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.
Elvish Words – Time
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”