| THE SEA | |
|---|---|
| airė | sea [AYAR, AIR].
but airė holy, airė eternity [EY] syn. ėar |
| Alatairė | Great Sea, name of Western Ocean between Beleriand and Valinor, called Belegaer in Sindarin [ĮLAT] [AYAR, AIR]
note cf. alat- large, great in size [ĮLAT] and airė sea |
| ėar ėarė | sea [AYAR, AIR]
syn. airė Eär the Great Sea, older Rįsa |
| Ekkaia | name of the outer ocean (Silm)
note for et-gaya? |
| fallė | foam
falasta- to foam [PHAL, PHĮLAS] |
| falma | (crested, foaming) wave [PHAL, PHĮLAS] |
| haloisi | the sea (in storm) (LT1:254)
haloitė leaping (LT1:254) halta- to leap (LT1:254) |
| Rįsa | the Sea (LT2:347)
see newer Eär |
| WATERS | |
| ailin | pool, lake [AY] [LIN 1] (LT2:339)
note earlier versions of Markirya have ailin or ailinė meaning shore, beach |
| capalinda | spring of water (LT1:257)
see newer ehtelė |
| cectelė | fountain (LT1:257, LT2:338)
deprecated use newer ehtelė |
| celma | channel [KEL] |
| celu | stream (LT1:257)
deprecated use newer celumė |
| celumė | stream, flow [KEL] (LT1:257, Markirya) |
| celussė | freshlet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring (UT:426) |
| ehtelė | issue of water, spring [KEL, ET] (SA:kel-)
obsoletes ectelė syn. capalinda |
| etsir | mouth of a river [ET] [SIR] |
| hwindė | eddy, whirlpool [SWIN]
hwinya- to swirl, eddy, gyrate [SWIN] |
| linya | pool [LIN 1] |
| lśto | flood (LT1:249) |
| moilė | tarn (small mountain lake) (LT2:349) |
| nanda | water-mead, watered plain [NAD] |
| nellė | brook [NEN] |
| nen | river, water (LT1:248, LT1:262)
deprecated use newer sķrė river, nén water |
| nén nen- | water [NEN] |
| nendė | pool [NEN] |
| nénuvar | pool of lilles (LT1:248) |
| oloire | great flood [LOG] (VT42:10) |
| oloiya- | to inundate, flood [LOG] (VT42:10) |
| sindi | river (LT1:265)
deprecated use newer sķrė |
| sķrė | river, stream [SIR] (LT1:265)
sir- to flow sirilla flowing, old participle of siri- flow (Narqelion, QL:xiv) sķrima liquid, flowing (LT1:265) |
| siril | rivulet [SIR] |
| ulundė | flood [ULU] |
| wentė | brook (GL:46) |
| SHORES AND ISLES | |
| falas falass- falassė | shore, beach, line of surf [PHAL, PHĮLAS] (LT1:253, LT2:339, SA:falas)
syn. hresta, hyapat Falassė Nśmėa Western Surf (LT1:253) |
| hópa | haven, harbour, small landlocked bay [KHOP]
syn. londė hopassė harbourage |
| hresta | shore, beach (Markirya)
syn. falas, hyapat |
| hyapat | shore [SKYAP]
syn. falas, hresta |
| lóna | island, remote land difficult to reach [LONO (AWA)] |
| londė -londė | road (in sea), entrance to harbour, land-locked haven [LOD] (SA)
syn. hópa Alqualondė Swan-haven, capital of the Teleri (SA) |
| rįva | bank, especially of a river [RAMBĮ]
but rįva wild, untamed [RAB] |
| sarniė | shingle, pebble-bank (UT:463) |
| tol toll- | island, isle; any rise standing alone in water, plain of green, etc. [TOL 2] (SA:tol, LT1:85, 269, SA:tol)
Tol Eressėa Lonely Isle [TOL 2] [ERE] (LONO, Silm) |
| yanwė | bridge, joining, isthmus [YAT]
syn. yatta |
| yatta | narrow neck, isthmus [YAK]
syn. yanwė |
| RAVINES, CLEFTS, CAVES, ABYSS | |
| ollo | cliff, seaward precipice (LT1:252)
note also oldó: older form? |
| axa | narrow path, ravine [AK]
but axa waterfall (obsolete?) (LT1:249, 255) |
| cilya | chasm, cleft, gorge (LR:47, 56, MR:471)
note spelled cirya in Calacirya Cleft of Light |
| ciris | cleft, crack (LT2:337)
note see cirissė |
| cirissė | slash, gash [KIRIS]
note see ciris |
| falqua | cleft, mountain pass, ravine (LT2:341) |
| fįsė | gap, gulf (GL:36) |
| felya | cave [PHÉLEG] |
| hróta | dwelling underground, artificial cave or rockhewn hall (PM:365) |
| latta | hole, pit [DAT, DANT]
but latta strap [LATH] latya opening (used as abstract in the source) (VT39:23) latya- to open from the negated form avalatya un-open i.e. to close (VT41:6). |
| mandu | abyss (MC:214)
deprecated use newer undumė mandulómi hell-shadows (MC:221) |
| ronta | hollow adj. or noun? (LT2:347)
see rotwa |
| rotelė | cave (LT2:347) |
| rotto | a small grot or tunnel (PM:365) |
| rotwa | hollow adj. or noun? (LT2:347)
also ronta note later the preferred words for hollow are adj. unqua and noun unquė |
| sanca žanca | cleft, split [STAK] |
| sśma | hollow cavity, bosom (Markirya) |
| undumė | abyss (Markirya)
deprecates mandu |
| unquė | noun hollow, also name of tengwa 16 [UNUK] (Appendix E)
adj. unqua hollow |
| yįwė | ravine, cleft, gulf [YAG] |
| MOUNTAINS AND HILLS | |
| aicalė | peak [AYAK] |
| aicassė | mountain peak [AYAK] |
| ambo | hill (Markirya)
note early Q. amun amund- (LT2:335) |
| coron | mound (SA)
Coron Oiolairė, Corollairė Mound of Eversummer where the Two Trees grew, i.e. Ezellohar, the Green Mound (WJ:401) |
| cumbė | mound, heap [KUB] |
| inga | top, highest point [ING] (PM:340)
also inga first |
| ingor | summit of a mountain [ING] (PM:340) |
| niquetil | snowcap [NIK-W] [TIL] (LT1:266, SA:til)
Taniquetil Taniquetild- the highest of the mountains of Valinor, upon which were the mansions of Manwė and Varda; properly, this name refers to the topmost peak only, the whole mountain being called Oiolossė [OY] (SA:til) High White Horn [TA, TA3] [NIK-W] [TIL] |
| nóla | round head, knoll (mound, small hill) [NDOL]
but nóla, ńóla wise, learned |
| ormė | summit, crest (LT1:256)
obsoleted probably by ormė haste, violence, wrath, ormė noun rushing [GOR, KHOR] |
| oro | hill (LT1:256)
see newer ambo |
| oron oront- | mountain [ÓROT]
Lśnoronti Blue Mountains [LUG 2] |
| orto | mountain-top [ÓROT] |
| rassė | horn, especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains [RAS] (PM:69) |
| talma | base, foundation, root [TALAM]
Talmar Ambaren Foundations of the World, name of a place, with early genitive in -en instead of -o (TALAM) |
| tįriė | height (LotR: bk VI ch 4, Letters:308) |
| tundo | hill, mound [TUN] |
| VALLEYS, MEADOWS AND FIELDS | |
| lairė | meadow (LT1:267, GL:39)
but lairė summer, lairė poem |
| lįtiė | openness (VT39:23)
latin, latina open, free, cleared (of land); used of freedom of movement, of things not encumbered with obstacles [LAT] (VT41:5) |
| nal nall- nallė | dale, dell (LT1:261)
nalda adj. valley (LT1:261) |
| nan nand- -nandė | valley (Letters:308)
note nan was woodland (LT1:261) but nandė, ńandė harp Laurenandė (UT:253) Nan-Tasarion Vale of Willows (LotR bk III ch 4) nandin fay of the country (LT1:261) |
| palis | sward (expanse covered with short grass, turf), lawn (LT1:264)
palmė surface [PAL] |
| peler | fenced field, Old English tśn [PEL(ES)] |
| tumba | deep valley (Letters:308)
note apparently an extended form tumbalė in tumbalemorna deepvalleyblack or (according to SA:tum) black deep valley, also tumbaletaurėa deepvalleyforested |
| tumbalė | deep valley
see tumba |
| tumbo | valley, deep valey, under or among hills [TUB] (SA:tum)
note the gloss was dark vale (LT1:269) see tumba |
| WOODS | |
| aldėon | avenue of trees (LT1:249) |
| mįlos | forest (LT2:342)
see newer taurė |
| tauno | forest (LT1:267)
see newer taurė |
| taurė | (great) wood, forest [TĮWAR] [SA:taur, Letters:308, VT39:7, Markirya)
Taurė Huinéva Forest of Shadow Sindarin Taur na Fuin [PHUY] -taurėa forested in Tumbaletaurėa |
| tavas | woodland (LT1:267) |
| DESERT, SAND AND STONE | |
| ambal | shaped stone, flag [MBAL] |
| erumė | desert [ERE]
Eruman desert north-east of Valinor |
| litsė | sand [LIT] |
| ondo | stone (LT2:342, LT1:254)
note also on, probably not in later Quenya; various old forms: ondoli rocks (MC:213), this would be a partitive plural; ondolin rocks (MC:220); ondoisen upon rocks (MC:221); ondolissen on rocks still valid (MC:214) |
| sar sard- | (small) stone [SAR]
Elessar Star-stone sarna of stone [SAR] |
| sinca | flint (LotR bk VI ch 6).
note from sincahonda flint-hearted |
| REGION, LAND AND COUNTRY | |
| arda | realm, any more or less bounded or defined place, a region [3AR, GAR]
Arda the Earth |
| cemen | earth, referring to the earth as a flat floor beneath menel (the heavens); soil, earth [KEM] (SA:kemen, LT1:257). |
| mar mard- | earth (FS, SA:bar)
note more or less identical with mįr home, house (of persons or peoples); in names like Valimar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar, Mardil. Early Qenya has mar mas- dwelling of men, the Earth, -land (LT1:251) oromardi high halls, mar mard- (Namįriė) |
| ména | region [MEN] |
| -ndor | land (Letters:308, UT:253) |
| nómė | place (VT42:29 n.39)
note found in sinomė in this place and in nómessė. |
| nómessė | place-name (VT42:29 n.39)
note nómė place + essė name; pl.gen. nómesseron (for nómession ?); in (PM:339 and MR:470) the plural of essė is essi. |
| -nor -nór | land, as opposed to sea (Letters:308)
note more usual form is nórė |
| nórė | land, country, dwelling-place, region where certain people live; race, clan, people [NŌ, NDOR, BAL] (WJ:413, SA:dōr, LT1:272)
see -nor |
| -nóriė | country, in sindanóriė (Nam, RGEO:67)
see nórė |
| palśrė | surface, bosom, bosom of Earth, Old English folde [PAL] |
| Palurin | the wide world (LT1:264) |
| MIDDLE-EARTH | |
| Ambarenya Ambarendya | Middle-Earth [MBAR] [ÉNED]
note usually called Endor, Endórė. |
| Endamar | Middle-earth [ÉNED] [MBAR]
note usually called Endor, Endórė. |
| Endor Endórė | Middle-earth, centre of the world [ÉNED] [NDOR] (SA:dór, Appendix E) |
| Entar Entarda | Thither Lands, Middle-earth, Outer Lands, East, as seen from Aman [EN] [3AR, GAR] |
| VARIA | |
| corin | circular enclosure; in QL, especially on a hill-top [KOR] (QL, LT1:257). |
| eressė | solitude [ERE]
eressėa lonely [ERE] (LT1:269) Eressėa, Tol Eressėa Lonely (One), Lonely Isle (Silm). |
| men | place, spot; way [MEN] (SA) |
| tarna | crossing, passage (LT2:347) |
Alex Grigny de Castro
xelag@3dee.nl
April 2002