Quenya 

taure

noun. forest

Quenya [PE 22:116] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

taurë

noun. forest, (great) wood

The common Quenya word for “forest”, derived from the root √TAW “wood” (PE17/115; VT39/7).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon Tolkien had ᴱQ. tauno “great forest” derived from the root ᴱ√TAVA “beam” (QL/90). It seems to have had the form taur- in the early name ᴱQ. Rúsitaurion “Son of the Weary Forest” (LT2/89), and the form was ᴱQ. taure in the Oilima Markirya and its various drafts (MC/213, 220; PE16/62 ff.). In Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s it briefly had the form taurie (PE16/138). In The Etymologies of the 1930s it had the form ᴹQ. taure “great wood, forest” as a derivative of the root ᴹ√TAWAR of similar meaning (Ety/TÁWAR). It was mentioned regularly in Tolkien’s later writings, generally with the gloss “forest”.

Cognates

  • S. taur “forest, wood, forest, wood, [N.] great wood, [G.] dense wood” ✧ PE17/082; PE17/115; SA/taur

Derivations

  • ✶taurē “forest” ✧ PE17/115
    • √TAW “wood” ✧ PE17/115
  • √TAW “wood” ✧ VT39/07

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶tau-rē > taure[taurē] > [taure]✧ PE17/115
√TAWA > taure[taure]✧ VT39/07

Variations

  • taure ✧ Let/308; PE17/080; PE17/082; PE17/115; VT39/07
Quenya [Let/308; LotR/1131; MC/222; PE17/080; PE17/082; PE17/115; SA/taur; VT39/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taurë

(great) wood, forest

taurë noun "(great) wood, forest" (SA:taur, Letters:308, TÁWAR. VT39:7), pl. tauri in Markirya

tarwë

cross, crucifix

tarwë noun "cross, Crucifix" (QL:89)

tarwë

noun. cross, crucifix

@@@ later etymology unclear

Cognates

  • ᴺS. taru “cross, *crucifix; crossing”

Element in

málos

forest

málos noun "forest" (LT2:342 rather taurë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

tauno

forest

tauno noun "forest" (LT1:267; in Tolkien's later Quenya taurë)

Sindarin 

taur

noun. forest

_ n. _forest. Q. taure. >> taw

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:82:115] < _tau-rē _forest < TAW wood. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

taur

forest

1) taur (i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc. 2) tawar (i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (

taur

forest

(i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.

taur

great wood

taur (i daur, o thaur) (forest), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.

eryn

forest

_n. _forest, wood of trees.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:33:119] < pl. _oronī_ trees ?. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

tawar

noun. forest, forest; [N.] wood (material)

A word for “forest” in a few Sindarin names, notably Tawar-in-Drúedain “Drúadan Forest” (UT/319) and Tawarwaith “Forest People” (UT/256).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s N. tawar meant “wood (material)” but was often used with the same sense as N. taur “forest”; it was derived from the root ᴹ√TÁWAR (Ety/TÁWAR). In Sindarin, awa often became au (and then > o), and cases where it was preserved seem to have to do with patterns of stress; see the entry on that phonetic rule for further details.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, it is probably better to stick with the better known S. taur for “forest”.

Element in

Variations

  • Tawar ✧ UT/319

athra

cross

(verb) #athra- (isolated from the gerund athrad "crossing") (i athra, in athrar), also athrada- (traverse) (i athrada, in athradar)

athra

cross

(isolated from the gerund athrad "crossing") (i athra, in athrar), also athrada- (traverse) (i athrada, in athradar)

glâd

forest

(i ’lâd, construct glad) (wood), pl. glaid (in glaid)

tawar

forest

(i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (SMALL)

Primitive elvish

taurē

noun. forest

Derivations

  • √TAW “wood” ✧ PE17/115

Derivatives

  • Q. taurë “forest, (great) wood” ✧ PE17/115
  • S. taur “forest, wood, forest, wood, [N.] great wood, [G.] dense wood” ✧ PE17/115

Variations

  • tau-rē ✧ PE17/115
  • taurĭ ✧ PE21/80
Primitive elvish [PE17/115; PE21/76; PE21/80] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

athrada-

verb. to cross, traverse

Noldorin [Ety/383] ath-+rada-. Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

taure

noun. great wood, forest

Cognates

  • N. taur “forest, great wood” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
  • Ilk. taur “wood (place and material), forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶taurē “great wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
    • ᴹ√TAWAR “wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tau̯rē > taure[taurē] > [taure]✧ Ety/TÁWAR
Qenya [Ety/TÁWAR; PE22/116] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

taurē

noun. great wood, forest

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TAWAR “wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Derivatives

  • Ilk. taur “wood (place and material), forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
  • ᴹQ. taure “great wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
  • N. taur “forest, great wood” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Variations

  • tau̯rē ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TÁWAR; EtyAC/TÁWAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

alm(oth)

noun. forest

Variations

  • alm ✧ GL/19 (alm)
  • almoth ✧ GL/19 (almoth)

alos

noun. forest

A noun for “forest” the Gnomish Lexicon with an archaic variant †aloth, apparently an elaboration of G. âl “wood” (GL/19). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it appeared as ᴱN. aulos “forest”, but this word was deleted (PE13/137).

Element in

  • G. goloth “forest” ✧ LT2A/Golosbrindi

Variations

  • aloth ✧ GL/19 (aloth); LT2A/Golosbrindi (aloth)
Gnomish [GL/19; GL/62; LT2A/Golosbrindi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gawlas

noun. forest

goloth

noun. forest

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “forest”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- (GL/41). This is likely a combination of ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together” and some elaboration of the root ᴱ√ALA “spread”, the basis of “tree” words, so probably originally “✱together spread(ing)”. In The Gnomish Grammar it had the form gôloth (GG/8) and in Gnomish Lexicon Slips the form gawlas derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgwa-alassa (PE13/114).

Cognates

  • Eq. málos “forest” ✧ GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- > gwōloth > goloth[ŋgʷāloθ] > [gʷāloθ] > [gʷōloθ] > [gōloθ] > [goloθ]✧ GL/41
ᴱ✶gwā-alassē > gawlas[gwālassē] > [gawlas]✧ PE13/114

Variations

  • gôloth ✧ GG/08; GL/19
  • gawlas ✧ PE13/114
Gnomish [GG/08; GL/19; GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

taur

noun. forest

Cognates

Element in

Variations

  • Taur ✧ SM/026
Early Noldorin [PE13/153; SM/026] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aulos

noun. forest

Early Noldorin [PE13/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

taure

noun. forest

Cognates

  • En. taur “forest”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAVA “beam”

Element in

Variations

  • taur- ✧ LT2/089 (taur-)
  • taurie ✧ PE16/139
Early Quenya [LT2/089; MC/213; MC/220; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077; PE16/080; PE16/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taurie

noun. forest

tarwe

noun. cross, crucifix

Cognates

  • G. taru “cross; crossing”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TARA “*across” ✧ QL/089

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TARA¹ > tarwe[tarwē] > [tarwe]✧ QL/089

Variations

  • taure ✧ QL/089 (taure)
Early Quenya [PME/089; QL/089] Group: Eldamo. Published by

málos

noun. forest

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as the cognate of G. goloth “forest”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- (GL/41). This is likely a combination of ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together” and some elaboration of the root ᴱ√ALA “spread”, the basis of “tree” words, so probably originally “✱together spread(ing)” or something to that effect.

Cognates

  • G. goloth “forest” ✧ GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- > malosta > mālos[ŋgʷāloθ] > [ŋʷāloθ] > [ŋʷālos] > [mālos]✧ GL/41

Variations

  • mālos ✧ GL/41
Early Quenya [GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi] Group: Eldamo. Published by