6.57 Belt, Girdle
- Q. lesta n. “*girdle”
- An element in the name Q. Lestanórë for Doriath (WJ/369), untranslated but probably the cognate to S. lest “girdle” from the name Lest Melian “Girdle of Melian” (WJ/228).
- ᴱQ. qalta adj. “girdled, girt”
- An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. qalta “girdled, girt” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78). The vowel a indicates its primitive form had a long syllabic ḹ, which became al in Early Qenya (PE12/11).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would just use the passive participle ᴺQ. quiltaina of the verb quilta- “to gird, encircle”.
- ᴱQ. qilta n. “belt, ⚠️girdle”
- A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qilta “girdle, belt” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78). It also appeared with the gloss “belt” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/78).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would retain ᴺQ. quilta “belt” from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWILIT, but for “girdle” I would use Q. lesta (WJ/369).
- ᴱQ. qilti- v. “to gird, encircle”
- A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qilti- “gird, encircle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this verb as ᴺQ. quilta- “to gird, encircle” from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWILIT (WJ/369). For example, this Early Qenya verb was adapted this way by Helge Fauskanger in his Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT).
- S. lest n. “girdle, *belt”
- An element in the name Lest Melian “Girdle of Melian” for the magical barrier around Doriath (WJ/228).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would also use this word for “*belt”.
6.58 Glove
- ᴱQ. mantele n. “gauntlet”
- A noun appearing as ᴱQ. mantele “gauntlet” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” that was the basis for hand words (QL/57).
Neo-Quenya: Since √MAH remained the basis for hand words in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. mantelë “gauntlet” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
- ᴱQ. mantl n. “glove”
- A noun appearing as ᴱQ. mantl “glove” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” that was the basis for hand words (QL/57).
Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. mantal “glove” using the later syllabification of final ḷ: compare to Q. tancal from primitive ✶tankḷ (PE18/100).