1.32 Sea Q. †airë n. “sea” An archaic word for “sea” which fell out of use to due conflict with “holy” words like aira or airë; it was a noun form of primitive ✶gaı̯ră (PE17/27). The more common modern word for “sea” is ëar. Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. aire “sea” appeared
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Select Elvish Words 1.27-1.31: Shore, Beach, Water
1.27 Shore, Beach Q. falassë n. “(wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] beach” A word for “(wave-beaten) shore” (VT42/15; PE17/135), or “seashore, surfline” (PE17/62), derived from the root √PHAL “foam” (PE17/62). Conceptual Development: This word first appeared as ᴱQ. falas (falass-) “shore, beach” in the Qenya Lexicon of the
Select Elvish Words 1.25: Isle, Island
Q. lónë n. “isle, [ᴹQ.] island, remote land difficult to reach” An element in the name Q. Avallónë “Outer Isle”, thus likely “[remote] ilse”. Conceptual Development: A similar form ᴹQ. lóna “island, remote land difficult to reach” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as the only derivative of the
Select Elvish Words 1.241: Ravine, Pass
1.241 Ravine, Pass Q. (a)nacca n. “narrows, defile, pass, cut” A noun appearing in etymological notes from around 1964 (DD) with the glosses “narrows, defile, pass, cut” as a derivative of √NAKH “narrow, thin” (PE17/166). ᴹQ. aksa n. “ravine, narrow path; edge” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s
Select Elvish Words 1.24: Dale, Valley
1.24 Dale, Valley Q. imbë n. “deep valley, (wide) ravine, [ᴹQ.] glen, dell, (lit.) tween-land” A Quenya noun that is more or less the equivalent of S. imlad for a deep (and relatively narrow) valley or a wider-than-normal ravine. Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. imbe “dell, deep vale” appeared in the Qenya
Select Elvish Words 1.23: Plain, Field
1.23 Plain, Field ᴹQ. landa n. “plain” A noun for “a plain” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of the 1940s derived from ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” with variants landa and lanna (PE22/126), the latter probably derived from *ladna with the voiced stop d becoming a nasal before nasal
Select Elvish Words 1.223: Mound, Pile
1.223 Mound, Pile Q. coron n. “mound; [ᴹQ] globe, ball” A word glossed “mound” in the name Q. Koron Oiolaire “Mound Ever-summer” in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 (SA/coron; WJ/401). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, ᴹQ. koron was glossed “globe, ball” and was derived from the
Select Elvish Words 1.222: Slope, Cliff
1.222 Slope, Cliff ᴱQ. aiko (aiku-) n. “cliff” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. aiko (aiku-) “cliff” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently a noun variant of ᴱQ. aiqa “steep” appearing nearby (QL/29). Since ᴹQ. aiqa “steep” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/AYAK), perhaps this word can
Select Elvish Words 1.221: Peak, Summit
1.221 Peak, Summit ᴹQ. aikale n. “peak” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika “sharp” (Ety/AYAK). ᴹQ. aikasse n. “mountain peak” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mountain peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika
Select Elvish Words 1.22: Hill, Mountain
1.22 Hill, Mountain Q. ambo n. “hill, rising ground, ⚠️mount” The basis word for “hill” in Quenya (MC/222; PE17/90), also referring to “rising ground” in general (PE17/92). Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this word was ᴱQ. †amun (amund-) “hill” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of