Q. hrissë n. “fall of snow” A word for “fall of snow” appearing beside deleted {hritse “fall”} in notes from around 1959, derived from the root √SRIS “snow” (PE17/168). Note that this word is for a “snow fall”, basically a noun form of the verb †hríza “it is snowing” (ᴺQ.
Select Elvish Words 1.75-1.752: Rain, Rainbow
1.75 Rain Q. mistë n. “drizzle, [ᴹQ.] fine rain” A word for “drizzle” (PE19/101) or “light rain” (Ety/MIZD) from primitive ✶mizdē, illustrating how ancient zd became st in Quenya. Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this word was ᴱQ. mirde “mist” derived from primitive ᴱ✶mẓđē in the Early Qenya Phonology
Select Elvish Words 1.73-1.74: Cloud, Mist, Fog
1.73 Cloud, Mirk Q. fanya n. “(white) cloud, white and shining [thing]; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] sky; white” The usual word for “cloud” in Quenya, appearing within both the Namárië and Markirya poems (LotR/377; MC/223), in the latter as an element in Q. fanyarë “the skies” (MC/222). More specifically, it was a “white
Select Elvish Words 1.722-1.723: Storm, Breeze
1.722 Storm Q. raumo n. “(noise of a) storm” A word for “storm” in the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s (MC/222), more accurately “(noise of a) storm” (MC/223). It may be related to the root ᴹ√RAW “*roar”. Conceptual Development: In the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem from circa
Select Elvish Words 1.71-1.72: Air, Ether, Wind
1.71 Air, Ether ᴱQ. vilina adj. “airy, breezy; light [weight?]” The adjective ᴱQ. {vilna >>} vilina “airy, breezy, light” appeared the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√VILI (QL/101). The forms vílyava or vílina “airy” appeared in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, but
Select Elvish Words 1.63: Shade, Shadow
1.63 Shade, Shadow Q. hala n. “cast shadow, *shade” A Quenya word meaning “a cast shadow” appearing in two forms, hala and (archaic) †ixal, both cognates to S. esgal and derived from the root √SKAL “cover, veil, cloak, conceal” (PE17/184). The form hala is the normal development from primitive ✶skalā
Select Elvish Words 1.62-1.622: Darkness, Dark, Murky
1.62 Darkness Q. huinë n. “gloom, (unrelieved) darkness, deep shadow, ⚠️night shade; dark (as a substance)” A word for “gloom” and “unrelieved darkness” such as a night without stars or moon (VT41/8), with an archaic form †fuinë [ɸuine] (PE19/71). In one place Tolkien said it is was used of darkness
Select Elvish Words 1.61: Light
1.61 Light ᴹQ. alka n. “ray of light, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] light of day; shining” A word for “ray of light” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√AKLA-R (Ety/AKLA-R). Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. alka “ray” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early
Select Elvish Words 1.56: Noise, Thunder
1.56 Noise, Thunder ᴱQ. fundu- vb. “?to thunder” An unglossed verb form ᴱQ. fundu- or funduna- appearing drafts of the Oilima Markirya from around 1930, appearing only in inflected forms like funduváre (future) or fundunár (PE16/57, 60). Gilson, Welden and Hostetter suggest that it might have been an onomatopoeic verb
Select Elvish Words 1.55: Flash, Lightning
1.55 Flash, Lightning Q. alca- vb. “to glitter, *shine out, flash” A verb for “glitter” in the second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ2) written around 1950 (PE18/87). Its ancient form ✶ak’la- was glossed “shine out, flash”, an abnormal vocalization of the verbal root √KAL “shine”, where Tolkien said “these formations