14.462 Dusk Q. andúnë n. “sunset, (orig.) going down; west; ⚠️evening” The usual Quenya word for “sunset”, derived from primitive ✶ṇdūnē and based on the root √NDU “down”, so originally meaning “going down” (LotR/1116; PE17/64; PE19/77; Ety/NDŪ). It is often used to mean “west”, but generally as Q. Andúnë “The
Select Elvish Words: 14.44-14.46 Morning, Noon, Evening
14.44 Morning Q. †amaurëa adj. “dawn, early day, morning” A word appearing in the first draft of the 1960s version of the Markirya poem in the phrase métima amaurëasse “in the last morning” (MC/222), apparently a combination of am- “up” and an adjectival form of aurë “day”. In the glossary
Select Elvish Words: 14.42 Night
14.42 Night Q. lómë n. “night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness, [ᴹQ.] night-time, shades of night, ⚠️gloom; [ᴱQ.] shadow, cloud” The usual Quenya word for “night”, sometimes also used to mean “darkness” or (more accurately) “dimness”, since it does not describe the complete absense of light. It is derived from primitive
Select Elvish Words: 14.43 Dawn
14.43 Dawn Q. ambarónë n. “dawn; [ᴹQ.] uprising, sunrise, Orient” A word for “dawn” serving as the basis for Ambaróna “Eastern (Land)” = “*of the dawn” (PE17/82; RC/385). It is a combination of amba “up” and (h)róna a noun from of “east” [originally = “*rising”]. In The Etymologies of the
Select Elvish Words: 14.41-14.412 Day, Daily
14.41 Day ᴹQ. arie n. “daytime” A noun for “daytime” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an elaboration of ᴹQ. are “day” under the root ᴹ√AR¹ of the same meaning (Ety/AR¹). Conceptual Development: The entry for ᴹ√GAL¹ “shine” had ᴹQ. alan “daytime” based on ᴹQ. ala “day”, but these words
Select Elvish Words: 14.36-14.37 Before, After (temporal)
14.36 Before (temporal) Q. nó prep. “before (of time); at back (of place); [ᴹQ.] yester-; [ᴱQ.] after (of place), behind; ⚠️after (only of time); than” A preposition having to do with position in time and place with various meanings in Tolkien’s writings. It is perhaps best known for its appearance
Select Elvish Words: 14.355 Past, Ago
14.355 Past, Ago Q. andanéya adv. “long ago, once upon a time” A word for “long ago, once upon a time” given as anda né or andanéya in notes from 1968, a combination of anda “long” with né “ago” or néya “once, at one time” (VT49/31). It is possible that
Select Elvish Words: 14.35 Again
14.35 Again ᴹQ. ata adv. “again, *(lit.) a second time” An adverb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “again” based on the root ᴹ√AT “back, again”, a root that was also the basis for the word “two” (Ety/AT(AT)). Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writings, he said prefixal at(a)- “again”
Select Elvish Words: 14.32-14.34 Often, Sometimes, Never
14.32 Often ᴹQ. hrillume adv. “*very many times” The correlative ᴹQ. hrillume or hrímallume appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/110), a combination of ᴹQ. hrim- “(very) many” and ᴹQ. -llume “times”. Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would adapt this to ᴺQ. rillumë “very many
Select Elvish Words: 14.31 Always
14.31 Always Q. illumë adv. “*always” A word for “always” appearing in the Ortírielyanna prayer of the 1950s (VT44/9), a combination of il- “all” and lúmë “time”. Conceptual Development: The word ᴹQ. qá “always, at all times, ever” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948, a vowel-lengthened