4.99 Naked, Bare ᴹQ. helda adj. “naked, stripped bare” An adjective for “naked” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶skelnā under the root ᴹ√SKEL (Ety/SKEL). In the entry for ᴹ√SKAL¹ “screen, hide”, helda was glossed “stripped bare” and contrasted with ᴹQ. halda “veiled, hidden” (Ety/SKAL¹). This comparison
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Select Elvish Words 4.93-4.98: Bald, Dumb, Blind, Drunk
4.93 Bald Q. parnë adj. “bald, bare, ⚠️naked” A word derived from √PAR “peel” appearing in various notes from the late 1950s and early 1960s, given as parna or parne and variously translated as “bare”, “bare, naked” and “bald, bare” (PE17/86, 171). In one note its primitive base PARAN was
Select Elvish Words 4.91: Tired, Weary
4.91 Tired, Weary ᴹQ. lumba adj. “weary” An adjective for “weary” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LUB of the same meaning (EtyAC/LUB). Conceptual Development: Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱQ. tarwa or tarva “tired” based on the primitive form ᴱ✶dar’wa- (PE13/161), where the initial
Select Elvish Words 4.88-4.89: Medicine, Poison
4.88 Medicine, Drug Q. asëa n. “healing herb, ⚠️athelas” An element in the Quenya name for “kingsfoil”: asëa aranion (LotR/864), which was itself sometimes translated as “asea of the Kings” (PE17/49, 100). In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 Tolkien derived asea from √ATHA “as name of plant athelas” (PE17/148),
Select Elvish Words 4.86-4.87: Cure, Heal; Physician
4.86 to Cure, Heal Q. envinyata- v. “to renew, heal, *restore” A verb for “to renew, heal” implied by the names Q. Envinyatar “Renewer” (LotR/1110) and Q. Arda Envinyanta “Arda Healed” (MR/405). It is a combination of en- “re-”, vinya “new”, and the causative suffix -ta, so literally “*to make
Select Elvish Words 4.85: Wound
4.85 to Wound; Wound; Wounded ᴹQ. harna- v. “to wound” A verb for “to wound” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√SKAR “tear, rend” (Ety/SKAR). ᴹQ. harna adj. “wounded” An adjective for “wounded” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶skarnā under the root
Select Elvish Words 4.83-4.84: Health, Sickness (Sindarin)
4.83 Well; Health S. alw adj. “wholesome, *healthy” An adjective appearing as alw “wholesome” derived from √AL “good” in notes from around 1959, along with a plural form ely (PE17/146). Neo-Sindarin: This root was sometimes associated with physical health (PE17/149), so I would interpret this word as “wholesome” in the
Select Elvish Words 4.83-4.84: Health, Sickness (Quenya)
4.83 Well; Health Q. málë n. “good health” A noun for “good health” in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, based on the root √MAGA “to thrive, be in a good state” (PE17/162). 4.84 Sick; Sickness ᴹQ. kaila adj. “lying in bed, *abed, ⚠️bedridden; sickness” A word in The Etymologies
Select Elvish Words 4.81-4.82: Strong, Weak (Sindarin)
4.81 Strong, Mighty, Powerful S. belaith [mb-] adj. “mighty” An adjective for “mighty” derived from the root √MBELEK in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115), apparently from the primitive form *✶mbelektā with the ekt vocalizing to eith and