1.51 Sky, Heavens Q. fanyarë n. “the skies (not heaven or firmament), the upper airs and clouds” A noun used in the 1960s version of the Markirya poem described as “the skies — not heaven or firmament — the upper airs and clouds” (MC/222-223). It is a (singular) abstract noun
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Select Elvish Words 1.46: Cave
1.46 Cave Q. felco n. “cave, mine, underground dwelling” A word for “cave, mine, underground dwelling” Tolkien considered in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957, derived from the root √PHELEK as a possible replacement of felya “mine, boring, tunnel, underground dwel[ling]” < ✶phelgā (PE17/118). Neo-Quenya: I prefer the root form
Select Elvish Words 1.44: Rock, Stone
1.44 Rock, Stone ᴱQ. alas n. “marble” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ʒalast- (QL/30). Neo-Quenya: I think this word may be salvageable in Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. alas, reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”, perhaps
Select Elvish Words 1.43: Wood, Timber
1.43 Wood, Timber ᴱQ. kinda n. “splinter” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. kinda “splinter” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√KIŘI [KIÐI] (QL/047). Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think this word can be salvaged as ᴺQ. cirda “splinter, wood shaving” from the later
Select Elvish Words 1.41: Woods, Forest
1.41 Woods, Forest Q. ornendur n. “tree-keep, forester, woodsman” A word in 1959 notes Tolkien described as “a tree-keep, a forester, a ‘woodsman’, a man concerned with trees as we might say ‘professionally’ (NM/20)”. It was given as an example of the use of the suffix -(n)dur, and its initial
Select Elvish Words 1.37-1.38: Spring, Well, Whirlpool
1.37 Spring, Well Q. celussë n. “freshnet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring” Quenya equivalent of the river name S. Celos, glossed “freshnet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring” and derived from a combination of ✶kelu- “flow (swiftly)” and the abstract noun suffix -ssë (UTI/Celos). Q.
Select Elvish Words 1.36: Brook, Stream, River
1.36 Brook, Stream, River Q. celumë n. “flow(ing), stream, flood (tide); ⚠️[ᴱQ.] fountain, spring” A word for a stream or flow of water or other liquid, also for a flood tide, derived from the root ᴹ√KEL(U) (MC/223; Ety/KEL). Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the words ᴱQ.
Select Elvish Words 1.351-1.352: Foam, Froth, Splash, Spray
ᴹQ. falle n. “foam” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “foam” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAL of the same meaning (Ety/PHAL). Q. wingë n. “foam, spindrift, spray, [ᴹQ.] wave crest, [ᴱQ.] froth, scud; ⚠️wave” A noun for “foam” or “spray”, described at one point as “properly a
Select Elvish Words 1.35: Wave, Surge
Q. falasta- vb. “to foam, surge, [ᴱQ.] make a sound like surf” A verb meaning “to foam, surge” (for example, of the sea), used in all versions of the Markirya, both the version from the 1960s and the original from 1931 (and many of its preceding drafts). In the poem,
Select Elvish Words 1.33-1.34: Lake, Pond, Bay
1.33 Lake, Pond Q. ailin n. “(large) lake, [ᴹQ.] pool” A noun for a large lake or pool, a combination of the ancient roots √AY “sea” and √LIN¹ “pool” (PE17/160; Ety/AY, LIN¹). It is an element in several names such as Q. Angalailin “Mirrormere” (NM/353) and Q. Luvailin “Shadowmere” (RC/217).