Quenya Buildings and Transport

• Towns, Roads
• Buildings, Dwellings, Chambers
• Parts of Buildings
• Furniture
• Transport

References referred to with ref.:
PPQ = Parma Penyanë Quettaron by Boris Shapiro, at http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/ppq.htm

TOWNS, ROADS
ando	gate; name of tengwa 5 [AD] (Appendix E)
andon andond-	great gate [AD]
irin	town (LT2:343)
lantalca	boundary post or mark (VT42:28) note *lan Etym [LAN] weave? + *talca post, mark
mallë	street, road [MBAL] (LR:47, 56, LT1:263, SD:310) note plural maller instead of expected malli
masto	village (LT1:251)
minassë	fort, city, with a citadel and central watch tower (VT42:24 [MINI]) note root [MINI] stand alone, stick out
opelë	walled house or village, town [PEL(ES)]
ossa	wall and moat (LT2:336)
osta	homestead (LT2:336)
ostar	township (LT2:336)
osto	a strong or fortified building or place, strong place, fortress; city, town with wall round [OS] (MR:350, 471; WJ:414) but osto the gates of the Sun (LT1:264) obsoleted?
panda	enclosure [PAD]
talca	post, mark (VT42:28 [TAK]) note VT42 has *talca from TAK fix, make fast + -la ?
tirios	a town with walls and towers (LT1:258)
tarna	crossing, passage (LT2:347)
yána	holy place, fane, sanctuary [YAN]
yanta	bridge; name of tengwa 35 (Appendix E) in the Etymologies yanta is yoke [YAT]
yanwë	bridge, joining, isthmus [YAT]
BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, CHAMBERS
ampano	building (especially of wood), wooden hall [PAN]
arta	noun fort, fortress [3AR, GARAT] arta adj. exalted, lofty (PM:354) arta prep. across, athwart (LT2:335)
ataquë	construction, building [TAK]
caimasan caimasamb- caimaþan caimaþamb-	bedchamber [KAY] [STAB]
car card-	building, house [KAR] note changed from deed car- make, do, build [KAR]
coa	house (WJ:369) coacalina light of the house, a metaphor for the soul fëa dwelling inside the body hroa (MR:250)
corda	temple (LT1:257) cordon idol (LT1:257)
farnë	dwelling extracted from orofarnë mountain-dwelling
hróta	dwelling underground, artificial cave or rockhewn hall (PM:365)
mar mard- mardë	hall extracted from plural compound oromardi lofty halls (Namárië, RGEO:66) note may be more or less identical with már home, house of persons or peoples, in names like Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar, Mardil [SA:bar]; early text (LT1:251) has mar mas- dwelling of men, the Earth, -land mar mard- earth (Fíriel's Song) mardo dweller (LT1:251)
mastasan mastasamb- mastaþan mastaþamb-	kitchen invented MBAS masta bread, STAB sambë, þambë chamber ref. PPQ (Didier Willis)
matasan matasamb- mataþan mataþamb-	dining-room invented by Alex Grigny, mat-, mata- to eat + sambë room
mindë	turret (VT42:24): [MINI])
mindo	isolated tower [MINI]
mindon	(great, lofty) tower (Silm, Markirya) Mindon Eldaliéva Lofty Tower of the Eldalië (Silm)
mityatarna	corridor, inner passage invented by Alex Grigny, mitya inner tarna crossing, passage
noirë noiri-	tomb isolated from Noirinan Valley of the Tombs in Númenor (UT:166)
opelë	walled house or village, town [PEL(ES)]
orofarnë	mountain-dwelling (LotR bk. III ch. 4, Letters:224)
oromar oromard- oromardë	lofty hall (Namárië, RGEO:66) note only plural oromardi is attested
os ost-	house, cottage (LT2:336) see newer coa, mar
rondo	a vaulted or arched roof, as seen from below (and usually not visible from outside); a (large) hall or chamber so roofed; vaulted hall; cave [ROD] (WJ:414; VT39:9) note Etymologies [ROD] has cave
sambë þambë	room, chamber [STAB]
tirin	tall tower (LT1:258) note tir- is to watch.
tirion	watch-tower, tower [TIR] note in LT:258 it meant a mighty tower, a city on a hill Tirion Great Watchtower, a city of the Elves in Aman (SA:tir; in MR:176 the translation is "Watchful City") tiris watch, vigil (LT1:258)
tópasan tópasamb- tópaþan tópaþamb-	attic (lit. roof-room) invented by Alex Grigny, tópa roof + sambë room
PARTS OF BUILDINGS
fenda	threshold [PHEN]
henet henets-	window invented from Sindarin heneth window root KHEN ref PPQ (Boris Shapiro)
paca	paved floor, court (GL:63)
pano	piece of shaped wood; (originally:) plank, fixed board esp. in a floor [PAN]
ramba	wall [RAM] (SA]
samna, þamna	wooden post [STAB] samno, þamno carpenter, wright, builder
talan talam-	floor, base, ground [TALAM, TAL]
tarma	pillar (SA:tar) Tarmasundar the Roots of the Pillar, the slopes of Meneltarma in Númenor (UT:166)
tel	roof (LT1:268)
telluma	dome, cupula, especially the Dome of Varda over Valinor, but also applied to the domes of the mansion of Manwë and Varda upon Taniquetil (Namárië, RGEO:66) note from Valarin delgûmâ under the influence of pure Quenya telumë (WJ:399, 411)
telumë	dome, roof, canopy; firmament [TEL, TELU] (WJ:399, 411, MC:214, 221) Telumehtar Warrior of the sky, older name of Menelmacar = Orion [TEL, TELU] (Appendix E, WJ:411) Telumendil Sky-friend, name of a constellation (Silm)
tópa	roof [TOP] tópa- to roof [TOP]
tulwë	pillar, standard, pole (LT1:270)
tupsë	thatch [TUP]
uswevandë	way of escape (Lt2:336) note vand- means way, path (LT1:264) uswë noun issue, escape (LT1:251)
FURNITURE
caima	bed [KAY] caimassë lying in bed (noun), sickness caimassëa bedridden, sick caimasan caimasamb- bedchamber
calma	lamp, a light; name of tengwa 3 [KAL] (Appendix E) note earlier, in LT1:254 it meant daylight, in MC:213 light
hamba	seat invented root KHAM sit ref. PPQ (Terry Dock)
mahalma	throne (UT:305, 317 Cirion's Oath) note adapted from Valarin (WJ:399)
nirwa	bolster, cushion [NID]
paluhta	table (QL: palucta) note QL has palucta, which in Quenya would become paluhta. The root is [PAL] wide, open
quesset quessec-	pillow note the Sindarin cognate pesseg points to a primitive form *kwessek- [KWES] (Helge Fauskanger)
sarassë	footstool, hassock invented from S tharas hassock, footstool root STAR ref. PPQ (Boris Shapiro)
teltassë	awning (sheet of canvas etc. as shelter against sun or rain, esp. on ships) (GL:70)
urna	oven (LT1:271)
TRANSPORT
cirya	ship (SA:kir, Markirya) ciryamo mariner
luntë	boat; ship [LUT] (MC:216, LT1:249, LT1:255)
norollë	cart (GL:31)
rocco	horse, swift horse for riding [ROK] (SA:roch, Letters:282, 382) roquen horseman/woman (the Quenya word does not show gender), rider, knight (WJ:372, UT:282)
venë	small boat, vessel, dish (LT1:254)

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