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!

Early Quenya

ya

pronoun. relative pronoun

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YA “demonstrative pointing back”

Element in

Early Quenya [MC/215; PE14/054; PE16/080; PE16/090; PE16/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yan

conjunction. when

Early Quenya [PE14/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-tya

suffix. causative

Element in

  • Eq. makseta- “to enmesh” ✧ QL/058
  • Eq. maktya- “to kill” ✧ PE14/058

Variations

  • -tya ✧ PE14/058
  • -ta ✧ QL/058 (-ta)
Early Quenya [PE14/058; QL/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ya(n)

conjunction. and

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YA “*and” ✧ QL/104

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√YA > ya(n)[jan]✧ QL/104

Variations

  • ya ✧ LFC/030; PE15/69 (ya); VT40/08
  • yan ✧ PE15/69 (yan); QL/043
Early Quenya [LFC/030; PE15/69; QL/043; QL/104; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-víke

suffix. as

Element in

  • Eq. noldovike “like a gnome, after the gnomes’ way” ✧ PE15/69 (noldovike)

Variations

  • vīke ✧ QL/101
Early Quenya [PE15/69; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

man

pronoun. who

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”

Element in

Variations

  • maano ✧ PE16/077
Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/214; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by