Early Quenya
wilwarin
noun. butterfly
wilwarinda
adjective. butterflylike
valkane wilwarindon
vague as a butterfly
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
The sixth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is the adjective valkane “vague” followed by the adverbial form of the noun wilwarin “butterfly”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> valkane wilwarin-don = “✱vague butterfly-as”