10.32 to Flow S. dannen n. “ebb, lowtide” A noun for “ebb, lowtide” appearing in notes on Variation D/L in Common Eldarin from the late 1960s as the Sindarin equivalent of nanwë “flood, high tide” (VT48/24). It is probably a combination of dan “back” and nen “water” as suggested by
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Select Elvish Words 10.32 to Flow (Quenya)
10.32: to Flow ᴱQ. keleta n. “trickle” A word appearing as ᴱQ. keleta “a trickle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle” (QL/46). Neo-Quenya: Since √KEL “flow” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. celeta “trickle” for purposes of
Select Elvish Words 10.31: to Boil
ᴱQ. welba adj. “boiling, bubbling” An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. ’welba “boiling, bubbling” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE (QL/103). Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. velva with the usual sound change initial w to v.
Select Elvish Words 10.26: to Shake
10.26 to Shake ᴱQ. pampile n. “trembling” A word appearing as ᴱQ. pampile “trembling (n.)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PAPA (QL/72). Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺQ. pampilë for purposes of Neo-Quenya along with many of the derivatives of the (Neo-Root) ᴺ√PAP. ᴱQ. pampilea adj.
Select Elvish Words 10.24-10.25: to Drop; to Throw
10.24 to Drop Q. limba n. “drop” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a drop”, derived from the root ᴹ√LIB¹ “drip” (Ety/LIB¹). Conceptual Development: This noun may be a later iteration of ᴱQ. litl or lipte “a tiny drop” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a
Select Elvish Words 10.23: to Fall [Sindarin]
10.23 to Fall S. danna- v. “to fall” A Sindarin verb for “fall” in Notes on Galadriel’s Song (NGS) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, cognate to Q. lanta- and derived from √DAN-TA (PE17/62). Elsewhere the root for “fall down” was √DAT (VT47/29; VT48/24; Ety/DAT), so √DAN-TA was probably
Select Elvish Words 10.23: to Fall [Quenya]
10.23 to Fall Q. atalantë n. “collapse, downfall” A noun for “collapse, downfall” mentioned in notes for the Markirya poem of the 1950s along with its adjectival form atalantëa (MC/223), likely derived from the root √TALAT. It is also used as one of the names of Númenor: Atalantë “Downfall(en)” (S/281;
Select Elvish Words 10.21 to Rise
10.21: to Rise ᴹQ. ef- v. “to emerge (especially from water)” A verb appearing in its present tense form épha in a rejected page of verbal roots from the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) written in 1948 (PE22/127). It was based on the root ᴹ√EPH “emerge (especially from water, opp[osite] of
Select Elvish Words 10.14: to Wind, Wrap
10.14 to Wind, Wrap Q. lapa- v. “to wrap, swathe, wind” A verb appearing as ᴱQ. lapa- “wrap, swathe, wind” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAPA “enfold” (QL/51). Neo-Quenya: The root √LAP reappeared in Tolkien’s later writings with similar glosses “fold, bend” (VT47/35), so
Select Elvish Words 10.13 to Turn Around
10.13 to Turn Around Q. nuquerna adj. “reversed, inverted, *(lit.) under-turned” A word meaning “reversed” (LotR/1123) or “inverted” (PE22/49) in the names of the tengwars árë nuquerna and silmë nuquerna. It appears to be a combination of nu “under” and an adjectival form querna of the verb quer- “turn”, so