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
Select Elvish Words 10.36-10.37: to Sail; to Fly
10.36 to Sail ᴹQ. kiryasta- v. “to sail [a ship], *make a ship go” A verb for “to sail” appearing in the phrase ᴹQ. qe e·kárie i kirya aldaryas, ni kauva kiryasta menelyas “if he finishes the boat by Monday, I shall be able to sail on Wednesday”, from the
Select Elvish Words 10.33-10.34: to Sink, to Float
10.33 to Sink ᴹQ. sumba- v. “to submerge” A verb given as ᴹQ. sumba “to submerge” in the margins of a rejected page of verbal roots in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, derived from the root ᴹ√SUB “sink, esp. in water” (PE22/127). Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺQ. sumba- “to
Select Elvish Words 10.32: to Flow (Sindarin)
10.32 to Flow S. dannen n. “ebb, lowtide” A noun for “ebb, lowtide” appearing in notes on Variation D/L in Common Eldarin from the late 1960s as the Sindarin equivalent of nanwë “flood, high tide” (VT48/24). It is probably a combination of dan “back” and nen “water” as suggested by
Select Elvish Words 10.32 to Flow (Quenya)
10.32: to Flow ᴱQ. keleta n. “trickle” A word appearing as ᴱQ. keleta “a trickle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle” (QL/46). Neo-Quenya: Since √KEL “flow” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. celeta “trickle” for purposes of
Select Elvish Words 10.31: to Boil
ᴱQ. welba adj. “boiling, bubbling” An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. ’welba “boiling, bubbling” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE (QL/103). Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. velva with the usual sound change initial w to v.