4.15 Blood ᴱQ. mear (mearn-) n. “gore, blood” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. mear “gore” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽”, with stem forms mearn- or meas- (QL/60). The H in the root represents voiceless velar spirant χ, which was voiced to ɣ
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Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words 4.143: Hair (other)
4.143 Hair (other) ᴹQ. fasse n. “tangled hair, shaggy lock” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “tangled hair, shaggy lock” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAS (Ety/PHAS). ᴹQ. fasta- vb. “to tangle” A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “tangle” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAS (Ety/PHAS).
Select Elvish Words 4.14-4.142: Hair, Beard
4.14 Hair Q. findë n. “hair (especially of the head); tress or plait of hair, [ᴹQ.] braid of hair” A word mentioned by Tolkien in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 with glosses “hair, especially of the head” (PM/340) and “hair — a tress or plait of hair” (PM/345). The
Select Elvish Words 4.11-4.13: Body, Skin, Flesh
4.11 Body Q. hroa n. “body, bodily form, ⚠️flesh; physical matter” A word for “body” widely used in a variety of documents from 1958-59, derived from primitive ✶srawā based on the root √SRAW (MR/350). This word and derivation was mentioned again in notes from 1968 (VT47/35). In one place Tolkien
Select Elvish Words 3.99: Animals (other)
3.99 Animals (other) Q. ecellë n. “urchin, hedgehog” A word for “urchin, hedgehog” appearing in its plural form ekelli in 1965 notes on the land and beasts of Númenor, though not necessarily describing the terrestrial creature (NM/336). This word is probably based on the root √EK “sharp point”. Q. lopoldë
Select Elvish Words 3.84-3.85: Worm, Snake
3.84 Worm ᴱQ. wembe n. “worm” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. {wembe >>} ’wembe “worm” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWEVE; it had a longer variant ’wembil (QL/103). Wembe “worm” was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/103). Neo-Quenya:
Select Elvish Words 3.83: Fly (n)
3.83 Fly (n) ᴱQ. campo n. “flea” The word ᴱQ. kampo “flea” appeared in the Early Qenya Phonology document of the 1920s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶kampu- based on the early root ᴱ√KAPA “leap”, as opposed to ᴱN. caifr, ᴱT. camparon derived from the variant primitive form ᴱ✶kamp’ru (PE14/66). A similar
Select Elvish Words 3.82: Bee
3.82 Bee ᴱQ. nier n. “(honey) bee” A word appearing as ᴱQ. nier (nies-) “honey bee” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶neχier under the early root ᴱ√NEHE that was the basis for “honey” and “bee” words (QL/65). It had a variant form nies (niess-). It
Select Elvish Words 3.811: Spider
3.811 Spider ᴹQ. liante n. “spider, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] tendril, vine” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “spider” derived from the root ᴹ√SLIG with various other derivatives having to do with webs and fine threads (Ety/SLIG). Most notably it was the second element in the name ᴹQ. Ungoliante “Gloomweaver”
Select Elvish Words 3.81: Insect
3.81 Insect ᴱQ. malo n. “moth” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. malo “moth” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶[mal]wǝ under the early root ᴱ√MALA “crush, squeeze, pulp” (QL/58). It had a plural malwi, and in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was given