ui

feminine name. Ui

Another name for Ónen (Uinen) in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/97; PME/70, 97), derived from the root ᴱ√IWI having to do with fish.

uin

proper name. Uin

The “primeval whale”, a name appearing only in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/97), derived from the root ᴱ√IWI having to do with fish.

ui oarista

feminine name. Queen of the Mermaids

A fuller name for Ónen (Uinen) in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/97), a combination of her name Ui and the genitive of oaris “mermaid”.

uilosse

noun. foam

A (rejected) noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/139). Its etymology is unclear.

uindea

adjective. fishlike

uiven

cardinal. twenty

uivi

adjective. both

sui

noun. daughter

ui Reconstructed

adjective. *two

windea

adjective. fishlike

A word appearing as windea or uindea “fishlike” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s from a variant ᴱ✶w̯i of the early root ᴱ√IWI “fish” (QL/97).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d adapt this word as ᴺQ. lingwëa from later Q. lingwë “fish”.

úya-

verb. is not

ninqe

adjective. white

eldarien

place name. Elfinesse

A Qenya name for “Elfinesse” (kingdom of the Elves) in an early name list (PE15/61, 71), an elaboration of Elda “Elf”.

i

article. the

yúyo

cardinal. two

ahúra

noun. Sun

An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.

anai

noun. woman

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s form “woman” with variants anai and anî, a feminine form ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31).

anî

noun. woman

atwen

cardinal. twenty

auro

noun. sun

A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).

eldarinan

place name. Elfinesse

falmo

noun. foam

hoiye

noun. foam

A noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/136). Its etymology is unclear.

in

article. the

lossa

adjective. white

meles(se)

noun. love

nertu

noun. strength

A noun for “strength” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√NERE, whose derivatives mostly had to do with men and manliness (QL/65; PME/65).

nyél

noun. woman

A word for “woman” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with stem form nyel-, as indicated by its accusative nyela (PE16/135). Its etymology is unclear; Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson suggested it might be connected to the early root ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” or later root ᴹ√NYEL “ring, sing”, but these both feel like stretches to me.

nî

noun. woman

ohte

noun. egg

A word appearing as ᴱQ. ohte “egg” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√OHO (QL/69). It had a stem form oksi- (< ✱oχti-) because [[eq|[ti] often became [si]]] in Early Quenya.

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. ohtë “egg” for purposes of Neo-Quenya based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√OKH, but without the abnormal stem form.

oswe

noun. terror, horror; (evil) phantom, ghost

qen

noun. Elf

qende

noun. Elf

satta

adjective. both

silde

noun. daughter

sári

proper name. Sun

A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).

ulqa

adjective. evil

uqu-

verb. to rain

vorima

adjective. everlasting

yukainen

cardinal. twenty

ô

preposition. from