Quenya Utensils, Tools, Weapons

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

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calpa water-vessel [KALPA]
calpa- draw water, scoop out, bale out [KALPA]
lipil little glass (LT1:258, QL)
lipta- < QL lipte- to drip
salpa bowl (LT1:266)
but salpa- to sip
súlo goblet [SUG, SUK]
sungwa drinking-vessel [SUK]
venë small boat, vessel, dish (LT1:254 Glorvent, GL)
yulma cup, drinking-vessel (Namárië, RGEO:67, WJ:416)
but yulma brand [YUL]
yulmë drinking, carousal (WJ:416)
back to top BLADED TOOLS
circa sickle [KIRIK]
ecco spear [EK, EKTE]
syn. ecco, ehte
ecet short broad-bladed sword (UT:284)
ehte spear [EK, EKTE]
syn. ecco, ehte
ehtyar spearman [EK, EKTE]
falquan large sword (LT2:341)
hyanda blade, share (blade of plough) (LT2:342)
hyando 'cleaver', sword [SYAD]
hyar- to cleave- [SYAD]
hyar noun plough (LT2:342)
but hyar- to cleave [SYAD]
lango broad sword; prow of a ship [LAG]
macil sword [MAK] (LT1:259, VT39:11)
note macil can be derived from both mac- to hew with a sword (VT39:11) and maca- forge metal (VT41:10)
macar tradesman [MBAKH]
macar swordsman (originally, forger) (VT39:11)
mahta- wield a weapon; handle, wield, manage [MAK]
mahtar warrior [MAK]
maica blade of a cutting tool or weapon, esp. sword-blade (VT39:11)
maica sharp, piercing (SA:maeg)
naica dagger (GL:32)
but notice these:
naicando, naico, naiquëa sinner (VT43:33)
naicë, naicelë sharp pain [NÁYAK]
naico of hills?? (MC:221)
nehta spearhead
isolated from nernehta 'man-spearhead', a battle-formation (UT:282)
pelecco axe (LT2:346)
pelehta- to hew (attested pelecta-) (LT2:346)
sicil dagger, knife [SIK]
invented sicil carcanëa a knife with serrated blade; I made carcanëa from carcanë row of teeth
back to top OTHER TOOLS
ampa hook; name of tengwa 14 [GAP] (Appendix E)
erca prickle, spine [ÉREK]
erca- to prick [ÉREK]
hwarma crossbar [SKWAR]
hwarin crooked [SKWAR]
namba hammer [NDAM]
namba- to hammer
nassë thorn, spike [NAS]
neuma snare [SNEW]
pilin
pilind-
arrow [PÍLIM]
quinga bow (for shooting) [KWIG] (LT1:256)
tamin
taminn-
noun forge (LT1:250)
tambë copper (LT1:250, QL:88)
tampa stopper [TAP]
compare táp- to stop, block
tancil pin, brooch [TAK]
tangwa hasp, clasp [TAK]
tac- to fasten [TAK]
tanca firm, fixed, sure [TAK]
tancil pin, brooch [TAK]
taxë nail [TAK]
taxë nail [TAK]
tecil pen [TEK] (PM:318)
tec- write [TEK]
tecco stroke of pen or brush (when not used as long mark)
tehta noun mark, sign
teret auger, gimlet (tool for boring holes) (LT1:255)
urna oven (LT1:271)
vainë sheath (knife- or sword-covering) (LT1:271)
vainolë quiver (arrow-case) (LT1:271)
turma shield [TURÚM]
windelë loom (LT1:254)
back to top OTHER OBJECTS
angwenda chain
invented from S. angwedh iron-bond, chain root WED
ref PPQ (P.T.)
armar goods (plural) [3AR]
calma lamp, a light; name of tengwa 3 [KAL] (Appendix E)
note earlier, in LT1:254 it meant daylight, in MC:213 light
engwë thing (VT39:7 [EÑ])
hyellë glass (material?) [KHYEL(ES)]
lipil little glass
laivë ointment [LIB 2]
lanat weft (thread or cloth) [LAN]
lanwa loom
lannë tissue, cloth [LAN]
latta strap [LATH]
but latta hole, pit [DAT, DANT]
lia fine thread, spider filament
lipsa soap [LIB 2]
lipte- to drip (LT1:258), later possibly to be read as lipta-
lícuma taper, candle (Markirya, MC:223)
líco wax (Markirya, MC:223)
mahalma throne (WJ:399)
note adapted from Valarin
nat thing [NÁ 2]
cf. únat a thing impossible to be or to be done (VT39:26)
nirwa bolster, cushion [NID]
norollë cart (GL:31)
nyellë bell [NYEL]
olwen olwenn- branch, wand, stick (LT2:342)
paluhta table (QL: palucta)
note QL has palucta, which in Quenya would become paluhta. The root is [PAL] wide, open
pano piece of shaped wood [PAN]
note from panó plank, fixed board, especially in a floor
parma book; name of tengwa 2 [PAR] (Appendix E)
peltas
peltax-
pivot [PEL] [TAK]
quesset
quessec-
pillow [KWES]
rembë mesh (VT42:12 [REB, REM])
remma noun snare (VT42:12 [REB, REM])
remba- to net, entrap (VT42:12 [REB, REM])
rembina entangled (VT42:12 [REB, REM])
remi- to snare (VT42:12 [REB, REM])
ria wreath (PM:347)
rië crown [RIG]
rína crowned
runda rough piece of wood [RUD]
sambë
þambë
room, chamber [STAB]
samna
þamna
wooden post [STAB]
samno, þamno carpenter, wright, builder [STAB]
talan
talam-
floor, base, ground [TAL, TALAM]
tanwë craft, thing made, device, construction [TAN]
tano crafstman, smith [TAN]
tarma pillar (SA:tar, UT:166)
tel roof (LT1:268)
teltassë awning (sheet of canvas as protection against sun or rain, esp. on ships) (GL:70)
telumë dome, roof, canopy; firmament [TEL, TELU] (WJ:399, 411)
telimbo canopy, sky (LT1:268)
telluma dome, cupula; esp. Dome of Varda from Valarin (WJ:399, 411, Namárië, RGEO:66)
telta- to canopy, overshadow, screen [TEL, TELU]
tengwë indication, sign, token; esp. consonant (VT39:7 [TEÑ (2)])
note Etym derived it from root [TEK]
teñ- to indicate: tëa, tengë (VT39:7 [TEÑ (2)])
tombo gong (LT1:269)
tópa roof [TOP]
tópa- to roof
tulco noun support, prop [TULUK]
compare the following cognates:
tulca firm, strong, inmovable, steadfast [TULUK]
tulca- to fix, set up (LT1:270)
tulma bier (LT1:270)
tulwë pillar, standard, pole
tupsë thatch [TUP]
tyulma mast [TYUL] (SD:419)
únat a thing impossible to be or to be done (VT39:26)
cf. nat thing
uscil
uscillë
cigarette, tobacco-pipe
invented from USUK smoke root USUK
ref PPQ (Terry Dock)
vaia
vaiya
waia
waiya
enveloppe; esp. of the Outer Sea [WAY]
vandil staff (LT1:264)
winda
wistë
woof, weft (transverse threads woven into warp to make web; yarn for these; something woven) (LT1:254)
windelë loom (LT1:254)
yaima implement (GL:37)
yungwa appliance
invented from YUK use
ref PPQ (P.T.)
See also Quenya Buildings and Transport: Furniture
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Alex Grigny de Castro
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April 2002