van

noun. way, path

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s attested only in its stem form vand- “way, path” under the early root ᴱ√VAHA having to do with departure (QL/99). Its uninflected form was probably ✱van, as in ᴱQ. Vansamírin “Road of the Feast of Double Mirth” (LT1A/Qalvanda). It also had a longer form vanda seen in some names like ᴱQ. Qalvanda “Road of Death” (LT1/213) and ᴱQ. Uswevanda or Uswevandë “Way of Escape” (PE13/102; PE15/21).

vana-

verb. to pass, depart, vanish, go away

vána

feminine name. Vána

vanga

noun. staff

The Qenya Lexicon had ᴱQ. vandl “staff” under the early root ᴱ√VAHA having to do with travel (QL/99), while the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. vanga “staff” as the cognate of G. bang (GL/21).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer to retain ᴺQ. vanga for “staff”, but Helge Fauskanger used ᴺQ. vandil “staff” in his NQNT (NQNT).

vanko

noun. tradesman

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. vanko “tradesman” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√VAKA (QL/99).

Neo-Quenya: Merchant words where later transferred to the root ᴹ√MBAKH, so I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. manco “tradesman” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, based on [ᴹQ.] manca- “trade”.

vansil

proper name. Fairgleam

Qenya cognate of G. Bansil from an early name list (PE13/103) perhaps a combination of the root ᴱ√VANA with Sil “Moon”.

vansamírin

place name. Road of the Feast of Double Mirth

Road used in the festival of Samírien in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/207), a combination vand- “way” with the festival’s name, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Qalvanda, Samírien).

vane

adjective. fair, lovely

vanima

adjective. proper, right, as it should be, fair

vanéni

noun. beauty

vandl

noun. staff

vanwa

adjective. gone, on the road, past, over, lost

vanar

collective name. Valar

A variant plural form of Vala appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/99).

vande

adverb. well

vande

adverb. away, hence, forth

vanesse

noun. beauty

vanasan

proper name. Wednesday

Name of the second Wednesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the name of the goddess Vána and sana “day”.

vanest(e)a

adjective. beauteous

vanga

noun. beard

vanta

adjective. ?beautiful

vanwe

noun. wind

vanya

adjective. good (not evil), holy

uswevanda

place name. Way of Escape

Qenya cognate of G. Bad Uthwen in early name lists (PE13/102, 103, 105), first appearing as (rejected) Van Uswea. It is a combination of uswe “escape” and van “way”.

vaqa-

verb. vanquish

minda-

verb. to diminish, fade, lessen, vanish

hanstovánen

place name. Hanstovánen

A name of the beaching place of the ship Mornie, first appearing as (rejected) Mornielta and Vane Hansto (LT1/170). The meaning of this name is unclear.

fange

noun. beard

manya

adjective. good (not evil)

wá

noun. wind

ausi-

prefix. well

e-

verb. to be

ere-

verb. to go

A deleted verb in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with present form ere “goes” and past tense erne “went”, perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√ERE [EÐE] “out” as suggested by the editors (PE16/133).

fantóran

proper name. Wednesday

Name of the first Wednesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the god-name Fantur and sana “day”.

ike

adjective. this

koirisan

proper name. Wednesday

Alternate name of the second Wednesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of koire “life” and sana “day”.

mailina

adjective. beautiful

mande

adverb. well

manwe

masculine name. Manwe

ni

pronoun. this

poa

noun. beard

qi

pronoun. this

qinda

adjective. this

qinqe

pronoun. this

ramba-

verb. to walk

A verb glossed “walk” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/132).

si

pronoun. this

súlime

noun. wind

A noun for “wind” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” and connected to the name ᴱQ. Súlimo (QL/86). Later on, Q. Súlimë was used as the name of March (LotR/1110), whereas Q. Súlimo became “Breather” (PE21/85), a combination of Q. súlë (†þúlë) “breath” + Q. mo “person”.

súlimo

masculine name. Manwe

taimoinen

proper name. Wednesday

Name of Wednesday in the seven-day week of the Elves (otsola) in an early word list (PE14/21). The day was related to the heavens and was probably derived from taime “sky”.

tampo

noun. well

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. tampo “a well”, derived from the root ᴱ√TṂPṂ “build”; Tolkien considered transferring the word to ᴱ√TAPA “✱stretch” (QL/93). This word also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/93).

Neo-Quenya: I think ᴺQ. tampo “well” might be salvaged in Neo-Quenya as a derivative of √TAM “construct”; it is used this way in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).

tie-

verb. to go

A deleted verb in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, probably related to ᴱQ. tie “path” and the early root ᴱ√TEHE as suggested by the editors (PE16/133).

táma

adjective. this

vala

noun. God

vat

noun. wares

velte

noun. beard

vá

noun. wind

wanwa

noun. great gale

yaim-

verb. to possess

A Qenya verb mentioned a couple times in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as related to either G. guira- “possess” or G. gaithi “he had” as a past form of gôtha- “possess, have, hold” (GL/42-43).

yaima-

verb. to possess

yanwa

noun. goose

ó-

verb. to be