Quenya Clothing

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

back to top CLOTHES
carma helmet (PM:260)
carrëa (single-threaded) tressure (VT42:12 [KAS] [RAY])
cassa helmet [KAS]
see newer carma
colla vestment, cloak (MR:385, SA:thin(d))
colla borne, worn pas. participle of col-
helet
helets-
fur, fur coat
invented from Sindarin heleth root SKEL
ref PPQ (Boris Shapiro)
lappa hem of robe (GL:52)
quilta belt (QL)
note QL has qilta (PPQ, H.F.)
ríma edge, hem, border [RÍ]
táta hat (GL:71)
telmë hood, covering [TEL, TELU]
telmello telmanna from hood to base, from crown to foot, top to bottom
vacco jacket, cloak (GL:21)
vaima robe (LT1:271)
vaina clad (LT1:272)
vasar
waþar
veil (VT42:9, 28 n.17)
note not much used in Quenya; the passage was later struck through
back to top ORNAMENTS, PROPS
ambalotsë uprising-flower, referring to the flower or floreate device used as a crest fixed to point of a tall [illegible word: ?archaic] helmet (WJ:318)
corma ring
extracted from Cormacolindo Ring-bearer (LotR bk. VI ch. 4, Letters:308)
firinga carcanet, necklace (LT2:346, GL:36)
mírë
-mir
jewel [MIR] [SA:mîr]
miril
mirill-
shining jewel [MBIRIL]
ría wreath (PM:347)
rië crown [RIG]
rína crowned [RIG]
tancil pin, brooch [TAK]
vandil staff (LT1:264)
adapted from vandl
back to top RELATED WORDS
col- to bear, wear
extracted from colla borne, worn, it's pas. participle
colla vestment, cloak (MR:385, SA:thin(d))
Cormacolindo Ring-bearer (LotR bk. VI ch. 4)
cóla burden (VT39:10)
yerya- transitive to wear (out) intransitive get old [GYER]
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Alex Grigny de Castro
xelag@3dee.nl
April 2002