14.21 Fast, Swift, Quick ᴹQ. alako n. “rush, rushing flight, wild wind” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶álākō “rush, rushing flight, wild wind” under the root ᴹ√ÁLAK “rushing” (Ety/ÁLAK). ᴹQ. (a)larka adj. “swift, rapid” An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹQ.
Select Elvish Words
Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words: 14.18-14.19 Now, Soon
14.18 Now Q. sí adv. “now” The Quenya word for “now” which is very well attested. In notes on demonstratives from 1968, it is a vowel-lengthened form of demonstrative si “this” (VT49/18) which seems to be a standard way of forming adverbs of time in Tolkien’s later writings; compare tá
Select Elvish Words: 14.16-14.17 Early, Late
14.16 Early (adv) ᴹQ. arinya adj. “morning, early” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “morning, early”, adjectival form of ᴹQ. arin “morning” (Ety/AR¹; EtyAC/AR¹). G. hai adj. and adv. “in good time, punctual(ly), early” The word G. hai “in good time, punctually, early” appeared in the Gnomish
Select Elvish Words: 14.15 Old
14.15 Old Q. enwina adj. “old” A word for “old” appearing in the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s (MC/222). It might be related to Q. enwa “yet”. Conceptual Development: The ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930 had ᴱQ. aire “old”. The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s
Select Elvish Words: 14.14 Young
14.14 Young ᴹQ. nése n. “youth” A word appearing as nése or nesse “youth” in the The Etymologies of the 1930s, the former probably derived from ᴹ✶nēthē based on the root ᴹ√NETH “young” (Ety/NETH). ᴹQ. nessa adj. “young” An adjective glossed “young” in the The Etymologies of the 1930s derived
Select Elvish Words: 14.13 New
14.13 New Q. céva adj. “fresh, new, ⚠️renewed” A word appearing in notes from the late 1960s mostly as kéva but in one place with a variant keu, variously glossed “fresh, new, renewed” and derived from the root √KEW (VT48/7-8). Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ.
Select Elvish Words: 14.12 Age
14.12 Age Q. coimen (coimend-) n. “life-year” A measure of the age of an adult Elf, translated “life-year”, equal in time to an Elvish long-year yén which is 144 sun-years (NM/84, 120). The word coimen seems to be derived from a combination of √KOY “life” and √MEN “go, proceed”, so
Select Elvish Words: 14.11 Time (period)
14.11 Time (period) ᴹQ. andalúme adv. “for a long while” A word meaning “for a long while” from the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 (PE22/125), a compound of anda “long” and lúme “time”. ᴹQ. lú n. “a time, occasion; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] 24 hours, day” A word for “a time, occasion”
Select Elvish Words: 13.55 Ordinal Number (Sindarin)
13.55 Ordinal Number (Sindarin) S. canthui num. “fourth” A Sindarin word for “fourth” appearing in notes on numbers associated with The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, an adjective form of canad “four” using the suffix -ui (VT42/25). In author’s note 5 of that document, Tolkien said
Select Elvish Words: 13.55 Ordinal Number (Quenya)
13.55 Ordinal Number (Quenya) Q. cantëa num. “fourth” A word for “fourth” in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s (VT42/25), an adjectival form of canta “four”. Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. kanya “fourth” also based on ᴱQ. kanta “four” (PE14/51, 82).