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
Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
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
Select Elvish Words 2.35-2.37: Father, Mother, Parent
2.35 Father Q. atar n. “father” The Quenya word for “father”, derived from the root √AT(AR) (PM/324; WJ/402; VT48/19). Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. atar “father” dates all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, though in that document it was “a more solemn word … usually to 1st
Select Elvish Words 2.33-2.341: Marry, Marriage, Married Couple
2.33 to Wed, Marry ᴱQ. verin n. “married” An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. verin “married” in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, with a stem -nd (PE15/75). Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. verin “married” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but ignore the stem verind- since suffixal -in is
Select Elvish Words 2.31-2.321: Husband, Wife, Bride
2.31 Husband ᴹQ. ender n. “bridegroom, *groom” A word for “bridegroom” in The Etymologies derived from the root ᴹ√NDER, a strengthened form of the root ᴹ√DER “man” (Ety/NDER). Conceptual Development: There is an unglossed word ᴱQ. vestaner the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s that is a combination of ᴱQ. vesta
Select Elvish Words 2.27-2.28: Child, Infant
2.27 Child Q. hína n. “child” A word for “child” derived from the root √KHIN (PE17/157; WJ/403), most notably an element in Eruhíni “Children of God”, a term for Elves and Men as the children of Eru. This word illustrates that hína has an abnormal plural form: híni rather than
Select Elvish Words 2.25-2.26: Boy, Girl
2.25 Boy ᴹQ. seldo n. “child [m.], *boy” A word for a (male) child in The Etymologies of the 1930s added to its entry when the meaning of the root ᴹ√SEL-D was changed from “daughter” to “child” (Ety/SEL-D). It was written above its feminine equivalent ᴹQ. selde and an apparently