13.37 Second Q. attëa adj. “second” The usual Quenya word for “second”, an adjectival form of atta “two” (VT42/25). Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. potsina appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “rearward, back, rear, hinder”, and based on ᴱQ. pote “after, behind (of place)” under
Select Elvish Words: 13.36 Two
13.36 Two Q. atta num. card. “two” This is the usual Quenya counting number for “two”, derived from √ATATA (VT42/27; VT48/19), which in turn is based on √AT “bi-, double, again (a second time)” (PE17/148, 166). It may be contrasted with yúyo “both” referring to both elements of a pair.
Select Elvish Words: 13.35 Last
13.35 Last Q. métima adj. “last, ultimate, final” A word for “last, ultimate, final” from the 1960s version of the Markirya poem (MC/221-222), clearly based on the root √MET “end, finality”. Conceptual Development: The version of the poem from around 1930 had ᴱQ. oilima “last” instead (MC/213-214). It had variants
Select Elvish Words: 13.34 First
13.34 First Q. eteminya adj. “prominent, *eminent” A word for “prominent” in notes from the late 1960s, a combination of et(e)- “out” and minya “first” (VT42/24). ᴹQ. héra adj. “chief, principal, *main” A word for “chief, principal” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an adjective form of ᴹQ. heru “master”
Select Elvish Words: 13.33 Alone, Only
13.33 Alone, Only Q. er adj. and adv. “one, alone; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] only, a single” The Quenya word for “one, alone” used for isolated or unique things and derived from the root √ER (PE23/142; Ety/ERE). This is contrasted min “one” used when counting: min, atta, neldë, etc. (VT48/6). Conceptual Development: The
Select Elvish Words: 13.32 One
13.32 One ᴱQ. ellume n. “once, one time” A word appearing as ᴱQ. ellume “*one time” in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱQ. er “one” and ᴱQ. -llume “times” (PE14/51, 84). This document had an alternate ᴱQ. eru “once” as an adverbial form of er,
Select Elvish Words: 13.25 Fraction, Division
13.25 Fraction, Division Q. caista n. “one tenth” A word appearing as kaista or kast “1/10” in notes on numbers from the late 1960s, a combination of √KAYAN “ten” with the fractional suffix -sta. Neo-Quenya: Since I prefer quëan for “ten”, I would use ᴺQ. quaista “one tenth” for purposes
Select Elvish Words: 13.24 Half
13.24 Half Q. per- pref. “half-, [ᴹQ.] semi-” A prefix for “half-” implied by names like Pereldar “Half-elven” (Let/386), clearly based on the root √PER of the same meaning (PE17/173). It may also mean “semi-” as in ᴹQ. Perómandar “semivocalic” (PE18/30). Q. peresta n. “one half” A word appearing as
Select Elvish Words: 13.22 Empty
13.22 Empty ᴹQ. kúma n. “void” A word for “void, darkness”, perhaps first appearing in Ambarkanta from the early 1930s (SM/241). The Etymologies from around 1937 had ᴹQ. kúma “void” under the root ᴹ√KUM of the same meaning (Ety/KUM). It was an element in ᴹQ. Avakúma “Exterior Void”, the darkness
Select Elvish Words: 13.21 Full
13.21 Full Q. ataquanta- v. “*to refill, fill a second time, double fill” A word appearing in notes from 1959 as a combination of at(a)- “double, second time” and quanta- “fill”, but Tolkien translated it as “refall, fall second time, double fall” (PE17/166). Helge Fauskanger suggested the translation should have