qá

noun. duck

An (onomatopoeic?) noun appearing as ᴱQ. qā “a duck” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√QAHA (QL/76). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/76). Later iterations of this onomatopoeia may be seen in primitive ✶kawāk “crow” (WJ/395) and ✶kāwāk “frog” (VT47/36), producing Q. quáco and Q. quácë respectively.

Neo-Quenya: I’d adapt this word as ᴺQ. quá “duck” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

qalme-tári

feminine name. Mistress of Death

A name of Nienna as the Mistress of Death in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), a combination of qalme “death” and tári “queen” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Qalmë-Tári).

qalmisan

proper name. Tuesday

Name of the second Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of qalme “death” and sana “day”.

qalta

adjective. girdled, girt

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. qalta “girdled, girt” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78). The vowel a indicates its primitive form had a long syllabic ḹ, which became al in Early Qenya (PE12/11).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would just use the passive participle ᴺQ. quiltaina of the verb quilta- “to gird, encircle”.

qama-

verb. to be ill, vomit

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qama- “am ill; vomit” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. quam- “to be ill, vomit” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, especially since ᴹ√KWAM continued to be associated with sickness in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/KWAM).

qamba

adjective. unwell, sick

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “unwell, sick” derived from the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76).

qampa

noun. peddlar-goods

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qampa “peddlar-goods” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√QAPA “chaffer” [= haggle] (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. quampa “peddlar-goods” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from a Neo-Root ᴺS. √KWAP, since we otherwise have very few words having to do with commerce.

qampa-

verb. to hawk goods

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qampa- “to hawk goods” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√QAPA “chaffer” [= haggle] (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. quampa- “to hawk goods” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from a Neo-Root ᴺS. √KWAP, since we otherwise have very few words having to do with commerce.

qampo

noun. pedlar, huckster

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qampo “pedlar, huckster” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√QAPA “chaffer” [= haggle] (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. quampo “pedlar, huckster” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from a Neo-Root ᴺS. √KWAP, since we otherwise have very few words having to do with commerce.

qap-

verb. to throb, flutter

A verb appearing in the Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s with glosses “throb, flutter”, derived from ᴱ✶ku̯ap- as an elaboration of ᴱ√kapa “leap” (PE14/66). Oddly, Tolkien gave it the primitive form ᴱ✶skapi̯a-. The verb qap- might be a later iteration of ᴱQ. papa- “tremble” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/72). Compare also the possibly related verb ᴱN. gobab- “shake” (PE13/132).

qapa-

verb. to chaffer, bargain, swap, barter

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qapa- “chaffer, bargain, swap, barter” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√QAPA “chaffer” [= haggle] (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. quap- “chaffer, bargain, swap, barter” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from a Neo-Root ᴺS. √KWAP, since we otherwise have very few words having to do with commerce.

qapta

noun. deal, bargain

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qapta “deal, bargain” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√QAPA “chaffer” [= haggle] (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. quapta “deal, bargain” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from a Neo-Root ᴺS. √KWAP, since we otherwise have very few words having to do with commerce.

qapta-

verb. to exchange

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qapta- “exchange” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√QAPA “chaffer” [= haggle] (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. quapta- “to exchange” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from a Neo-Root ᴺS. √KWAP, since we otherwise have very few words having to do with commerce.

qaqa-

verb. to quack, squawk, cackle

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qaqa- “quack, squawk, cackle” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√QAHA (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: I’d adapt this word as ᴺQ. quaqua- “quack, squawk, cackle, ✱croak” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, based on hypothetical onomatopoeic root ✱√KAWAK, the basis for words like ✶kāwāk > Q. quácë “frog” (VT47/36).

qasa-

verb. to shake, flap, nod, rustle

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qasa- “shake, flap, nod, rustle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QASA (QL/76). Tolkien gave it the past form qasse after which he marked “(intr.)”. This perhaps indicates there was a distinct transitive past (not given), or that the entire verb was intransitive.

Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺQ. quas- “to shake, flap, nod” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but assume it is based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWATH so that it retains the same modern form. Its classical form would be quaþ-. For “rustle” I would instead use [ᴱQ.] hyasta-.

qasilla

noun. tuft, nodding spray, tassel, plume

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “tuft, nodding spray, tassel, plume” under the early root ᴱ√QASA (QL/76).

qalvanda

place name. Road of Death

Path to the realm of Mandos in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/213), a combination of the root ᴱ√QALA “die” with van (vand-) “way, path” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Qalvanda).

qalmea

adjective. deathly

A set of related adjectives in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s: ᴱQ. qalma “deadly”, qalmea “deathly” and (archaic) †qalūmea equivalent to qalma, all based on ᴱQ. qalme or †qalume “death” (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: Since [ᴹQ.] qualme “death” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/KWAL), I’d adapt these adjectives as ᴺQ. qualmëa “deadly, deathly”, applied mainly to things apt to cause death.

qampale

noun. chaffering

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qampale “chaffering” in the Qenya Lexicon based on ᴱQ. qampa- “to hawk goods” (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: Since I retain ᴺQ. quampa- “to hawk goods”, I would retain ᴺQ. quampalë “chaffering, ✱haggling, bargaining” as well for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

qaptale

noun. exchange

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qaptale “exchange” in the Qenya Lexicon based on ᴱQ. qapta- “[to] exchange” (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: Since I retain ᴺQ. quapta- “to exchange”, I would retain the noun form ᴺQ. quaptalë “exchange” as well for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

qalin

adjective. dead, dying

qalme

noun. death, agony

qaina

adjective. wailing

qal-

verb. to die

qalma

adjective. deadly

qalna

adjective. dead

qalume

noun. death

qalume

adjective. heaving

qalúmea

adjective. deadly

qan

noun. ear

qanta

adjective. full, whole, all

qanta-

verb. to fill, complete

qapta-

verb. to flap

A verb appearing in the Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s with the gloss “to flap”, derived from ᴱ✶ku̯ap- as an elaboration of ᴱ√kapa “leap” (PE14/66). Oddly, Tolkien gave it the primitive form ᴱ✶ku̯api̯a-.

qarda

adjective. bad

qarka

adjective. perverse, naughty

qasil

noun. arrow, arrow-feather

qanda

adjective. whole, all

anqa(r)

noun. ear

qára

noun. watch, ward

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “watch, ward” derived from the early root ᴱ√QARA “care for, guard, watch (over)” (QL/76).

qámea

adjective. sick

A word appearing as qāmea “sick” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjective form of ᴱQ. qáme “sickness, nausea” (QL/76).

Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹQ. qáme “sickness” appears in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/KWAM), I would retain ᴺQ. quámëa for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but given the meaning of its noun form I would assume its primary meaning is “✱nauseous”, as opposed to generally sick which would be [ᴺQ.] hlaiwa.

losselie telerinwa

the white people of the shores of Elfland

qildi-

verb. to rest, stay quiet, be quiet

qilti-

verb. to gird, encircle

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qilti- “gird, encircle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this verb as ᴺQ. quilta- “to gird, encircle” from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWILIT (WJ/369). For example, this Early Qenya verb was adapted this way by Helge Fauskanger in his NQNT (NQNT).

qáme

noun. sickness, nausea

aulisan

proper name. Tuesday

Name of the first Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the name of the god Aule and sana “day”.

falka

adjective. bad

fuinen

proper name. Tuesday

Name of Tuesday in the seven-day week of the Elves (otsola) in an early word list (PE14/21). The day was related to death and sorrow, and was probably derived from Fui, a name of the Goddess Nienna.

kaina

adjective. whole

kaino

noun. whole

kunta

adjective. full

leume

noun. sickness

maldor

noun. agony

marasan

proper name. Tuesday

Alternate name of the first Tuesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of mar “Earth” and sana “day”.

mána

adjective. dead

An adjective for “dead” in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s based on the verb ᴱQ. maka- “die” (PE14/58).

narka

adjective. dead

An adjective for “dead” implied by the stative formation narkea “is dead” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), perhaps connected to some precursor of √NDAK “slay”.

oma

noun. everywhere

pal-

verb. to shake

A verb attested in Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s in a last of rhymes in -alle, with a past for palle “shook” (PE16/143). It might be based on a later variant of the early root ᴱ√PAPA “✱tremble” (PE16/143).

Neo-Quenya: Helge Fauskanger use this as the verb for “to shake” in his NQNT (NQNT), but I prefer [ᴱQ.] quas- as a more distinctive verb for “shake”; see that entry for discussion.

pilna

noun. arrow

qingi-

verb. to twang, thrum (of strings, harps, etc.)

qárele

noun. watchfulness, anxiety

urdu

noun. death

warda

adjective. dead

An adjective for “dead” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die” (QL/104), given as a cognate to G. gwarth “dead (only of persons)” in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/44).