Middle Quenya Words


#-a suf. “adjectival suffix”
á¹ particle. “imperative particle”
pron. “it, one, indefinite subject”
á² interj. “Oh!”
prep. “[unglossed]”
aha n. “rage”
ahto n. “wright, maker”
ahtumat n. “supper”
ai adv. “supposing, suppose, maybe”
aia adj. “other, different”
aia- pref. “other, different (of larger numbers)”
aialli pron. “a different number”
ai(a)na adj. and pron. “alien, strange, any other; anything else, some other matter, a different matter”
aian(an) adv. “at another time, at some other time”
aiane pron. “somebody (or something) else, another person [or thing]”
aianima pron. “of other sort, of other kind”
aiano n. “stranger, alien”
aiárea pron. “of different ages”
aika adj. “sharp”
aikale n. “peak”
aikasse n. “mountain peak”
ailin n. “pool, lake”
aina¹ adj. “holy”
aina² adj. “something else”
aine pron. “someone else, another (no personal forms)” see aiane
Aini n. “holy one, angelic spirit (f.)”
Ainu n. “holy one, angelic spirit”
aiqa adj. “steep”
aira adj. “red, copper-coloured, ruddy”
aire n. “sea”
airen n. “sea”
aista- v. “to dread”
aiwe n. “(small) bird”
aksa n. “ravine, narrow path; edge”
al- v. “to thrive”
al(a)- pref. “not, negative prefix”
ala- v. “to grow”
ala n. “day”
alako n. “rush, rushing flight, wild wind”
alalme n. “elm-tree”
alama n. “[unglossed]”
alan n. “daytime”
alande adv. “to no degree, in no way”
alaninqitálima adj. “that cannot be made white (again)”
alanwa adj. “fully grown, adult, mature”
(a)láqa adj. and pron. “none”
(a)láqainen adv. “by no means”
(a)láqalde adv. “in no way, by no method, nohow”
(a)láqan adv. “not (at all)”
alaqande adv. “not in the least”
(a)láqandon adv. “*like nothing”
(a)larka adj. “swift, rapid”
alaryas adv. “*at no day”
alas adv. “nowhere” see lalasse
alas(ka)- pref. “not different, no other”
alasse n. “joy, merriment”
alat- pref. “large, great in size” see alta
alatwe pron. “neither”
alda n. “tree”
aldarwa adj. “having trees, tree-grown”
Aldarya n. “*Tuesday”
alfárima adj. “impossible to pursue”
#alfírima adj. “immortal”
Alfírimo n. “Immortal”
-alima suf. “able to be done, -able, -ible” see -ima
alistima adj. “unknowable, secret”
alka n. “ray of light”
alkar(e) n. “radiance, brilliance”
alkárima adj. “impossible to make”
alkarinqa adj. “radiant, glorious”
alla¹ interj. “hail!”
alla² adj. and pron. “nothing”
allan adv. “never, at no time”
allanan adv. “at no time” see lálan
all(an)ar adv. “*at no day”
allane pron. “nobody, nothing (no thing), no one”
allanima pron. “of no sort, of no kind”
allanna adv. “*to nowhere”
allanome(s) adv. “*in no place”
allaro adv. “*for no reason”
allasse adv. “nowhere” see lalasse
alle pron. “nobody, nothing (no thing), no one” see allane
alli pron. “of another number, not so many”
allina pron. see alli
allo adv. “from no place” see lalallo
allonomello adv. “from no place”
allume adv. “at no date”
alma n. “good fortune, weal, wealth, *well-being”
almare n. “blessedness, blessings, good fortune, bliss”
almárea adj. “blessed”
almie n. “blessedness, blessings, good fortune, bliss” see almare
alómea adj. “voiceless”
alqa n. “swan”
alqettima adj. “unutterable”
alta adj. “large, great in size”
alta- v. “to (make) grow”
altankanta- v. “to become unfixed”
alwa adj. “well-grown”
alwara adj. “useless, *worthless”
alya adj. “rich, prosperous, abundant, blessed”
am- pref. “up”
ama adv. “up” see amba
#amaldume n. “[unglossed]”
aman n. “bond”
amatikse n. “dot or point placed above the line of writing”
amba adv. “up(wards)”
ambal n. “shaped stone, flag [stone]”
ambale n. “yellow bird, yellow hammer”
am(ba)penda adj. “uphill”
Ambar n. “Earth, World”
ambar (ambart-) n. “fate” see umbar
ambaróne n. “uprising, sunrise, Orient”
ambo n. “hill”
ambon n. “upward slope, hill-side”
ambor n. “breast”
amil n. “mother”
ammale n. “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” see ambale
amme n. “mother”
ampa n. “hook, crook”
#ampana- v. “to build”
ampano n. “building (especially of wood), wooden hall, construction, edifice”
ampanóta- v. “to build, construct, erect a (large) building”
ampanotalea adj. “architectural”
ampanotaste n. “architecture”
ampenda adj. “uphill” see am(ba)penda
ampende n. “upward slope”
an- pref. “intensive prefix”
an(a) prep. “to, towards”
ana- pref. “to, towards”
ananta conj. “but yet, and yet”
Anar (Anár-) n. “Sun”
anaristya n. “[unglossed]”
anaróre n. “sunrise”
Anarya n. “Sunday, (lit.) Sun-day”
anda adj. “long”
andalúme adv. “for a long while”
andamunda n. “elephant”
andatehta n. “long mark”
andatelko n. “long stem, long leg”
andave adv. “*long”
ando n. “gate, door”
-ando suf. “agent (male)”
ando² adv. “long”
andólama n. “long consonant”
andon (andond-) n. “great gate”
andul n. “long pole”
andúne n. “sunset”
ane pron. “somebody, someone”
anga n. “iron”
angaina adj. “of iron”
ango (angu-) n. “snake, dragon”
angulóke n. “dragon”
anka n. “jaw, row of teeth”
anna n. “gift”
an(ner) adv. “at hand”
anqale n. “*death agony” see unqale
anta n. “face”
anta- v. “to give”
antaro n. “high mountain, peak”
ante n. “giver (f.)”
anto¹ n. “mouth”
anto² n. “giver (m.)”
anwa adj. “true, real, actual”
apsa- v. “to go away”
apsa¹ n. “meat, cooked food”
apsa² n. “juice”
ar conj. “and; but”
ar- pref. “outside, beside”
ara prep. “outside, beside”
ára n. “dawn, day”
aran¹ n. “king”
aran² (arn-) n. “child”
aranaite adj. “*kingly, royal”
araníe n. “kingship”
(a)ranya adj. “free”
aranyalle n. “*kingdom”
arat (arak-) n. “weed”
áratenkele n. “writing of A, (lit.) daywriting”
arda n. “realm, region”
are n. “day”
-(á)re suf. “general action verbal suffix”
arie n. “daytime”
arin n. “morning”
arinya adj. “morning, early”
arka adj. “narrow”
armar coll. “goods”
arta n. “fort, fortress”
artuile n. “dayspring, early morn”
arwa adj. and suf. “possessing, having, in control of”
arya n. “day (twelve hours)”
aryon n. “heir”
asea [þ] n. “*healing herb”
asea aranaite [þ] n. “*kingsfoil”
#askat- v. “to rend, break asunder”
assa¹ n. “hole, perforation, opening, mouth”
assa² pron. “[unglossed]”
asse pron. “[unglossed]”
asso pron. “[unglossed]”
asto¹ n. “dust”
#asto² (astu-) n. “bone”
astula adj. “bony”
at(a)- pref. “back, again, re-”
ata adv. “again, *(lit.) a second time”
atalta- v. “to collapse, fall in, fall down, slip down in ruin”
ataltare n. “collapse”
Atan n. “Man”
ataqe n. “construction, building”
atar n. “father”
#atintila- v. “*to sparkle” see #tintila-
atsa¹ n. “claw, catch, hook”
atsa² n. “tassel, fryse, fringe”
atta num. card. “two”
atto n. “father (hypocoristic)”
attul- v. “to come back, return”
atwa adj. “double; either/or”
atwe pron. “another (of two); one of the two”
au- pref. “without” see ava-
aule n. “invention”
auta-¹ v. “to go away”
auta-² v. “to invent, originate, devise”
au(ve) adv. “might (have), would (have)”
ava- pref. “without”
ava adv. and adj. “outside, beyond; outer, exterior”
avahaira adj. “*far beyond, very remote”
(a)vaháya adv. “*far away” see vahai(y)a
avanóte adj. “without number, numberless”
avaqet- v. “to refuse, forbid”
-dil suf. “-friend” see -(n)dil
-dildo suf. “-friend” see -(n)dil
-dur suf. “*servant” see -(n)dur
e pron. “he, she, it”
é interj. “indeed”
Ea n. “all that is, the World”
ea- v. “to be; to exist, have being, be found extant in the real world”
ear n. “(open) sea; water”
eare n. “(open) sea” see ear
earen n. “sea”
Earenya n. “Sea-day, *Thursday”
earuile n. “seaweed”
easte n. “being, essence”
ef- v. “to emerge (especially from water)”
ehta- v. “to stab”
ehte (*ehti-) n. “spear”
ehtele n. “spring, issue of water”
ehtelu- v. “to well, bubble up”
ehtyar n. “spearman”
ekkaira adj. “?out-far”
ekke pron. “you (emphatic familiar)”
ekket pron. “you (emphatic familiar dual)”
ekko n. “spine, thorn, point”
(ek)koiru- v. “to come to life”
ekkoita- v. “to awake”
él n. “star”
-el suf. “friend”
Elda n. “Elf”
Eldalie n. “People of the Elves, Elf-folk”
Eldarin adj. and n. “of the Elves, Elvish”
éle n. “star-ray, beam, flashing of [?starry] light”
elen n. “star”
elena n. “star” see elen
Elenya n. “Saturday, *Star-day”
ella pron. “of you, for you”
elle pron. “you (emphatic polite)”
ellen n. “star” see elen
ellet pron. “you (emphatic polite dual)”
-ello suf. “ablative element” see -llo
elloa n. “next year”
elta pron. “his, *her, its (emphatic possessive)”
elta- v. “to speed, send”
elte pron. “he, *she, it (emphatic)”
éma ? “[unglossed]” see engwa²
emma pron. “*our (emphatic possessive exclusive)”
emme pron. “we (emphatic exclusive)”
emmet pron. “we (emphatic exclusive dual)”
en (end-) pron. and adv. “there, yonder, far away; look yon(der); that; in that (future) case”
én adv. “then, next”
enar n. “tomorrow”
enatwa adj. “the second (of two)”
ende n. “centre, middle, core”
ender n. “bridegroom”
enga prep. “save, *except”
enge adv. “ago, once (in past), †it was”
engwa pron. “*our (emphatic possessive inclusive)”
engwa¹ adj. “sickly”
engwa² ? “[unglossed]”
engwe pron. “we (emphatic inclusive)”
eñgwet pron. “we (emphatic inclusive dual)”
enke n. “spear point”
enna¹ n. “fact, (primary) thing [that exists]”
enna² adj. “first”
enne n. “thought, purpose”
ennie n. “person (female), *being (female)”
enno n. “person, *being”
enqe num. card. “six”
ensi pron. see ente
enta pron. and adv. “that yonder, then (fut.), next”
entallo adv. “*from there (more remote)”
entallume adv. “*at that (future) time”
entar adv. “the next day”
entaryas adv. “the next day”
entas(se) adv. “*there (more remote)”
ente pron. “[unglossed]”
ento pron. “[unglossed]”
entu pron. see ento
enwa adj. and n. “existent, real, true; fact”
enya¹ adj. “middle”
enya² adv. “at some distant time, that far away”
enyallo adv. “*from there (more remote)”
enyallume adv. “at that distant date”
enyan(an) adv. “then, at some distant time”
enyanna adv. “*to there (more remote)”
enyanome adv. “*in that (remote) place”
enyar adv. “*on some distant future day”
enyáre adv. “in that day”
enyasse adv. “there far away, far away over there”
er adj. and adv. “one, alone”
erde¹ n. “seed, germ”
erde² n. “repose”
ére n. “existing, existence”
ereáma ? “[unglossed]”
eresse n. “solitude, separation, isolation”
eressea adj. “lonely”
erka n. “prickle, spine”
erka- v. “to prick”
erkasse n. “holly”
erke n. “holly”
Erkoire n. “February, *First-stirring”
Erlaire n. “June, *First-summer”
erqáqa adj. “every/each single”
erqáqe pron. “one and all, to each individually”
erqáqima pron. “of each kind”
Erqelle n. “September, *First-autumn”
Erríve n. “November, *First-winter”
Ertuilë n. “April, *First-spring”
Eru n. “The One God”
erume n. “desert”
erya adj. “single, sole, only”
es pron. and adv. “[unglossed]” see en
eske n. “rustle, noise of leaves”
esse¹ n. “name”
esse² n. “beginning”
esse³ n. “place”
essea¹ adj. “?primary”
essea² adj. “in place, local”
-esta suf. “*close grouping” see -sta¹
esta-¹ v. “to name”
esta¹ pron. “*his, hes, its (emphatic possessive other)”
esta-² v. “to place, set, plant”
esta² adj. “first”
esta-³ v. “to precede”
estaina adj. “named”
este pron. “he, she, it (emphatic other)”
estu pron. “they (emphatic dual other)”
et prep. “out of”
et- pref. “forth, out”
etse n. “outside, exterior”
etsir n. “mouth of a river”
etta pron. “his, *her, its (emphatic possessive)” see elta
ette¹ adj. and adv. “outside”
ette² pron. “he, *she, it (emphatic)” see ette²
ettele n. “outer lands, foreign parts”
ettelea adj. “foreign”
ettu pron. “they (emphatic dual)”
#ettul- v. “*to come forth, come out, issue”
etwa pron. and conj. “the other (of two), second (in numerals); or else”
etwan adv. “the second time”
etwe pron. “the other (of two)”
#etya¹ adj. “exiled”
etya² pron. “*your (emphatic possessive familiar)”
évea adj. “future”
fafarra- v. “*to keep on hunting”
faika adj. “contemptible, mean”
faina- v. “to emit light”
faire¹ n. “radiance”
faire² n. “natural death (as act)”
falasse n. “beach”
falle n. “foam”
falma n. “(crested) wave”
falmar(in) (falmarind-) n. “sea-spirit, nymph”
fána adj. and n. “cloud; white”
fanga n. “beard”
fanya n. and adj. “sky; white”
fara- v. “to hunt”
fára n. “beach, shore”
farale n. “hunting”
faraste n. “hunting, the chase”
farastea adj. “of the chase (that it is proper to hunt), *of prey”
fáre n. “sufficiency, plenitude, all that is wanted” see farme
fárea adj. “enough, sufficient”
faren adv. “enough”
farina adj. “fugitive, hunted”
farino n. “hunted man, outlaw, fugitive”
farma n. “?carpet”
farme n. “sufficiency, plenitude, all that is wanted”
farna n. “quarry, prey”
farne n. “foliage”
farya- v. “to suffice”
fas (fass-) n. “fringe, border”
fasse n. “tangled hair, shaggy lock”
fasta adj. “pleased”
fasta-¹ v. “to tangle”
fasta-² v. “to please”
fauka adj. “thirsty, parched, (lit.) open-mouthed”
fealóke n. “spark-dragon”
felya n. “cave”
fenda n. “threshold”
feren (fern-) n. “beech-tree”
ferinya adj. “beechen”
ferna n. “mast, beechnuts”
ferne n. “beech-tree” see feren
feuya- v. “to feel disgust at, abhor”
filet (filek-) n. “cobweb”
filinke n. “*finch”
filit (filik-) n. “small bird, sparrow”
finde n. “tress, braid of hair”
fine n. “larch”
fion (fiond-) n. “?hawk or haste”
*fir- v. “*to fade”
fire n. “mortal man”
Fírien n. “Winter”
fírima adj. “mortal”
fírimáre n. “mortality, the state of being mortal”
firin adj. “dead (by natural cause)”
firya adj. “human”
formaite adj. “righthanded, dexterous”
formen n. “north, right hand”
formenya adj. “northern”
forte (forti-) adj. “right or north”
forya adj. “right (hand), dexter”
fuine n. “deep shadow” see huine
ha pron. “it, abstract subject”
hahta n. “heap, pile, (piled) mound”
haie interj. “ that is (so), yes”
haime n. “habit”
haira adj. “remote, far”
haiya adv. “far off, far away”
hala n. “(small) fish”
halatir(no) (halatirn-) n. “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher”
halda¹ adj. “veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady”
halda² adj. “tall” see halla
halla adj. “tall”
halla² adj. “naked”
halma n. “skin, fell”
halya- v. “to veil, conceal, screen from light”
ham- v. “to sit (down), be situated in ”
hamma n. “chair”
hamu- v. “to sit down, take a seat”
hana n. “post”
hanako n. “giant”
handa¹ adj. “understanding, intelligent”
handa² n. “chair”
handasse n. “intelligence”
hande n. “knowledge, understanding”
handele n. “intellect”
hando n. “agent (male)” see -ando
hanu n. “male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal”
hanuvoite adj. “*masculine”
hanwa adj. “male”
hanya- v. “to understand, know about, be skilled in dealing with”
hap- pref. “the same, together, alike, closely associated, [of time] approach closely”
hapalde adv. “*in about the same way”
hapalka pron. “*of similar quantity”
hapalli(ni) pron. “of similar number”
hapallume adv. “at more or less the same time, during the same period”
hapámen adv. “*aiming at about the same thing”
hapan adv. “at the same [approximate] moment”
hapa(na) adj. and pron. “of the same sort, associated, related; the same sort of thing”
hapan(an) adv. “at the same time (of a number of people or events) together, at more or less the same time”
hapande adv. “about as much (as)”
hapandon adv. “in the same style”
hapanima pron. “of related or similar kind”
hapanna adv. “[to a place] together”
hapanome adv. “*in about the same place”
haparo adv. “*for about the same reason”
hapar(yas) adv. “at the same day”
hapas(se) adv. “*in about the same place”
hapasse adv. “together in the same place (as far as the pair or group is concerned, and in distinction to others outside it)”
har- v. “to dwell, abide, reside; to sit”
haran n. “king, chieftain, lord or king of a specified region”
harda n. “realm” see arda
harma¹ n. “treasure, treasured thing”
harma² n. “wolf, hound”
harmen n. “south” see hyarmen
harna- v. “to wound”
harna¹ adj. “wounded”
harna² n. “helmet”
haro n. “hawk”
harpa n. “helmet” see harna²
harwe¹ n. “treasure, treasury”
harwe² n. “wound”
harya- v. “to possess”
haryon n. “prince (heir)”
hat (haht-) n. “ridge, comb, crest”
hat-¹ v. “to break asunder”
hat-² v. “through[?] down[?]”
hauta- v. “to cease, take a rest, stop”
háya adv. “far off, far away” see haiya
he¹ pron. “they”
he² pron. “him, her, it (yet another)”
helda¹ adj. “naked, stripped bare”
helda² adj. “friendly, having love (for)”
helde n. “friend”
heldo n. “friend”
helen (helem-) n. “icicle”
helka adj. “ice-cold”
helke n. “ice”
helkelimbe n. “*icicle, (lit.) ice-drop”
helle¹ n. “sky”
helle² n. “frost”
helma n. “skin, fell”
helme n. “friendship”
helmo n. “friend”
helor n. “frost”
helwa adj. “(pale) blue”
helyanwe n. “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge”
hen (hend-) n. “eye”
henulca adj. “*evil-eyed”
héra adj. “chief, principal”
heren n. “fortune, (lit.) governance”
herenya adj. “fortunate, wealthy, blessed, rich”
heri n. “lady”
heru n. “lord, master”
hesto n. “captain”
hi pron. “here, now (for both you and me)”
#hilde (hildi-) n. “heir”
hilka pron. “*this much, this great (by us)”
hillo adv. “*hence (by us)”
hilya- v. “to follow”
him- v. “to adhere”
himba adj. “adhering, sticking”
himíte (himíti-) adj. “clinging, able to stick on”
himya- v. “to stick to, adhere, cleave to, abide by”
hina adj. and pron. “this (by us); this fact (by us)”
hinde adv. “[now] is only found used of...”
hine pron. “this by you and me (not him)”
hinima pron. “*of this sort (by us)”
hinis(se) adv. “*here (by us)”
hinna adv. “still; *hither (by us)”
hir- v. “to find”
his adv. “*here (by us)” see hisse
híse (hísi-) [þ] n. “mist, fog”
Hísime [þ] n. “November, *Misty-one”
hisse adv. “*here (by us)”
hiswa [þ] adj. “grey”
hiswe [þ] n. “fog”
hitwe pron. “*these (of two by us)”
hiuta- v. “to hint”
hlasta- v. “to hear” see lasta-
hlik- v. “to creep”
n. “shout”
ho prep. “from”
holme n. “odour”
holmo adv. “from the middle”
hón (hom-) n. “heart (physical)”
#hondo adj. “*hearted”
hont adv. “inwards”
hópa n. “haven, harbour, small landlocked bay”
hopasse n. “harbourage”
hora- v. “to wait for”
hóre n. “impulse”
hórea adj. “impulsive”
horme n. “urgency”
horro interj. “ugh, alas!, ow!” see orro¹
horta- v. “to send flying, speed, urge”
hortale n. “speeding, urging”
horya- v. “to have an impulse, be compelled to do something, set vigorously out to do”
hos (host-) n. “crowd, assembly” see hosto
hosta n. “large number”
hosta- v. “to collect”
hosto n. “crowd, assembly”
hrillume adv. “*a great many times”
hrim- pref. “a great number, host, very many”
hríma pron. “very numerous (great in number or quantity)”
hrímallume adv. “*a great many times” see hrillume
hríman(an) adv. “very often, on a great number of occasions”
hrímani n. “many, very many, a great number”
hrímaro adv. “*for a great many reasons”
hrimi n. “many, very many, a great number, a great many (with genitive)”
hrimilde adv. “in [a great] many ways”
hrimin adv. “very often, on a great number of occasions” see hríman(an)
hrímina pron. “of many kinds, of many sorts”
hrimindon adv. “*like a great many”
hrimínen adv. “*by a great many means”
hriminna adv. “*to many places”
hrimis(se) adv. “*in many places”
hrimo(n)nome adv. “*in many places”
hrín adv. “very often, on a great number of occasions” see hríman(an)
hríve n. “winter”
hu n. “howl”
huan (hún-) n. “hound”
huine n. “deep shadow, nightshade”
humpe adv. “in the middle”
hún (hun-) n. “earth”
húna- v. “to howl”
huo n. “dog”
hwan (hwand-) n. “sponge, fungus”
hwarin adj. “crooked”
hwarma n. “crossbar”
hwesta n. “breeze, breath, puff of air”
hwesta- v. “to puff”
hwinde n. “eddy, whirlpool”
hwinya- v. “to swirl, eddy, gyrate”
hyalma n. “conch, shell, horn of Ulmo”
hyanda n. “a throng, crowd”
hyando n. “cleaver, hewer (sword)”
hyanna adj. “compact, compressed” see hyarna
hyapat n. “shoe”
hyar- v. “to cleave”
hyarmaite adj. “left-handed”
hyarmen n. “south, left hand”
hyarmenya adj. “southern”
hyarna adj. “compact, compressed”
hyarya adj. “left (hand)”
hyatse n. “cleft, gash”
hyelle n. “glass”
hyelma ? “[unglossed]”
hyóla n. “trump”
í conj. “when, whenever, at the time mentioned (relative)”
-i suf. “plural suffix”
article. “the”
pron. “that, what (relative pronoun)”
ia adv. “ever”
iale n. “everlasting age”
-ie¹ suf. “abstract noun”
-ie² suf. “gerund suffix”
-ie³ suf. “perfect suffix”
-ie⁴ suf. “stative suffix”
-iel¹ suf. “daughter”
-iel² suf. “-friend”
-ien¹ suf. “daughter”
#-ien² suf. “-land”
ikkin pron. “you (emphatic plural familiar)”
il- pref. “no, not”
íl adv. “*like that (relative)” see ilde
ilde conj. “*like that (relative)”
ilduma n. “heaven”
ilfirin adj. “immortal”
ilin (*ilind-) adj. “pale blue”
ilka pron. and conj. “*as much as, as great as”
illi pron. and conj. “as many as”
illin pron. “you (emphatic polite plural)”
illume conj. “when, whenever, at the time that”
ilqa n. “everything, all”
ilqan(an) adv. “all the time, the whole time, continuously”
ilq(an)ar adv. “all the day”
ilqanna adj. “altogether, wholly, quite”
ilqanome adv. “all over the place, throughout”
ilqas(se) adv. “in the whole region”
il(u)- pref. “all the, the whole, the entire; all, any”
ilu n. “universe, world”
ilúva adj. “universal”
ilúve n. “universe, world; Heaven”
ilya adj. “all, the whole”
-ima suf. “able to be done, -able, -ible”
íma pron. and conj. “such as”
imbe¹ adv. “in(wards)”
imbe² n. “dell, deep vale, ravine, glen”
ímen adv. “*aiming at that (relative)”
imma pron. “any, any at all (in the world/existence)”
immainen adv. “*by any means”
immal(de) adv. “anyhow”
immalka pron. “*any quantity”
immalli pron. “of any number”
immallume adv. “*at any time”
immámen adv. “*aiming at anything”
immana adj. and pron. “any at all”
imman(an) adv. “at any time, ever”
imman(de) adv. “ever, at all, to any degree”
immandon adv. “*like anything”
immane pron. “anybody, anything, anyone”
immanima pron. “of any kind”
immanna adv. “*to anywhere”
immanome adv. “*in any place”
immanyas adv. “on any day”
immar adv. “any day”
immaro adv. “*for any reason”
immas(se) adv. “*anywhere”
immatwe pron. “either (when there is no choice)”
in pron. “that” see
-ina suf. “adjective suffix; passive participle”
ina adj. and pron. “the one that; the fact (that)”
inan adv. “(relative) at the time mentioned, at the same time”
inárea pron. and conj. “as old as”
in(de) conj. “as, as much as”
indis (indiss-) n. “bride”
indo n. “heart, mood”
indon conj. “as”
indyalme n. “clamour”
indyo n. “grandchild, descendant, grandson”
ine pron. “the one who, the one that”
ínen adv. “*by means of that (relative)”
inga adj. “first”
ingole n. “deep lore, magic”
inie pron. “she, the woman referred to”
inikka pron. and conj. “*as small as”
inimeite adj. “*feminine”
inka n. “idea”
ino pron. “he, the man referred to”
#-inqa suf. “*-ful, complete”
inta pron. “*their (emphatic possessive)”
intin pron. “they (emphatic)”
intya n. “guess, supposition, idea, notion”
intya- v. “to guess, suppose”
intyale n. “imagination”
inya¹ adj. “female”
inya² pron. “my (emphatic possessive)”
inye pron. “I (emphatic)”
-ion suf. “-son”
íqa conj. “when, whenever”
íqallume adv. “when, whenever”
íra adj. “eternal”
íre¹ n. “desire, longing”
íre² conj. “when”
íre³ n. “eternal, eternity?”
írima adj. “lovely, desirable”
iro adv. “*for that reason (relative)”
Isil [þ] n. “Moon, (lit.) Sheen”
Isilya [þ] n. “*Monday, Moon-day”
issa pron. “*their (emphatic possessive other)”
isse conj. “where [relative]”
issin pron. “they (emphatic other)”
ista- v. “to know, learn”
ista n. “knowledge” see istya
istalima adj. “knowable, ascertainable”
istare n. “knowledge”
isti pron. “they (other)”
istima adj. “having knowledge, wise, learned”
isti(n) pron. “they (emphatic other)” see issin
istya n. “knowledge”
istyar n. “scholar, learned man, lore-master, wizard”
-ite suf. “(verbal) adjective ending”
kaila adj. “lying in bed, bedridden; sickness”
kaima n. “bed”
kaimasan (kaimasamb-) [þ] n. “bedchamber”
kaimasse n. “lying in bed, sickness”
kaimassea adj. “bedridden, sick”
kainen num. card. “ten”
kaita- v. “to lie”
kakarra- v. “to keep on doing”
kala n. “light”
kalarin(a) adj. “*brilliant”
#kalima adj. “*bright”
kalina adj. “light”
kallo n. “noble man, hero”
kalma n. “light, lamp”
kalmatéma n. “k-series”
kalpa n. “water-vessel, bucket”
kalpa- v. “to draw water, scoop out, bale out”
kalta- v. “to (cause to) shine, light up, kindle (lamp etc.)”
kaltua ? “[unglossed]”
kalumet (kalumett-) n. “lamp”
kalya- v. “to illuminate”
kambe n. “hollow (of hand)”
kamparu n. “?flea”
#kanda n. “[unglossed]”
káne n. “valour”
káno n. “chief”
kanta- v. “to shape”
kanta¹ num. card. “four”
kanta² n. and adj. “shape, frame; shaped”
kantea adj. “shapely”
kantele n. “music”
kanya adj. “bold; wise”
kap- v. “to leap”
kapsa n. “case, vessel”
kapta- v. “to make spring, scatter”
kar- v. “to do, make, build”
kár (kas-) n. “head”
kar¹ (kard-) n. “building, house”
kar² (kard-) n. “deed”
karaite (karaiti-) adj. “able to make, handy, crafty, craftsmanlike, skilled”
karakse n. “jagged hedge of spikes”
karamaite adj. “able to make, handy, crafty, craftsmanlike, skilled” see karaite
karanya- v. “to make red, redden”
karaste n. “making, manufacture, construction”
karie n. “making”
kárima adj. “able to be made, feasible”
karina adj. “made”
karino- v. “to get finished/made”
karka n. “tooth”
karkane n. “row of teeth”
karne (karni-) adj. “red”
#karnie n. “*redness”
karno n. “wright”
karnóze n. “wright [f.]”
káro n. “doer, actor, agent”
karpalimaite n. “[unglossed]”
kas n. “head” see kár
kas¹ n. “head”
kas² adv. “upwards, towards the top”
kas³ (kaps-) n. “case, vessel” see kapsa
kassa n. “helmet”
kata prep. “after”
kato adv. “afterwards”
#kav- v. “to be able”
ke pron. “you (familiar)”
kelma n. “channel”
kelu- v. “to (begin to) flow, spring forth (of water)”
kelulinde (kelulindi-) n. “spring”
kelume n. “stream, flow”
kelure n. “fountain”
keluste n. “outflow”
kelut n. “rivulet”
kelya- v. “to rain; (lit.) to send running down”
kemen n. “soil, earth; Great Lands”
kemna adj. “of earth, earthen”
kemnaro n. “potter”
kén (kem-) n. “soil, earth” see kemen
#ken- v. “to see”
kénima adj. “visible, able to be seen”
kentano n. “potter”
kenya- v. “to see”
Kermie n. “July”
kesta- v. “to ask”
khus- v. “to come up, emerge”
kilya n. “cleft, pass between hills, gorge; chasm”
kim- v. “to find”
kin- pref. “a certain amount of (any amount larger than the (very) small)”
kina adj. and pron. “a certain quantity, some, a certain amount, a little (when little is precise and not partitive)”
kirisse n. “slash, gash”
kirka n. “sickle”
kirya n. “ship, boat”
kiryahto n. “shipwright”
kiryasta- v. “to sail”
kiuka n. “thigh”
ko adv. “reflexive”
koire n. “Stirring”
koita- v. “to live, be alive, have life”
kolma n. “ring (?on finger)”
kóma n. “*ball”
korin n. “circular enclosure”
korko n. “crow”
korna adj. “round, globed”
koromindo n. “cupola, dome”
koron (corn-) n. “globe, ball”
kosta- v. “to quarrel”
kotumo n. “enemy”
kotya adj. “hostile”
ksara- v. “to yearn, long for”
ksenna n. “odour”
n. “bow”
kuile n. “life, being alive”
kuina adj. “alive”
kuive n. “awakening” see kuivie
kuivea adj. “wakening”
kuivie n. “awakening”
kukua n. “dove”
kukumba- v. “to nod repeatedly, (lit.) keep on bowing”
kulda adj. “flame-coloured, golden-red”
kulina adj. “flame-coloured, golden-red”
kullo n. “red gold”
kulo n. “flame”
kulu n. “gold (metal)”
kuluina adj. “orange (coloured); of gold, golden”
kuluma n. “orange [fruit]”
kúma n. “void”
#kumba adj. “*bellied”
kumbe n. “mound, heap”
kumna adj. “empty”
kundu n. “prince”
kunduina adj. “of princes, princely”
kurwe n. “craft”
kuv- v. “to bow”
kúvima adj. “flexible”
kúvula adj. “flexible, pliant”
la- pref. “no, none, not any”
lá- v. “to not be”
lá¹ adv. “no, not”
lá³ interj. “(?please)”
lah- v. “to kick”
lai adv. “very”
laika adj. “keen, sharp, acute”
laike n. “acuteness, keenness of perception”
laime n. “shadow (cast by an object or form), shade”
laiqa adj. “green”
laira adj. “shady”
laire¹ n. “summer”
laire² n. “poem”
laita- v. “to praise; ?live”
laite n. “colour”
laive n. “ointment”
laiwa adj. “sickly, sick, ill”
lak- pref. “a large amount of (any amount less than the whole)”
laka adj. and pron. “much (abundant), a great quantity”
lala- v. “to deny”
lalallo adv. “from no place”
lalámen adv. “*aiming at nothing”
lálan adv. “at no time”
lálane pron. “nobody, nothing (no thing), no one” see allane
lalanna adv. “*to nowhere” see allanna
lálar adv. “*at no day” see all(an)ar
lalasse adv. “nowhere”
lálima pron. “of no sort” see allanima
lalme n. “elm-tree” see alalme
lam- v. “to call [out to]”
láma n. “ringing sound, echo; sound”
laman (lamn-) n. “tame beast”
lamba¹ n. “tongue”
lamba² n. “hammer” see namba
lambe n. “language, tongue”
lámina adj. “echoing”
lamma n. “sound”
lamya- v. “to sound”
lan adv. “not (at all)” see (a)láqan
lanat n. “weft”
landa¹ adj. “wide”
landa² n. “plain”
lango¹ n. “broad sword; prow of a ship”
lango² n. “throat”
lanko n. “throat”
lanna n. “plain” see landa²
lanne n. “tissue, cloth”
lanta n. “fall”
lanta- v. “to fall”
lanwa n. “loom”
lanya- v. “to weave”
lapsa- v. “to lick (frequentative)”
lapsa n. “licking up (food or drink), gluttonous eating”
lapse n. “babe”
laqalka pron. “*no quantity”
láqallume adv. see allume
láqana adj. and pron. “none at all”
láqane pron. “nobody at all”
laqe pron. “nobody”
laqe[t]- v. “[unglossed]”
lár n. “ear”
lar n. “fat, riches [richness?]”
lár- v. “to happen”
lára¹ adj. “flat”
lára² n. “grave”
lárea adj. “fat, rich”
larka adj. “swift, rapid” see (a)larka
larma n. “(?pig-)fat, flesh”
las interj. “mark you, I tell you, if you can believe me”
lasse n. “leaf”
lassekanta adj. “leaf-shaped”
lasselanta n. “leaf-fall, autumn; October”
lasta n. “listening, hearing”
lasta- v. “to listen; to hear”
lat- v. “to be extended, stretch; to be situated (of an area), lie (of lands or regions)”
latimbe n. “glen”
latina adj. “open, free, cleared (of land)”
latta¹ n. “hole, pit”
latta² n. “strap”
lauka adj. “warm”
lau(me) adv. “no, no indeed not, on the contrary”
laure n. “gold”
laurea adj. “*golden”
lauta- v. “to abound”
lau(w)e ? “[unglossed]”
lav-¹ v. “to lick”
lav-² v. “to yield, allow, grant”
#lavar n. “*(golden) blossom”
lavaralda n. “tree with long green leaves with golden undersides and pale flowers with a yellow flush”
-le suf. “abstract noun”
le¹ pron. “you”
le² prep. “with, by”
lehta- v. “to loose, slacken”
lemba adj. “left behind”
lemnar n. “(Valarin five-day) week”
lempe num. card. “five”
lemya- v. “to remain, tarry”
lenda- v. “to linger”
lenka- v. “to loose, slacken” see lehta-
lenna- v. “to go, depart; to come”
leo n. “shade, shadow cast by any object”
lepse n. “finger”
#lepta suf. “*fingered”
lesta- v. “to leave”
#lesta n. “measure”
lesto (lestu-) n. “journey”
let (leps-) n. “finger”
#lhit- v. “to speed”
-li suf. “plural (suffix)”
lia¹ adj. “(not) a few, several”
lia² n. “fine thread, spider filament”
liante n. “spider”
lie n. “people, folk”
*lihlikka- v. “to sneak about”
lilde adv. “in many ways”
lilindon adv. “*like many”
(li)línen adv. “*by many means”
lilinna adv. “*to many places”
(li)lin(n)ome adv. “*in many places”
li(lí)ro adv. “*for many reasons”
lilis(se) adv. “*in many places”
lilótime adj. “*many-flowered”
lilta- v. “to dance”
limba n. “drop”
limpe n. “wine, drink of the Valar”
li(n)- pref. “many”
lin- v. “to sing”
lína- v. “to be silent”
li(na)llume adv. “*several times”
li(n)an adv. “many a time, not seldom, several times, often, sometimes”
linárea pron. “of many (different) ages”
linda adj. “fair, beautiful (of sound)”
lindale n. “music”
linde¹ n. “air, tune”
linde² n. “pool”
lindo n. “singer, singing bird”
lindornea adj. “having many oaks”
líne n. “cobweb”
linga-¹ v. “to hang, dangle”
linga-² v. “to ring, twang”
lingwe (lingwi-) n. “fish”
lingwilóke n. “fish-dragon, sea-serpent”
lini n. “(pl.) a good few, several”
linima pron. “of several sorts, of several kinds”
linímen adv. “*aiming at many things”
linin- pref. “many” see li(n)-
linqe (linqi-) adj. “wet”
lintyulussea adj. “having many poplars”
#linwe n. “short lay”
linya n. “pool”
linyenwa adj. “old, having many years”
lipsa n. “soap”
#lir- v. “to sing, chant”
liri n. “finch”
liru- v. “to sing (gaily)”
liruima adj. “able to be sung”
lirule n. “merry song”
liruste n. “singing, chant”
lirustea adj. “fit for singing, to be sung”
lis (liss-) n. “honey”
liske n. “reed”
lisse adv. “*in many places” see lilis(se)
litse n. “sand”
líve n. “sickness”
*-lka suf. “*quantity”
-lla suf. “*your (polite)”
-llo suf. “from; ablative element”
-llume suf. “time”
ló¹ prep. “ablative element”
ló² n. “night, a night”
#loa n. “year”
lóke (lóki-) n. “dragon”
lokse n. “hair”
lóme (lómi-) n. “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom”
lómelinde n. “nightingale”
lóna¹ n. “island, remote land difficult to reach”
lóna² adj. “dark”
londe n. “road (in sea), fairway, entrance to harbour; gulf”
lopo n. “rabbit”
lopotun n. “rabbithole” see lopotundo
lopotundo (lopotundu-) n. “rabbithole”
#lor- v. “to sleep”
-lóra suf. “without, less”
lóre n. “slumber”
lorna adj. “asleep”
losse n. “(white) blossom, flower”
lóte n. “(large single) flower”
Lótesse n. “May, *(lit.) Flower-ness”
-lta suf. “*his, her, its”
lu- v. “to be heavy, be sad”
n. “time, occasion”
luhta- v. “to enchant”
luina adj. “pale”
lúke n. “enchantment”
lumba adj. “weary”
lumbe n. “gloom, shadow”
lúme n. “time, hour”
lumenyáre n. “*history”
lúmeqenta n. “history, chronological account”
lúmeqentale n. “history”
lúmeqentalea adj. “historical”
#lúmie n. “annals”
lumna adj. “lying heavy, burdensome, oppressive, ominous”
lumna- v. “to lie heavy, be heavy”
lúne (lúni-) adj. “blue”
lunga adj. “heavy; fraught”
lungu n. “dragon”
lunte n. “boat”
lúpe n. “plume”
luppo (luppu-) n. “clumsy piece or lump”
lussa- v. “to whisper”
lusse n. “whispering sound”
lusta adj. “void, empty”
-lya¹ suf. “*your (polite)” see -lla
-lya² suf. “imperfect participle”
-ma suf. “instrumental”
ma adv. “interrogative particle”
má¹ n. “hand”
má² pron. and adv. “what; when”
má³ n. “land, region”
mahta- v. “to handle, wield; to deal with, treat; to stroke, feel; to wield a weapon, fight”
mahtar n. “warrior”
mahtya ? “[unglossed]”
maile n. “lust”
mailea adj. “lustful”
maire n. “*rose”
-maite suf. see -ite
maite (maisi-) adj. “handy, skilled”
maiwe n. “gull”
mai(y)a n. “[unglossed]”
makal n. “sword” see makil
makar n. “tradesman”
makil n. “sword”
maksa adj. “soft, pliant”
makse¹ n. “dough”
makse² n. “meat”
makso n. “sticky substance, mire”
mál n. “grit”
malda n. “gold (as metal)” see malta
mal(de) adv. “how, in what manner”
maldo n. “[unglossed]”
malina adj. “yellow”
malka adj. “how great”
malle n. “street, (made or stone) road”
mallini adj. and pron. “how many”
mallo adv. “whence”
mallume adv. “at what time/date”
mallúmea adj. “how old, of what age”
málo n. “friend”
malo¹ (malu-) n. “pollen, yellow powder”
malo² (malu-) n. “rust”
malta n. “gold (as metal)”
malwa adj. “fallow, pale”
mámen adv. “why, for what reason”
mammata- v. “to gobble up, devour, gorge”
man pron. “what”
mana pron. “who, what, which”
mána adj. “blessed”
m(an)ainen adv. “by what means”
manan adv. “when”
manandon adv. “after what fashion, like what”
manar n. “doom, final end, fate, fortune; final bliss”
manárea adj. and pron. “how old, how long lasting, (lit.) lasting or living how many days”
manar(yas) adv. “on what day”
manas(se) adv. “where”
#manda n. “prison, *duress”
mande n. “doom, final end, fate, fortune; final bliss” see manar
man(de) adv. “how (to what degree, extent), how great, how far”
mandos n. “doomsman, judge”
mandu n. “lord”
mane pron. “who”
manikka adj. and pron. “how small”
manima adj. “of what kind, of what sort, what kind of”
manka- v. “to trade”
mankale n. “commerce”
manna adv. “whither”
mannomen adv. “*to what place”
manomello adv. “*from what place”
manome(s) adv. “in what place”
manu n. “departed spirit”
mapa- v. “to grasp, seize”
mar- v. “to abide”
mar (mar(d)-) n. “home, dwelling, house, habitation; earth”
mára adj. “good (of things), useful, fit”
maranwe n. “destiny”
mar(dar) adv. “homewards”
maril n. “glass, crystal”
maro adv. “why, for what reason”
marre adv. “at home”
marta¹ adj. and n. “fated, fey; fate”
marta² adv. “home”
martya- v. “to destine”
marya adj. “pale, fallow, fawn [light yellowish tan colour]”
marye adv. “at home” see marre
masse¹ adv. “where”
masse² n. “handful, share, just portion (in distribution), measure or capacity (of a person)”
masta n. “bread”
masta- v. “to bake”
mat (matt-) n. “food, meal”
mat- v. “to eat”
#matie n. “eating”
mattima adj. “edible”
matwa adj. and pron. “whether, which of two”
matwe adj. see matwa
maure n. “need”
mausta n. “compulsion”
mauya- v. “to compel”
#-me suf. “abstract noun”
me pron. “we, us”
mel- v. “to love (as friend)”
melda adj. “beloved, dear, sweet”
meldo n. “(friend), lover”
melima adj. “loveable, fair”
melin adj. “dear”
melindo n. “lover (m.)”
melisse n. “lover (f.)”
melme n. “love”
men n. “place, spot”
men- v. “to aim at; to wish, mean, intend”
mena- v. “to be making for, be on way to”
ména n. “region”
mende n. “will”
menel n. “the heavens, firmament, sky”
Menelya n. “*Wednesday, Heavens-day”
meneste n. “intention”
mennai conj. “until”
mente n. “point, end”
mer- v. “to wish, desire, want”
meren(de) (merend-) n. “feast, festival”
merka adj. “wild, untamed”
merya adj. “festive”
meryale n. “holiday”
mestanyatse n. “suffixion”
Metelaire n. “August, *(lit.) End-summer”
Meterríve n. “January, *(lit.) End-winter”
metta n. “ending, end”
metya- v. “to put an end to”
mi prep. “in, within”
n. “small fly”
miksa adj. “wet”
milka adj. “greedy”
milme n. “desire, greed”
milya adj. “soft, gentle, weak”
milya- v. “to long for”
min num. card. “one”
minda adj. “prominent, conspicuous”
mindo n. “(isolated) tower” see #mindon
#mindon n. “(isolated) tower”
mine num. card. “one” see min
minna prep. and adv. “into, to the inside”
minqe num. card. “eleven”
minqetyarme n. “accentuation”
minta prep. and adv. “inwards, (?into)” see mitta
mintye n. “peak”
minya num. ord. “first”
miqilis n. “kiss”
mir prep. and adv. “to the inside, into”
míre n. “jewel, precious thing, treasure”
miril (mirill-) n. “shining jewel”
mirilya- v. “to glitter”
mirima adj. “free”
#mírinda- v. “*to admire”
mista- v. “to stray about”
miste n. “fine rain”
mitsa adj. “small”
mitta prep. and adv. “inwards, (?into)”
mitta- v. “to insert; to come in”
mittande n. “infixion, insertion”
mitya adj. “interior”
miue (miuy-) n. “cat”
miule n. “whining, mewing”
míwa adj. “small, tiny, frail”
-mma suf. “*our (exclusive)”
#-mo suf. “agental suffix”
moina adj. “familiar, dear”
mól n. “slave, thrall”
#móla adj. “enslaved”
mólome n. “hard work, burden”
mordo n. “[dark] stain, smear; obscurity, dimness, shadow”
more (mori-) adj. “black, dark”
móre (móri-) n. “blackness, dark, night”
morilinde n. “nightingale”
morimaite adj. “*black-handed”
morko n. “bear”
morna adj. “gloomy, sombre”
móta- v. “to labour, toil”
motto n. “blot”
muile n. “secrecy”
muina adj. “hidden, secret”
mulo (mulu-) n. “dust”
mun- v. “to dislike, to not like”
mundo (mundu-) n. “snout, nose; cape [of land]”
-n¹ suf. “genitive suffix”
-n² suf. “dative suffix”
na prep. “to, towards” see an(a)
ná- v. “to be”
naham- v. “to summon”
naháme n. “summons”
nahamna adj. “summoned”
nahta- v. “to slay”
nahta¹ n. “bite”
nahta² num. card. “eighteen”
nai interj. “alas”
nai² adv. “*may it be”
naike n. “sharp pain”
naikea adj. “cruel”
naikele n. “*anguish”
naikelea adj. “painful”
naina- v. “to lament”
(nai)naina- v. “to lament” see naina-
naire n. “lament, sorrow”
nairea adj. “sorrowful”
naite adj. “*true or thingly”
nak-¹ v. “to kill, slay; to hate”
nak-² v. “to bite”
nalláma n. “echo”
namárie interj. “farewell”
namba n. “hammer”
namba- v. “to hammer”
nan conj. and adv. “but, on the contrary, on the other hand; again”
ná(n) conj. and adv. “but, on the contrary, on the other hand” see nan
nan-¹ pref. “backwards”
#nan-² v. “to go back”
nanda n. “water-mead, watered plain”
nanda- [ñ-] v. “to harp”
nandakka- v. “[unglossed]”
nandaro [ñ-] n. “harper”
nande [ñ-] n. “harp”
nandele n. “harping, *repetition”
nandelle [ñ-] n. “little harp”
nangwa n. “jaw”
#napanna n. “additional letter”
naraka adj. “harsh, rending, violent of (?sounds)”
narda n. “knot”
nár(e) n. “flame”
Nárie n. “June, *Fire-ness”
narka- v. “to rend”
narmo [ñ-] n. “wolf”
Narqelie n. “October”
Narqelion n. “Fire-fading, Autumn”
narta- v. “to kindle”
Narvinye n. “January, *New-fire”
narwe n. “sign, token”
nasse n. “thorn, spike”
nasta- v. “to prick, sting”
nasta n. “spear-head, spear-point, gore, triangle”
nasto n. “animal, beast”
#na-súrima n. “aspirate”
nat n. “thing, object”
natse n. “web, net”
nau prep. “*under” see nu
nauko n. “dwarf”
naule [ñ-] n. “wolfhowl”
nauro [ñ-] n. “werewolf”
nause [þ] n. “imagination”
nauta adj. “bound, obliged”
-nde suf. “general action verbal suffix”
-(n)dil suf. “-friend”
#-ndo suf. “*agent (male)”
-ndon suf. “like, as”
-ndor suf. “-land”
-(n)dur suf. “*servant”
adv. “ago”
nehte n. “honeycomb”
nel- pref. “tri-”
nelde num. card. “three”
nele (nelk-) n. “tooth” see nelke
nelet (nelk-) n. “tooth”
nelke n. “tooth” see nelet
nelle n. “brook”
neltil (neltild-) n. “triangle”
nem- v. “to seem, appear”
néme n. “leave, *permission”
nemeste n. “appearance”
nemestea adj. “apparent”
nén (nen-) n. “water”
nende n. “pool”
Nendesse n. “February, *Wet-ness”
nenemma- v. “to keep on (re-)appearing”
nengwe (nengwi-) n. “nose”
nengwea adj. “nasal”
nengwetanwa adj. “nasal-infixed”
nengwetehta n. “nasal sign”
nér (ner-) n. “man, adult male (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)”
neríte adj. “manly”
nerno ? “[unglossed]”
nerte num. card. “nine”
nése [þ] n. “youth”
nessa adj. “young”
nesse n. “youth” see nése
nessima adj. “youthful”
neuma n. “snare”
neuna adj. “second”
neuro n. “follower, successor”
ngolfine n. see nolfine
-ngwa suf. “*our (inclusive)”
ni pron. “I, me”
n. “woman, female”
-nie suf. “female”
nie n. “tear”
nieninqe n. “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear”
nikse n. “minnow, little fish”
-nil suf. “-friend” see -(n)dil
nil (nild-) n. “blue-bell, harebell”
nilaistama n. “something/body or other”
nilda adj. “friendly, loving (towards)”
nilde n. “friend (f.)”
-nildo suf. “-friend” see -(n)dil
nildo n. “friend [m.]”
nilme n. “friendship”
nilmo n. “friend”
nim- v. “to seem, appear”
nin (ning-) n. “nose, beak”
nindari n. “river-maid, nymph”
ninde adj. “slender”
ninqe (ninqi-) adj. “white”
ninqeri n. “*white (female thing or personification)”
ninqeru n. “white man, white male swan, white ship, white (male thing or personification)”
ninqinta- v. “to grow pale”
ninqisse n. “whiteness”
ninqita- v. “to whiten, make white; to shine white”
ninqitáre n. “whitening, whitewashing”
ninya pron. “my (emphatic possessive)”
niqe n. “snow”
níre n. see nie
#niríte adj. “womanly”
nirwa n. “bolster, cushion”
nirwa² adj. “scarred”
nirwe n. “scar”
nis (niss-) n. “woman (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)”
nis² (niks-) n. “minnow, ‘little fish’” see nikse
nissa n. “lady”
nisse n. “woman” see nis
níte (*níti-) adj. “moist, dewy”
niule ? “[unglossed]”
-nna suf. “to, towards; allative suffix”
-no suf. “male”
no prep. “under” see nu
#nó¹ prep. “yester-, *after”
nó² (nów-) n. “conception, idea, thought”
noa¹ n. “conception, idea” see nó²
noa² n. “thigh”
noa³ n. and adj. “male (of any kind)”
noite adj. “male, masculine”
noito n. “male (of any kind)”
Nókoire n. “March, *After-stirring”
nóla¹ n. “round head, knoll, round hilltop; summit”
nóla² [ñ-] adj. “wise, learned”
Nólairë n. “July, *After-summer”
nóle [ñ-] n. “wisdom”
nolfine [ñ-] n. “magical skill”
nóloa n. “yesteryear”
nolwe [ñ-] n. “wisdom, (secret) lore”
#nolya- [ñ] v. “to teach”
#nome n. “place”
ñón n. “growl, groan” see hu
ñóna- v. “to groan” see húna-
Nóqelle n. “October, *After-autumn”
nóre n. “land, country, region where certain people live; clan, race, folk, kindred”
#nornea adj. “*of oak”
norno n. “oak”
Norríve n. “December, *After-winter”
norsa [þ] n. “giant”
norta [ñ-] adj. “horrible”
norto [ñ-] n. “horror”
nosse n. “clan, family, ‘house’”
not- v. “to reckon”
nóte n. “number”
Nótuile n. “May, *After-spring”
nov- v. “?to think, form idea, imagine”
-nta¹ suf. “*their”
-nta² suf. “to become or be made”
nu prep. “under”
nui n. “lament” see ON. nui
nukumna adj. “humbled”
nulda adj. “secret” see nulla
nulla adj. “dark, dusky, obscure; hidden, secret”
numbe n. “root, foundation”
núme n. “west” see númen
númen n. “west”
númenya adj. “western”
nún adv. “down below, underneath”
nuqerna adj. “inverted”
nur- v. “to grow/be dark”
núra adj. “deep”
#núre n. “night”
núro n. “servant”
nuru [ñ-] n. “death”
nusta- v. “to smell [something]”
#nut- v. “to tie”
núta- v. “to set, sink (of Sun or Moon)”
núte n. “bond, knot”
-nwa suf. “perfective adjective”
nwalka [ñ-] adj. “cruel”
nwalma [ñ-] n. “pain”
nwalme [ñ-] n. “torment”
nwalya- [ñ-] v. “to pain, torment”
nwara- [ñ-] v. “to gnaw, erode, wear away”
nwe [ñ] pron. “*we (inclusive)”
-nya suf. “*my”
nyar(a)- v. “to relate, tell, recite (in sing-song voice), talk”
nyáre n. “tale, saga, history”
#nyarie n. “talking”
nyarna n. “tale, saga”
nyarro n. “rat”
nyárula adj. “apt to talk”
-nye suf. “I”
nye pron. “me, I”
nyelle n. “bell”
nyello n. “singer”
nyûna adj. “second” see neuna
-o suf. “*genitive ending”
o prep. “*from” see ho
o- pref. “together”
ohta n. “war”
ohtakáro n. “warrior”
ohtatyaro n. “warrior”
oi- v. “to live, pass one’s days”
oi adv. “ever”
oia adj. and adv. “everlasting”
oiale n. “everlasting age”
oio (oiw-) n. “bird”
oira adj. “eternal”
oire n. “everlasting (?age)”
okamna n. “diphthong”
ol- v. “to become”
ola- v. “to grow [up]”
#ólama n. “consonant”
#ólamaite adj. “consonantal”
olar n. “dream”
olaste n. “growth”
ol(de) adv. “*in that very same way”
olinwa adj. “fully grown, adult”
olka pron. see onilka
olli pron. “of the same number”
ollume adv. “at or during exactly the same time” see onallume
olme n. “odour” see holme
ololla- v. “*to keep on growing”
olombo n. “horse”
olor n. “dream”
olos(se) n. “snow, fallen snow”
olta- v. “[unglossed]”
olwa n. “branch”
óma n. “voice”
#ómaite n. “voiced [stop]”
ómalóra adj. “voiceless”
óman (omand-) n. “vowel”
#ómanda adj. “vocalic”
ómataile n. “vowel-lengthening”
ómataima n. “vocalic extension”
#ómatehta n. “vowel-sign”
#ómea adj. “voiced”
omentie n. “meeting”
on- pref. “the same (oneness, uniqueness), identical”
-on¹ suf. “masculine suffix”
#-on² suf. “great”
ona pron. “that identical fact”
onainen adv. “*by that very same means”
onal(de) adv. “*in that very same way” see ol(de)
o(na)llume adv. “*at that very same time”
onallume adv. “at or during exactly the same time”
onan adv. “at the very identical moment, at one and the same time (in absolute unison)”
o(na)nde adv. “to exactly the same degree”
onandon adv. “in identical fashion”
onanna adv. “*to the very same place”
onanyas adv. “on one and the same day”
onar adv. “on one and the same day”
onaryas adv. “on one/the same day”
onas(se) adv. “*in the very same place”
ondaro adv. “*for the very same reason”
ondo n. “stone (as a material)”
one pron. “the same person”
onilka pron. “*the same quantity”
onima pron. “of identical kind”
onna n. “creature”
onnome adv. “*in the very same place”
onómen adv. “*aiming at the very same thing”
onóne n. “kinswoman; sister”
onóro n. “kinsman; brother”
onosse adv. “the same place (not a different one from one already in mind, e.g. from one occupied by them at some other time)”
onot- v. “to count up”
onta- v. “to beget, create”
ontale n. “descent”
ontare n. “begetter, parent (f.)”
ontaro n. “begetter, parent”
onya adj. and pron. “the same, the identical”
opele n. “walled house or village, town”
opto n. “back”
óre n. “rising”
orhal- v. “to exalt”
ork n. see orko
orko (orcu-) n. “goblin”
orme n. “haste, violence, wrath, rushing”
orna adj. “hasty”
orne n. “(high isolated) tree”
oron (oront-) n. “mountain”
ororia- v. “to keep on rising (and falling)”
orro- v. “to rise (from ground)”
orro¹ interj. “ugh, alas!, ow!”
orro² adv. “up in the air, on high”
orta-¹ v. “to raise, lift”
orta-² v. “to rise”
ortalima adj. “able to be raised”
ortare n. “lifting up”
orto n. “mountain-top”
orya- v. “to rise”
oselle [þ] n. “[sworn] sister, associate [f.]”
osse n. “terror”
ostirion n. “fort”
osto n. “city, town with wall round, fort”
otornasse n. “brotherhood”
otorno n. “sworn brother, associate [m.]”
otso num. card. “seven”
ovesta n. “contract, compact, treaty”
pa prep. “about”
pak- v. “to ask, enquire”
palan adj. and adv. “far, distant, wide, to a great extent, over a wide space, to a distance”
palantir n. “far-seer”
palar n. “flat field, ‘wang’, plain”
palka- v. “to beat flat”
palla adj. “wide, expansive”
palme n. “surface”
palpa- v. “to beat, batter; *to clap, applaud (with palms)”
palu- v. “to open wide, spread, expand, extend” see palya-
palúre n. “surface, bosom, bosom of Earth, (Old English) folde”
palya- v. “to open wide, spread, expand, extend”
pamba n. “ball”
panda n. “enclosure”
pano n. “piece of shaped wood”
panta adj. “open”
panta- v. “to unfurl, spread out, open”
panya- v. “to fix, set”
parka adj. “dry; thirsty”
parma n. “book”
parmaina adj. “of books, literary”
parmatéma n. “p-series”
pasta [þ] adj. “smooth”
n. “mouth”
pel- v. “to go round, revolve, return”
peler n. “fenced field”
pelko n. “leg”
peltas (peltaks-) n. “pivot”
penda adj. “sloping down, inclined”
pende n. “slope, downslope, declivity”
#per- pref. “half, semi”
#perómanda adj. and n. “semivocalic, *semi-vowel”
perya- v. “to divide in middle, halve”
pilen n. “feather”
pilin (pilind-) n. “arrow”
pirya n. “juice, syrup”
pis- [þ] v. “to spit”
pite n. “juice”
piuta- v. “to spit”
poika adj. “clean, pure”
poinesse n. “?cleanliness”
polda adj. “strong, burly”
poldore n. “*physical strength”
poldórea adj. “strong, strong-bodied”
pole (poli-) n. “meal, flour”
pore (pori-) n. “flour, meal”
psar- v. “to rub, fret”
psára n. “peel”
punta n. “stopped consonant”
pupso n. “blow fly”
pusta n. “stop, in punctuation full stop”
pusta- v. “to stop, put a stop to, cease”
putta n. “stop (in punctuation)”
adv. “always, at all times, ever”
qalde adv. “*in all ways”
qalin adj. “dead”
qallo adv. “*from everywhere” see qáqello
qallume adv. “*a few times”
qalme n. “(process of) death, (death) agony”
qáme n. “sickness”
qamma pron. “everyone/anyone”
qa(n)- pref. “all, all the (with plurals), every; each, every”
qan(an) adv. “always, at all times, ever” see
qanna adj. “entire, complete, whole”
qanqe n. “always, at all times, ever”
qanta adj. “full”
qanta-tenkele n. “full writing”
qantien n. “century, (lit.) full year”
qáqa adj. and pron. “every, each; everything, all facts”
qá(qa)men adv. “*aiming at all things”
qáqanar adv. “every day”
qáqanima pron. see qáqima
qáqárea pron. “of all ages”
qáqaryas adv. “on every day”
qáqe pron. “all, everyone, every person/thing”
qáqello adv. “*from everywhere”
qáqen(an) adv. “on each occasion”
qa(qe)nde adv. “in all ways, to every extent”
qaqendon adv. “*like all”
qáqenna adv. “*to everywhere”
qaqenome adv. “*in all places”
qá(qe)ro adv. “by all means, for every reason, on all accounts”
qáqesse adv. “everywhere”
qáqi adv. “all”
qaqil(de) adv. “*in all ways” see qalde
qáqilka pron. “of all sizes”
qáqilli pron. “all, all numbers of men (if referring to groups)”
qáqillume adv. “*a few times” see qallume
qáqima pron. “of any kind, of all sorts”
qáqínen adv. “*by all means”
qár(e) n. “fist, hand”
qasse adv. “everywhere” see qáqesse
qe conj. “if”
#qel- v. “†to fail”
qelesta n. “dying, fading”
qelet (qelett-) n. “corpse”
#qelie n. “*fading”
qelle n. “Autumn”
Qen (Qend-) n. “Elf”
Qende n. “Elf”
Qenderin adj. and n. “Quendian”
Qendya n. “Elvish” see Qenya
qéne n. “petrel”
qenso n. “minstrel”
qenta n. “tale, story, account, history”
qentale n. “account, history”
qentare n. “minstrel [f.]”
qentaro n. “narrator, reciter, minstrel”
qentasse n. “history”
Qenya n. “Elvish (Tongue), Elfspeech, Elf-latin; belonging to the Qendi, Quendian”
qeqetta- v. “to repeat, keep on saying”
qesse n. “feather”
qesset (*qessek-) n. “pillow”
qessetéma n. “q-series”
#qesta n. “speech, language”
qet- v. “to say, tell, mention”
qetil n. “tongue, language, talk”
qettima adj. “utterable”
qilir n. “quiet”
qinga n. “bow (for shooting)”
qingatelko adj. “*bow-legged”
-r¹ suf. “plural suffix”
#†-r² suf. “*archaic allative”
(ráv-) n. “lion”
raf- v. “to snatch, seize”
raika adj. “crooked, bent, wrong”
raiqa adj. “angry”
ráka n. “wolf”
#rakka n. “*claw”
rakkalepta adj. “*claw-fingered”
ráma n. “wing”
rámalóke n. “winged dragon”
ramba¹ n. “wall”
ramba² n. “beam of wood” see ran
rampa ? “[unglossed]”
ran (ramb-) n. “beam of wood”
Rana n. “Moon, (lit.) Wayward”
randa n. “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)”
ráne n. “straying, wandering”
ránen adj. “errant”
rangwe n. “fathom”
ranko (ranku-) n. “arm”
ranta n. “course”
ranya adj. “free” see (a)ranya
ranya- v. “to stray, *wander”
rasko n. “horn” see rasse
rasse n. “horn [of both animals and mountains]”
#-rasta suf. “twelve”
rauko n. “demon”
rauta n. “metal”
ráva¹ adj. and n. “wild, untamed”
ráva² n. “bank (especially of a river)”
ráva³ n. “lion” see
ravanda n. “wilderness”
-re suf. “gerund”
rea n. and adj. “female (of any kind)”
rempa adj. “crooked, hooked”
réna n. “edge, border, margin”
#rer- v. “to sow”
resta n. “‘sown’, sown field, acre”
n. “reed, grass-stem”
ríe n. “crown”
rihta- v. “to jerk, give quick twist or move, twitch”
?rille n. “brilliance”
rilma n. “glittering light”
rilya adj. “glittering”
ríma n. “edge, hem, border”
rimba adj. “frequent, numerous”
rimbe n. “crowd, host”
rimpa adj. “rushing, flying”
#-rin suf. “-ian, racial-adjective, language”
rína adj. “crowned”
rinda adj. “circular”
rinde n. “circle”
Ringare n. “December, *Coldness”
ringe (ringi-) n. “cold”
ringwe n. “cold pool or lake (in mountains)”
rinka n. “twitch, jerk, trick, sudden move”
rinke (rinki-) n. “flourish, quick stroke, hook”
#rip- v. “to hurl”
rista n. “cut”
rista- v. “to cut”
ríte¹ adj. “female, fem[inine]”
ríte² n. “female (of any kind)”
#-ro suf. “agental suffix”
rohta- v. “?to run on foot”
roime n. “hunt, hunting”
roina adj. “ruddy”
roita- v. “to pursue”
rokko n. “(swift) horse”
róma n. “loud sound, trumpet-sound”
romba n. “horn, trumpet”
rómen n. “east”
rómenya adj. “eastern”
róminya adj. “*eastern” see rómenya
róna adj. “east”
rondo n. “roof; cave, cavern”
ronyo n. “‘chaser’, hound of chase, *hunting dog”
rosse n. “fine rain, dew”
rotto n. “cave, tunnel”
rov- v. “to lose”
n. “lion” see
ruk- v. “to pluck”
runda n. “rough piece of wood”
runya n. “slot, footprint”
russe n. “corruscation, †sword-blade”
-rya suf. “imperfect participle” see -lya²
sa¹ pron. “it (abstract object), that”
sa² pron. “they (3rd pl. inanimate)”
sahte n. “[unglossed]”
saima pron. see sanima
sainen adv. “*by that (mentioned) means”
saira adj. “wise”
sairon n. “wizard”
sak- v. “to hurt”
#sakkat- v. “to rend, break asunder” see #askat-
sal(de) adv. “*in that (mentioned) way”
sallo adv. “*thence (previously mentioned)”
sallume adv. “at that [mentioned] time”
salpa- v. “to lick up, sup, sip”
salqe n. “grass”
sambe [þ] n. “room, chamber”
sámen adv. “*aiming for that (previously mentioned)”
samna¹ [þ] n. “wooden post”
#samna² n. “diphthong”
samno [þ] n. “carpenter, wright, builder”
#sampane n. “combination”
san conj. and adv. “*then”
sana adj. and pron. “that (previously mentioned)”
san(an) adv. “then, at that time mentioned, at that same time”
san(an)de adv. “to the very degree”
sanar adv. “*on that (mentioned) day”
sanaryas adv. “*on that (mentioned) day”
sanas(se) adv. “*there (previously mentioned)”
sanda [þ] adj. “firm, true, abiding”
sandon adv. “*like that (mentioned)”
sane pron. “that (anaphoric)”
sanga [þ] n. and adj. “crowd, throng, press, pack; crowded, packed”
sanga- [þ] v. “*to press”
sanguma [þ] n. “press, *thing that presses”
sangwa n. “poison”
sanima pron. “such, *of that sort (previously mentioned)”
sanka [þ] adj. “cleft, split”
sanna adv. “*thither (previously mentioned)”
sanome(s) adv. “*in that place (previously mentioned)”
santa n. “mode”
sanya [þ] adj. “regular, law-abiding, normal”
sanye [þ] n. “rule, law”
sapsarra- v. “to keep on rubbing, fray away”
sar (sard-) n. “stone (small)”
sara [þ] n. “stiff dry grass, bent”
sára adj. “bitter”
sa-rinke (sa-rinki-) n. “s-hook, hooked stroke in tengwa”
sarna adj. “of stone”
sarne n. “stony place”
saro adv. “therefore, for that reason named, and so”
#sáro [þ] n. “saviour”
sarya n. “[unglossed]”
sasse pron. “*there (previously mentioned)”
sat (sap-) n. “pit”
satwe pron. “the same one (of two), the one (of two) mentioned”
saura [þ] adj. “foul, evil-smelling, putrid”
saurikumba [þ] adj. “*foul-bellied”
?sauta- v. “to dislike”
sáva n. “juice”
se¹ pron. “they”
se² [þ] pron. “he, she, it, they (other)”
selda n. and adj. “child [n.]”
selde n. “child [f.]”
seldo n. “child”
seler (sell-) [þ] n. “sister”
sem- pref. “few, little, not many, not much”
seman(an) adv. “seldom, on few occasions”
semanar adv. “*on few days”
semel(de) adv. “in few ways, in few respects”
semellume adv. “*a few times”
semendon adv. “*like few”
semenna adv. “*to few places”
semen(n)ome adv. “*in few places”
semesse adv. “*in few places”
semmen adv. “*by few means”
semna adv. “*to few places” see semenna
sempa adj. and pron. “very little, few; a small amount, a small quantity”
sempallume adv. “*a few times” see semellume
sempanen adv. “*by few means” see semmen
sempanome adv. “*in few places” see semen(n)ome
semparo adv. “*for a few reasons”
semparyas adv. “*on few days”
sempasse adv. “*in few places” see semesse
sempi n. “few (with genitive)”
sempina pron. “of few sorts”
sen pron. “them”
senda adj. “resting, at peace”
sennome adv. “*in few places” see semen(n)ome
-ser suf. “friend”
ser- v. “to rest, repose; to stay, tarry, stop, be for a while, at the moment”
séra [þ] ? “[unglossed]”
sére n. “rest, repose, peace”
serme n. “friend (f.)”
sermo n. “friend”
seron n. “friend”
seru- v. “to settle on, sit or lie down, come to rest on”
adv. “now, here”
si pron. “this”
sie pron. “here”
sikil n. “dagger, knife”
sil- v. “to shine”
sil(de) adv. “so, in this way, like this”
silka pron. “*this much, this great”
sillini pron. “so many”
sillo adv. “*hence”
sillume adv. “*at this time”
silma adj. “silver, shining white”
silme n. “moonlight, light of Silpion, †silver”
síma pron. see sinima
símane adv. “here” see sinome
símen¹ adv. “here”
símen² adv. “*aiming at this”
sin adv. “now” see
sina adj. and pron. “this; this fact (stated by me)”
sinan adv. “now, at present”
sinar n. and adv. “today, nowadays, this morning”
sinárea pron. “*this old, this long lasting”
sinaryas adv. “today, this very day”
sinde (sindi-) [þ] adj. “grey, pale”
sin(de) adv. “so, so much”
sindon adv. “like this”
sine pron. “this (by me)”
sínen adv. “*by this means”
sinima pron. “*of this sort”
sinis(se) adv. “*here”
sinna adv. “*hither”
sinní pron. “I here”
sinome adv. “here”
sinta [þ] adj. “short”
sinta- [þ] v. “to fade, *(lit.) become grey”
sinya adj. “new”
sinye [þ] n. “evening”
sir- v. “to flow”
síre (síri-) n. “river”
sirea adj. “flowing, liquid”
siril n. “rivulet”
siro adv. “*for this reason”
sirya- v. “to flow [smoothly]”
sisilla- v. “to glitter (white)”
sisíria- v. “[unglossed]”
sisse pron. “here”
sitwe pron. “*these (of two)”
siule n. “incitement”
sóla ? “[unglossed]”
solor n. “surf”
sonda adj. “dear, fond”
sondo n. “friend”
sorasta n. “equipment”
sorne [þ] n. “eagle” see soron
soron (sorn-) [þ] n. “eagle”
-ssa¹ suf. “*their (other)” see -sta⁴
-ssa² suf. “*their” see -nta¹
-sse¹ suf. “in, at, on; locative”
#-sse² suf. “abstract noun”
-sta¹ suf. “close grouping”
#-sta² suf. “*noun suffix”
-sta³ suf. “*his, her, its (other)”
-sta⁴ suf. “*their (other)”
-ste suf. “general action verbal suffix”
suhto n. “draught”
suk- v. “to drink”
súle [þ] n. “breath; spirit”
Súlime [þ] n. “March”
sulka n. “root (especially as edible)”
súlo (*súlu-) n. “goblet”
sulpa- v. “to lap up, drink greedily”
sumba- v. “to submerge”
sundo [þ] n. “base, root, root-word”
sundóma [þ] n. “determinant vowel, vocalic determinant”
#sunduláma n. “fundamental sound”
sungwa n. “drinking-vessel”
surya n. “spirant consonant”
sút n. “pain, (esp.) death-throe”
súta- v. “to be the matter with”
#suv- v. “to sink (esp. in water)”
súya- [þ] v. “to breathe”
-t suf. “dual ending”
-ta suf. “causative”
adv. “then, at that time (past now)”
ta¹ pron. “that, it”
ta² pron. “it (3rd sg. inanimate)”
taile n. “lengthening, extension”
#taima n. “extension”
taima² pron. see tanima
taina adj. “lengthened, extended, prolonged”
tainen adv. “by that means”
taita- v. “to prolong”
tak- v. “to fasten”
takse n. “nail”
tal adv. “downwards”
tál (tal-) n. “foot; bottom”
talan (talam-) n. “floor, ground”
talat n. “sheet”
tal(de) adv. “so, thus, like that”
talka pron. “*that much, that great”
tallini pron. “that many”
tallo adv. “*thence”
tallume adv. “at that date/time”
tallune n. “sole of foot”
talma n. “base, foundation, root”
talta- v. “to slope, slip (down), slide down, fall”
talta¹ adj. “sloping, tilted, leaning”
talta-² v. “to mean”
talta² n. “incline”
talte adv. “down, at the bottom”
tam- v. “to tap”
tama pron. “thing”
tamba- v. “to knock, keep on knocking”
tambaro n. “woodpecker, (lit.) knocker”
tambe (tambi-) n. “pot”
támen adv. “*aiming at that”
tampa n. “stopper”
tana adj. and pron. “that”
tanalka adj. and pron. “*that much, that great” see talka
tanan adv. “then, at that time (past now)”
tanárea pron. “*that old, that long lasting”
tanar(yas) adv. “*on that (past) day”
tanas(se) adv. “*there”
tan(de) adv. “that much, so”
tandon adv. “like that”
tane pron. “that”
tanga- v. “to twang” see tinga-
tango n. “twang” see tinge
tangwa n. “hasp, clasp”
tanikka pron. “*that small”
tanima pron. “*of that sort”
tanka adj. “firm, fixed, sure”
tankal(a) n. “clasp, brooch, fastener” see tankil
tankata- v. “to make fixed or firm, confirm”
tankil n. “brooch, clasp, pin; fastener”
tanna adv. “thither”
tannomen(na) adv. “*to that place”
tano n. “craftsman, smith”
tanome adv. “*in that place”
tanomë adv.
tanta adj. “double”
tante n. “[unglossed]”
tanwe n. “craft, thing made, device, construction”
tap- v. “to stop, block”
tár n. “king, lord”
tar- affix. “high; king or queen (in compounds)”
tar adv. “thither, beyond”
tára adj. “lofty, high”
taras (tarass-) n. “mount, hill”
táre adv. “*that day”
tári n. “queen”
Tárinar n. “*alternate name of Valanya”
tarka n. “horn [of animals]”
tarki- v. “to trouble”
taro adv. “*for that reason”
tarya adj. “tough, stiff”
tasar(e) [þ] n. “willow-tree”
tasse adv. “there”
tatalla- v. “to admire, wonder at (the excellence of), marvel”
tatalta- v. “[unglossed]”
tatwa adj. “*that (of two)”
tatwe pron. “that other one (pointing)”
tatya- v. “to double, repeat”
taura adj. “mighty”
taure n. “great wood, forest”
taurina adj. “of wood”
tavar n. “wood (material)”
tavaril n. “dryad, spirit of woods (f.)”
tavaron n. “dryad, spirit of woods (m.)”
te pron. “him, her, it”
n. “path” see tie
tea n. “straight line, road”
tehta n. “mark (in writing), sign, diacritic”
tek- v. “to write”
tekil n. “pen”
tekko n. “stroke (of pen or brush), accent [´]”
tel- v. “to intend, mean”
telemna adj. “*of silver”
telepsa adj. “of silver”
telko n. “leg, stem”
tella adj. “hindmost, last”
telle n. “rear”
telme n. “hood, covering”
telpe n. “silver”
telpina adj. “of silver”
telta- v. “to canopy, overshadow, screen”
telume n. “vault, dome (of heaven)”
telumet (telumett-) n. “canopy”
téma n. “row, series, line”
ten conj. “for”
téna adj. “straight, right” see téra
tengwa n. “letter; writing, grammar”
tengwanda n. “alphabet”
tengwe n. “writing”
tengwesta n. “grammar; collection of writing”
tenkele n. “writing (system), spelling”
tenna¹ prep. “until”
tenna² n. “a letter”
ter prep. “through”
ter² pron. see
téra adj. “straight, right”
tere prep. “through” see ter
teren adj. “slender”
terene adj. “slender” see teren
tereva adj. “fine, acute”
terhat- v. “to break apart”
terra n. “fine pierced hole”
tet(ta) n. “baby”
teuka ? “[unglossed]”
tha pron. “*it (other)”
thar-¹ v. “[unglossed]”
#thar-² v. “to stand”
the pron. “him, her, it (other)”
thu pron. “them (dual other)”
ti pron. “*there by you”
pron. “them”
tie n. “path, course, line, direction, way”
tikse n. “dot, tiny mark, point”
til(de) adv. “like [that by] you”
tilde n. “spike, horn”
tillo adv. “*thence (by you)”
timpana n. “[unglossed]”
#tin- v. “to glint”
tina adj. and pron. “this (of yours); this fact (by you)”
tinda adj. “glinting (silver)”
tinde n. “glint”
tindóme n. “(starry) twilight, starlit dusk”
tine pron. “that by you”
tínen adv. “*by this means”
#tinga n. “*flint”
tinga- v. “to twang”
tingahondo adj. “flint-hearted”
tinge n. “twang”
tingilinde n. “twinkling star” see tingilya
tingilya n. “twinkling star”
tinko n. “metal”
tinkotéma n. “t-series”
tinna adv. “*thither (by you)”
tinta- v. “to kindle, make to spark”
#tintila- v. “*to sparkle”
tintina- v. “to sparkle”
tinwe n. “spark (star)”
#tir- v. “to watch”
tirion n. “watch-tower, tower”
#tiriste n. “*watch, guard”
tis n. “kitten” see titse
tithilla- v. “to twinkle”
titse (tits-) n. “kitten”
titta adj. “little, tiny”
tiuka adj. “thick, fat”
tiuko n. “thigh”
tiuya- v. “to swell, grow fat”
to prep. “in”
n. “wool”
toa adj. “of wool, woollen”
toi pron. “they”
toina adj. “[unglossed]”
#tol- v. “to stand”
tol (toll-) n. “island”
tolta- v. “to repeat”
tolte n. “*repetition”
tolto num. card. “eight”
tolu- v. “to stand up, get up, leave one’s seat”
ton- v. “to tap, knock”
top- v. “to cover”
tópa n. “roof”
tópa- v. “to roof”
tormen n. “north” see formen
toróma n. “[unglossed]”
toron (torn-) n. “brother”
tot adv. “often, over and over again”
tsette n. “fly”
-tta suf. “close grouping” see -sta¹
tu pron. “dual 3a”
tuia- v. “to sprout, spring”
tuile n. “spring, spring-time”
Tuilear n. “Springdays”
tuilindo n. “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer”
tuilu- v. “to bud, open (of flowers and leaves)”
tuima n. “sprout, bud”
tuk- v. “to draw, *pull (toward)”
tul- v. “to come”
túlima adj. “*able to come”
tulka adj. “firm, immovable, steadfast; strong”
tulko (*tulku-) n. “support, prop”
tulma n. “event”
tulta- v. “to send for, fetch, summon, send hither, (lit.) cause to come”
tulumaite adj. “likely to come, probable (of future events)”
tulurya adj. “future, coming”
tuluste n. “arrival”
tumba adj. “deep, lowlying”
tumba- v. “to cast down (into a pit[?])”
tumbo (tumbu-) n. “deep valley (under or among hills, with high sides)”
tumna adj. “lowlying, deep, low”
tumpo n. “hump, lump”
tunda adj. “tall”
tundo¹ (tundu-) n. “hill, mound”
tundo² (tundu-) n. “hole”
tunga adj. “taut, tight; resonant (of strings)”
tunt (tump-) n. “lump” see tumpo
tuo n. “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength”
tupse n. “thatch”
-tur suf. “master, victor, lord”
tur- v. “to wield, control, govern”
túre n. “mastery, victory”
turma n. “shield”
turo n. “master, victor, lord”
turut (turuk-) n. “tree-stem”
turya- v. “to strengthen”
turyande n. “fortification, strengthening”
turyanwa adj. “fortified”
tussa n. “bush”
tutulla- v. “to keep on coming (and going)”
#tuv- v. “to find”
tuvu- v. “to take”
-tya suf. “*your (familiar)”
#tyal- v. “to play”
tyalangan (*tyalangand-) n. “harp-player”
tyalie n. “play, game, sport”
tyar- v. “to cause”
tyaro n. “doer, actor, agent”
tyatyamba- v. “*to keep on tasting”
tyav- v. “to taste”
tyaz- v. “to like”
tye pron. “thee, you (familiar)”
tyel (tyeld-) n. “end”
tyel- v. “to end, cease”
tyelima adj. “final”
tyelka adj. “swift, agile”
tyelma n. “ending”
tyelpe n. “silver” see telpe
tyue n. “[unglossed]”
tyúka n. “thigh”
tyulma n. “mast”
tyulusse n. “poplar-tree”
-u suf. “dual ending”
ú- pref. “not, un-, in-”
ufárea adj. “not enough”
uile n. “long trailing plant”
-ula suf. “verbal adjective (likelihood, aptitude), apt to, likely to do so”
úlea adj. “pouring, flooding, flowing”
ullume adv. “for ever”
ululla- v. “to keep on pouring”
ulunde n. “flood”
ulundo n. “monster, deformed and hideous creature”
ulya- v. “to pour, flow”
um- v. “to not be, to not do”
-(u)ma suf. “some, a, a certain”
uma adj. and pron. “some (when the identity is unknown); something or other”
uma- pref. “some, a, a certain”
úmahta(le) n. “nuisance”
umainen adv. “*by some means”
umalde adv. “somehow”
umalka pron. “*an unknown quanity”
umallo adv. “*from somewhere”
umallume adv. “some time”
umámen adv. “*aiming at something”
uman adv. “at one time”
uman(an) adv. “sometime, at some time”
umanar adv. “some day”
um(an)aryas adv. “in a certain day”
uman(de) adv. “somewhat”
umandon adv. “*like something”
#umane pron. “someone, somebody”
umanima pron. “of some kind”
umanna adv. “*to somewhere”
umanome adv. “*in some place”
umaro adv. “*for some reason”
umas(se) adv. “*somewhere”
umbar (umbart-) n. “fate, doom”
umbas [þ] n. “shield”
úmea adj. “evil”
umma pron. “any, any at all (in the world/existence)” see imma
-umne suf. “future-past”
umpano n. “build[ing]” see ampano
un-/um- pref. “intensive prefix with evil sense”
unda- v. “to sink”
undo adv. “down, low down”
undu prep. and adv. “down, under, beneath”
ungo n. “cloud, dark shadow”
ungwale n. “torture”
ungwe n. “gloom”
unka- v. “to hollow out”
unqa adj. “hollow”
unqale n. “death agony, agony, death”
unqe n. “hollow, cavity, hole”
unta- v. “to come down, descend”
untamo n. “enemy”
unutikse n. “dot or point placed below the line of writing”
uphto n. “pit”
úr n. “fire, heat”
úra adj. “large”
Úrime n. “August, *Hot-one”
uruite adj. “fiery”
urulóke n. “fire-dragon”
úruva adj. “fiery”
urya- v. “to blaze”
usqe n. “reek; dusk, twilight”
-(u)va suf. “future suffix”
uvana adj. “wicked”
úvanimo n. “monster”
úve n. “abundance, great quantity”
úvea adj. “abundant, in very great number, very large”
úvie n. “considering a matter (with a view to decision)”
-va suf. “adjectival”
#va prep. “away”
vahai(y)a adv. “far away”
vaháya adv. “far away” see vahai(y)a
vahta- v. “to soil, stain”
vainar n. “sailor”
vaita- v. “to enfold”
vaiwa n. “wind”
vai(y)a n. “envelope”
vakse n. “stain”
Vala n. “Power, God”
valaina adj. “of or belonging to the Valar, divine”
Valarya n. “*Friday, Vala-day”
valasse n. “divinity”
valya- v. “can”
valya adj. “having (divine) authority or power”
ván n. “goose”
vanima adj. “fair”
Vanimo n. “The Beautiful; Fair Folk”
vanta n. “walk”
vanta- v. “to walk”
vanwa adj. “gone (for good), departed, vanished, lost, past, over, dead”
vanwie n. “the past, past time”
vanya adj. “beautiful, fair”
vanya- v. “to go, depart, disappear”
var- [w] v. “to err”
vára adj. “soiled, dirty”
varile n. “protection”
varinye n. “[unglossed]”
varna adj. “safe, protected, secure”
varnasse n. “security”
varne (varni-) adj. “brown, swart, dark brown”
varya- v. “to protect”
ve prep. “with”
vea¹ adj. “adult, manly, vigorous”
vea² n. “sea”
veaner¹ n. “(adult) man”
veaner² (veanér-) n. “sailor”
veasse n. “vigour”
vén [w] n. “greenness, freshness; youth”
vende [w] n. “maiden, maid”
véne n. “girl”
venesse n. “virginity”
venno n. “husband”
venya- v. “to heal”
venya [w] adj. “green, yellow-green, fresh”
veo n. “man”
vére n. “bond, troth, compact, oath”
verie n. “boldness”
verka adj. “wild”
veru¹ n. “husband”
veru² coll. “husband and wife, married pair”
verya adj. “bold”
verya- v. “to dare”
vesse n. “wife”
vesta-¹ v. “to wed”
vesta¹ n. “matrimony”
vesta-² v. “to swear (to do something), contract, make a compact”
vesta² n. “contract”
vestale n. “wedding”
vestale² n. “oath”
vie n. “manhood, vigour”
vil- [w] v. “to fly”
vinda- v. “to fade”
vinde adj. “pale blue”
vinya¹ adj. “young, new”
vinya² adj. “pale blue”
vinye n. “evening”
Víresse n. “April, *Freshness”
vírie n. “youth”
virya adj. “fresh”
vista n. “air as substance”
#-voite suf. “adjective suffix”
vóre n. “lasting”
vórea adj. and n. “continuous, enduring, lasting; continuant”
vórima adj. “continuous, enduring, repeated”
vor(o)- pref. “continual repetition”
voro adv. “ever, continually”
voron(an) adv. “steadfastly, steadily, unremittingly, unceasingly”
vorongandele n. “continual repetition, (lit.) harping on one tune”
voronna adv. “for a long time”
voronwa adj. “enduring, long-lasting”
voronwie n. “endurance, lasting quality”
vorosanya [þ] adj. “*ever-law-abiding”
wa- pref. “together” see o-
war- v. “to err” see var-
waryallume adv. “*at a different time”
n. “man, warrior”
-we¹ suf. “masculine suffix”
-we² suf. “abstract suffix”
wén [w] n. “greenness, freshness; youth” see vén
wenda adj. “female”
wende n. “maiden, maid” see vende
wenya adj. “green, yellow-green, fresh” see venya
wil- v. “to fly” see vil-
wilma n. “inner or lower air”
wilwa n. “lower air” see wilma
wilwarin (wilwarind-) n. “butterfly”
winge n. “foam, crest of wave, crest”
wingi n. “mermaid, foam-maid” see wingil
wingil (wingild-) n. “nymph, mermaid, foam-maid”
ya pron. “relative pronoun”
adv. “formerly, ago, at that (distant) time, then (long ago)”
#-ya¹ suf. “adjective suffix”
-ya² suf. “aorist active participle, general verbal adjective”
yaiwe n. “mocking, scorn”
yallo adv. “*from there (remote)”
yallume adv. “at that (far distant) time, at last”
yalme n. “clamour” see indyalme
yalúme n. “former times”
yalúmea adj. “olden”
yan adv. “at (that) far distant time, at that time already past with reference to some other point already in mind or discussed”
yána n. “holy place, fane, sanctuary”
yana pron. “yonder; that (the former)”
yanan adv. “at that (distant) time, then (long ago)”
yanar adv. “*on that (distant) day”
yanaryas adv. “*on that (distant) day”
yanas(se) adv. “*there (remote)”
yane pron. “that yonder”
yanga- v. “to yawn”
yanna adv. “*to there (remote)”
yanta¹ n. “bridge”
yanta² n. “yoke”
yanwe n. “bridge, joining, isthmus”
yár (yar-) n. “blood”
yára adj. “old, ancient, belonging to or descending from former times”
yáre n. “former days”
yárea adj. “olden”
yas adv. “there [remote]” see yasse
yasse adv. “there [remote]; once upon a time”
yat¹ (yaht-) n. “neck”
yat² (yak-) n. “goat”
yatta n. “narrow neck, isthmus”
Yavannie n. “September, *Yavanna-ness”
yáve n. “fruit”
yáwe n. “ravine, cleft, gully”
ye- v. “to be”
ye¹ prep. “at”
yé¹ interj. “*lo!”
yé² n. “eye”
ye² conj. “and” see yo
yelda adj. “friendly, dear as friend”
yelde n. “daughter”
yelka n. “sword?”
yello n. “call, shout, cry of triumph”
yelme¹ n. “loathing”
yelme² n. “[unglossed]”
yelta- v. “to loathe, abhor”
yelwa adj. “loathsome”
yén n. “year”
yen(de) n. “daughter”
yénie n. “annals”
yenya n. “last year”
yére n. “*sexual desire”
yerna adj. “old, worn”
yerya- v. “to wear (out), get old”
yesta- v. “to desire”
yeste n. “being, existence”
yo conj. “and”
yonda adj. “manly, masculine”
yondo n. “son”
yór n. “blood” see yár
yu conj. “and” see yo
yú- pref. “both”
adv. “too”
yuale n. “twilight” see yúkale
yuima pron. “of both sorts”
yúkale n. “twilight”
yul- v. “to smoulder”
yúla n. “ember, smouldering wood”
yulma n. “brand”
yulme n. “red (?heat), smouldering heat”
yurasta num. card. “twenty four”
yúya adj. and pron. “both; both facts”
yuyal(de) adv. “in both ways”
yuyallume adv. “*both times”
yuyan(an) adv. “on both occasions”
yuyandon adv. “*like both”
yuyanome adv. “*in both places”
yuyas(se) adv. “*in both places”
yúye pron. “both [persons or things]”
yúyo adj. “both”
-za pron. “abstract object”