| HEAD | |
|---|---|
| anca | jaw, row of teeth, also name of tengwa 15 [ÁNAK, NAK] (Appendix E, SA)
note earlier form is cá |
| anta | face [ANA 1] |
| anto | mouth, also name of tengwa 13 (Appendix E)
but anto giver (masc) syn. náva |
| cá | jaw (GL:37)
note later form is anca |
| cár cas- | head [KAS]
note irregular form, standard would have been cás car- |
| carca | toot, fang [KARAK] (SA:carak-) |
| carcanë | row of teeth [KARAK] |
| carcassë | |
| fanga | beard [SPÁNAG]
Early Q. vanga syn. fangë, poa |
| fangë | long beard (GL:34)
syn. fanga, poa |
| fassë | tangled hair, shaggy lock [PHAS]
fasta- to tangle |
| findë | hair, esp. of the head; a tress or plait of hair; tress, braid of hair, lock of hair [SPIN] (PM:340, 345)
but obsoleting findë cunning |
| finda | having hair, -haired
carnifinda red-haired (PM:340) |
| findessë | a head of hair, a person's hair as a whole (PM:345) |
| findil | lock of hair, tress (LT2:341) |
| finë | a hair (PM:340)
but finë larch [SPIN] |
| hen hend- | eye dual hendu [KHEN-D-E]
hendumaica sharp-eye(d) (WJ:337) henulca evil-eyed cen- to see, behold tir- to watch, guard, heed yéta- look at (LT1:262) |
| lamba | tongue (physical) [LAB] (WJ:394) |
| lanco lancu- | throat [LAK 1 , LANK]
óma voice, resonance of the vocal chords [OM] (VT39:16) |
| lár | ear [LAS 2]
note Etym has: "LAS 2-: listen. N lhaw ears (of one person), old dual *lasú - whence singular lhewig. Q lár, lasta- listen; ...". The assumption is that lás is singular here, and means "ear". but lár league (distance) lasta- to listen [LAS 2] lasta listening, hearing [LAS 2] Lastalaica Sharp-ears (a name) hlar- to hear |
| loxë | hair [LOKH] |
| mundo | snout, nose, cape [MBUD]
but mundo bull |
| nangwa | jaw [NAK] |
| náva ñáva | mouth, not only the lips but also the inside of the mouth (VT39:13 cf. 8)
note earlier form was páva syn. anto tyav- to taste [KYAB] tyavë taste pl. tyaver [KYAB] |
| nelet nelc- | tooth [NÉL-EK] |
| nengwë | nose pl. nengwi given [NEÑ-WI]
nengwëa nasal nol- to smell [ÑOL]; not attested, but Etym suggests it ?holmë odour [ÑOL]; weird form, is it not misread instead of nolmë? but Nolmë is "knowledge, philosophy..." [ÑGOL] |
| nië | tear [NEI] (LT1:262, LT2:346)
note apparently níe in MC:221 nieninquë "white tear, snowdrop" [NIK-W] (LT1:262, 266) adj. nieninquëa syn. nírë |
| nírë | tear [NEI]
syn. nië |
| páva | mouth, including tongue, lips and teeth
note apparently changed by Tolkien to náva (VT39:19) |
| pé pe- | lip (VT39:9, 11 [PEÑ])
note dual peu the two lips, the mouth opening; earlier in Etym, pé was glossed mouth [PEG] |
| poa | beard (GL:63)
syn. fanga, fangë |
| rassë | horn, especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains [RAS] (PM:69) |
| tarca | horn [TARÁK]
note earlier form taru |
| taru | horn (LT2:337, 347)
note later form is tarca tarucca horned (LT2:347) |
| yat yaht- | neck [YAK] |
| yatta | narrow neck, isthmus [YAK] |
| LIMBS | |
| cambë | hollow of hand [KAB] |
| formaitë | righthanded, dexterous [PHOR] |
| hacca | buttocks, hams (GL:47) |
| hyarmaitë | lefthanded [KHYAR] |
| leper | finger
(VT44:16) 1968 CE stem LEP, see also lepta- pick (up, out) with the fingers |
| lepsë | finger [LEP, LEPET] |
| má | hand
dual mát, attested as máryat his/her 2 hands [MA3] (LT2:339, Narqelion, VT39:10, Namárië, RGEO:67, FS) -maitë -handed, cf. formaitë, hyarmaitë mavoitë having hands (LT2:339) |
| ólemë | elbow (LT1:258) |
| quárë quár | fist, a tightly closed hand as in using an implement or a craft-tool rather than as used in punching [KWAR] (SA:celeb, PM:318) |
| ráma -rámë | wing
pl. rámar, pl.part. rámali [RAM] (Namárië, RGEO:66, LT2:335, Markirya) Eärrámë Alquarámë rámavoitë having wings (LT2:335, Narqelion) |
| ranco rancu- | arm pl. ranqui [RAK] |
| róma | shoulder (LT2:335)
but obsoleted by róma horn and róma loud sound |
| runya | slot, footprint [RUN]
note according to PM:366 runya also means "red flame", but SA:ruin has rúnya |
| tál tal- | foot [TAL]
note earlier Qenya in (LT2:347, LT2:347, MC:213, 216, 220) |
| tallunë | sole of foot [TALAM] [RUN]
note older form talas in (LT2:347) |
| telco telcu- | leg; stem (the vertical stroke of a tengwa, representing air) [TÉLEK] (Appendix E)
note Etym gives telco pl. telqui, the pl. form is said to be analogical |
| tiuco | thigh [TIW] |
| SKIN, BONES, ORGANS | |
| axo | bone (Markirya) |
| caivo | corpse (MC:221)
note early form, use loico or quelet |
| carva | womb (aspect of creator) [KAR] (VT43:31)
syn. móna |
| elwen | heart (LT1:255)
note use newer hón (physical) or indo (inner) |
| helma | skin, fell [SKEL]
helda naked, stripped bare [SKEL, SKAL 1] |
| hón | heart (physical) [KHÔ-N]
note replaces older elwen syn. indo (inner) |
| hrávë | flesh (MR:349)
note replaces older sarco |
| hroa | body; is roughly but not exactly equivalent to body as opposed to soul. The Incarnates live by necessary union of hroa (body) and fëa (soul) (MR:304, 330, VT39:30, WJ:405)
note changed from hrondo, in turn changed from hrón hroafelmë body-impulse; impulses provided by the body, e.g. physical fear, hunger, thirst, sexual desire (VT41:19 cf. 13) |
| loico | corpse, dead body
note replaces earlier caivo syn. quelet loicolícuma corpse-candle (Markirya) |
| mëar | gore (blood shed and thickened or clotted) (LT1:260 Meássë) |
| móna | womb (aspect of toil) [MÓ] (unglossed, but der. mól "slave") (VT43:31)
syn. carva |
| quelet quelets- | corpse [KWEL]
note replaces earlier caivo syn. loico |
| quessë | feather; also name of tengwa 4 [KWES] (Appendix E, WJ:417) |
| sarco | flesh (LT2:347)
note later Quenya hrávë sarcuva corporeal, bodily (LT2:347) sarqua fleshy (LT2:347) |
| sercë | blood (SA:sereg)
note Etym gives yár |
| tó | wool [TOW]
toa adj. of wool, woollen [TOW] in GL:71 toa was glossed "wool", noun instead of adjective - but in Tolkien's later Quenya, the noun is tó) but toa noun wood (VT39:6) |
| tuo | muscle, sinew, vigour, physical strength [TUG] |
| uë | fleece (LT1:249) |
| vië | manhood, vigour; penis [WEG] (PE13:162 gwî)
PE13: this Noldorin Dictionary entry (c. 1923) has Q. vië teors, mem vir., which means penis, from *wiqé (= *wiqué). The Etym root WEG only glosses manhood, vigour. note The Noldorin Word-lists (early 1920s?) in PE13:147 entry hoith has 2 Quenya words: puhta coitus (sexual intercourse) (there written pukta), and the verb puhta- to copulate, pa.t. púcë (to treat as poetic or archaic, later maybe the regular puhtanë could be used). A Noldorin word for the female organ is given: huch cunnus pl. hych, which might give Quenya ?pucë or ?puncë?. |
| yár yar- | blood [YAR]
note the Silmarillion Appendix (SA:sereg) gives sercë |
Alex Grigny de Castro
xelag@3dee.nl
March 2002