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Select Elvish Words: 12.26 to Cover

12.26 to Cover ᴹQ. telme n. “hood, covering” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as {telma >>} telme “hood, covering” derived from primitive ᴹ✶telmā̆/ē̆ under the root ᴹ√TEL(U) (Ety/TEL; EtyAC/TEL). Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. telin (telimb-) “roof, covering” under the early

Select Elvish Words 12.24: to Open

12.24 to Open Q. láta adj. “open (not closed)” An adjective meaning “open” (= not closed) appearing in the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60 (VT39/23) and associated etymological notes, where it was derived from √LAT “open, unenclosed, free to entry” (VT41/5; PE17/159). Q. látië n. “openness” A noun for “openness” appearing

Select Elvish Words 12.223: Also

12.223 Also Q. epetai conj. “consequently, *therefore; (lit.) following which (fact)” A conjunction translated “consequently” associated with the Ambidexters Sentence as part of the phrase epetai i hyarma ú ten ulca símaryassen “consequently the left hand was not to them evil in their imaginations” (VT49/8). Tolkien analyzed epetai as epe-ta-i

Select Elvish Words 12.195: Whisper

12.195 Whisper ᴱQ. hyasse n. “rushing ?hence (?noise)” The word ᴱQ. vassale “rustling” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√VASA (QL/100). A similar (untranslated) word ’wassale appeared elsewhere in the lexicon derived from ᴱ√GWASA, possibly of the same or similar meaning (QL/103). Another word