ran

noun. noise

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ran (ram-) “noise”, from the early root ᴱ√RAMA (QL/78-79).

randa

noun. bark; peel, rind, outer ring, circumference

A word for “bark” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, also glossed “peel, rind, outer ring, circumference” and derived from the early root ᴱ√RAŘA [RAÐA] (QL/79).

ranta

noun. arch, bridge

ranka

adjective. broken

ranta

noun. part

ranko

noun. arm

rantali n·kolumen

parts of the body

ranwe

noun. shout, blare

rána

noun. Moon

silmeráno tindon

shining in the silver moon

The twelfth phrase of the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/220). Its first word is the genitive form of silmerána “gleaming moon” followed by the aorist 3rd-plural masculine form of the verb tini- “to shine, gleam”. The subject of this phrase is actually ondolin “rocks” appearing in the previous phrase, with the genitive silmeráno giving the context in which the rocks shine. A more literal translation would be “✱of the gleaming moon they shine”.

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

> silme-rán-o tin-don = “✱gleaming-moon-of shine-they”

Conceptual Development: This phrase appeared in the fourth draft of this poem as no silmerána tindon, with no “under” serving the same role as the genitive (OM1d: PE16/62), hence “✱under the gleaming moon they shine”. Tolkien switched to the final form of the phrase in the sixth draft (OM1f: PE16/74).

rambe

noun. shout, blare

ránuringwi

noun. sun and moon

An (archaic?) dual formation for the “sun and moon” appearing in the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE14/76; PE15/75), except that it appears to be a combination of ᴱQ. Rána “moon” and the dual variant of ᴱQ. rinku “orb of the moon”, hence is actually “moon and moon”.

ahúrasilqi

noun. sun and moon

An (archaic) dual construction for the Sun and Moon as a pair, appearing in both the Early Qenya Grammar and the Early English-Qenya Dictionary (PE14/76; PE15/75, 77). It is a combination of ᴱQ. Ahúra “Sun” and the dual of ᴱQ. Sil “Moon”.

faika

adjective. free

faire

adjective. free

holle

noun. shout

kante

noun. edge

makka

noun. slaughter

A word for “slaughter” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAKA “slay” (QL/58).

masto

noun. village

nyor-

verb. to run

nyoro-

verb. to run

paláva

adjective. wandering

pelte-

verb. to run

rakta

noun. arm

rara-

verb. to scrape, peel, strip

rawa-

verb. to run, chase

ruella

noun. village

rusta

adjective. broken

rá

noun. arm

siri-

verb. flow

síre

noun. stream

tahorme

noun. mountain

taorme

noun. mountain

tayorme

noun. mountain peak

wasto

noun. village

yuru-

verb. to run