3.32 Boar ᴱQ. karkapolka n. “boar, *(lit.) tusk-pig” The word ᴱQ. karkapolka “boar” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a combination of ᴱQ. karka “fang, tooth, tusk” and ᴱQ. polka “pig” (QL/48), hence literally “*tusk pig”. Conceptual Development: The word for “boar” in the Early Qenya Word-lists
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Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words 3.25-3.29: Sheep, Ram, Lamb
3.25 Sheep Q. máma n. “sheep” A word for “sheep” appearing in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 as a derivative of ✶māmā (WJ/395). It appeared again in notes from 1968 as a derivative of ✶mbāba (VT47/35), apparently with some amount of assimilation since the second primitive b >
Select Elvish Words 3.21-3.24: Bull, Cow, Calf
3.21 Bull Q. mundo n. “bull, ox” A word for “bull” in a 1972 letter to Meriel Thurston (Let/422). A similar form mondo appeared as an element in the name Q. Mondósar “Oxford” from a 1968 letter (DTS/70). See S. mund for other possible conceptual precursors. S. mund n. “bull”
Select Elvish Words 3.16-3.18: Pasture, Herdsman
3.16 to Pasture ᴱQ. nesta- vb. “to feed” The verb ᴱQ. nesta- “feed” appeared in the Quenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” (QL/66). It has past forms nēse and nesse, indicating a close relationship to the verb
Select Elvish Words 3.11: Animal
3.11 Animal Q. celva n. “animal, living thing that moves” A word used in its plural form kelvar to describe animals in The Silmarillion, as opposed to Q. olvar = “plants” (S/45). In a marginal note to a short document on Ents and Eagles from 1958-9 (or later), it was
Select Elvish Words 2.57-2.82: Descendant, In-Law, Relative, Family
2.57 Descendant ᴱQ. hilmi n. “family, offspring” The word ᴱQ. hilmi “family, offspring” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√HILI (QL/39). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, the word hilmie was given as the Qenya cognate of G. hilm “posterity, one’s descendants,
Select Elvish Words 2.53-2.55: Nephew, Niece, Cousin
2.53 Nephew ᴱQ. súyon n. “nephew, ⚠️daughter’s son” ᴱQ. súyon appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “nephew, daughter’s son”, a combination of ᴱQ. sui “daughter” and ᴱQ. yon “son” (QL/87). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “nephew”
Select Elvish Words 2.46-2.49: Grandparent, Grandchild
2.46 Grandfather ᴱQ. haru n. “grandfather” A word for “grandfather” of unclear derivation appearing as ᴱQ. haru in both the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s (QL/39; PME/39). As there are no other alternatives, I would retain ᴺQ. haru for purposes of Neo-Quenya. G.
Select Elvish Words 2.44-2.452: Brother, Sister, Sibling
2.44 Brother Q. háno n. “brother” A word for “brother” coined by Tolkien in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, based on the root √KHAN of the same meaning (VT47/14). It had a diminutive/affectionate variant hanno used as a play name for the middle finger
Select Elvish Words 2.41-2.42: Son, Daughter
2.41 Son Q. -ion suf. “-son, masculine patronymic” The usual patronymic for “son of” in Quenya, suffixal form of Q. yondo “son” (PE17/170, 190). Tolkien occasionally mentioned variants like -on or -yon, but in practice only -ion appears in actual names. Conceptual Development: This patronymic dates all the way back