PM/324 note #38).

However, as pointed out by Christopher Tolkien: “The statement here that Atani was derived from a word in the Bëorian language, atan ‘man’, contradicts what was said in the chapter Of the Coming of Men into the West that was added to the Quenta Silmarillion”, referring to the footnote on WJ/219 in Silmarillion drafts from the 1950s. This footnote was the same scenario as described above where Atan meant “the Second”, which is also how the origin of the word was described in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/386). It is this scenario that Christopher Tolkien used in the published version of the Silmarillion (S/103, 143; SI/Atani).

melmë

 noun. love (a particular case [between two people])

omentië

noun. meeting (of pathways), (lit.) coming together of journey-path, meeting or junction of the directions of two people

lieraxa

noun. a bus, coach, (lit.) people wagon

A neologism coined by Luinyelle and Orondil posted on 2022-08-18 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), as a combination of lië “people” and raxa “wagon”.

lietarwa

noun. park, (lit.) people-garden

A neologism for “park” appearing in the NQW, a combination of lië “people” and [ᴱQ.] tarwa “garden”.

nahamnar

noun. church (as a group of people), (lit.) the summoned

A neologism for a “church” as a group of people rather than a building, coined by Parmandil posted on 2025-05-25 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) as a plural noun form of nahamna “summoned”.

ólië

noun. society, (lit.) together-people

ólëo

noun. society, (lit.) together-people

celumar

noun. origin (esp. of people/languages), [German] urheimat, (lit.) source-home

A neologism coined by Valerie posted on 2024-09-16 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), as a combination of [ᴺQ.] celu “source” and már “home”. For example: celumar eldalambion “source-home of Elven-tongues”, which is Cuiviénen.

hellenórë

noun. Greece, Greek people

illië

noun. public

@@@ by Delle in the “Neologism of the Day” series on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) on 2023-04-01

-na

suffix. slain

A shorter ending -na also occurs, e.g. nahtana "slain" (VT49:24); the example hastaina "marred" would suggest that *nahtaina is equally possible. In the example aistana "blessed" (VT43:30), -na may be preferred to -ina for euphonic reasons, to avoid creating a second diphthong ai where one already occurs in the previous syllable (*aistaina). In PE17:68, the ending -ina is said to be "aorist" (unmarked as regards time and aspect); the same source states that the shorter ending -na is "no longer part of verbal conjugation", though it obviously survives in many words that are maybe now to be considered independent adjectives. See -na #4.

Eldalië

the elven-folk

Eldalië noun "the Elven-folk" (often used vaguely to mean all the race of Elves, though it properly did not include the Avari) (WJ:374, ÉLED; possessive Eldaliéva in the name Mindon Eldaliéva, q.v.) "Qenya" genitive in -n in Eldalien as part of the title Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303).

hos

folk

hos noun "folk" (LT2:340)

nanca

slain

nanca adj. *"slain" (PE17:68); see -na

otornassë

brotherhood

otornassë noun "brotherhood" (TOR)

arquenië

noun. nobility

arátië

noun. nobility

A neologism coined by Parmandil posted on 2023-11-04 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a noun form of arata “noble”, with the long á preserved from primitive ✶arātā.

nas

noun. people

galadhrim

collective name. Tree-people

A name for the Elves of Lórien translated “Tree-people” (LotR/341). This name is a combination galadh “tree” and the class-plural suffix -rim often used in the names of peoples (Let/426, PE17/50).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s and in the 1st edition of Lord of the Rings, this name appeared as N. Galadrim as part of Tolkien’s general trend to simplify dh [ð] to d (TI/239, RC/305). In the 2nd edition he restored the proper Sindarin form Galadhrim, deciding that Galadrim was the Nandorin form (PE17/50).

gwaith-i-mírdain

proper name. People of the Jewel Smiths

The Elves in Eregion led by Celebrimbor in the Second Age, translated “People of the Jewel Smiths” (S/286). This name is a combination of gwaith “people”, the elided plural definite article of i “the” and the plural of otherwise unattested mírdan “jewel smith” (SA/gwaith, mîr).

rim

noun. host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), [N.] crowd

A word for a “great number” (PE17/50), a “people (of one kind or origin)” (PE17/190), or a “host” (Let/382). It was frequently used as a class plural suffix -rim.

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s has N. rhim “crowd, host” derived from ᴹ✶rimbē under the root ᴹ√RIM, reflecting the 1930s sound change whereby initial *r* unvoiced to *rh* (Ety/RIM). In Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s it was ᴱN. drim “a host, countless number” (PE13/142), while in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL) of the 1910s it was G. grim “host” (GL/54). In GL, there was also an adjective G. lim “many” often used as a plural suffix -lim or -rim, the latter by dissimilation after l and by confusion with grim (GL/54).

tawarwaith

place name. Forest People

A term for the Silvan Elves (UT/256), a combination of tawar “forest” and the lenited form of gwaith “people”.

Gwaith-i-Mírdain

noun. people of jewel-smiths

gwaith (“people, folk”) + in (pl. genitive article) + mîr (“jewel”) + tain (pl. of tan “maker, smith”)

north

noun. riding, race (of people running), charge or gallop

A noun for “a riding, a race (of people running), a charge or gallop” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s based on the root √NOR “run” (PE17/168-9). As such it seems to describe any sustained run of people or animals.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. {drond >>} dronn “race, course, track” (GL/31), likely also based on the early root ᴱ√NORO “run, ride, spin” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nornorë).

tawarwaith

noun. forest people

tawar (“great wood, forest”) + gwaith (“people, folk”)

-bar

suffix. a region inhabited by a people

_ suff. _a region inhabited by a people. Only used in old names. Sindarin usually used -dor instead. Q. -mar. >> -dor

-dor

suffix. a region inhabited by a people

_ suff. _a region inhabited by a people. Usually used instead of -_bar _in Sindarin. >> -bar

galadhrim

noun. 'Tree-people'

pl2. n. 'Tree-people'. True S. form of Galadrim. >> Galadrim

galadrim

noun. 'Tree-people'

pl2. n. 'Tree-people'. Sylvan word, true S. Galadhrim. >> Galadhrim

gondolindrim

collective name. People of Gondolin

A term of the people Gondolin (S/138), a combination that city’s name with the class-plural suffix -rim.

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this term appeared as G. Gondothlim (LT2/155). It appeared as N. Gondothrim in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GOND), reflecting the change of G. -lim to N. -rim.

gwaith

noun. a 'people' associated by place and occupation

_n. _a 'people' associated by place and occupation. >> lî, rim, -waith

halethrim

proper name. People of Haleth

Sindarin name for the People of Haleth (UT/140), a combination of the name of their founder and the Sindarin class-plural suffix -rim.

hoth

noun. host, horde, host, horde; [N.] group plural; crowd; [ᴱN.] folk, [G.] people; †army

A word for a “host” or “horde” that was “nearly always used in evil or at least unfriendly sense in Sindarin” (PE17/39; UT/313). It was based on the root √KHOT “gather, together in confusion, jumble” and is used a class plural suffix for “unpleasant” groups such as Glamhoth, the collective name for orcs = “Din-horde” (UT/54).

Conceptual Development: This word has a long legacy, with G. hoth “folk, people, †army” appearing all the way back in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/49), derived from the early root ᴱ√HOSO [ΧOÞ] (QL/41). ᴱN. hoth “host, folk” appeared in Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/147), and The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. hoth “host, crowd” derived from ᴹ✶khotsē “assembly” under the root ᴹ√KHOTH “gather” (Ety/KHOTH). At all these earlier stages it was used in the formation of group names, but the notion that it was limited to “unfriendly” groups seems to be a late idea.

lî

noun. a people of one kind or origin

_n. _a people of one kind or origin. >> gwaith, rim

rim

a people of one kind or origin

_n. _a people of one kind or origin. >> gwaith, lî

Losshoth

noun. people living in far North

_ pl2. n. _people living in far North. >> los, loss

lî

noun. people (of one kind or origin), people (of one kind or origin), [G.] folk, many people, crowd of folk

gwaith

noun. people; region, people, [ᴱN.] men, folk; [N.] manhood; man-power, troop of able bodied men, host, regiment; [S.] region

nos(s)

noun. family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people

gondolindrim

noun. people of Gondolin

Gondolin + d (part of the original -ind ending) + rim (collective plural suffix)

gwathuirim

noun. shadowy people (Dunlendings)

gwath (“shade, shadow, dim light”) + ui (adjectival suffix) + rim (collective plural)

haradrim

noun. South(ern) people

harad (“south”) + rim (collective plural suffix)

adan

noun. man, one of the Second People (elvish name for men)

denwaith

noun. the Nandor (a tribe of Elves), the people of Denwe

dor

noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live

The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor

drúath

noun. the people of the Drû, the Woses

dôr

noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live

The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor

dôr

noun. land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land

falathrim

noun. people of the Falas

gwaith

noun. man power, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people

gwathuirim

noun. The Dunlendings or People of Dunland

haradrim

collective name. Southrons, (lit.) People of the Harad

Sindarin name of the Southrons (LotR/245), a combination of harad “south” and the class-plural suffix -rim (Let/178).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Haradoth >> Haradhoth (WR/365), ending instead with hoth “host”.

iathrim

collective name. *People of the Fence

A name for the Elves of Doriath, a combination of iath “fence” and the class-plural suffix -rim (WJ/378).

laegeldrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

laegrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

rochirrim

noun. horse-lords, the people of Rohan

gwaith

people

gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith**).

gwaith

people

(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).

gwathuirim

people of dunland

Gwathuirim (”shadowy people”) (PM:330);

gwathuirim

shadowy people

(= people of Dunland) Gwathuirim (PM:330)

gwathuirim

people of dunland

(”shadowy people”) (PM:330);

iathrim

doriath, people of

Iathrim (”Fence-people”) (WJ:378)

iathrim

people of doriath

Iathrim (”Fence-people”) (WJ:378);

iathrim

doriath, people of

(”Fence-people”) (WJ:378)

iathrim

people of doriath

(”Fence-people”) (WJ:378);

Gondolindrim;

people of gondolin

Gondolindrim;

Graurim

dark people

Graurim (VT45:16);

Rohirrim

people of rohan

Rohirrim (Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see RIDER);

denwaith

people of denwe

(= Nandor) Denwaith (WJ:385);

denwaith

people of denwe

(WJ:385);

falathrim

people of the falas

(WJ:378, PM:386)

galadhrim

people of the trees

Galadhrim (Elves of Lórien)

galadhrim

people of the trees

Galadhrim (Elves of Lórien). Adj. OF OR RELATED TO TREES (?) galadhon (lenited aladhon, pl. galadhoen). Archaic *galadhaun. _The latter is based on David Salo_s analysis of the name Caras Galadhon; others have interpreted the last word as some kind of genitive plural, maybe influenced by Silvan Elvish.

galadhrim

people of the trees

(Elves of Lórien)

galadhrim

people of the trees

(Elves of Lórien). Adj.

gondolindrim

noun. the people of Gondolin

gondolindrim

gondolin, people of

: Gondolindrim. Adj. ”of or related to Gondolin”: Gondolindren (pl. Gondolindrin; lenited Ondolindren)

gondolindrim

gondolin, people of

. Adj. ”of or related to Gondolin”: Gondolindren (pl. Gondolindrin; lenited ’Ondolindren)

graurim

dark people

(VT45:16);

gwathuirim

dunland, people of

Gwathuirim (PM:330)

gwathuirim

dunland, people of

(PM:330)

gwathuirim

shadowy people

(PM:330)

haradrim

people of the south

Haradrim (southerners, southrons);

haradrim

people of the south

(southerners, southrons);

rohirrim

people of rohan

(Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see

tawarwaith

forest-people

(Silvan Elves) Tawarwaith (UT.256)

tawarwaith

forest-people

(Silvan Elves) Tawarwaith (UT.256);

tawarwaith

forest-people

(UT.256)

tor

noun. the Dead

dangen

adjective. slain

An adjective for “slain” derived from primitive ✶dankĭnā (PE17/133), best known from its (mutated plural) appearance in the name Haudh-en-Ndengin “Hill of Slain” (S/197). N. dangen “slain” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDAK “slay” (Ety/NDAK). This adjective is likely the passive participle of the verb dag- “to slay”.

Conceptual Development: A similar adjective ᴱN. danc “killed in battle” appeared in the Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s, also related to ᴱN. dag- “slay” (PE14/66).

ilphen

 noun. everyone

il- (every/all) + pen (someone/somebody).

Gorthaur

noun. ancient S

_prop. n. _ancient S. name of Sauron. >> Sauron

dag

slain

(passive participle of dag- "slay", but treated almost like a derived noun) dangen (i nangen, o ndangen), pl. dengin (i ndengin; the spelling "in-ndengin" occurs in the Silmarillion). Compare SLAY.

dag

slain

"slay", but treated almost like a derived noun) dangen (i nangen, o ndangen), pl. dengin* (i ndengin*; the spelling "in-ndengin" occurs in the Silmarillion). Compare

dornhoth

thrawn folk

(WJ:388, 408)

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath. See WILD MAN.

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath.

gondothrim

collective name. People of Gondolin

Name for the people of Gondolin, a combination the alternate name for that city, Gondost, with the class-plural suffix -rim “city” (Ety/GOND), where the [[n|medial [str] became [θr] (“thr”)]] as it did in words like othrond.

dôr

noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live

dor

noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live

The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor

gwaith

noun. man power, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people

gweith

noun. man power, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people

haradhoth

collective name. People of Harad

dangen

noun. slain

dangen

adjective. slain

galadrim

collective name. Tree-people

nōse

noun. race, tribe, people

kwendā

noun. assembly of (all the) people

dankĭnā

adjective. slain

kala-kwendī

noun. Light-folk

cuind

noun. the People

hwenti

noun. the People

kindi

noun. the People

kinn-lai

noun. the People

penni

noun. the People

@@@ from the “Wood-elven” speech of the Vales of Anduin, which were western Avari groups friendly to the Eldar

windan

noun. the People

haladin

proper name. People of Haleth, (lit.) Wardens

éothéod

proper name. Horse-people, Rohirrim

lâi

collective noun. folk

A noun appearing only as an element in kadar-lâi “city folk” (SD/435). It may be related to Q. lië “people”, as suggested by various authors (AAD/18, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/LAI). In at least one Avari dialect, this word was lai (WJ/410).

kadar-lâi

noun. city folk

A compound noun translated “city folk” given as an example of an adjectival-genitive relationship between nouns (SD/435).

hai

suffix. folk, people

This word can be found in a combination with the word uruk making uruk-hai meaning orc-folk. >> -hai.

-hai

suffix. folk

olog-hai

noun. Troll-folk

ellálië

noun. Elvenfolk

dachen

adjective. slain