ran

noun. beam of wood

A word appearing in the Declension of Nouns (DN) glossed “beam of wood” (PE21/27). It had a stem form of ramb- and a longer variant ramba, but in Tolkien’s later writings ramba was “wall”.

ranya-

verb. to stray, *wander

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to stray” derived from the root ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” (Ety/RAN). Based on the meaning of the root and its Noldorin cognate rhenia-, I think it should also mean “✱wander”.

ranko

noun. arm

A noun for “arm” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶ranku under the root ᴹ√RAK “stretch out, reach” (Ety/RAK).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. rā “arm” appeared Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√RAHA “stretch forward”, along with a variant rakta (QL/78). The Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s instead had ᴱQ. ranko “arm” (PE14/76; PE15/69), a form which reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s (see above).

ranta

noun. course

The word ᴹQ. ranta “course” appeared in a page of the verbal roots from Quenya Verbal System (QVS) written in 1948 as a derivative of ᴹ√RAT “go in a line (as a road)” (PE22/127), likely as a cognate to S. rant which Tolkien often translated as “course” or “lode” (LotR/341; RC/775). While the page of 1948 roots containing ranta was rejected, the Sindarin word rant survived, most notably as an element in Celebrant “Silver Lode”. For “lode” compare Old English “lād”, basis for Modern English “lode”, which originally meant “way, course”.

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is ᴱQ. raume “running, course” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√RAẆA having to do with running and chasing (QL/79).

Neo-Quenya: Notes from the late 1960s had S. rant “course” derived from primitive ✶rantā meaning “tracks and trails of travellers or explorers that had become habitual and could be followed by others”, though in this note Tolkien said it “was also, especially in Sindarin, applied to the courses of rivers” (NM/363). In this document the root √RAT meant “to find a way” and “applied to persons journeying in the wild; to travel in roadless land; and also to streams and rivers and their courses” (NM/363). All this seems to indicate [ᴺQ.] ranta “course” remains viable for purposes of Neo-Quenya, though unlike its Sindarin equivalent I would not use it for veins of ore.

rana

noun. Moon, (lit.) Wayward

randa

noun. cycle, age (100 Valian Years)

rangwe

noun. fathom

rana núresse orta silia; en e·orta silia!

The Moon at night rises shining; there it rises shining!

rana oronte silalya

The moon rose shining

rana ortalyane silalya

The moon was rising, shining (as it rose)

ranya

adjective. free

(a)ranya

adjective. free

aikasse

noun. mountain peak

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mountain peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika “sharp” (Ety/AYAK).

hó

noun. shout

kelma

noun. channel

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “channel” derived from the root ᴹ√KEL “go, run (especially of water)” (Ety/KEL).

mirima

adjective. free

nú

proper name. Moon

A name for the moon in linguistic notes from 1930s (PE21/38, 41), perhaps a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down”, though this root usually applied to the Sun. Its dual form Nunt referred to both the sun and moon (PE21/38).

oron

noun. mountain

ramba

noun. beam of wood

réna

noun. edge, border, margin