pin

noun. little thing, mite

pirin

noun. thin rod, pin

A word appearing as ᴱQ. pirin (pirind-) “thin rod, pin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PIRI having to do with cylinders and spinning (QL/74).

Neo-Quenya: In 1959 Tolkien gave a new meaning to the root √PIR as “close eyes, blink, wink” (PE17/146), but I believe this was a transient idea; see that entry for details. As such, I use the Neo-Root ᴺ√PIR with its earlier meaning “cylinder” and would use this to salvage ᴺQ. pirin “thin rod, pin”.

pinilya wilwarindon

small like a butterfly

The second phrase of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/220). The first word is the adjective pinilya “small”, followed by the adverbial form wilwarindon of wilwarin “butterfly”, hence: “like a butterfly”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> pinilya wilwarin-don = “✱small butterfly-like”

Conceptual Development: The reference to a butterfly did not appear until the fourth draft of the poem (OM1d: PE16/62); earlier drafts used the unrelated phrase lutsilya lúne veasse “✱sailing on a blue sea” (OM1a-c: PE16/56-7, 60). In the first appearance of this phrase, Tolkien retained the adjective lutsilya “sailing” (active-participle of the verb lutu-) as a descriptor for the butterfly. He changed it to the adjective pinilya in the sixth draft (OM1f: PE16/74, 76).

pint

noun. tail

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. pint (pimp-) “tail” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PIPI “hang, trail” (QL/74).

Neo-Quenya: Helge Fauskanger adopted this word as ᴺQ. pimpë “tail” in his NQNT (NQNT), and I agree with this adaptation, since in later Quenya it was less likely final vowels were lost in disyllables. I would assume a stem form of pimpi- however.

pingwa

adjective. fat, rich (of soil)

An adjective glossed “fat, rich (of soil)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PIẆI (QL/74).

pinilya

adjective. small

pinqe

adjective. slender, thin

pinqisil(da)

adjective. (slender and) tapering

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

pink

noun. little thing, mite

piek

noun. pin

A word for “pin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants piek and piet as well as a stem form piekk- (QL/73).

piet

noun. pin

piekta-

verb. to prick, pin-prick

pietya-

verb. to prick, pin-prick

hóre

noun. pine, stone pine

A word for “pine” or “stone pine” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s (QL/41; PME/41). Tolkien initially gave its root as ᴱ√HUHU, but he erased this (QL/41).

horinel

noun. pine-needle

A word appearing as ᴱQ. horinel “pine-needle” in the Qenya Lexicon, a combination of ᴱQ. hóre “pine” and some variant of ᴱQ. nelma “needle” (QL/41, 65). Its plural was horinelli, indicating a stem form of horinell-.

Neo-Quenya: I would update this word to ᴺQ. sononel (sononelm-) using my preferred word ᴺQ. sono [þ] for “pine”.

soron

noun. pinnacle, high peak, crag

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a high peak, a pinnacle or crag” given as a derivative of ᴱ√ŠORO [ÞORO] “eagle” (QL/86). It was glossed “pinnacle” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/86). In later writings, Q. soron was a word for “eagle” itself as opposed to a place where eagles roosted.

aikasse

noun. pine-tree

aikor

noun. pine-tree

súke

noun. resinous trees, pine or fir

A word appearing as ᴱQ. súke “resinous trees, pine or fir” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SUKU having to do with resins and gums (QL/86).

Neo-Quenya: I retain this early root as ᴺ√THUK “resin, gum”, so I would also retain ᴺQ. súcë [þ] as a general word for a “resinous tree, pine or fir”.

aiqaire

noun. fir, pine (tree)

irt

noun. peck, pinprick

pi(pi)nektar

noun. whitethorn, hawthorn

sild(r)a

adjective. slender

vasse

noun. wing

A word for “wing” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√VASA (QL/100). A similar word ’wasse appeared under the early root ᴱ√GWASA (QL/103). The word vasse “wing” also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/22) and again in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but not thereafter.

ala

noun. wing

alle

?. [unglossed]

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

angwe

?. [unglossed]

anwe

?. [unglossed]

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

eant

?. [unglossed]

ematte

?. [unglossed]

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

intya

?. [unglossed]

inya

adjective. tiny

ka

?. [unglossed]

ken-

verb. to prick

koli-

verb. to prick

laika

adjective. green

laiqa

adjective. green

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

lantanwa

adjective. [unglossed]

las

noun. [unglossed]

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

min-

verb. [unglossed]

minwa

adjective. small

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

nehta

noun. hawthorn

nierme

?. [unglossed]

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

nyara

noun. tale

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

pieksin

noun. brooch

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

pyúva

adjective. fat

pínea

adjective. small

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

qen

noun. Elf

qende

noun. Elf

qinga

noun. bow

ralle

?. [unglossed]

saile

noun. [unglossed]

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

sauke

?. [unglossed]

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

súme

?. [unglossed]

takse

noun. nail

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

tarasse

noun. hawthorn

tas

noun. nail

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

titta

adjective. tiny

toron

?. [unglossed]

tultárie

adjective. [unglossed]

tyanta

?. [unglossed]

táne

adjective. [unglossed]

tánie

adjective. [unglossed]

ukárele

noun. [unglossed]

umpai

?. [unglossed]

upaitya-

verb. [unglossed]

usult

?. [unglossed]

valle

?. [unglossed]

vingwe

?. [unglossed]

wasse

noun. wing

yu

?. [unglossed]