A variant of Elentári appearing in a note from the 1930s (LR/200). Its initial element is probably tar- “high”, and its second element might be some peculiar genitive partitive-plural form of elen “star”.
Qenya
tar-
affix. high; king or queen (in compounds)
thar-
verb. to stand
tar-kalion
masculine name. Tar-Kalion
tar-kalion ohtakáre valannar
Tar-Kalion made war on the Powers
tar
adverb. thither, beyond
tar-kulu
masculine name. *High Gold
tar-ellion
feminine name. Queen of the Stars
tár Archaic
noun. king, lord
valatar
proper name. Vala-king
Title of the nine great male Valar appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of Vala and tar- “king” (Ety/BAL, TĀ). Its (ᴹQ) genitive and plural forms Valatáren and Valatári indictate that its stem form is Valatár-. In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien consider this as a name for Aragorn’s father (TI/363).
aran
noun. king
enyáre tar i tyel, íre anarinya qeluva
in that day beyond the end, when my Sun faileth
laure
noun. gold
nér
noun. man, adult male (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)
ta
pronoun. it (3rd sg. inanimate)
tanna
adverb. thither
tol-
verb. to stand
A name appearing only in The Etymologies from the 1930s, as a combination of tar- “high” and kulu “gold” (EtyAC/KUL). Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne suggested it might be a variation of Tar-Calion.