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Primitive Elvish Words

-ā suf. “adjectival”
-ā̆ suf. “active verbal suffix”
a pron. “indefinite subject”
ā particle. “imperative”
ā̆ prep. “as for, as regards, with reference to”
aba- v. “refuse, forbid”
abar(o) n. “refuser, recusant, one who refuses to act as advised or commanded”
ab(a)sene- v.
abta- v. “refuse, deny, say no”
ad(a) prep. “and, alongside”
afar ? “*before of time”
-āga suf. “genitive”
-ai suf. “plural of adjectives”
ai adv. “supposing”
aikwā adj. “steep, tall”
airē n. “holiness, sanctity”
airō n. “ocean”
ak(a)lar n. “*radiance” see aklar(a)
akkal- v. “to blaze, shine (suddenly and) brilliantly”
akla- v. “to shine out, flash”
aklar(a) n. “radiance, brilliance, glory”
aklāra adj. “brilliant, glorious”
aklari(n)kwā adj. “full of glory”
aklata- v. “*to shine out, flash” see akla-
aktō n. “artificer”
akwā adv. “fully, completely, altogether, wholly”
ala-ā-mene n.
-(a)lē suf. “abstract noun, adverb”
alfirīne adj. “not dying”
alkwā n. “swan”
am- pref. “intensive prefix”
am(a) adv. and conj. “moreover, furthermore, to proceed”
amal n. “mother”
amas n. “mother” see amal
amba ? “more”
ambar(a) n. “the settlement, establishment, the world”
ambō n. “hill”
ambu n. see ambō
ambuna adj. “hilly”
amma n. “mother” see amal
ammat- v. “to devour, eat up”
amme n. “mother” see amal
amtā- v. “to enlarge, increase”
amtā n.
an prep. “to”
ān(a) affix. “subjective genitive”
anak adv. “against, opposite”
Anār n. “Sun”
and(ă) adv. and conj. “moreover, to go on further, to say more”
andā adj. “long, far”
angā n. “iron”
ankā n. “jaws, (animal’s) mouth”
añkal- v. “to blaze” see akkal-
annā n. “gift”
aññala n. “mirror”
antā- v. “to give, cause a thing/person to go to an object, send”
ap’lata n. “prohibition, refusal”
ap-pata v. “to walk behind on a track or path”
ara adv. and prep. “beyond, further than”
aras(sō) n. “hart”
arātā adj. “high, lofty, noble”
árātō n. “lord”
-(a)rē suf. “abstract noun”
arn(a)- pref. “noble, royal”
arphō n. “seizer, thief”
artaurē n. “Realm”
arthā ?
as(a) prep. “and”
asa- pref. “*beside”
áse n. “sunlight”
asmarō n. “*neighbor”
-(a)sta suf.
as’tāră n. “faith, loyalty”
at pref. “once again”
-ata suf. “numerative dual ending”
atar n. “father”
(a)tata num. card. “two”
atatya adj. “double”
athmō n. “good companion”
at-kwet v. “answer”
atta num. card. “two”
aþayā n. “beneficial‽”
aþra- v. “to cross (to and fro)”
au- pref. “away”
(au)be adv. “not so”
aumata- v. “to eat away, corrode”
auri n. “heat, period of sun”
awa- pref. “away”
awā adv. “away”
ăwă prep. “from”
awā-da adv.
aw(a)delo n.
awādelo n.
*awta- v.
aw’tha n. “a dim shape, spectral or vague apparition”
-ayā suf. “present continuative”
áyan n. “holy thing or object or place”
ayanā v. “to hallow, bless, treat as holy”
bākwet- v. “to refuse, prohibit, say no”
Balaniā n.
banayā n. “Vanyar”
bani adj. “fair”
banwa adj. see wanwa
banya adj. “beautiful”
Baradā adj. “Varda”
barani adj. “russet, brown”
barathī n. “queen”
bāta- v. “to ban, prohibit, refuse, forbid”
bē prep. “as, like”
-b(iy)ē suf. “-ing”
buzbō n. “large fly”
-da suf. “motion to or towards a point, allative suffix”
-dā suf. “product of an action”
daira adj. “large, great”
dalath n. “deep valley or valley enclosed with woods”
dankĭna adj. “slain”
dāra adj. “wise”
-ddā pron. “your (polite plural)” see -ndā
-dē suf. “2nd person singular b (superior)”
de pron. “you (pl.)”
dē prep. “with”
dede pron. “2nd person dual”
delkā adj. “dense”
delwa adj. “thick (of a single thing)”
delya adj. “lovely, fine, beautiful”
delya- v. “walk, go, proceed, travel”
delya-² v. “?thick, thicken & congeal”
dene adj. “thin and strong, pliant, lithe”
dērā adj. “hard, difficult”
deulē n. “mistake”
dirnā adj. “tough”
dōmē n. “night, twilight”
dond(a) n. “fist”
dorno n. “oak”
Droban-yon n. “*Wilderland”
dūbā n. “bend, bow, curve”
duinē n. “(large) river”
durnu adj. “dark of hue”
-dyā pron. “your (polite)”
e pron. “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun”
ebe- v. “can of mere possibility according to likelihood, natural probability, etc.”
edelā n. “the fair”
edelō n. “one who goes, traveller, migrant, marcher”
ekka n. “hole”
ektā- v. “prick with a sharp point, stab”
ektel- v. “to spring out (of water), spurt out, gush”
(e)kwē̆ adv. “afresh, anew”
ekwē prep. “say, says, said”
ēl n. “star”
el-ā interj. “lo!, look!, see!”
eledā n. “star-folk, of the stars”
elen n. “star”
elenā adj. “connected with or concerning the stars”
elen-barathī n. “star-queen”
elenyā adj. see elenā
elwe pron. “inclusive, we = you and I/me”
emel n. “mother” see amal
emer n. “mother” see amal
en adv. “next, further, again; then in that (past) time”
eñ- v. “to exist”
ened n. and adj. “middle, centre”
enete ?
enkeya num. ord. “6th”
enki pron. “that by you over there (addressing or writing to someone at a distance)”
eñna ?
ent adv. “over there”
ent(h)a pron. “away over there, in time to come”
enya pron. “away back there, long ago”
epe prep. “after of time; after or behind of place”
erikwa adj. “single, alone”
eryā adj. “isolated, lonely”
et prep. “out (of), forth”
etelō n.
etkat- v. “to form, (lit.) out-shape”
et-kelē n. “spring, issue of water”
etkoiru- v. “to come to life”
etkuinu- v. “to awake, wake up”
etlendā adj. “exiled”
etlō n. “outsider, stranger”
et-pel n. “outer fence”
etr- v. “open (intransitive)”
ettul- v. “to come out, issue”
ezdē n. “rest”
firīne adj. “mortal, dying”
gaili n. “ray”
gairā adj. “awful, fearful”
*galā- v. “to grow (of plants)”
galadā n. “great plant, tree”
galadarembinā adj. “tree-meshed”
galādu n. “thicket”
galmā n. “flower”
gampa n. “hook”
gardā n. “region”
gāyā n. “terror, great fear”
gayakā adj. “*fell, terrible, dire”
gayār n. “sea, the terrifier”
gilyā n. “silver spark”
glada- v. “laugh”
glaware n. “sheen of gold”
glindā adj.
gō prep. “from”
gollo n. “fur, cloak”
gon- n. “a stone”
gondō n. “stone, rock”
gorē n. “heart, inner(most) mind”
gōr(i)kubā n. “traitor”
grā n. “dog, bear”
grauk- n. “a powerful hostile and terrible creature”
grawa n. “dog”
grottā n. “(large) excavation, underground dwelling”
gwa- pref. “*together”
gwā-ƀandina adj. “met”
gwa-lassiē n. “foliage”
gwenyā adj. “fair, beautiful”
heke adv. “apart, not including”
hekelā n. “a waif or outcast”
heklanā adj. “forsaken”
heklō n. “a waif or outcast”
hektā- v. “set aside, cast out, forsake”
hek-wā adv. and prep. “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except”
hō adv. “from, coming from, as described by a genitive”
hōmen ?
hrā n.
hyōba n. “spirit, shadow”
ʒandā adj. “long”
ʒō prep. “from”
ʒond- n. “son”
-i suf. “aorist suffix”
-ī¹ suf. “plural ending”
i¹ article. “the, definite article, weakest demonstrative”
-ī² suf. “feminine personal ending”
i² pron. “relative”
īb- n. “a cliff, a sheer descent”
idde pron. “you (polite emphatic)” see inde
-iel suf. “feminine suffix”
igwe pron. “we (inclusive emphatic)” see ingwe
-ikā suf.
ikke pron. “you (familiar emphatic)”
-ikwā suf. “-ful, adjectival suffix”
-il suf. “old tool and weapon names”
ilū n. “all, everything, the whole”
-īm suf. “plural”
-imā suf. “possibility”
imbē n. “deep valley, wide ravine”
imbi prep. “between”
imbi-lătă n.
imde pron. “yourselves”
im-dō n. “self, innermost being, centre of reason”
immā pron. “reflexive”
imme pron. “we (exclusive emphatic)”
immō pron. “reflexive”
imte pron. “themselves”
-inā suf. “adjective; passive participle”
inā article. “emphatical anaphoric adj, the very one intended”
inde pron. “you (polite emphatic)”
indō n. “interior reflection or mind, the mind in its purposing faculty, the will; mood, heart”
ingwe pron. “we (inclusive emphatic)”
-i(n)ki suf. “diminutive suffix”
inni pron. “I (emphatic)”
inta pron. “they (neuter emphatic)”
inte pron. “they (emphatic)”
-(i)ondo suf.
issa pron. “it (emphatic)”
isse pron. “he, she (emphatic)”
ista- v. “to know”
istu pron. “they (dual emphatic)”
-ita suf. “general infinitive”
-iti suf. “habit or special association with the verbal action”
itrā adj. “gleaming”
itta pron. “they (neuter emphatic)” see inta
-ittā suf. “ending in feminine names”
itte pron. “they (emphatic)” see inte
ittu pron. “they (dual emphatic)” see istu
-(i)yē suf. “abstract noun, adverb”
-iyē¹ suf. “perfect suffix”
-iyē² suf. “gerund, -ing”
-kā̆ suf. “adjectival or enlargement”
kā n. “home, house”
kainu- v. “to lie down”
kaita- v. “to lie, be on the ground”
#kal- v. “to shine, be bright”
kala-kwendī n.
kalánt- ?
kalas- v. “begin to shine, get light”
kalat n. “light”
kalatta n. “a light, lamp”
kalinā adj. “bright”
kalma n. “a light”
kalta- v. “cause to shine, kindle”
kambā n. “(cupped) hand”
kamprū n. “*flea”
kamta- v. “to (make) fit, suit, accomodate, adapt”
kānā n. “outcry, clamour”
kanakwe num. card. “*14”
kanatā num. card. “four”
kānō n. “leader, ruler; crier, herald”
kanta n. “shape; fashion”
kantaya num. ord. “fourth”
kantrō n. “shaper”
kar- v. “do, make”
karandi n. “making”
karani adj. “red”
kārimā adj. “able to be done, feasible”
kariyendi n. “process of manufacture”
kas n. “head”
kasd(a) adv. “to the head”
kasma n. “?helm”
kasraya n. “a tressure”
kat- v. “to shape”
katal n. “carving tool”
katar ? “*after (later than) of time”
kawa n. “shelter, house”
kāwāk n. “frog”
kawāk n. “crow”
-kē suf. “2nd person singular a (inferior)”
ke pron. “you (imperious/familiar)” see ki
KEG n. “snag, barb”
keglē n. “fence or palisade of spikes or sharp stakes”
kegyā n. “hedge”
kel(e)bē n. “deer, hind”
kelebō n. “hart”
kelekā adj. “*hasty”
kelu- v. “to well up, flow (out swiftly), well forth”
kelumē v.
kelus n. “brook”
kelutā- v. “to cause to spring forth, start (water) flowing, tap”
keme n. “earth”
kemen n. “earth”
kenásĭta adv. “if it be so, may be, perhaps”
keule n. “*renewal”
keurā adj. “*renewed”
keu̯rānā n. “new-moon”
kēwā adj. “fresh, new, renewed”
khā adv. “far”
kha pron.
khābā n. “unleavened bread (originally from any vegetable, later just bread from grains)”
khabar n. “a loaf or cake of bread”
khabdā n. “pile, (artificial) mound”
khabnā n. “pile, (artificial) mound”
khadmā n. “seat”
khādo ?
khagdā¹ n. “fence (of stakes), palisade”
khagdā² n. “piled mound, heap”
khamu- v. “to sit down”
kharyē ?
khazd- v.
khe pron. “we, us (inclusive)” see we
khēr n. “lord, master”
kherī n. “lady”
kheru- v. “to lord it over, be master of, own”
kherū n. “lord, master”
kherūnī n. “lady”
khi pron.
khimīti adj. “clinging, sticking, persistent, chronic”
khĭn- adv. “*here, now”
khīnā n. “child”
khō̆ prep. “with, acc[ompanied] by”
khōgo n.
khollō̆ n. “cock”
kholyē n. “hen”
khōm n. “(physical) heart”
khomdō n. “(seat of the) deepest feelings”
khomlō adv. “from the heart”
khotta v. “gather hastily together, pile up”
khottă n.
khyā̆ pron. “other thing”
khyana adj. “other”
khyar ? “*before, in front of place”
khyē̆ pron. “other person”
ki n. “you (imperious/familiar)”
kirissi n. “cleft”
kirtē n. “rune”
kiryā n. and adj. “(small swift sailing) ship; swift (especially of things that pass easily through obstacles)”
kiryaktō n. “shipwright”
kiukā n. “*thigh”
-kkā pron. “your (familiar plural)”
#k’la n. “*light”
koiru- v. “to come to life”
koitā- v. “to bring to life”
*kottō n. “foe”
kuitā- v. “to waken, rouse”
kuldā adj. “hollow”
kūma n.
kundō n. “prince, leader, lord”
kurwē n. “skill of the hand; power, ability”
-kwā suf. “-ful”
kwa pron. “reflexive pronoun of the 3rd person” see kwe
kwāra n. “fist”
kwayam num. card. “10”
kwe pron. “reflexive pronoun”
kwēn n. “person, one, (some)body”
kwendā n. “assembly of (all the) people”
kwende n. “speaker, elf”
kwentrō n. “speaker, reciter, narrator, minstrel”
kwenyā adj. “Elvish”
kwet- v.
kwetnā n. “saying, proverb”
kwinde n. “crest, ridge”
-kyā pron. “your (familiar)”
kyaw- v. “to taste”
kyelepē n. “silver”
kyulmā n. “mast”
-lā suf. “active participle”
lā- v. “to not be”
lā̆ prep. and adv. “beyond”
lab- v.
labdē n. “licking up (food or drink)”
labmā n. “*(physical) tongue”
labmē n. “*language”
laikā adj. “green”
laikwā adj.
lairē n. “*summer”
*lam- v.
lamā̆n(a) n. “animal”
lambā n. “physical tongue”
lambē n. “tongue, language, dialect”
langa adv.
langō n. “route or connection between to places; neck”
lañna adv. “athwart”
lasa adv. “not it = it is/was not so”
lassē n. “leaf”
lassiē n. “*leafness”
lauka adj.
lauto n.
lawā n. “growing, blooming”
-ldē suf. “2nd person plural b (superior)”
-lē suf. see -(a)lē
le pron. “you (sg.)”
ledmē n. “leaving, departure”
lednē n.
ledya- v.
?le(n)dembassē n. “bread taken on leaving home (for a long journey)”
leñwe n.
lepe n. “finger”
lepene n. “five”
lepenya num. ord. “5th”
leper n. “finger”
†lepero n. “finger”
lepetā n. “thumb, ‘picker’; finger”
lepethron n.
-lī suf. “many”
lĭmbĭ adj. “quick, swift”
limi n. “link”
lindā adj. “*sweet sounding”
linde n. “singer, singing”
linkwē n. “light-substance”
liru- v. “to sing gaily”
lissĭ- adj.
lisyā adj. “sweet”
-lkē suf. “2nd person plural a (inferior)”
-lmē suf. “1st person plural a (exclusive)”
lō¹ prep. “ablative, from (a place within the world)”
lō² n. “lying water”
logna adj. “soaking wet, swamped”
lossē n. “snow”
lossĭ adj. “snowy, snow-white”
loth n. “inflorescence”
lotho/a n. “flower”
lotse n. “flower”
lotta- v. “bloom”
-ltā suf. “3rd person plural a (inanimate)”
-ltē suf. “3rd person plural a (animate)”
-ltī suf. “Plural 3 m. f.”
-ltō suf. “Plural 3 m.”
lū n. “bow, curve”
lubbu n. “a clumsy piece or lump”
lugni adj. “blue”
†luʒu n. “*bow”
luini adj. “blue”
lukma n. “heavy transport wain”
*lungu adj. “heavy”
-lwa suf.
-lwē suf. “1st person plural b (inclusive)”
-lyā suf. “active participle”
-m suf. “ancient plural formation”
-mā suf. “instrumental suffix”
mā n. “hand”
magiti adj. “handy, skilled; shapely”
magrā adj. “good, useful, proper, fit”
magtā- v. “to handle, wield, manage, deal with”
†maha n. “hand, the manager”
mahsi n. “handiness”
maʒsē n. “handful”
mai adv. “well”
maikā¹ adj. “sharp, penetrating, going deep in”
maikā² n. “blade of a cutting tool or weapon (especially sword-blade)”
mailiki n. “wealth, abundance”
māīta ?
maita- v. “to feed”
#makār n. “*forger, swordsman”
makla n. “sword”
makwā n. “a hand-full, complete hand with all five fingers”
*mal(a)tā n. “gold (as metal)”
mā-limi n. “wrist, (lit.) hand-link”
malnā adj. “yellow, of golden colour”
maltornē n. “gold-tree”
malu n.
māmā n. “sheep”
mammata- v. “to gobble up, devour”
manā article.
manrā adj. “good”
maslā ?
masta- v. “to feed up, fatten”
mat- v. “to eat”
matnā adj. “eaten”
matulā adj. “edacious”
matwā ?
matyā- v. “to feed”
matˢtimā adj. “edible”
Māya n.
mazgā adj.
mazgō n. “sticky substance”
mbā n. “sheep”
mbandō n. “custody, safekeeping; prison, duress”
#mbar- v. “to dwell”
ṃbar n.
mbar(ă) n. “dwelling, habitation”
mbard(a) adv. “home, homeward”
mbarda n.
mbar-ndor n. “home land, native land”
mbartā- v. “to define, decree, destine”
ṃbart(ă) n. “fate, doom; (orig.) permanent establishment”
mbassē n. “(baked) bread”
mbasta n. “batch”
mbazdā n. “baked or a baked thing”
(m)belek- adj. “large, great, big”
ṃbono n. “hill, lump, clump, mass”
me pron. “we (exclusive)”
-mē suf. see -(u)mē
meinā adj.
melā- v. “to love”
mēlā̆-mbar n. “beloved dwelling”
melnā n. “dear, beloved”
-mē̆n suf. “instrumental, with (which)”
mēn- n. “a way, a going, a mov[ement]”
menel n. “heaven, sky”
mi pron. “we (exclusive)”
mī prep. “in, within”
mikrā adj. “sharp-pointed”
min num. card. “one”
mīni prep. “between”
min(i)kewē̆ num. card. “eleven, (lit.) fresh one”
minya num. ord. “first”
mīrĭ adj. and n. “precious, precious thing”
miru̯(a)-wōrĭ n. “precious juice”
mītha adj. “*grey”
-m(iy)ē suf. “-ing”
mizdē n. “drizzle”
-mmā pron. “our (exclusive)”
mō n. “person”
moina adj.
mōl n. “slave”
mori adj. “black”
#morikwende n. “*Dark-elf”
mornā adj. “dark”
mor(o)kē n. “she-bear”
morokō n. “bear”
mōya- v. “to toil, labour, be afflicted”
-na suf. “to; allative”
-nā suf. “adjective suffix; passive participle”
nābā n. “hollow”
nadmā n. “a (large) bowl”
naikē n. “she-goat”
ñaldā adj. “gleaming sheen”
nandā adj. “hollow (not used of things empty inside but those open above)”
nandē n. “a valley, bottom (originally used only of not very large areas the sides of which were part of their own configuration)”
nanmen- v. “return”
*nāpa n. “thumb, (lit.) picker”
nāro n. “fire”
năta n. “thing”
nathlo n. “guest”
naukā adj. “stunted, shortened, dwarf(ed)”
nay- v. “it may be, there is a chance or possibility, maybe”
nayak n. “goat”
nayakō n. “he-goat”
nazgā n. “bond, fetter”
nazgwē n. “bondage, durance”
-ndā pron. “your (polite plural)”
ndagwē ?
ndakna adj.
ndakta- v. “to slay”
ndan- pref. “back-”
ndandō n. “one who goes back on his word or decision”
ndanmē n. “retreat; ebb, lowtide”
ndanyā adj.
ndē̆r n. “man”
-ndĭ suf.
ndī prep. “beneath, not touching, under”
-ndīl suf.
ndilā- v. “to love, be devoted to”
ndīli n. “a special concern with or love for”
ndī̆s n. “*bride”
ndorē n. “land”
ndōro n. “land”
ṇdūnē n. “sunset”
-ndūr suf. “attend, tend”
(n)dūrā adj.
ndūtā- v. “to cause to sink”
ndūya- v. “to descend”
-nē prep. “past suffix”
ne pron. “I, me”
nē adv. “was; then, ago, before”
ñe pron. “we, us (inclusive)” see we
nebā prep. “on this (the speaker’s) side”
negdē n. “exudation”
neila num. ord. “3rd”
nektē n. “angle”
nelede num. card. “three”
nelekwe num. card. “*13”
nelkwăya num. card. “13”
nem- v. “to seem”
nē̆n n. “water”
nēnā adj. “wet”
nenda n. “water”
nēr n. “man, a male person”
nerteya num. ord. “9th”
nes- adj. “sweet smelling”
nesī/nese suf. “a person of female nature”
neter(e) num. card. “nine”
nēthā¹ n. “sister”
nēthā² adj. “gay, lively, girlish”
nethē n. “young woman, girl”
netthi n. “girl approaching the adult, sister (diminutive)”
n(g)ā n. “terror, terrible thing”
ñ(g)alatā n. “(reflected) radiance, glitter (of reflected light), glory”
ñgauriyē n. “*she-were-wolf”
ñgawar n. “were-wolf”
ñgillē n. “silver glint”
ñgōlē n. “Science/Philosophy as a whole”
ñgolodō n. “lore-master, sage”
ñgormē n. “dread, reverence, awe”
ñgornā adj. “dreaded, revered”
ñgothō n. “foe”
ñgūr n. “wolf”
ñguriyē n. “she-wolf”
ñgurū n. “death”
(ñ)guruk n. “horror”
-ngwā pron. “our (inclusive)”
ñgwar- v. “fret, wear away”
ñgwaumē n. “wolvish howling”
ñgwaurō n. “wolf (not wild wolves)”
ñgyar- v. “recite”
ni pron. “I, me”
niktil n. “little [finger]”
nimpĭ adj. “small”
ninkĭ adj. “small”
ninkwi adj. “white, pale”
ninkwiraite n. “pallor”
ninkwisya- v. “to (begin to) grow pale”
ninkwita- v. “to grow white, whiten”
ninkwitā- v. “to make white, whiten”
nīs n. “woman, female person”
nki pron. “*thou-and-I”
nō adv. “behind”
nōrē n. “kindred, race”
nōse n. “race, tribe, people”
notmē n. “calculation, a sum”
nōto n. “number in counting, numeral”
-ntā pron. “their”
n-uĕg suf. “male”
nukotto n. “a stunted or ill-shaped thing (or person)”
nuktā- v. “stunt, prevent from coming to completion, stop short, not allow to continue”
numē-n n. “sunset, west”
ñwa- pref. “*together” see gwa-
-nwā suf. “passive participle, present (perfect)”
ñwa-lōth n. “inflorescence, mass of flowers (on one plant)”
ñwe pron. “1 pl. inclusive base”
-nyā pron. “my”
-nyē suf. “1st person singular”
ṇ̃gyellē n. “small bell”
ṇ̃kwalē n. “torment”
-ō suf. “genitive”
-ō̆ suf. “pronominal suffix”
oio adv. “ever”
oio-maltinā adj. “gold-tree”
okhor n. “blood”
oklā adj. “bad, wicked”
oklō ?
okma n. “an evil deed”
oktā n. “war, hostility, strife”
olā- v. “to become, come into being, turn into (another state)”
ōma n. “voice”
omen- v. “to move to a common point, meet”
-on(do) suf. “masculine ending”
ontarō n. “begetter”
#ōre adj. “arising”
orlā prep. “over”
ornā adj. “uprising, tall”
ornē n. “(straight) tree”
orta- v. “to rise, ascend”
ortā- v. “to raise”
orya- v. “to rise”
ostō n. “fortress or stronghold”
otoso num. ord. “seven”
otsōyā num. ord. “seventh”
oþlō n. “*stranger, guest”
ówō adv. “together”
palad n. “plain”
palantīrā̆ n.
palátā n. “flat of the hand”
palda n. “flat surface”
palnā adj. “wide, broad”
pal’tā v. “to feel with the hand, stroke”
panda ?
paran adj. “bare, bald, naked, unclad”
pat(a) n. “track, road, way; ford”
patar ? “*after, behind of place”
pathnā adj. “smooth”
peles n. “fence, enclosure”
peles- v. “to fence round”
pelo n. “a bound”
pelola adv. and prep. “beyond (the boundary)”
pelsa- v. “to fence round” see peles-
peltakse n. “fence of fixed stakes, a ‘pale’”
peñ n. “lip, mouth”
pendā adj. “sloping”
pē̆pe n.
phā n. “breath, puff of breath”
phaini n. “vapour”
phairi n. “spirit (general)”
phanā n. “veil, cloud”
phanmā n. “veil, screen”
phantā- v. “to veil, cloak”
phanyā adj. “*veiled, veiling”
pharā- v. “to hunt, pursue” see sparā-
pharalē n. “hunting”
pharne n. “any growing thing or plant”
phawa n.
phawalōkō n. “dragon”
phāy n. “flame, ray of light”
phayā n. “soul, indwelling spirit”
phelgā n. “mine, boring, tunnel, underground dwel[ling]; minor excavations, temporary dwellings”
pheryā adj. “quick, ready, prompt”
philinki n. “finch”
phindē n. “tress”
phini- n. “a single hair”
phinik n.
phū interj. “excl[amation] of disgust”
phuinē n. “deep shadow, night shade, dark substance, vapour-like darkness”
pī n. “small insect, fly”
poli n. “meal”
pollō n. “ram”
porokē n. “hen”
poroki n. “fowl”
pū n. “‽”
-r suf. “plural verb”
ra- pref.
rai n.
raika adj. “crooked”
raitē n. “peculiar hue, (special) fashion”
#rānā n. “moon”
rantā n. “tracks and trails of travellers or explorers that had become habitual and could be followed by others”
ranthlā n. “ladder”
raph- v.
rass n. “horn”
rāta adj. “lofty, high, noble”
ratta n. “a track”
raukō n. “demon”
raurō n. “roarer”
rāw n. “lion”
-rē suf. see -(a)rē
rē n. “single item take out of a (long) series”
reddā n. “sown field, acre”
rekti(e) n. “rescue, saving”
rembinā adj. “meshed, netted, woven”
rēnē n. “remembrance”
rīgā n. “wreath, garland”
rigelle n. “woman bearing a garland”
riknā adj. “*crowned”
rindi adj. “swift”
ringā adj.
ringi adj. “chill”
rinsa adj. “cleft, cloven, separate”
#rista n. “*cut”
-ro suf. “an old agental formation”
roban n. “wilderness”
rokkē n. “mare”
rokkō n. “horse, swift horse for riding”
rokokwēn n. “horseman, rider”
rondō n. “vaulted roof or chamber; cave; †heavens”
roññā- v. “to hasten”
roño adv. “soon, anon”
ros- v. “to rain”
rossē n. “dew, spray (of fall or fountain), rain”
rossētā- v. “to rain”
russā adj. “red-haired, copper-coloured”
-s suf. “inceptive (verbal suffix)”
sa pron. “3 sg. neuter [it], the thing, impersonal; this by me, [ᴱ√] demonstrative”
sagrā adj.
sam-wē n. “an act of thinking, a thought”
san- pron. “that”
sanā n.
sapnā n. “delved hole, pit”
sará ?
sarniye n. “shingle, pebble bank”
satarŏ n. “trusty follower, loyal companion”
satrā adj. “steadfast, trusty, loyal”
satya- v. “set aside”
sawā n. “filth”
se pron. “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun”
sē prep. “at; locative, adessive, inessive”
sedu- v. “to go to rest”
sel(dĕ) n. “*daughter”
-se-sē̆ suf. “3rd sg reflexive”
si pron. “this (by me)”
sī adv. “now or here”
sidā̆ adv. “hither”
siē pron. “she”
silimā n. and adj. “crystal (white)”
sil[i]marin[a] adj. “*crystalline”
silki n. “sheen”
sinā adj. “this”
sinki n. “*mineral”
sinkitamo n. “smith”
siru- v.
sīru n. “stream”
sirya- v. “to flow”
sisilla- v. “to twinkle, glisten”
skā n. “‽”
skalā n. “a cast shadow; the action or effect of overshadowing”
-skē suf. “2nd person dual a (inferior)”
skorā- v. “to look out for, watch for, await”
skū n. “‽”
slas n. “ear”
slimbi adj. “sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek”
(s)loga n. “fenland”
(s)lōkō n. “reptile, snake, worm”
slowā n.
slūbŭ adj. “greasy, fat”
smalu n. “dust, grit”
-smē suf. “1st person dual a (exclusive)”
sminu adj. “slim”
snagdē n. “a wounding, a wound”
-sñe suf. “dual 1st person b (inclusive)” see -swē
sō pron. “masculine pronoun”
soglā ?
spanā n. “a thing that veiled, a veil”
sparā- v. “to hunt, pursue”
spindē n. “tress, braid of hair”
spindilā n. “head of hair”
spini- n. “thin thread”
srā n. “flesh”
srābā n. “wild beast”
srāban n. “wild beast”
srābandō n. “a large beast”
*Srāban-yānā n. “Wilderland”
srawā n. “body”
srāwe n. “*flesh”
-ssā suf. “it; its”
-ssē suf. “3rd person singular a (animate)”
-ssē/-ssā suf.
-ssō suf. “Singular 3 m.”
-(s)tā suf.
-stā suf. “collective suffix”
stama- v. “bar, exclude”
steglō ?
stenna adj. “short” see stentā
stentā adj. “short”
stīrē n. “face”
stona n. “pine” see thŏno
-stū suf. “3rd person dual a (animate)”
stuknā ?
sū n. “wind”
sūli n. “wind”
sūri n. “wind”
swal- v. “to wash”
swa-swa n. “*violent wind”
-swē suf. “1st person dual b (inclusive)”
-sya suf. “inceptive”
-syā suf. “his, her, its”
syadnā adj. “compressed”
syandā n. “pressed mass, crowd”
syeru n. “juice (of fruits)”
syerwā n. see syeru
-t¹ suf. “dual ending”
-t² suf. “definite article”
-ta suf. “noun suffix, single product of an action”
-tā suf. “verb suffix (transitive), causative”
-tă suf. “verb suffix (intransitive)”
ta conj. “that, then”
tad(a) adv. “thither, thereto, to that”
tagra adj.
taika n. “boundary, limit, boundary line”
!takala n. “post, mark”
#takse n. “*nail”
tāl n. “foot”
talam n. “floor; flat space, platform”
talat- v. “slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin”
tald(a) adv. “to the foot”
talmā n. “basis”
taltā adj. “tottering, unsteady”
taltas- v. “begin to slip down”
taman- n. “a thing made by handicraft”
tamō n. “craftsman, smith”
tanā pron.
tandā n.
tankā adj. “firm, fixed”
tankas- v. “become firm, settle down”
tankatā- v. “to make firm, fix, confirm”
tankla n. “brooch, clasp, fastener, pin”
tanma n. “sign, token”
tāra adj. “high”
tārī n. “queen, (lit.) she that is high”
tassā n.
tatakwe num. card. “*12”
tatalat- v. “totter, keep on slipping”
tathari n. “*willow”
taurē n. “forest”
tawinā adj. “wood”
te pron. “they”
te² pron. “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun” see se
tegē n. “line, road”
tegmā n. “direct[ion], process”
tekma n. “pen”
tekmā n. “letter”
tekmē n. “writing, grammar”
teknā n. “a letter (epistola)”
tekta v.
tektā n. “sign, symbol, mark”
teleryā n. “of the Teleri”
telet- v. “to stop (up)”
telu- v. “to cover over, roof in”
teñwā n. “letter, sign, token”
teñwe n. “sign, token, indication”
teswā ? “(?chip)”
-te-tē̆ suf. “3rd pl reflexive”
tete pron. “3rd person dual”
tha pron.
thā adv. “then, next”
thakta- v. “to pressure or force ([one] to do something against one’s will or conscience)”
thandā n. “shield”
thara¹ prep. “across, over, (properly) athwart”
thara² adj. “tall (or long) and slender”
thara-pata n. “crossway”
thas- v. “to wash”
the pron. “you (imperious/familiar)” see ki
thillu- v. “to shine out, appear (of stars, etc.)”
thindā adj. “grey”
thindi adj. “grey”
thini adj. “grey” see thindi
thŏno n. “pine”
thorono n. “eagle”
thowō ?
thū́lē n. “blowing forth”
thūsē n. “horrible darkness, black mist”
thusta- v. “to send on [a gust of air]”
thusya- v. “to go forth (as an emission)”
thūta- v. “to send on [a gust of air]”
tī pron. “they” see te
ti pron. “*that by you”
tiē pron. “they (fem.)”
tilte n. “peak”
tindōmi n. “*twilight”
tini n. “spark”
tirlā adj. “looking”
tithilla- v. “to twinkle, glisten”
tō pron. “they (masc.)”
tolbā n. “a protuberance (esp. one designed for a purpose: a knob or rounded tool-handle)”
tollă n. “island”
tolokwe num. card. “eighteen”
toltoya num. ord. “8th”
tolu- v. “to stand up”
tolya adj. “prominent”
towo n. “wool”
tu pron. “they, them (dual)”
tuilu- v. “to open (of buds, flowers)”
tul- v.
tulku n. “prop, support”
tultā- v. “to make come, fetch, send (from point of view of receiver)”
tulyā- v. “to cause to come, send for, fetch, summon”
tumbu n. “deep vale”
turū n. “Great Lord or King”
turuk n. “stake”
turunku n. “great stake”
-twā pron. “their (dual)”
-ū suf. “dual”
ū interj. “primitive negative interjection”
-ubā suf.
uba- v. “to ponder, have in mind; to impend, be imminent, approach, draw near”
ubmē n. “imminence/threat”
ugrā adj. “nasty”
ugu- v.
uklā adj. “gloom, gloomy”
ul- v. “to pour”
-ū̆lā suf. “likelihood or aptitude”
ulka adj.
-(u)mē suf. “denoting a (single) action”
ūopa adj. “dumb”
ūr n. “a fire (on hearth)”
urkā adj. “horrible”
urku/urkō n. “orc”
us(u)kwē n. “dusk”
verī n. “wife”
verū n. “husband”
-wā suf. “possessive, adjectival”
wa- pref.
wā- pref. “*away”
wādelo n.
wagmē n. “storm”
waile n. “*wind”
waiwa(y) n. “*wind”
walka adj. “fierce, ferocious”
walna adj. “excited, wild”
wanasō n.
wanwa adj. “gone, taken away, lost, departed”
wanya adj. “fair-haired (yellow to golden)”
wanyā adj. “fair”
wath n. “shadow”
wā(w) n. “dog”
wāwā v. “*blow”
wāya v. “blow”
wayalauto n.
-wē suf. “person; male suffix”
we pron. “we, us (inclusive)”
wegō suf. “a person of male nature (and fëa); ruler”
wegō(n) n. “living creature”
wegtē n. “activity, occupation”
wendē n. “maiden, young or small woman, girl”
wenki n. “young or small woman, girl” see wendē
wensi n. “young or small woman, girl” see wendē
wini n. “child not yet full grown”
wō pref. “together”
wonā adj. “male”
wo-nōrē n. “twin-birth”
wōri n. “juice (esp. of fruit)”
wwe pron.
-ya suf. “adjectival suffix”
-yā suf. “causative”
-yă suf. “formative”
ya pron. “relative pronoun”
-yā² suf. “present participle”
yagā n.
yānā adj. “wide, large, extensive”
yandē n. “a wide region or country”
yarr- n. “dog”
yat adv. “away back; ago”
*-ye suf. “feminine suffix”
ye pron. “relative pronoun (personal)”
yenā adj. “female”
yō adv. “together (plural)”
yondō n. “son, boy”
yŭ conj. “both”
yuldā n. “what is drunk, a draught”
yulmā n. “drinking-vessel”
yulmē n. “drinking, carousal”
yūnekē num. card. “twelve, 2 sixes”
yuyuñal n. “twilight”
-zdē suf. “2nd person dual b (superior)”