- Q. avalatya- v. “to refuse to open”
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A negation of the verb latya- “to open”, so meaning “*refuse to open”, appearing in etymological notes associated with the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60 (VT41/5; PE17/159). It was probably a technical term connected to the “barrier of unwill” that one could choose to raise to prevent mental intrusion (VT39/23).
- Q. holla adj. “?shut”
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An untranslated Quenya adjective(?) appearing as holla or holma derived from √KHOL or √SKOL, appearing in notes on S. hollen “shut” (PE17/98).
- Q. holya- v. “?to shut, close”
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An untranslated Quenya verb(?) appearing as holya or holta derived from √KHOL or √SKOL, appearing in notes on S. hollen “shut” (PE17/98). The forms holya/holta may be intransitive/transitive variants.
- Q. pahta adj. “closed, shut, private”
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An adjective for “closed, shut, private” in the Ósanwe-kenta essay and associated etymological notes from 1959-60, derived from the root √PAK “close, shut” (VT39/23; VT41/5; PE17/159). Raccoon suggested it might be derived from *pak-nā in a discord discussion from 2024-02-14.
- Q. sac- [þ] v. “to close”
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A verb for “close” in the phrase á þak’ i fende, mekin “close the door, please” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 (PE22/166). It might be a later iteration of √PAK “close, shut” from 1959-60 (VT41/5; PE17/159).
- S. hollen adj. “closed, shut”
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A word for “closed” (RC/550) or “shut” (PE17/98) in the name Fen Hollen (LotR/826). It was derived from √KHOL or SKOL “shut, close” (PE17/98) and thus hollen might be the passive participle of an otherwise unattested verb hol- “to close, shut”.
Conceptual Development: Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s had N. forn, fornen, or N. davnan for this name (WR/338, 341).
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