9.87 Painting, Picture Q. emma n. “picture, *image” A word appearing in notes from 1967 as an element in indemma “mind-picture” and quantemma “facsimile, a complete detailed visual reproduction (by any means) of a visible thing” (PE17/174, 179), probably meaning “picture, *image” (the latter gloss suggested by Tamas Ferencz). It
Select Elvish Words
Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words 9.82-9.83: Sculptor, Statue
9.82 Sculptor Q. ondomaitar n. “sculptor in stone” A noun for a “sculptor in stone” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, a combination of ondo “stone” and maitar “artist” (PE17/163). Q. ontamo n. “mason ⚠️(sculptor)” A word a “mason (sculptor)” in notes from the late 1960s, a combination of ondo
Select Elvish Words 9.81: to Carve
9.81 to Carve ᴱQ. nyas n. “scratch, score, line, mark” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. nyas “scratch, score, line, mark” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with a stem form of nyast-, derived from the early root ᴱ√NYASA (QL/68). Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. nyas “scratch, score, line, mark”
Select Elvish Words 9.76: Basket
9.76 Basket ᴹQ. kapsa n. “case, vessel, *container” A word in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s glossed “case, vessel” (PE21/20). It appeared in both a short form kas (kaps-) and longer kapsa (PE21/27). It might be derived from ᴹ√KAB “hollow” as suggested by Raccoon in a
Select Elvish Words 9.74: Glass
9.74 Glass Q. calca n. “glass” A word for “glass” appearing in notes from around 1968 as a derivative of √KALAK (VT47/35). Conceptual Development: There was a similar form ᴱQ. talqe (talqi-) “glass” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s (PME/88; QL/88). It
Select Elvish Words 9.71: Potter
9.71 Potter ᴹQ. kemnaro n. “potter” A word for “potter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth”, apparently an agental formation based on ᴹQ. kemna “of earth, earthen” (Ety/KEM). It was first written as ᴹQ. {kemenāro}, and there was a line drawn from kemnaro to
Select Elvish Words 9.68-9.69: Lead, Tin
9.68 Lead ᴱQ. kanu n. “lead [metal]” A word appearing as ᴱQ. kanu “lead” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KANA (QL/44). It was also identified as the source of the k in the name of the magical metal ᴱQ. Tilkal (LT1/100). Neo-Quenya: I retain
Select Elvish Words 9.67: Iron
9.67 Iron Q. anga n. “iron” This was the Quenya word for “iron” for much of Tolkien’s life, derived from primitive ✶angā of the same meaning (PM/347). Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. anga “iron” dates back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/31). In this document it had some competing alternatives:
Select Elvish Words 9.66: Copper, Bronze
9.66 Copper, Bronze Q. calarus (calarust-) n. “polished copper” A noun for “polished copper” in notes from the late 1960s as a combination of cala “light” with urus(t)- “copper” (VT41/10). ᴱQ. kalas (kalass-) n. “brass” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. kalas (kalass-) “brass” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s
Select Elvish Words 9.65: Silver
9.65 Silver ᴹQ. telemna adj. “*of silver” An unglossed adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KYELEP “silver”, equated to ᴹQ. telpina and an element in the name ᴹQ. Taltyelemna “*Silverfoot” (Ety/KYELEP). It seems to have replaced ᴹQ. telepsa “of silver”, and so probably has a similar