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!

Middle Primitive Elvish

phi

root. ?hawk

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s serving as the basis for the name ᴹQ. Fionwe, but the gloss of the element ᴹQ. fion is barely legible, and could be either “haste” or “hawk” according to Christopher Tolkien (Ety/PHI). According to Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne, the reading “hawk” is more likely (EtyAC/PHI).

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phind-ambar

masculine name. Phind-ambar

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phinde-rauto

masculine name. Phinde-rauto

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phindekāno

masculine name. Phindekāno

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/PHIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

philínkē

noun. philínkē

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/56] Group: Eldamo. Published by

philik

root. small bird

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/PHILIK; PE21/56] Group: Eldamo. Published by

phin

root. nimbleness, skill

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/IS; Ety/KUR; Ety/MBAR; Ety/PHIN; Ety/RAUTĀ; Ety/WEG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

phir

root. die of natural causes

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHIL; Ety/PHIR; EtyAC/ÑGUR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gat(h)

root. *cave

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like N. gath “cavern” and N. gador “prison, dungeon” (GAT(H)), so probably meaning something like “✱cave”. Its most notable derivative was N. Doriath “Land of the Cave”. But later on in this same entry, Tolkien added Doriathrin words Dor. gad “fence” and Dor. argad “outside the fence”, indicating a conceptual shift in the meaning of this root. Indeed, in later versions of The Silmarillion, S. Doriath was translated “Land of the Fence” containing the element S. iath “fence” (WJ/370, 378), so most likely ᴹ√GAT(H) “✱cave” was abandoned.

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GAT(H); Ety/LED; Ety/NDOR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwentā

noun. tale

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mit

root. small

A deleted root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “small” with various Quenya and Noldorin derivatives of similar meaning (Ety/MIT).

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mitra

adjective. small

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