Q. lónë n. “isle, [ᴹQ.] island, remote land difficult to reach” An element in the name Q. Avallónë “Outer Isle”, thus likely “[remote] ilse”. Conceptual Development: A similar form ᴹQ. lóna “island, remote land difficult to reach” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as the only derivative of the
Select Elvish Words
Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words 1.241: Ravine, Pass
1.241 Ravine, Pass Q. (a)nacca n. “narrows, defile, pass, cut” A noun appearing in etymological notes from around 1964 (DD) with the glosses “narrows, defile, pass, cut” as a derivative of √NAKH “narrow, thin” (PE17/166). ᴹQ. aksa n. “ravine, narrow path; edge” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s
Select Elvish Words 1.24: Dale, Valley
1.24 Dale, Valley Q. imbë n. “deep valley, (wide) ravine, [ᴹQ.] glen, dell, (lit.) tween-land” A Quenya noun that is more or less the equivalent of S. imlad for a deep (and relatively narrow) valley or a wider-than-normal ravine. Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. imbe “dell, deep vale” appeared in the Qenya
Select Elvish Words 1.23: Plain, Field
1.23 Plain, Field ᴹQ. landa n. “plain” A noun for “a plain” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of the 1940s derived from ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” with variants landa and lanna (PE22/126), the latter probably derived from *ladna with the voiced stop d becoming a nasal before nasal
Select Elvish Words 1.223: Mound, Pile
1.223 Mound, Pile Q. coron n. “mound; [ᴹQ] globe, ball” A word glossed “mound” in the name Q. Koron Oiolaire “Mound Ever-summer” in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 (SA/coron; WJ/401). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, ᴹQ. koron was glossed “globe, ball” and was derived from the
Select Elvish Words 1.222: Slope, Cliff
1.222 Slope, Cliff ᴱQ. aiko (aiku-) n. “cliff” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. aiko (aiku-) “cliff” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently a noun variant of ᴱQ. aiqa “steep” appearing nearby (QL/29). Since ᴹQ. aiqa “steep” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/AYAK), perhaps this word can
Select Elvish Words 1.221: Peak, Summit
1.221 Peak, Summit ᴹQ. aikale n. “peak” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika “sharp” (Ety/AYAK). ᴹQ. aikasse n. “mountain peak” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mountain peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika
Select Elvish Words 1.22: Hill, Mountain
1.22 Hill, Mountain Q. ambo n. “hill, rising ground, ⚠️mount” The basis word for “hill” in Quenya (MC/222; PE17/90), also referring to “rising ground” in general (PE17/92). Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this word was ᴱQ. †amun (amund-) “hill” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of
Select Elvish Words 1.215: Sand, Grit
ᴹQ. erume n. “desert” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “desert” derived of the root ᴹ√ERE “be alone, deprived” and connected to the name ᴹQ. Eruman which was described in this document as a “desert N.E. of Valinor” (Ety/ERE). ᴹQ. litse n. “sand” A noun in The
Select Elvish Words 1.214: Mud, Mire
1.214 Mud, Mire Q. hloa n. “flood, fenland” A Quenya cognate of S. hlô appearing in The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, rejected when Tolkien revised the primitive form {✶sloga >>} ✶loga and the Sindarin form {lhô >>} lô (VT42/9-10). I personally prefer the earlier form