9.412 Art
- Q. mairë n “art, work of high and beautiful art, process of producing an art work”
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A word in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 that Tolkien described as meaning “a work (or the process of producing a work) of high and beautiful art” based on the root √MAY “make (in artistic sense)” (PE17/163). It thus has most of the same meanings as English “art”.
- Q. mairëa adj. “beautiful (of things made by art), *artistic”
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An word meaning “beautiful (of things made by art)” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, an adjective form of mairë “work of art” (PE17/163). It was followed by ia indicating a variant form [mair]ia.
- Q. maita- v. “to make with art, design, compose”
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A transitive verb meaning “to make with art, design, compose” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 based on the root √MAY “make (in artistic sense)” (PE17/163).
- Q. maitalë n. “act of doing [artistic] work”
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A noun form of maita- “to make art” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, with the meaning “the act (not result) of doing such work” (PE17/163), hence meaning the “the act of doing [artistic] work”.
- Q. maitar n. “artist; poet”
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A noun for “artist” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, an agental form of maita- “to make art” (PE17/163). By itself it either meant a general “artist” or implied a “poet”, but it could be combined with other words for more specific types of artists: lindimaitar “composer, musician”, ondomaitar “sculptor”, etc.
- S. maeron n. “artist”
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A noun in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, the Sindarin equivalent of maitar “artist” (PE17/163). See the Quenya entry for further details.
9.413 Horn, Trumpet
- Q. hyóla n. “trump, *trumpet”
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A word for a “trump” appearing in notes on Adûnaic from the 1940s derived from primitive ᴹ✶hyōlā (SD/419). Most likely this word refers to a “*trumpet”, which is the older English meaning of “trump” (as opposed to its modern meaning which is based on “triumph”).
- Q. róma n. “[ᴹQ.] loud sound, trumpet-sound, *blare; [Q.] horn”
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A word glossed “horn” in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 in phrases like Q. róma Oroméva “Orome’s horn” (WJ/368), clearly a reference to Q. Valaróma (S/29). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, ᴹQ. róma was glossed “loud sound, trumpet-sound” under the root ᴹ√ROM “loud noise, horn blast” (Ety/ROM). In The Etymologies the word for “horn” was ᴹQ. romba, a word that also appeared as Q. romba “horn, trumpet” later in the Quendi and Eldar essay (WJ/400).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would use róma mainly for horn blasts and trumpet sounds. I would only use it for “horn” metaphorically in words like Valaróma, and for the ordinary word for “horn” I would use romba.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. likinne and [lik]inde “blowing of horns”, both elaborations of ᴱQ. likin “(curled) horn” (QL/54).
- Q. romba n. “horn, trumpet”
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A word for “horn, trumpet” appearing in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 derived from ✶rom “used of the sound of trumpets and horns” (WJ/400). It appeared with the same gloss in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ROM “loud noise, horn blast” (Ety/ROM).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. likin “horn, curled horn” and ᴱQ. likinda “trumpet” (QL/54). The early root was not indicated, but could have been something like *ᴱ√LIKINI.
- N. rhomru n. “sound of horns”
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A noun appearing as N. rhomru “sound of horns” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of N. rhom “horn” and (archaic) N. †rhû “loud sound, trumpet-sound” (Ety/ROM).
Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as ᴺS. romru for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. ligindon “blare of trumps”, an elaboration of G. ligin “curved horn, trump” (GL/54).
- N. †rhû n. “loud sound, trumpet-sound”
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An archaic noun appearing as N. †rhû “loud sound, trumpet-sound” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from ON. rūma under the root ᴹ√ROM “loud noise, horn-blast” (Ety/ROM), where the ancient m became v and vanished after u. After these sound changes it seems this word was no longer distinct enough, and in modern speech was replaced by rhomru “sound of horns”.
Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as (still archaic) ᴺS. †rû for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).
- S. rom n. “horn, trumpet”
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A noun for “horn, trumpet” based on the root √ROM mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay written in 1959-1960 (WJ/400).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. rhom “horn, trumpet” under the root ᴹ√ROM (Ety/ROM), where the initial r was unvoiced as was usual in Noldorin of the 1930s (but not in later Sindarin). The Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s had ᴱN. hont “trumpet, a trumpeting noise” (PE13/163), while the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. ligin “a curved horn, trump” (GL/54), clearly related to ᴱQ. likin “horn, curled horn” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/54).