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

pole

noun. oats, grain (unground kernels of oats, wheat, etc.); flour

Derivations

  • ᴱ√POL-I “‽” ✧ QL/075

Element in

  • Eq. polesse “porridge” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. polenta “oatmeal” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. polina “oaten” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. polisimpe “shepherd’s pipe, Pan-pipes” ✧ QL/075

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√POL-I > pole[poli] > [pole]✧ QL/075
Early Quenya [PE14/075; PE15/73; PE16/111; PE16/141; PME/075; QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taule

noun. pillar

Cognates

  • G. taul “pillar” ✧ PE13/104

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAW̯A “*base” ✧ QL/090

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TAW̯A > taule[tawlē] > [tawle] > [taule]✧ QL/090

Variations

  • taule ✧ QL/090
Early Quenya [PE13/104; QL/090] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tulwe

noun. tall thin pillar, standard, pole; banner

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TULU “fetch, bear, bring; move, come; (originally) uphold, support, bear, carry” ✧ LT1A/tulielto; QL/095

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TULU > tulwe[tulwē] > [tulwe]✧ QL/095

Variations

  • tulwë ✧ LT1A/tulielto
Early Quenya [LT1A/tulielto; QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aldare

noun. wood

A word glossed “wood” in the margins of Tolkien’s notes on The Creatures of the Earth from the 1910s, clearly an elaboration ᴱQ. alda “tree” as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE14/7).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ALA “spread‽”

Elements

WordGloss
alda“tree, branch”
-re“noun suffix”
Early Quenya [PE14/007] Group: Eldamo. Published by