Early Quenya Phrases

Texts

• Earendel (Poem)
• Narqelion²
• Nieninqe
• Oilima Markirya “The Last Ark”
  • Oilima Markirya (First Version)
  • Oilima Markirya (Intermediate Version)
• Sí Qente Feanor

Phrases

• ai lindórea Lasselanta “*oh with singing at dawn Fall”
• ailinisse alkarain “upon the shining shore”
• ailinissen alkarain “*upon the shining shore”
• ailinissen oilimaisen “*on the last shores”
• ai lintuilind(ov)a Lasselanta “*oh Fall with its many swallows”
• ailissen oilimaisen “upon the last beaches”
• aire móre ala tinwi “the old darkness beyond the stars”
• a kálie kulundon “it shone like gold”
• ala fuin oilimaite “after the last night”
  • ala fuin oilimaite² “after the last night”
• ala hui oilimaite “*before the last night”
  • ala hui oilimaite² “*before the last night”
  • ala hui oilimaite³ “*before the last night”
• alda mavoite “chestnut”
• alildon ornin lassevarnen “?leaf-brown trees grow”
• alkantaniéren úrio kalmainen “made it shine in the lights of the sun”
• alkarissen oilimain “in the last rays of light”
  • alkarissen oilimain² “*in the last rays of light”
• anda ráma “(a) long wing”
• an ni “give (it) me”
• an nir “give (it) me”
• anwe or aiqale elta súrut lunte aiwendon lossiattea “*went on the heights driven by the wind a ship like a bird with a blossom-white neck”
• ar i·kiryo kaluváre talain kulukalmalínen “*and the sails of the ship will shine with golden lights”
• ar i·súru laustuváro lintataurelasselindon “*and the wind will roar like many forest leaves”
• ar laiqali linqi falmari “and the green wet waves”
• ar tanda kiryaiko lúte
• ar tanda kirya lúte
• ar váro naltur an ómi karmar “*but rather they are to all deeds”
• ar wingildin wilwarindeën “and the foam-like butterflies”
• Eldar yan Indi “*Elves and Men”
• elle tande Nielikkilis “thither came little Niéle”
• en ilta n·ner ya me·qetsime ka húyo ne hwa·telpe ie-rautanéma ompa va húyo “thereupon in came the man {from whom we heard >>} by whom we were told his money had all been stolen from him”
• - en i úmavaisor “*- there on the throne of hate”
• e tulien “is having come, has come”
• falma fundunár
• falma pustane “the foam blowing”
• fanwen tollillon lómealloi “*a dream from the gloomy islands”
• fúmelot valinoriva “(large) poppy”
• ha·matsir “one eats it, it is eaten”
• (h)a·tule “it comes (some definite thing)”
• ha·tule “it (some definite thing) comes”
• hi·mante “she ate”
• hísimandulómi anta móri rauqi n·Ambalár “*the black mist-clouds of hell come rushing from the East”
• hi·tule ki “she may be coming, may come”
• hi·tule nai “she might (possibly) come or be coming”
• hi·túlie nai “she might have come”
• hi·tulinde nai “she {will >>} might be coming (supposing else also to be the case, which we know is not so)”
• hi·tuluva nai “she might (conceivably) come at some time in the future”
• hue yullume i hualqe “twice nine is eighteen”
• hui oilima “[the last evening]”
• hui oilima man kiluva “Who shall see the last evening?”
• hu·karne ha min “he did it first (i.e. either before anyone else did so, or before he did anything else)”
• hu·mate “he eats”
• húro ulmula “the storm mumbling”
• i air’ anūre “monks”
• i·aire qinde “nuns”
• i·Eldar tulier “the Eldar have come”
• i·kal’antúlien “Light hath returned”
• i·kuluina parma “the golden book”
• i·lambe’n·noldolion “the tongue of the gnomes”
• i·liante sa “that vine”
• i limbelu tuktalla nai mára “*the long search may be good”
• i lunte linganer “the boat hummed like a harp-string”
• i·mar tye “that house (of yours)”
• i mitta ’n·felda aksínen “the worst piece of steel”
• i·ner eldalluva “the man from the elves”
• i·ner i·táralda ’n·Noldolion “the tallest man of (or among) the Gnomes”
• i·ner qi “this man; this man (we have at present, etc.)”
• i oromandin eller tande “the wood-spirits came thither”
• i·rendi tapatenda “thieves”
• i·satto nér “both the men”
• i súru laustaner “the wind lausted (made a windy noise)”
• i tolma kuluinen “the helm of gold”
• (i·)yúyo elda(li) “*two elves”
• i·yúyo elda(li) “*the two elves”
• i·yúyo n·Eldalion “*the two elves”
• †kai kuluinen “*ten pieces of gold”
• †kai nerion “ten men”
• kaire laiqa’ondoisen kirya “the white ship lay upon the rocks”
• kaivo i sapsanta “as a corpse into the grave”
• kaivon nyúken i·sapsanta silmerána númetár “*the gleaming-moon goes down like a corpse into the grave”
• kalma histane “the light fading”
• karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite “amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist”
• karnevaite úri kilivande hísen nie nie nienaite “*red-skied the sun will gaze through a haze of tears”
• karo ohtan “a deed of (some actual) war”
• kea kulu “ten pieces of gold”
• keën Eldalin “the ten Elves (accusative pl.)”
• keë neri “*ten men”
• kildo kirya ninqe “a white ship one saw”
• kildo kirya noiko
• kirilde múna koito
• kirilde tinwelinqe
• kirya kalliére “the ship shone”
• kiryan kantalár
• kiryasse Earendil or vea “Earendel, upon a ship upon the sea”
• kulukalmalínen “with golden lights”
• kuluvai ya karnevalinar “*of golden feathers and orange-red ones too”
• kúva lunde (silmea) “*crescent phase (of the moon)”
• laiqa ondolissen “on the green rocks”
• laivarisse lúnelinqe talalínen tinwelindon? “*in the blue-flowing sea with sails like stars?”
• lama rausima “things preyed on, game, vermin”
• lama raustea “beast of prey”
• langon veakiryo kírier “the throat of the sea-ship clove”
• lanta-ránar “in the moon falling”
• lante no lanta-mindon “falling upon fallen towers”
• le·tul
• le·tulil (en)
• lilta lie noldorinwa “*the dancing gnome-folk”
• listanelto in otso qarda “*they blessed the great evil”
• losselie telerinwa “the white people of the shores of Elfland”
• lótefalmarínen “with waves crowned with flowers”
• luina penwa “over, agone”
• lúnelinqe vear “in the flowing sea”
• lutsilya lúne veasse “*sailing on a blue sea”
• lutsilya móre veasse
• mai ke·tule “do you come?”
• mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai “*if I come then they might come”
• mai ni·tule tu·tulil “if I come (generic), they come (generic)”
• mai ni·túlie tu·túliel “*if I had come, they would have come”
• mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval “whenever I come, they will come”
• mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come”
• ma kaire laiqen ondolissen kirya maita? “*does a ship lie maimed on green rocks?”
• malda la munta “better than nothing”
• malda muntar “better than nothing”
• malto ísier i nosta - Qarda “*by those from whom this birth was known - less”
• mandulómi anta móri Ambalar “the East raised black shadows out of hell”
• mandu túma “the abyss moving”
• mandu yáme “the abyss yawning”
• man kiluva kirya ninqe? “Who shall see a white ship?”
  • man kiluva kirya ninqe²? “Who shall heed a white ship?”
• man kiluva lómi sangane? “Who shall see the clouds gather?”
• máno kiluvando ninqe lutya kirya wilwarindon “*who shall see a white ship sailing like a butterfly”
• man tenuva súru laustane? “Who shall hear the wind roaring?”
• man tiruva rusta kirya? “Who shall heed a broken ship?”
• mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon”
• mar vanwa·tyalien “*cottage of the lost play”
• masta úlea “bread and butter”
• me·tul
• me·tulil “we come”
• me·tulil enno “let us come”
• minga-ránar “in the moon waning”
• minqe elda(li) “eleven elves”
• minqe laiqe eldali “eleven green elves”
• miru mirmila “*wine rippling”
• naike hi·tule “would she might come (of something remotely possible or impossible)”
• n·alalmino hyá lanta lasse “*from the elm-tree here a leaf falls”
• n·alalmino lalantila “*from the elm-tree falling one by one ”
• nalto fustúme ma Melkon i “*they can be smelled out by Melko whom”
• Narqelion laktu y·aldalin Kortirienwen “Autumn among the Trees of Kortirion”
• Narquelion la..tu y aldalin Kortirionwen “Autumn (among) the trees of Kortirion”
• na voru “for always”
• neldor nornelassea “*oakleaved beech”
• nérinwe ar ómu nalto úsiére “*of these men and although they have escaped”
• néri ur natsi nostalen máre “*men are not beings good by nature”
• ne·súme lasser pínea “*small leaves were in the wind”
• nierme mintya náre qanta “*reminds me that it is filled with grief”
• ni·hepsine nímo tanko i·mailinen losselin “(it was) I myself (that) bound firmly the beautiful flowers”
• nímo tule “*it is I that comes”
• nímo tule! “I come (of course I don’t)”
• ni·tule “I come”
• ni·tule nímo “it is I that come[s]”
• níve qímari ringa ambar “the pale phantoms in her cold bosom”
• norolinde pirukendea “tripping lightly, whirling lightly”
• noro werelinda “run in circles, spin (of tops)”
• nostalen mára “good by nature”
• nuan·ekkala “tomorrow morning”
• nuan·ettui “tomorrow night”
• nu karne vaiya “under red skies”
• oa qitima “*wool for knitting”
• oïkta rámavoite karneambarai “*of red-breasted birds on the wing”
• oïkta rámavoite malinai “*of yellow birds on the wing”
• oilima ailinello lúte “leave the last shore”
• oilim’ ambar ien oilin “it was the morning”
• oilimisse alkarasse
• ómalingwe lir’ amaldar “*sang a gentle tune with many voices”
• ondoin mórin ninkuváron, núni silmerána tindon “*the dark rocks will shine white, shining under the gleaming-moon”
• ondoisen andalissen
• ondoli losse karkane “the white rocks snarling”
• ondolin ninqanéron “the rocks lay white”
• óresse oilima “in the last morning”
• perilme metto aimaktur perperienta “we indeed endure things but martyrs endured and to the end”
• píke assari silde “blinking on bones gleaming”
• piliningwe súyer nalla qanta “*the airs are so full”
• pinilya wilwarindon “small like a butterfly”
• pirindi qitimar “*knitting needles”
• qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts”
• qinda ner “this man”
• Raiqe! Telkume kiryandon nolo
• rámali tíne “the wings shining”
• rána númetar “the moon went down in the West”
• rantali n·kolumen “parts of the body”
• sanda liante “that vine”
• san ninqeruvisse lútier “then upon a white horse sailed”
• san rotser simpetalla pinqe “*then pipes playing their thin music”
• san sirilla ter i·aldar “*at that time flowing through the trees”
• silda-ránar “in the moon gleaming”
• silmeráno tindon “shining in the silver moon”
• sinda nekka ui sara ro sinda hyalin me sinda móro “*this pen is not writing on this paper with this ink”
• sinqitalla laiqaninwa “*sparkling green and blue”
• sí qente Feanor n·istaléra “*now said Feanor the wise”
• súlimarya sildai, hiswa timpe “*slender columns of pearl, a dim rain”
• súru laustanéro “the winds rushed”
• surussin lurdon lausto
• taitelúmen san tollanta ranka naiko lunganár “*the firmament then leans sickly on broken hill[s]”
• talainen tinwelindon “with wings like stars”
• talalínen tinwelindon? “*upon wings like stars?”
• tálin paptalasselindeën “with feet like the music of falling leaves”
• tanya wende nieninqea “that maiden like a snowdrop”
• tára·kasse Taniqetildo, tára·kasisse hu·sórie “on the high top of Taniqetil, on the high peaks he sat”
• taurelasselindon “like leaves of forests”
  • taurelasselindon² “with noise like leaves of forests”
• tauren linqarassean
• tauren lintyulussean
• telume lungane “the heavens bending”
• telumen tollanta naiko lunganar “the vault of heaven sagged upon the tops of the hills”
• tinwelindon talalínen “on wings like stars”
• tirípti lirilla
• tollalinta ruste “upon crumbling hills”
• torwa pior má tarasse “*the dark-brown fruit in the hand of the hawthorns”
• tukalla sangar úmeai “*attracting large throngs”
• tul “come!”
• tule mer “it comes to us, falls to our lot”
• tule ne “it so happens that, it comes about that, it comes to pass that”
• tulies i néri “the men arrived”
• (tu·)méliel ielko “they loved themselves”
• (tu·)mélielko “they loved themselves”
• tu·tul
• tyenda mar “that house (of yours)”
• tyulmin talalínen aiqalin kautáron “the tall masts bent with the sails”
• ulka ner “a bad, wicked man”
• ulka tur
• - ulqe núsimar - “*- evil inclined”
• unlunke naiqe yu vaile·na ar elle ha men ambostuva “*he pulled his sword from the sheath and drove it into the breast”
• úri nienaite híse “a bleared sun”
• valkane wilwarindon “vague as a butterfly”
• var limpilto var túkielto “*they are bound to or have looked for”
• varúse qentier nóvo san i “*in other manner than was said before”
• va tulien “will be having come”
• vea falastane “the sea surging”
• vean falastanéro “the sea with loud surf”
• vean san falastuváre alkalótefalmarínen “*the sea then will surge with waves like shining blossoms”
• vea qalume “the sea heaving”
• veasse lúnelinqe “upon the blue streams of the sea”
• ve kaivo-kalma “a corpse-candle”
• ve maiwin qaine “like gulls wailing”
• v’ematte sinqi Eldamar “*that they call to mind the gems of Elven-home”
• ve sangar voro úmeai “*like throngs ever large”
• wingildin o silqelosseën “the foam-maidens with blossom-white hair”
• yain tavárin lilyen marden
• ya qensie melmur ne iksa telpe rautanéma “by whom we were told his money had all been stolen from him”
• yar i vilya anta miqilis “to whom the air gives kisses”
• yúyo kuluinen “two (pieces of) gold”
• yúyo n·Eldalion “two (of the) elves”
• yúyo n·eldalion “two of the elves”