12.26 to Cover ᴹQ. telme n. “hood, covering” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as {telma >>} telme “hood, covering” derived from primitive ᴹ✶telmā̆/ē̆ under the root ᴹ√TEL(U) (Ety/TEL; EtyAC/TEL). Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. telin (telimb-) “roof, covering” under the early
Select Elvish Words
Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words 12.25: to Shut, Close
Q. avalatya- v. “to refuse to open” 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
Select Elvish Words 12.24: to Open
12.24 to Open Q. láta adj. “open (not closed)” An adjective meaning “open” (= not closed) appearing in the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60 (VT39/23) and associated etymological notes, where it was derived from √LAT “open, unenclosed, free to entry” (VT41/5; PE17/159). Q. látië n. “openness” A noun for “openness” appearing
Select Elvish Words: 12.23 to Separate
12.23 to Separate Q. sat- vb. “to set aside, appropriate to a special purpose or owner” A verb appearing in notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s based on √SAT “divide, mark off” (VT42/19-20). ᴱQ. silt- vb. “to sift, sort out, winnow” A verb appearing
Select Elvish Words 12.223: Also
12.223 Also Q. epetai conj. “consequently, *therefore; (lit.) following which (fact)” A conjunction translated “consequently” associated with the Ambidexters Sentence as part of the phrase epetai i hyarma ú ten ulca símaryassen “consequently the left hand was not to them evil in their imaginations” (VT49/8). Tolkien analyzed epetai as epe-ta-i
Select Elvish Words 12.222: And
12.222 And Q. ar conj. “and; ⚠️[ᴱQ., ᴹQ.] but” The word ar was the Quenya word for “and” for much of Tolkien’s life. It was related to (and originally identical with) Q. ar(a) “beside” (PE17/70). The word ar was always used between sentences, but in sets of items sometimes yo
Select Elvish Words 12.221: Together
12.221 Together Q. o- pref. “together” A prefix meaning “together” derived from primitive √WO (WJ/367). The modern Quenya form of the prefix is the result of the sound change whereby “unstressed wo was often reduced to o with loss of w” (PE19/106). Note that “when stressed the [primitive] sequence wo
Select Elvish Words 12.22: to Join, Unite
12.22 to Join, Unite Q. limë n. “link, ⚠️*joint” A noun for a “link” implied by Q. málimë “wrist = hand-link” with the primitive form ✶limi (VT47/6). Neo-Quenya: Since a wrist is a joint, the noun limë might mean “*joint” as well, but I currently prefer to use [ᴱQ.] oxa
Select Elvish Words 12.21: to Gather, Collect
12.21 to Gather, Collect Q. comya- v. “to collect” A transitive verb in notes from around 1959-60 based on √KOM “gather, collect”, as opposed to intransitive ócom- “gather, assemble” (PE17/158). In a rejected section of the notes where it appeared, komya- was glossed “collect” along a weak past komyane and
Select Elvish Words 12.195: Whisper
12.195 Whisper ᴱQ. hyasse n. “rushing ?hence (?noise)” The word ᴱQ. vassale “rustling” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√VASA (QL/100). A similar (untranslated) word ’wassale appeared elsewhere in the lexicon derived from ᴱ√GWASA, possibly of the same or similar meaning (QL/103). Another word