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Select Elvish Words 7.29-7.31: House (other), Fireplace

7.29: House (other)

ᴹQ. ampano n. “building (especially of wood), wooden hall, construction, edifice”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “building (especially of wood), wooden hall”, an elaboration of ᴹQ. pano “piece of shaped wood” under the root ᴹ√PAN “place, set, fix in place (especially of wood)” (Ety/PAN). The form umpano “build[ing]” appeared under the intensive root ᴹ√N- (EtyAC/N), but under the entry for ᴹ√PAN Tolkien considered and then rejected this alternate form: {ampano >> umpano >>} ampano (EtyAC/PAN). The word ampano “building, construction” appeared in The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 40s (PE22/22, 52), and ampanō̆ “building, construction, edifice” appeared in the Quenya Verbal System from the late 1940s (PE22/114).

ᴹQ. ataque n. “construction, building”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶atakwē “construction, building” under the root ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast” (Ety/TAK). See the entry for its cognate N. adab for a discussion of earlier related forms.

ᴱQ. túrion (túriond-) n. “palace”

A word appearing as ᴱQ. tūrion (túriond-) or turindo “palace” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TURU “am strong” (QL/95). The contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa had ᴱQ. tūriond- “palace” (PME/96).

Neo-Quenya: I would use ᴺQ. túrion as “palace” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, since the root √TUR “master(y), strong” survived on Tolkien’s later writing. This word was used, for example, in Helge Fauskanger’s Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT). Ales Bican’s New Words (ABNW) from the early 2000’s proposed a different neologism: ᴺQ. arcöa “palace”, a combination of ar(a)- “noble” and cöa “house”.

7.31 Hearth, Fireplace

ᴱQ. arinya n. “fireside”

A word appearing as ᴱQ. arinya “fireside” in both the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. arin “hearth” (QL/32; PME/32).

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings, [ᴹQ.] arinya meant “morning, early” (Ety/AR¹), so I would update the Early Quenya word to ᴺQ. ruimenya “fireside, by the fire” based on the later word ruimen for “hearth” (PE17/183).

Q. ruimen n. “fireplace, hearth”

A word for “fireplace, hearth” in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD) derived from the root √RUYU “blaze, red” (PE17/183).

Conceptual Development: Earlier fireplace words from the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s include ᴱQ. arin “hearth” derived from the early root ᴱ√ARA¹ “be dry” (QL/32; PME/32) and ᴱQ. purin (purind-) “hearth” derived from the early root ᴱ√PUŘU [PUÐU] “consume by fire” (QL/76; PME/76).

S. ruist n. “fireplace, hearth”

A word for “fireplace, hearth” in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD) derived from the root √RUYU “blaze, red” (PE17/183).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. tangar or tangor “hearthgrate, fireplace” based on the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69). Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document had G. bordd [borð] “fireplace” related to primitive ᴱ✶búrı̯ā (PE13/116). Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. {borth, bordh “hearth” >>} gorth “hearth, fireplace” (PE13/139, 145).

G. urm n. “brazier, grate”

A word appearing as G. urm “a brazier, grate” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/75), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√URU having to do with fire and heat (QL/98).

Neo-Sindarin: Since √UR “be hot” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retained this word for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, but adapted as ᴺS. uru “brazier, grate” with the assumption that it was derived from primitive *urumē. A direct adaption of G. urm would in Sindarin produce *orf, but that conflicts with ᴺS. orf “apple”.

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