úmëa (2) adj. "evil" (UGU/UMU). Obsoleted by #1 above? Possibly connected to úmëai in Narqelion, if that is a "Qenya" plural form.
Quenya
úmëa
abundant, swarming, teeming
úmëa
evil
úmëa
adjective. abundant, swarming, teeming, abundant, swarming, teeming; [ᴹQ.] in very great number, very large, [ᴱQ.] large
Derivations
- √UM “abound; teem, throng; large, abound; teem, throng; large [in quantity]” ✧ PE17/115; VT48/32
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √UM > úmea [ūmea] ✧ PE17/115 √UM > úmea [ūmea] ✧ PE17/115 √um > úmea [ūmea] ✧ VT48/32 Variations
- úmea ✧ PE17/115 (úmea); PE17/115 (úmea); VT48/32
-úmë
large
-úmë (3) suffix "large" (of quantity)", as in liyúmë "host" (VT48:32)
úvëa
abundant, in very great number, very large
úvëa adj. "abundant, in very great number, very large" (UB). Compare úmëa.
úra
large
úra (2) adj. "large" (UR), probably obsoleted by #1 above
úra
evil, nasty
úra (1) adj. "evil, nasty" (VT43:24, VT48:32)
ulca
evil, bad, wicked, wrong
ulca adj. "evil, bad, wicked, wrong" (QL:97, VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14; compounded in henulca "evileyed", SD:68); variant olca, q.v. Compare noun ulco. The adj. ulca may also itself be used as a noun "evil", as in the ablative form ulcallo "from evil" (VT43:8, 10) and the sentence cé mo quetë ulca *"if one speaks evil" (VT49:19).
úro
evil
úro noun "evil" (VT43:24); Tolkien may have abandoned this form in favour of ulco, q.v.
alta
large, great in size
alta (1) adj. *"large, great in size" (root meaning)(ÁLAT). Alat- in Alatairë, q.v.
naxa
adjective. evil
naxa
noun/adjective. evil
Element in
- Q. carë mára quí tyarë naxa “doing good may cause evil” ✧ PE22/154
Variations
- naxa ✧ PE22/154
olca
evil, bad, wicked
olca adj. "evil, bad, wicked" (VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14, PE17:149). The root meaning implies "wickedness as well as badness or lack of worth" (PE17:170). Variant of ulca.
ulco
evil
ulco (stem #ulcu-) noun "evil", pl. *ulqui (VT43:23-24; the stem-form is attested in the ablative case: ulcullo "from evil", VT43:12)
ulco
noun. evil
Derivations
- √UK “nasty”
Element in
alat-
large, great in size
alat- prefix "large, great in size". (ÁLAT, cf. VT45:5). In Alatairë.
nerdo
large, strong man
nerdo noun "large, strong man" (compare nér) (VT47:33)
pol
large, big (strong)
pol (2) adj. "large, big (strong)". Since this would be the sole example of a monosyllabic Quenya adjective, it may be that Tolkien is here citing the root POL rather than a complete word. Cf. polda.
úmëa (1) adj. "abundant, swarming, teeming" (VT48:32), "large" (of throng) (PE17:115).Compare úvëa.