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lossëa snow-white, lossë snow, olossë (poetic noun) "fallen snow [GOLÓS/LOT(H) "(white) flower"]. losselië white people
ninquë white, chill, palid [NIK-W]. niqu- be cold, freeze (of weather) (WJ:417) ninquisse whiteness, nieninquë snowdrop, i.e. white tear. niquita- shine white, niquitá- whiten, niquis, niquessë frost patterns fána or fánë white, the colour of a cloud fanya white cloud contrast lumbo a dark cloud, lumbë gloom, shadow, lumbulë (deep) shadow; ungo cloud, dark shadow [UÑG] silquë white (Qenya) silma silver, shining white [SIL], silmë starlight, silima the substance the Silmarils were made of, invented by Fëanor tinda glinting, silver [TIN], tinde noun glint, tin- to glint, tí shining, tinta- kindle, cause to spark, tintilla- to twinkle, tintina- to sparkle, tinwë a sparkle, spark, star
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sinda, þinda grey, maybe only used as noun Sinda 'Grey-elf' (LotR). sindanorië grey country, Sindarin Sindarin, Grey-Elven
sindë, þindë grey, pale or silvery grey (Etym) [THIN] hiswa grey [KHIS, KHITH]. hiswë fog, hísië mist, hísen of mist note vasar, waþar veil, originally means a shadowy region mista grey in lassemista leaf-grey vindë blue-grey, pale blue or pale grey [WIN(D)] was rejected and replaced by [THIN] sindë
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morë black, in compounds mori-. mórë blackness, mor, mornië darkness, mordo shadow, obscurity, stain [MOR]
morna dark, black (Markirya)
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carnë red [KARÁN], in compounds carni-, Carnil Mars, Carnimírië Red Jewel
nasar red Vanyarin Quenya < Valarin culda, culina flame colour, golden red [KUL]; cullo red gold aira (1) red, copper-coloured, ruddy [GAY] but (2) old (Qenya), (3) eternal [EY], (4) holy roina ruddy [ROY 2] maybe replaces aira? culuina orange colour [KUL]; culuma (fruit) orange, culumalda orange-tree rusca red-brown (VT41:10), rusco/u fox, ruscuitë foxy, russa red haired, Russandol Copper-top (a blade), russë (1) head of red hair (2) [RUS] corruscation, (poetic) sword-blade varnë (1) brown, swart, dark brown [BARÁN], in compounds varni-
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laurëa gold colour of light pl. laurië [LÁWAR/GLÁWAR, GLAW(-R)] < laurë (noun) gold colour or light. Laurelin the Golden Tree of Valinor, Laurenandë Valley of the Golden Light (east of the Misty Mountains) S. Glornan or Nan Laur, Londórinand Vale of the Land of the Singers Laurelindórinan Valley of Singing Gold, Lórinand Valley of Gold > Lórien (name of a region in Valinor)
laurina golden malina yellow [SMAL]. malinornë mallorn pl. malinorni; malda, malta (LotR) gold (metal), malo polen, yellow powder; ammale, ambale a yellow bird called Yellow Hammer tulca yellow, from Valarin (WJ:399) malwa fallow, pale [SMAL] marya pale, fallow (pale brownish or reddish yellow), fawn (light yellowish brown) [MAD]
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laica, laiqua green (S. Lego-las = Green Leaf) [LÁYAK], once spelled laica (Letters:283). Laiquendi Green-elves but laicë accuteness [LAIK keen, sharp, acute] . Laiquassë greenness. lairus lairust- verdigris (greenish copper or bronze oxidation) (VT41:10)
laiquaninwa green and blue (Narqelion) ezel, ezella green Vanyarin Quenya from Valarin (WJ:399) wenya green, yellow-green, fresh [GWEN], wén greenness, freshness
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luin blue pl. luini. Helluin Sirius, Luinil Uranus (was Neptune), Mindolluin (mount) Blue Tower
lúnë blue. Lúnoronti Blue Mountains, Niellúnë/Nielluin Sirius = blue bee ninwa blue (LT1:262) in compounds laiquaninwa green and blue (Narqelion) and Nierninwa Sirius = blue bee helwa pale blue (colour of hellë sky) [3EL]; helyanwë rain-bow (sky-bridge) ilin pale blue [GLINDI]
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Alex Grigny de Castro
March 2002