10.50 to Fade Q. fifíru- v. “to slowly fade away” A verb translated “slowly fade away” in notes associated with the Markirya “poem” of the 1960s, a frequentative form of fir- “die, fade” (MC/223). In the poem itself it appeared in its active participle form fifírula “fading” (MC/222). Conceptual Development:
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Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words 10.49: to Depart, Go Away
10.49 to Depart, Go Away Q. auta-¹ v. “to go (away), depart, leave; [variant: vanya-] to pass away, disappear, be lost” A rather irregular verb whose base meaning is “go (away), depart, leave” and by extension with the senses “pass away, disappear, be lost”, derived from the invertible root √WĀ/AWA
Select Elvish Words 10.48: to Come
10.48 to Come ᴹQ. ettul- v. “*to come forth, come out, issue” An untranslated verb appearing in its plural form ettuler in the phrase Soroni númenheruen ettuler from the 1940s (SD/290). It is clearly a combination of et- “forth, out” with tul- “come”, so meaning something like “*come forth, come
Select Elvish Words 10.47: to Go (Sindarin)
10.47 to Go N. bad- v. “*to tread, ⚠️[G.] travel” The earliest appearance of this verb was G. bad- “travel” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/21), probably based on the early root ᴱ√VAHA (QL/99). N. bad- appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as an element in the
Select Elvish Words 10.47: to Go (Quenya)
10.47 to Go Q. lelya- v. “to travel, go, proceed (in any direction)” A verb appearing in the Quendi and Eldar essay (Q&E) from 1959-60, glossed “go, proceed (in any direction), travel” and with a strong past form lende, derived from primitive ✶ledja- based on the root √LED (WJ/363). Conceptual
Select Elvish Words 10.46: to Run
10.46 to Run ᴱQ. lopo- v. “to run (of animals), gallop, *lope” The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had a verb ᴱQ. lopo- “gallop, run (of animals)” under the early root ᴱ√LOPO, contrasted with ᴱQ. loqo- “run (of human beings)” (QL/56). Neo-Sindarin: Derivatives of √LOP continued to appear in Tolkien’s
Select Elvish Words 10.45: to Walk
10.45 to Walk Q. pata- v. “to walk, *stroll; [ᴱQ.] to rap, tap (of feet)” A verb appearing in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings glossed “walk”, equivalent to S. pad- of similar meaning (PE17/34). Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had
Select Elvish Words 10.44: to Dance
10.44 to Dance ᴱQ. lilt n. “dance” A noun appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s as ᴱQ. lilt “a dance” based on the early root ᴱ√LḶTḶ (QL/55), where short syllabic [ḷ] became [il] (PE12/11). In the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s,
Select Elvish Words 10.41-10.432: to Creep; to Leap; Leaping
10.41 to Creep, Crawl ᴹQ. hlik- v. “to creep, *sneak” A verb in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, glossed “creep” and based on the root ᴹ√SLIK of the same meaning (PE22/113). It also had a frequentative form lilhikke “sneak about”, indicating the base verb may mean “*sneak” as
Select Elvish Words 10.38: to Blow
10.38 to Blow Q. hlapu- v. “to blow, fly or stream in the wind” A verb glossed “fly or stream in the wind” (MC/223) from the Markirya poem of the 1960s appearing in its active participle form within the phrase winga hlápula “the foam blowing” (MC/222). Conceptual Development: The version