14.81 History ᴹQ. lumenyáre n. “*history” An untranslated word in the The Etymologies of the 1930s that combined ᴹQ. lúme “time” and ᴹQ. nyáre “tale” (Ety/NAR²), so probably meaning something like “*history”. In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road Christopher Tolkien gave it as lumenyáre (LR/374), but Carl
Select Elvish Words: 14.79 Festival, Holiday
14.79 Festival, Holiday Q. asar [þ] n. “fixed time, festival” A word for a “festival” as a “fixed time” in the calendar (so likely one occurring on a specific schedule), adapted from the Valarin word aþāra “appointed” (WJ/399). It may be contrasted with [ᴹQ.] meren(de) “feast, festival” for a celebration
Select Elvish Words: 14.74-14.77 Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn (Sindarin)
14.74 Winter S. rhîw n. “winter” The Sindarin word for “winter”, equivalent to Q. hrívë, as well as the Sindarin name of the corresponding 72 day period in the calendar of Imladris (LotR/1107; PM/135). Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had various other “winter” words: G. folornin based
Select Elvish Words: 14.74-14.77 Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn (Quenya)
14.74 Winter Q. hrívë n. “winter” The Quenya word for “winter”, both casually as well as a specific 72 day period in the the calendar of Imladris (LotR/1107, 1111). Conceptual Development: This word also appeared in drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices along with a variant ᴹQ. Fírien
Select Elvish Words: 14.73 Year
14.73 Year Q. coranar (coranár-) n. “[sidereal] year, (lit.) sun-round” A word for a “year” in The Lord of the Rings appendices, a combination of √KOR “round” and Anar “Sun” so more literally “sun-round” (LotR/1107). Its plural form coranári appeared in drafts to the appendices, giving it a stem form
Select Elvish Words: 14.71-14.72 Month (Sindarin)
14.71 Month G. ranoth n. “ranoth” A word appearing as G. ranoth “month” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on G. Rân “Moon” (GL/64). Neo-Sindarin: Since similarly formed S. Raun < ✶rānā is still “Moon” in Tolkien’s later iterations of the language, I would retain ᴺS. ranoth “month”
Select Elvish Words: 14.71-14.72 Month (Quenya)
14.71 Month Q. asta n. “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)” A word appearing in its plural form astar “months” in The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1108). In notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s Tolkien connected asta “month” to árë “sunlight” < ✶áse (PE17/18).
Select Elvish Words: 14.61-14.68 Week, Days of the Week (Sindarin)
14.61 Week G. ochlad n. “week” The word for “week” in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s was G. ochlad. It is related to the word G. odin “seven” and derived from ᴱ✶ot·g’lāta (GL/62), though its exact phonetic development is obscure. Roman Rausch speculated (HPG/2.6) that the [tgl] somehow became [ɣl]
Select Elvish Words: 14.61-14.68 Week, Days of the Week (Quenya)
14.61 Week Q. enquië n. “Elvish week of six days” Name of the Elvish six-day week (LotR/1107; PE17/119), an abstract noun based on enquë “six”. Númenóreans had a seven-day, with an extra day Eärenya inserted in the middle. Using the days Anarya “Sunday” and Isilya “Moonday” [Monday], this can be
Select Elvish Words: 14.47-14.49 Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday
14.47 Today Q. síra n. and adv. “*this day, today” A word for “*this day, today” appearing in the phrase ámen anta síra ilaurëa massamma “give us this day our daily bread” from later versions of the Átaremma prayer composed in the mid-1950s (VT43/12). The etymology of síra is unclear,