va

preposition. away

valarindi

collective name. Valarindi

A name for the children of the Valar in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/110, SM/263). The idea that the Valar directly had children vanished in later versions of the tales.

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).

valatári

proper name. Vala-queen

Title for the great female Valar appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of Vala and tári “queen” (Ety/BAL).

valarin

proper name. Valarin

vana

feminine name. Vana

varda telūmen falmar kīrien

Varda telūmen falmar kīrien

vanwa

adjective. gone (for good), departed, vanished, lost, past, over, dead

valandur

masculine name. *Servant of the Vala

valinor

place name. Land of the Valar

valinórelúmien

proper name. Annals of Valinor

vahaia nóre ëa i a-esta valinor

far away (there) is a land called Valinor

valaina

adjective. of or belonging to the Valar, divine

valarya

noun. *Friday, Vala-day

vaiya

proper name. Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean

Name for the Outer Sea appearing in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/209, SM/236). It is vai(y)a “envelope” used as a proper name (Ety/WAY,GEY).

vaiaro

masculine name. Ulmo

Another name for Ulmo appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/WAY), apparently an agental formation combining Vaiya “Ocean” with the agental suffix -ro.

Conceptual Development: Similar names ᴱQ. Vailimo and ᴱQ. Vaimo appeared in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s and the earliest Lost Tales (GL/22, QL/100, LT1A/Vai, LT1/101).

vahai(y)a

adverb. far away

vea

noun. sea

vaire

feminine name. Weaver

vala

noun. Power, God

valandil

masculine name. God-friend

valmar

place name. City of the Gods

vanimo

noun. The Beautiful; Fair Folk

varda

feminine name. Lofty, Sublime

vahaiya sín andóre

far away now (is) the Land of Gift

vahta-

verb. to soil, stain

vaháya

adverb. far away

vai(y)a

noun. envelope

vainar

noun. sailor

vaita-

verb. to enfold, to enfold, [ᴱQ.] wrap

vaiwa

noun. wind

vakse

noun. stain

valakirka

proper name. Sickle of the Gods

valariande

place name. Beleriand

valasse

noun. divinity

valya

adjective. having (divine) authority or power, having (divine) authority or power, *authorized, official

@@@ extended meaning from NQ-Wiki

vanima

adjective. fair

vanta

noun. walk, walk, *hike, march

vanta-

verb. to walk, to walk, *trudge, trek

vanwie

noun. the past, past time

vanya

adjective. beautiful, fair

vanya-

verb. to go, depart, disappear

var-

verb. to err

varile

noun. protection

varna

adjective. safe, protected, secure

varnasse

noun. security

varne

adjective. brown, swart, dark brown

varya-

verb. to protect

varinye

noun. [unglossed]

-va

suffix. adjectival

nyarna valinóren

proper name. Annals of Valinor

yénie valinóren

proper name. Annals of Valinor

sáva

noun. juice

A noun in The Etymologies of the late 1930s glossed “juice” from the root ᴹ√SAB of the same meaning (Ety/SAB).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. văsă “juice” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (a cognate to G. gwâs) is a possible precursor (GL/44).

haiya vahaiya sín atalante

far, far away now (is) the Downfallen

káne

noun. valour

telume

noun. vault, dome (of heaven)

kalion

proper name. Son of Light, Valinorian Elda

The name ᴱQ. Kalmaliondo appeared in the Early Qenya Grammar (PE14/75), apparently a later variant of kalmar. It is a combination of kalma “light” and the patronymic suffix -ion, and illustrates how that suffix sometimes incorporates the pluralizer -li. In somewhat later writings from the early 1930s, this word appeared as kalion “Valinorian Elda, ‘son of light’” (PE21/33).

núro

noun. servant

poldórea

masculine name. Strong One, Valiant

landa

noun. plain

A noun for “a plain” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of the 1940s derived from ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” with variants landa and lanna (PE22/126), the latter probably derived from ✱ladna with the voiced stop d becoming a nasal before nasal n. It might simply be the noun form of adjective ᴹQ. landa “wide” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LAD).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the form landa, which appears in an inflected form landannar “to the plains” early in QVS (PE22/125).

miue

noun. cat

A word for “cat” in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, from primitive {mauı̯ǝ >>} miuı̯ǝ (PE21/12-13), and so probably related to the root ᴹ√MIW “whine” from The Etymologies which had the derivative ᴹQ. miule “whining, mewing” (Ety/MIW). The stem form of this “cat” word is the rather unusual miuy-.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, the word for “cat” was ᴱQ. meoi (QL/61; PME/61), as in ᴱQ. Vardo Meoita “Prince of Cats” (LT2/15), a sobriquet of ᴱQ. Tevildo. In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien instead gave ᴱQ. yaule “cat”, probably an onomatopoeic word as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/132).

Neo-Quenya: In PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s, Terry Dock suggested the neuter, feminine and masculine neologisms for “cat”: ᴺQ. miura, ᴺQ. miurë, and ᴺQ. miuro. However, this predates the publication of ᴹQ. miue “cat”, and I would recommend just sticking with the attested form.

ulmo

masculine name. Ulmo

ye-

verb. to be

aran

noun. king

ea-

verb. to be; to exist, have being, be found extant in the real world

kanda

noun. [unglossed]

manda

noun. prison, *duress

má

noun. hand

taura

adjective. mighty

tári

noun. queen

vára

adjective. soiled, dirty

-el

suffix. friend

-ser

suffix. friend

a

preposition. [unglossed]

aiqa

adjective. steep, steep, [ᴱQ.] tall; high, lofty, sublime; chief

aire

noun. sea

airen

noun. sea

alama

noun. [unglossed]

amaldume

noun. [unglossed]

anaristya

noun. [unglossed]

apsa

noun. juice

assa

pronoun. [unglossed]

asse

pronoun. [unglossed]

asso

pronoun. [unglossed]

earen

noun. sea

engwa

?. [unglossed]

ente

pronoun. [unglossed]

ento

pronoun. [unglossed]

ereáma

?. [unglossed]

es

[unglossed]

esse

noun. name

etta

pronoun. his

ettelea

adjective. foreign

fanga

noun. beard

felya

noun. cave

harya-

verb. to possess

helde

noun. friend

heldo

noun. friend

helle

noun. sky

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sky” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷEL of the same meaning (Ety/ƷEL).

helmo

noun. friend

hen

noun. eye

ho

preposition. from

hyelma

?. [unglossed]

kaltua

?. [unglossed]

kantea

adjective. shapely

karpalimaite

noun. [unglossed]

kelulinde

noun. spring

A word for “spring” in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. kelu- “flow” and ᴹQ. linde “pool” (PE21/10). ᴱQ. kelusindi “river (near its source)” = ᴱQ. kelu- + sindi from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s is similar in structure (QL/46).

kelure

noun. fountain

A noun in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s glossed “fountain”, derived from the verb ᴹQ. kelu- “spring forth (of water)” and a suffix of general action: ᴹQ. -re (PE22/110).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is (archaic) ᴱQ. †kektele “fountain” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of the roots ᴱ√KEKE “bubble up” and ᴱ√KELE “flow” (QL/46), also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/46).

kundu

noun. prince

lamba

noun. tongue

landa

adjective. wide, wide, [ᴱQ.] broad

lanna

noun. plain

laqe[t]-

verb. [unglossed]

lau(w)e

?. [unglossed]

loa

noun. year

luina

adjective. pale

lórien

proper name. Lórien

mahtya

?. [unglossed]

mai(y)a

noun. [unglossed]

maiwe

noun. gull

malarauko

proper name. Balrog

maldo

noun. [unglossed]

marta

adverb. home

masta

noun. bread

melin

adjective. dear, dear, [ᴱQ.] beloved

málo

noun. friend

naikea

adjective. cruel

nandakka-

verb. [unglossed]

nerno

?. [unglossed]

nilmo

noun. friend

ninqe

adjective. white

niule

?. [unglossed]

noldórien

place name. Beleriand

Another name for Beleriand appearing in early Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/174), a compound of the plural of Noldo and the suffix -ien “land” (Ety/ÑGOLOD).

Conceptual Development: A similar, rejected name ᴱQ. Noldórinan appeared in the list of names that Tolkien considered before adopting Beleriand (LB/160).

nwalka

adjective. cruel

ná-

verb. to be

o

preposition. *from

o-

prefix. together

olta-

verb. [unglossed]

ostirion

noun. fort

pite

noun. juice

rampa

?. [unglossed]

rista-

verb. to cut

ráma

noun. wing

sahte

noun. [unglossed]

sarya

noun. [unglossed]

sermo

noun. friend

seron

noun. friend

sisíria-

verb. [unglossed]

sondo

noun. friend

séra

?. [unglossed]

sóla

?. [unglossed]

tante

noun. [unglossed]

tasar(e)

noun. willow-tree

tatalta-

verb. [unglossed]

teuka

?. [unglossed]

thar-

verb. [unglossed]

timpana

noun. [unglossed]

toina

adjective. [unglossed]

toróma

noun. [unglossed]

tyue

noun. [unglossed]

tár

noun. king

ungwale

noun. torture

veaner

noun. sailor

vestale

noun. oath

ván

noun. goose

A noun for “goose” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶wān under the root ᴹ√WĀ “blow” (Ety/WĀ).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s the words for “goose” was ᴱQ. ẏanwa (QL/105).

wa-

prefix. together

war-

verb. to err

yelme

noun. [unglossed]

yuale

noun. twilight

yé

noun. eye

The word ᴱQ. sé “eye, pupil” appeared in the Qenya Phonology of the 1910s derived from ᴱ✶þeχē (PE12/21), and ᴱQ. sē reappeared with the gloss “eye, eyeball” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SEHE [ÞEHE] (QL/82). A similar word ᴹQ. yé “eye” appeared in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/40). Both were likely displaced by Q. hen “eye” < √KHEN.

yén

noun. year

yúkale

noun. twilight

éma

?. [unglossed]