10.72 Path Q. men n. “way, *direction; [ᴹQ.] place, spot [in compounds only]” A noun or word element, most notably appearing in the four cardinal directions formen, hyarmen, númen, and rómen, which Christopher Tolkien translated as “way” in The Silmarillion appendix (SA/men). This is consistent with the later meaning of
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Select Elvish Words 10.71: Road
10.71 Road ᴱQ. aldeon n. “avenue (of trees)” A word appearing as ᴱQ. aldeon (aldeond-) “avenue of trees” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on ᴱQ. alda “tree” (QL/29). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was simply glossed “avenue”. Neo-Quenya: Since alda “tree” remains
Select Elvish Words 10.66-10.67: to Ride; to Push, Shove
10.66 to Ride ᴱQ. lehesta v. “ride, riding, raid” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. lehesta “riding, raid” in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s (PE14/45, 75). In the contemporaneous English-Qenya Dictionary, it was lehesta or lehtasta “ride” based on the verb ᴱQ. lehe or lehta “ride” (PE16/132). Neo-Quenya: For
10.645 to Wander, Stray
10.645 to Wander, Stray ᴹQ. mista- v. “to stray about” A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stray about” derived from the root ᴹ√MIS “go free, stray, wander” (Ety/MIS). ᴹQ. ráne n. “straying, wandering” A noun [probably] in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “straying, wandering” derived from
Select Elvish Words 10.63-10.64: to Send; to Lead
10.63 to Send Q. lelta- v. “to send, *(lit.) cause to go” A verb for “send” appearing in its past form in the phrase yenna leltanelyes “to whom you sent him” in notes from the late 1960s (VT47/21). The word in the sentence is the 2nd-sg-polite past form with a
Select Elvish Words 10.61-10.62: to Bear, Carry; to Bring
10.61 to Bear, Carry Q. col- v. “to bear, *carry, wear” A verb for “to bear” implied by the existence of the root √KOL “bear, carry, wear” (PE17/158; PE22/155), as well as verbal nouns like colindo “bearer” (LotR/953), cólima “bearable” (PE22/155) and coloitë “capable of bearing” (PE22/155). Neo-Quenya: The use
Select Elvish Words 10.57: to Enter
10.57 to Enter Q. mitta- v. “to insert; [ᴹQ.] to come in, [ᴱQ.] enter (intr.)” A verb glossed “insert” in notes from the 1950s derived from the root √MI “in” (VT43/30). ᴹQ. mitta- was also glossed “insert” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 (PE22/110), but in some sentences
Select Elvish Words 10.55-10.56: to Reach, Arrive; to Approach
10.55 to Reach, Arrive Q. anya- v. “to reach, arrive at, go to; *to manage, succeed (at something) + infinitive” A verb for “reach, arrive at, go to” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, derived from the root √ANA “to(wards)” (PE22/157, 163). Conceptual Development: An earlier verb
Select Elvish Words 10.53-10.54: to Pursue; to Overtake
10.53 to Pursue ᴹQ. alfárima v. “impossible to pursue” A word for “impossible to pursue” from the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 (PE22/111), which is the verb fara- “hunt” combined with the suffix of possibility -ima (> “*huntable”) and the negative prefix al(a)- (> “*unhuntable”). ᴹQ. roita- v. “to
Select Elvish Words 10.51-10.52: to Flee; to Follow
10.51 to Flee S. drega- v. “to flee” A verb appearing only in its imperative form: drego “flee” (UT/65). Vyacheslav Stepanov suggested it might be based on the root √REK “recover, get out/away, save from ruin/peril/loss” (PE17/38). 10.52 to Follow ᴹQ. hilya- v. “to follow” A verb in The Etymologies