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
Elvish Words – Time
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”