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
Elvish Words – Physical World
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
Select Elvish Words 1.212-1.213: Ground, Soil, Dust, Powder
1.212 Ground, Soil ᴹQ. hún (hun-), n. “earth, *ground” A word in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s with stem form hun- and gloss “earth” (QL/39). It might be a later iteration of ᴱQ. han “ground, earth” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/39), and if so