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Middle Primitive Elvish

yondō

noun. son

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SEL-D; EtyAC/SEL-D; PE21/37; PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yo(n)

root. son

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÑGYŌ; Ety/SEL-D; Ety/YŌ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nethrā

adjective. young

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nēthē

noun. youth

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yantā

noun. yoke

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/YAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

en

adverb. yonder

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/55] Group: Eldamo. Published by

en

root. yonder, over there

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EN; Ety/YA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neth

root. young

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LEP; Ety/NETH; Ety/Nι; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

win

root. new, fresh, young

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wir

root. new, fresh, young

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sel(d)

root. child, child; *daughter

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s, initially glossed “daughter” but later “child” with derivatives ᴹQ. selde, ᴹQ. seldo, ᴹQ. selda = female, male and neuter “child” (Ety/SEL-D). In Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 Tolkien gave sel-de “daughter” (PE17/170), while S. sel(l) = “daughter” appeared in both the King’s Letter from the late 1940s (SD/129) as well as the Túrin Wrapper from the 1950s (VT50/5). The diminutive form for “daughter” appeared as Q. selyë in notes from the late 1960s (VT47/10).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I prefer √YEL for “daughter” as a variant of ᴹ√SEL(D) under the influence of √YON “son”, mostly so I can still use the 1930s “child” words for other genders, at least in the Quenya branch. I would still use Q. seldë and S. sell for “daughter”, however, with a bit of semantic drift, with “girl” words becoming Q. nettë and S. neth.

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SEL-D; Ety/TIN; EtyAC/TIN; EtyAC/YEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yul

root. smoulder

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “smoulder” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yúla/N. iûl “ember(s)” and ᴹQ. yulma/N. iolf “brand” (Ety/YUL). In all likelihood it was supplanted by the later root √YUL “drink”.

Neo-Eldarin: Despite it’s probable replacement by √YUL “drink”, I’d still recommend using some derivatives of ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” for purposes of Neo-Eldarin. Noldorin forms like iolf and iûl are not viable as derivatives in Sindarin, since initial yu- became the (vowel) y, for example: ýneg < ✶yūneke (VT47/41). But the Noldorin forms could be adapted into (Neo) Sindarin if they were derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√YOL. Quenya forms could likewise be transferred to this root, or retained unmodified if we assume an occasional √YOL/YUL variation, similar to vowel variations like √SOK/SUK (PE18/45, 94). Assuming the existence of such a ᴺ√YOL/YUL Neo-Root would allow many of these 1930s forms to be salvaged without directly conflicting with √YUL “drink”.

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GUL; Ety/YUL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ke

pronoun. thou

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/65; PE22/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nis

root. woman

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DER; Ety/NDIS; Ety/Nι; Ety/NIS; EtyAC/NDIS; PE21/55] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yar

root. blood

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WAƷ; Ety/YAR; EtyAC/YAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ata

root. father

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ATA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atū

noun. father

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ATA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bad-

verb. to judge

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BAD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

patnā

adjective. wide

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/PAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atar

noun. father

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ATA; PE21/66] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ent

adverb. over there

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glindi

root. pale blue

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “pale blue” used in an abandoned explanation of N. Eredlindon as “Blue Mountains” (Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/GLINDI). Later this name was S. Ered Lindon “Mountains of Lindon” (Ety/LIN²; S/123).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/LUG²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mat-

verb. to eat

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/093; PE22/095; PE22/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. woman

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NĒR; EtyAC/NDIS; PE21/55] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nī̆s

noun. woman

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NĒR; PE21/55; PE21/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wen(ed)

root. maiden

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BAN; Ety/GWEN; Ety/WEN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

win(i)d

root. pale blue

A rejected with roots with derivatives having to do with “blue-grey” and “fading” (Ety/WIN), perhaps replacing another rejected root ᴹ√GWINDI (EtyAC/GWINDI).

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

windı̯ā

adjective. pale blue

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ñol-

noun. smell

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/A; EtyAC/N] Group: Eldamo. Published by