Chapter 13 - Quenya to English Glossary

This glossary only includes words used in this course. For a more comprehensive (and searchable) dictionary of Elvish words, see the main Eldamo website:

• https://eldamo.org/

This glossary includes various “reliability markers” that indicate the level of knowledge about a particular word, inflected form or English translation.

• Unmarked items are attested, which mean they appear somewhere in Tolkien’s writing.
• # items only appear in an inflected form, with the base word extracted from that inflection.
• † is used for archaic or poetic words.
• * items do not appear directly, but are deducible from other forms or the grammar of the language.
• ^ items are adapted from rejected or earlier forms of the language.
• ! items are fan-invented forms, also called neologisms = new words.

Certain items after the word indicate alternate or archaic forms.

• An item in parentheses indicates the stem form of nouns or adjectives when suffixes are added or in compounds.
  • oron (oront-) n. “mountain” means inflected forms are based on oront-, such as plural oronti “mountains”.
• A [þ] represents an older pronunciation (IPA [θ] = “th”) for any s in the word.
• A [ñ-] represents an older pronunciation (IPA [ŋ] = “ng”) for an initial n- in the word.
• A [w-] represents an older pronunciation for an initial v- in the word.
• Forms marked pa.t. are for the past tenses of verbs.

See also Chapter 2, Section §2.4 Reading Vocabulary Entries.

• a interj. “oh”
• á particle. “(request/command)”
• aha n. “rage”
• ai interj. “ah, alas”
• ailin n. “lake”
• aina adj. “holy”
• ainas (*ainass-) n. “shrine”
• aini n. “angel, holy spirit (f.)”
• ainu n. “angel, holy spirit (m.)”
• aiqua adj. “steep”
• airë (airi-) n. “holiness”
• aistana adj. “blessed”
• aiwë n. “bird”
• aiya interj. “hail”
• ala- v. “to flourish, grow”
  • pa.t. †aldë “flourished, grew” (archaic)
  • pa.t. alanë “flourished, grew”
• alasaila adj. “unwise”
• alassë n. “happiness”
• !alassëa adj. “happy”
• alcar n. “glory”
• alcarin adj. “glorious”
• alda n. “tree”
• Aldúya n. “Tuesday; Trees-day”
• alfírima adj. “immortal”
• almë n. “good fortune”
• alqua n. “swan”
• alya adj. “rich, prosperous”
• amanya adj. “blessed”
• amba adj. “more”
• amba adv. “up(wards)”
• Ambar n. “World”
• ambarónë n. “dawn”
• ambë adv. “more”
• ambo n. “hill”
• ^ambos (ambor-) n. “chest”
• amil(lë) n. “mother”
• ampa n. “hook”
• ampano n. “building”
• an conj. “for”
• ana prep. “to, towards”
• Anar (Anár-) n. “Sun”
• Anarya n. “Sunday”
• anca n. “jaws”
• anda adj. “long”
• andanéya adv. “long ago”
• ando n. “gate”
• andúnë n. “sunset; the West”
• anga n. “iron”
• anna n. “gift”
• anta- v. “to give”
  • pa.t. antanë “gave”
• anto n. “mouth”
• anya- v. “to reach, arrive at”
  • pa.t. *ananyë “reached, arrived at”
• appa- v. “to touch”
  • pa.t. *appanë “touched”
• apsa n. “meat (cooked)”
• apta- v. “to refuse”
  • pa.t. aptanë “refused”
• aqua adv. “fully, completely”
• ar conj. “and”
• ara prep. “beside, next to, by”
• aran n. “king”
• aranel n. “princess”
• aranië n. “kingdom”
• arda n. “realm”
• arin n. “morning”
• armar n. “goods [pl.]”
• arya adj. “excelling, *better”
• asarta [þ] n. “doctor”
• asëa [þ] n. “healing herb”
• assa n. “hole”
• asta n. “month”
• atan n. “man [human]”
• atar n. “father”
• atta num. “two”
• attëa num. “second”
• aurë n. “day(time)”
• auta- v. “to go (away), depart”
  • pa.t. vánë “went (away), departed”
• áva interj. “don’t”
• avalda [w] adj. “excited”
• axo n. “bone”

• caima n. “bed”
• caimasan [þ] (caimasamb-) n. “bedroom”
• caita- v. “to lie (down); to lay, place”
  • pa.t. cainë “lied down”
  • pa.t. caitanë “laid, placed”
• cal- v. “to shine”
  • pa.t. ^callë “shone”
• cala n. “light”
• calca n. “glass”
• calima adj. “bright”
• calma n. “lamp”
• cáno n. “commander”
• !canquain num. “forty”
• *canquë num. “fourteen”
• canta n. “shape”
• canta num. “four”
• !cantil n. “rectangle”
• canya- v. “*to command”
  • pa.t. canyanë “commanded”
• cap- v. “to jump”
  • pa.t. campë “jumped”
• car- v. “to do, make”
  • pa.t. carnë “did, made”
• carasta- v. “to build”
  • pa.t. *carastanë “built”
• carca n. “fang”
• carda n. “deed, *action”
• carnë (carni-) adj. “red”
• cas (car-) n. “head; top”
• castol n. “helmet”
• cat- v. “to shape, fashion”
  • pa.t. cantë “shaped, fashioned”
• #cav- v. “to receive”
  • pa.t. cambë “received”
• cé adv. “maybe, possibly”
• celu- v. “to flow (forth)”
  • pa.t. celunë “flowed (forth)”
• cemen n. “earth”
• cen- v. “to see, look”
  • pa.t. cennë “saw, looked”
• cendë n. “point”
• cendelë n. “face, *visage”
• Cermië n. “July, *Earthy”
• ces- [þ] v. “to search, examine”
  • pa.t. censë “searched, examined”
• cesta- v. “to ask”
  • pa.t. cestanë “asked”
• cir- v. “to cut”
  • pa.t. *cirnë “cut”
• cirma n. “knife”
• cirya n. “ship”
• ciryamo n. “sailor”
• cöa n. “house”
• coirë n. “early spring, stirring”
• coita- v. “to live (is alive)”
  • pa.t. coinë “lived (was alive)”
• col- v. “to carry, bear, wear”
  • pa.t. *collë “carried, bore, wore”
• ^colca n. “box”
• cólima adj. “light, bearable”
• collo n. “cloak”
• coranar (coranár-) n. “(solar) year, sun-round”
• corma n. “ring”
• corna adj. “round”
• coron (corn-) n. “globe, ball”
• costa- v. “to quarrel”
  • pa.t. *costanë “quarreled”
• cotto n. “enemy”
• cuivië n. “awakening”
• culuina adj. “orange, golden-red”
• culuma n. “orange [fruit]”
• cumna adj. “empty”
• cúna- v. “to bend”
  • pa.t. *cúnanë “bent”
• cundo (cundu-) n. “prince”
• ^curuni n. “witch”
• curwë n. “craft, skill (of the hand)”

• ëa- v. “to exist”
  • pa.t. engë “existed”
• Ëa n. “Existence, the Universe”
• ëar n. “sea”
• Eärenya n. “Thursday; Sea-day”
• ëaruilë n. “seaweed”
• ec- v. “to have a chance to”
  • pa.t. *encë “had a chance to”
• ehtë (ehti-) n. “spear”
• ela interj. “behold”
• elda n. “elf”
• *eldë pron. “even you (plural)”
• elen n. “star”
• Elenya n. “Saturday, Star-day”
• elmë pron. “even we (but not you)”
• elvë pron. “even we (including you)”
• elyë pron. “even you (polite)”
• emma n. “picture”
• ^emmë pron. “even us two (but not you)”
• en adv. “yonder; then (future)”
• enar n. “tomorrow”
• endë n. “centre”
• endëa adj. “middle”
• Endórë n. “Middle-earth”
• enenquë num. “sixteen”
• engwa adj. “sickly”
• !enquain num. “sixty”
• enquë num. “six”
• enquië n. “Elvish week (six days)”
• enta adj. “that yonder”
• entul- v. “to return”
  • pa.t. *entúlë “returned”
• enyal- v. “to recall, remember”
  • pa.t. *enyallë “recalled, remembered”
• enyalië n. “memory”
• epë prep. “after [time]; before [place]”
• epetai conj. “consequently”
• er adj. and adv. “one, alone”
• erdë n. “seed”
• eressëa adj. “lonely”
• Eru n. “The One, God”
• essë n. “name”
• esta- v. “to name”
  • pa.t. *estanë “named”
• *estë pron. “even you two”
• estel n. “hope, faith”
• et prep. “out (of)”
• ^ettë pron. “even they two”

• fairë n. “spirit, phantom”
• falassë n. “shore, surf”
• falma n. “wave”
• fána adj. “white”
• fanga n. “beard”
• fanta- v. “to veil, cloak”
  • pa.t. fantanë “veiled, cloaked”
• fanya n. “cloud”
• fanyarë n. “the skies, upper airs”
• fara- v. “to hunt”
  • pa.t. faranë “hunted”
• faralë n. “hunt”
• fárëa adj. “enough”
• farna n. “prey”
• fasta- v. “to please”
  • pa.t. *fastanë “pleased”
• fëa n. “spirit, soul”
• felmë n. “emotion”
• fendë n. “door”
• ferya- v. “to ready, prepare”
  • pa.t. *feryanë “readied, prepared”
• filit (filic-) n. “sparrow, small bird”
• fimbë (fimbi-) adj. “thin”
• findë n. “hair”
• finwa adj. “️dexterous, clever”
• finya adj. “clever”
• fir- v. “to die (naturally)”
  • pa.t. *firnë “died (naturally)”
• fírië n. “(natural) death”
• firin adj. “dead (naturally)”
• formen n. “north”
• forya adj. “right (hand)”

• haira adj. “far, remote”
• haiya adv. “far away”
• halla adj. “tall”
• !hampë n. “clothing”
• handa adj. “intelligent”
• háno n. “brother”
• hanquenta n. “answer”
• !hanquet- v. “to answer”
  • pa.t. hanquentë “answered”
• #hanta- v. “to thank/give thanks”
  • pa.t. *hantanë “thanked/gave thanks”
• hanwa n. “chair”
• hanya- v. “to understand”
  • pa.t. *hanyanë “understood”
• har- v. “to sit, stay”
  • pa.t. ^handë “sat, stayed”
• harma n. “treasure”
• harna- v. “to wound”
  • pa.t. *harnanë “wounded”
• ^haru- v. “to sit down”
  • pa.t. *harunë “sat down”
• hasa- [þ] v. “to treat, cure”
  • pa.t. *hasanë “treated, cured”
• hasta- v. “to mar”
  • pa.t. *hastanë “marred”
• ^hat- v. “to throw”
  • pa.t. ^hantë “threw”
• helca adj. “icy”
• helcë n. “ice”
• ^hempa n. “cord, rope”
• hen (hend-) n. “eye”
• henta- v. “to read, scan”
  • pa.t. hentanë “read, scanned”
• heri n. “lady”
• heru n. “lord”
• ^heru- v. “to rule”
  • pa.t. *herunë “ruled”
• hesto n. “captain”
• #hildë (hildi-) n. “heir, follower”
• hilya- v. “to follow”
  • pa.t. *hilyanë “followed”
• hína n. “child”
  • irregular plural híni “children”
• hir- v. “to find [something lost]”
  • pa.t. *hirnë “found”
• Hísimë [þ] n. “November, *Misty”
• hiswa [þ] adj. “grey [of weather]”
• ^hlaiwa adj. “sick”
• #hlar- v. “to hear”
  • pa.t. ^hlassë “heard”
• hlas (hlar-) n. “ear”
• hlic- v. “to creep, sneak”
  • pa.t. *hlincë “crept, sneaked”
• ^hlívë n. “sickness”
• hlón (hlon-) n. “noise”
• ^hó n. “owl”
• höa adj. “big, large”
• hón (hom-) n. “heart (physical)”
• hórëa adj. “impulsive”
• hráva adj. “wild”
• hresta n. “beach, shore”
• ^hris- v. “to snow (impersonal)”
  • pa.t. hrinsë “snowed”
• hrívë n. “winter”
• hröa n. “body”
• húna adj. “accursed”
• huo n. “dog”
• húta- v. “to curse”
  • pa.t. huntë “cursed”
• hwesta n. “breeze”
• hya conj. “or”
• hya pron. “other thing”
• ^hyalin n. “paper”
• ^hyalta- v. “to strike, make ring”
  • pa.t. *hyaltanë “struck, rang”
• hyam- v. “to pray”
  • pa.t. *hyamnë “prayed”
• hyapat n. “shoe”
• hyarmen n. “south”
• hyarya adj. “left (hand)”
• hye pron. “other person”

• i article. “the”
• i pron. “who, what, which (relative pronoun)”
• illumë adv. “always”
• ilya adj. “every, each”
• ilyë adj. “all [pl.]”
• imbë prep. “between”
• imbi prep. “among [pl.]”
• imbilat n. “deep valley”
• imlë pron. “yourself (polite)”
• immë pron. “ourselves (exclusive)”
• imni pron. “myself”
• imya adj. “same, identical”
• inca n. “idea”
• -incë suf. “(diminutive)”
• indë pron. “yourselves”
• indo n. “(inner) mind; the will”
• indómë n. “will[power]”
• induinen n. “purpose”
• indyo n. “grandson”
• inga n. “top”
• inquë pron. “even both of us”
• insa pron. “itself”
• insë pron. “himself, herself”
• *inta pron. “even they (neuter)”
• intë pron. “even they”
• intë pron. “themselves”
• intya- v. “to guess”
  • pa.t. *intyanë “guessed”
• intya n. “guess, notion”
• intyë pron. “yourself (familiar)”
• inwë pron. “ourselves (inclusive)”
• inyë pron. “even I”
• írë n. “desire”
• Isil [þ] n. “Moon”
• Isilya [þ] n. “Monday; Moon-day”
• *issa pron. “even it”
• issë pron. “even he/she”
• ista- v. “to know”
  • pa.t. sintë “knew”
• *ityë pron. “even you (familiar)”

• lah- v. “to kick”
  • pa.t. laccë “kicked”
• laica adj. “green”
• lairë n. “poem”
• lairë n. “summer”
• laita- v. “to praise”
  • pa.t. *laitanë “praised”
• lala- v. “to laugh”
  • pa.t. *lalanë “laughed”
• láma n. “sound”
• laman (lamn-) n. “animal”
• lamba n. “tongue (physical)”
• lambë n. “tongue; language”
• lango n. “neck, throat”
• lannë n. “cloth”
• lanta- v. “to fall”
  • pa.t. lantanë “fell”
• lára adj. “flat”
• lassë n. “leaf”
• lasselanta n. “autumn, leaf-fall”
• lasta- v. “to listen”
  • pa.t. lastanë “listened”
• lat- v. “to extend, be situated, lie (of places)”
  • pa.t. lantë “extended, was situated, lay”
• lattin n. “window”
• latya- v. “to open”
  • pa.t. *latyanë “opened”
• lauca adj. “warm”
• ^laupë n. “shirt”
• laurëa adj. “golden (light or colour)”
• lauta- v. “to abound”
  • pa.t. launë “abounded”
• lav- v. “to lick”
  • pa.t. lávë “licked”
• -lda suf. “your (plural)”
• -ldë suf. “you (plural)”
• le pron. “you (plural)”
• lelya- v. “to travel”
  • pa.t. lendë “traveled”
• lempë num. “five”
• ^lenca adj. “slow”
• ^lep- v. “to take”
  • pa.t. *lempë “took”
• !lepenquain num. “fifty”
• lepenquë num. “fifteen”
• leper n. “finger”
• lerta- v. “to be free to”
  • pa.t. *lertanë “was free to”
• let pron. “you two (polite)”
• leuca n. “snake”
• ^lev- v. “to move (intr.)”
  • pa.t. *lévë “moved”
• lícuma n. “candle”
• lië n. “people”
• lilta- v. “to dance”
  • pa.t. *liltanë “danced”
• limpa adj. “frail, weak”
• limpë n. “wine”
• linda adj. “soft, gentle, light”
• lindalë n. “music”
• lindë (lindi-) n. “singing, musical sound”
• lindo n. “singer”
• lingwë (lingwi-) n. “fish”
• linquë adj. “wet”
• linta adj. “swift”
• lir- v. “to sing”
  • pa.t. *lirnë “sang”
• lírë (líri-) n. “song”
• liru- v. “to sing (gaily)”
  • pa.t. lirunë “sang (gaily)”
• lissë (lissi-) adj. “sweet”
• -lma suf. “our (but not your)”
• -lmë suf. “we (but not you)”
• loa n. “(seasonal) year”
• locin adj. “bent”
• loima n. “mistake”
• lómë n. “night”
• londë n. “haven, harbour”
• lopoldë n. “rabbit”
• lor- v. “to sleep”
  • pa.t. *lornë “slept”
• lórë n. “sleep”
• lós [þ] n. “inflorescense”
• lossë n. and adj. “snow; snow-white; (white) blossom”
• losta- v. “to bloom”
  • pa.t. *lostanë “bloomed”
• lótë n. “flower”
• Lótessë n. “May, *Flowery”
• lú n. “time, occasion”
• lúcë n. “enchantment, magic”
• luinë (luini-) adj. “blue”
• lumba adj. “weary”
• lumbo n. “(dark) cloud”
• lúmë n. “(period of) time, hour”
• lúmequenta n. “history”
• lungo (lungu-) adj. “heavy”
• luntë n. “boat”
• luppo (luppu-) n. “lump”
• ^lut- v. “to float, sail”
  • pa.t. ^luntë “floated, sailed”
• lúva n. “bow, bend”
• -lva suf. “our (including your)”
• -lvë suf. “we (including you)”
• -lya suf. “your (polite)”
• lye pron. “you (polite)”
• -lyë suf. “you (polite)”

• ma pron. “something”
• ma adv. “(question word)”
• má n. “hand”
• macil n. “sword”
• mahalma n. “throne”
• ^mahar n. “tradesman, merchant”
• mahta- v. “to handle, wield; to fight”
  • pa.t. mahtanë “handled, wielded; fought”
• mai adv. “well”
• maica adj. “sharp”
• mailë n. “lust”
• mailëa adj. “lustful”
• maira adj. “admirable, excellent”
• maiwë n. “gull”
• mal conj. “but”
• málë n. “good health”
• malina adj. “yellow”
• mallë n. “street”
• mallo adv. “whence”
• malo (malu-) n. “pollen, yellow powder”
• malta n. “gold (metal)”
• !malumë adv. “when”
• máma n. “sheep”
• man pron. “who”
• mana pron. “what”
• mána n. “blessing”
• !manan adv. “why”
• manca- v. “to trade”
  • pa.t. *mancanë “traded”
• manë adj. “good [moral]”
• manen adv. “how”
• manna adv. “whither”
• manta- v. “to bless”
  • pa.t. *mantanë “blessed”
• mapa- v. “to grasp, seize”
  • pa.t. *mapanë “grasped, seized”
• maquet- v. “to question”
  • pa.t. maquentë “questioned”
• mar- v. “to live, dwell”
  • pa.t. *marnë “lived, dwelled”
• már (mar-) n. “home”
• mára adj. “good, useful”
• márië adv. and n. “well, happily; goodness, happiness”
• márienna interj. “to happiness (farewell)”
• máriessë interj. “in happiness (greeting)”
• massa n. “bread”
• massë adv. “where”
• masta- v. “to bake”
  • pa.t. *mastanë “baked”
• mat- v. “to eat”
  • pa.t. mantë “ate”
• mat (matt-) n. “meal”
• matta n. “food”
• mauya- v. “to compel”
  • pa.t. *maunë “compelled”
• ^maxa- v. “to cook”
  • pa.t. *maxanë “cooked”
• me pron. “us (but not you)”
• mecin adv. “please”
• mel- v. “to love (deeply)”
  • pa.t. ^mélë “loved (deeply)”
• melda adj. “dear, beloved”
• meldë n. “[close] friend (f.)”
• meldo n. “[close] friend”
• melindo n. “lover (m.)”
• melissë n. “lover (f.)”
• melmë n. “love”
• men n. “way”
• men- v. “to go (generally)”
  • pa.t. mennë “went”
• menel n. “sky, the heavens”
• Menelya n. “Wednesday; Heavens-day”
• menta- v. “to send”
  • pa.t. *mentanë “sent”
• menya adj. “our, *ours”
• mer- v. “to hope, wish, want”
  • pa.t. mernë “hoped, wished, wanted”
• met pron. “us two (but not you)”
• métima adj. “last, ultimate”
• metta n. “ending, end [temporal]”
• mi prep. “in”
• min num. “one”
• mindon n. “tower”
• minna prep. “into”
• minquë num. “eleven”
• minya num. “first”
• miqu- v. “to kiss”
  • pa.t. micunë “kissed”
• ^miquë n. “kiss”
• mírë n. “jewel, gem”
• miruvórë n. “mead, nectar-drink”
• mirwa adj. “precious, valuable”
• mísë (mísi-) [þ] adj. “grey”
• miuë (miuy-) n. “cat”
• -mma suf. “our two (but not your)”
• -mmë suf. “we two (but not you)”
• mo pron. “someone”
• mól n. “slave”
• mólë n. “labour, work”
• móna n. “womb”
• morco n. “bear”
• morë (mori-) adj. “dark”
• morna adj. “black”
• mornië n. “darkness”
• móta- v. “to work”
  • pa.t. *mótanë “worked”
• muina adj. “secret”
• mundo n. “bull”
• mussë adj. “soft”

• ná- v. “to be”
  • pa.t. nánë “was”
• ná interj. “yes, it is so”
• nac- v. “to bite”
  • pa.t. ^nancë “bit”
• náha adj. “narrow”
• nahta- v. “to slay”
  • pa.t. nacantë “slew”
• naica adj. “painful”
• naicë n. “pain”
• naina- v. “to lament”
  • pa.t. *nainanë “lamented”
• nairë n. “sorrow”
• nairëa adj. “sad, sorrowful”
• naitë adj. “true”
• naitië adv. “indeed, truly”
• namárië interj. “farewell”
• namba n. “hammer”
• namba- v. “to hammer”
  • pa.t. *nambanë “hammered”
• nan(do) n. “valley”
• nandë [ñ-] n. “harp”
• nárë n. “fire”
• Nárië n. “June, *Firey”
• Narquelië n. “October, Sun-fading”
• Narvinyë n. “January, *New-fire”
• násië interj. “amen, may it be so”
• nat n. “thing”
• nauco n. “dwarf”
• ^naxa adj. “sour”
• né adv. “ago”
• néca adj. “pale, dim”
• nehtë n. “honey”
• neldë num. “three”
• neldëa num. “third”
• nelet (nelc-) n. “tooth”
• !nelquain num. “thirty”
• *nelquë num. “thirteen”
• neltil n. “triangle”
• nem- v. “to seem”
  • pa.t. nemnë “seemed”
• nén (nen-) n. “water”
• nenda adj. “wet”
• nengwë (nengwi-) n. “nose”
• Nénimë n. “February, *Wetness”
• nér (ner-) n. “man [male]”
• nertë num. “nine”
• nésa [þ] n. “sister”
• nessa adj. “young”
• ^net- [ñ-] v. “to get”
  • pa.t. ^nentë “got”
• !neterquain num. “ninety”
• neterquë num. “nineteen”
• nettë n. “girl”
• néya adv. “once, at one time”
• ni pron. “me”
• nië n. “tear [from crying]”
• nieninquë n. “snowdrop”
• !nil- v. “to love, have care for”
  • pa.t. !nillë “loved, cared for”
• nildë n. “[casual] friend (f.)”
• nildo n. “[casual] friend (m.)”
• nilmë n. “friendship”
• ninquë (ninqui-) adj. “white; chill”
• ninya adj. “my, *mine”
• niqu- v. “to be cold, freeze”
  • pa.t. nicunë “was cold, froze”
• nir- v. “to press, push”
  • pa.t. nirnë “pressed, pushed”
• nís (niss-) n. “woman”
• nísima [þ] adj. “fragrant”
• nitya adj. “little, small”
• nó prep. “before [time]; at back of [place]”
• nöa n. “yesterday”
• noirë n. “tomb”
• nólë [ñ-] n. “lore, knowledge”
• nóloa n. “yesteryear”
• nómë n. “place”
• nor- v. “to run”
  • pa.t. nornë “ran”
• nór n. “(dry) land”
• nórë n. “country, land, nation”
• norna adj. “hard, tough”
• norta- v. “to ride, (lit.) make run”
  • pa.t. nortanë “rode”
• nos(së) n. “(extended) family, clan, kindred”
• nosta- v. “to give birth”
  • pa.t. *nostanë “birthed”
• nostar n. “parent”
• not- v. “to count”
  • pa.t. *nontë “counted”
• nótë n. “number”
• -nqua suf. “both of our”
• -nquë suf. “we two”
• -nta suf. “their”
• -nta suf. “they (neuter)”
• -ntë suf. “they”
• nu prep. “under”
• núlë [ñ-] n. “sorcery”
• númen n. “west”
• núra adj. “deep”
• núro n. “servant”
• nurta- v. “to hide”
  • pa.t. *nuruntë “hid [self]”
  • pa.t. *nurtanë “hid [something]”
• nusta- v. “to smell”
  • pa.t. nussë “smelled”
• nut- v. “to tie”
  • pa.t. *nuntë “tied”
• nwalmë [ñ-] n. “torment”
• -nya suf. “my”
• nyar- v. “to tell, recite”
  • pa.t. *nyarnë “told, recited”
• nyárë n. “tale, account”
• nyarro n. “rat”
• -nyë suf. “I”
• nyellë n. “bell”

• ó prep. “(together) with”
• öa adv. “away”
• ohta n. “war”
• ohtar n. “warrior”
• ^ohtë n. “egg”
• oialë adv. “forever”
• ola- v. “to become, grow”
  • pa.t. olanë “became, grew”
• óla- v. “to dream (impersonal)”
  • pa.t. *ólanë “dreamt”
• olor n. “dream”
• olva n. “plant”
• óma n. “voice”
• omentië n. “meeting”
• ondo n. “rock, stone (as material)”
• onta- v. “to beget, create”
  • pa.t. ontanë “begat, created”
• opelë n. “village”
• or prep. “above”
• or- v. “to urge”
  • pa.t. *ornë “urged”
• orco n. “orc”
• órë n. “heart (metaphorical), conscience”
• !orendë n. “(nuclear) family”
• ornë n. “(tall) tree”
• oromar (oromard-) n. “lofty hall”
• oron (oront-) n. “mountain”
• orta- v. “to raise, lift”
  • pa.t. ortanë “raised, lifted”
• ^orva n. “apple”
• orya- v. “to rise”
  • pa.t. oronyë “rose”
• osto n. “city”
• !otoquain num. “seventy”
• otoquë num. “seventeen”
• otsëa num. “seventh”
• otso num. “seven”
• ^otsola n. “week (seven days)”

• palan adj. and adv. “far”
• palta- v. “to feel, stroke”
  • pa.t. *paltanë “felt, stroked”
• paluhta n. “table”
• par- v. “to learn”
  • pa.t. *parnë “learned”
• parca adj. “dry”
• parma n. “book”
• pas- [þ] v. “to smooth”
  • pa.t. pansë “smoothed”
• pasta adj. “smooth”
• pata- v. “to walk”
  • pa.t. *patanë “walked”
• pé n. “(closed) mouth”
• pella prep. “beyond”
• pempë n. “a lip”
• pen- v. “not to have, lack”
  • pa.t. *pennë “lacked”
• penya adj. “lacking, poor”
• perian (periand-) n. “halfling”
• perya- v. “to halve”
  • pa.t. *peryanë “halved”
• peu n. “lips (as a pair)”
• pí n. “small insect”
• pilin (pilind-) n. “arrow”
• ^pimpë n. “tail”
• pirë n. “toe”
• ^poco n. “bag”
• poica adj. “clean, pure”
• ^poita- v. “to clean”
  • pa.t. poitanë “cleaned”
• pol- v. “can, to be able to”
  • pa.t. *pollë “could, was able to”
• polda adj. “big and strong, burly”
• ^porocë n. “chicken”
• pusta- v. “to stop”
  • pa.t. *pustanë “stopped”

• quácë n. “frog”
• quainëa num. “tenth”
• qual- v. “to die”
  • pa.t. ^quallë “died”
• qualin adj. “dead”
• qualmë n. “death (agony)”
• quanta- v. “to fill”
  • pa.t. ^quantanë “filled”
• quanta adj. “full”
• quëa n. “vegetable”
• quëan num. “ten”
• quel- v. “to fade”
  • pa.t. ^quélë “faded”
• quellë n. “late autumn, fading”
• quen(dë) n. “Elf (a technical term only)”
• quén (quen-) n. “person”
• quenta n. “story”
• quer- v. “to turn”
  • pa.t. quernë “turned”
• quessë n. “feather”
• quet- v. “to say, speak”
  • pa.t. quentë “said, spoke”
• quetta n. “word”
• ^quilda adj. “quiet”
• ^quilë n. “colour”
• ^quilëa adj. “coloured”
• ^quilta n. “belt”
• quinga n. “bow (for shooting)”

• rá prep. “on behalf of”
• rac- v. “to break”
  • pa.t. *rancë “broke”
• ráca n. “wolf”
• raf- v. “to snatch”
  • pa.t. rappë “snatched”
• raica adj. “crooked”
• rainë n. “peace”
• raiqua adj. “angry”
• raita- v. “to smile”
  • pa.t. rëantë “smiled”
• ráma n. “wing”
• ramba n. “wall”
• ranco (rancu-) n. “arm”
• rassë n. “horn”
• rauco n. “demon”
• rauro n. “lion”
• raxa n. “wagon”
• raxë n. “danger”
• ré n. “day (24 hours)”
• #rehta- v. “to rescue, save”
  • pa.t. *rehtanë “rescued, saved”
• remba- v. “to net, trap”
  • pa.t. *rembanë “netted, trapped”
• rembë n. “net”
• rer- v. “to sow”
  • pa.t. rendë “sowed”
• resta n. “field (tilled)”
• rië adv. “only”
• rimbë n. “host, crowd”
• rindë n. “circle”
• ringa adj. “cold”
• Ringarë n. “December, *Coldness”
• ringë (ringi-) n. “cold”
• rocco n. “horse”
• roita- v. “to pursue, chase”
  • pa.t. *roitanë “pursued, chased”
• róma n. “horn (musical)”
• rómen n. “east”
• ron(go) adv. “soon”
• ronyo n. “hunting dog”
• roquen n. “rider, knight”
• rotto n. “cave, tunnel”
• ruhta- v. “to terrify”
  • pa.t. *ruhtanë “terrified”
• -rya suf. “his/her”

• sá [þ] interj. “yes, I agree”
• sa pron. “it”
• saila adj. “wise”
• sairon n. “wizard”
• salquë n. “grass”
• sam- v. “to have”
  • pa.t. sámë “had”
• sambë [þ] n. “room”
• #sana- v. “to think”
  • pa.t. *sananë “thought”
• sana adj. “that [previously mentioned]”
• sanar n. “mind, thinker”
• sanda [þ] n. “shield”
• sanwë n. “thought”
• ^sap- v. “to dig”
  • pa.t. ^sampë “dug”
• sar (sarn-) n. “(small) stone”
• sára adj. “bitter”
• sarmë n. “writing”
• saura [þ] adj. “stinking, vile”
• sav- v. “to believe”
  • pa.t. *sávë “believed”
• se pron. “him/her”
• seldo n. “boy”
• senna [þ] adj. “short”
• senya adj. “usual”
• ser- [þ] v. “to sew”
  • pa.t. *sernë [þ] “sewed”
• ser- v. “to rest, tarry”
  • pa.t. sérë “rested, tarried”
• sercë (serci-) n. “blood”
• sérë n. “rest, repose”
• serindë [þ] n. “seamstress”
• si pron. “this”
• sí adv. “now”
• sië adv. “thus”
• sil- v. “to shine (white)”
  • pa.t. ^sílë “shone (white)”
• sillë adv. “like this”
• silmë n. “starlight”
• silo adv. “hence, from here”
• silumë adv. “this time”
• síma n. “imagination”
• ^simpa [þ] n. “flute”
• sina adj. “this”
• sinda [þ] adj. “grey”
• sinen adv. “by this means”
• *sinna adv. “to here”
• sinomë adv. “here, this place”
• sinwa adj. “known, certain”
• †sir(a) adv. “hither”
• síra n. “today”
• sírë (síri-) n. “river”
• sirya- v. “to flow”
  • pa.t. sirinyë “flowed”
• sissë adv. “here”
  • sís adv. “here [alternate form]”
• sítë adv. “of this sort”
• sívë prep. “as, *this like”
• soron (sorn-) [þ] n. “eagle”
• sorya- [þ-] v. “to be afraid”
  • pa.t. *soronyë “was afraid”
• sossë [þ-] n. “fear”
• -ssa suf. “it”
• -ssë suf. “he/she”
• -sta suf. “your two”
• -stë suf. “you two”
• sú n. “sound of wind”
• súlë [þ] n. “breath; (movement of) spirit”
• Súlimë [þ] n. “March, *Windy”
• sulpa- v. “to lap up”
  • pa.t. sulpanë “lapped up”
• súma n. “bosom”
• sundo [þ] n. “base, root”
• súrë (súri-) n. “wind”

• ta pron. “that”
• tá adv. “then (past)”
• tac- v. “to fasten”
  • pa.t. tancë “fastened”
• tai pron. “them (neuter)”
• taitë adv. “of that sort”
• tál (tal-) n. “foot; bottom”
• tallë adv. “like that”
• talo adv. “thence, from there”
• talta- v. “to collapse, fall (down)”
  • pa.t. talantë “collapsed, fell (down)”
• talumë adv. “that time”
• tama pron. “that matter”
• tamba- v. “to knock”
  • pa.t. *tambanë “knocked”
• tambë prep. “so, *that like”
• ^tamin n. “forge”
• tamma n. “tool”
• tamo n. “smith, builder”
• tana adj. “that”
• tana- v. “to show”
  • pa.t. *tananë “showed”
• tanca adj. “firm, fixed, sure”
• tancal n. “brooch”
• tanen adv. “in that way”
• tanna adv. “to there”
• tanomë adv. “there, that place”
• #tar- v. “to stand”
  • pa.t. tarnë “stood”
• †tar(a) adv. “thither”
• tar n. “honorific, sir, madam”
• tára adj. “high, lofty”
• tári n. “queen”
• tárië n. “height”
• ^tarwa n. “garden”
• tassë adv. “there”
• taurë n. “forest”
• taxë n. “nail”
• te pron. “them”
• tec- v. “to write”
  • pa.t. ^tencë “wrote”
• tecil n. “pen”
• tehta n. “written mark, diacritic”
• ^tel (teld-) n. “end [spatial]”
• telco n. “leg; stem”
• telda adj. “last, final”
• telumë n. “roof, canopy”
• tellë n. “rear”
• telpë n. “silver, money”
• telya- v. “to finish”
  • pa.t. *telyanë “finished”
• téma n. “series, row, line”
• tengwa n. “letter (of the alphabet)”
• tengwa- v. “to read (writing)”
  • pa.t. tengwanë “read (writing)”
• tenna prep. “until”
• tennoio adv. “forever[more]”
• tensi adv. “still, up until now (present)”
• tenta adv. “yet, up until then (past)”
• tenta- v. “to point”
  • pa.t. tentanë “pointed”
• ter prep. “through”
• téra adj. “straight”
• termar- v. “to endure, last”
  • pa.t. *termarnë “endured”
• ^tev- v. “to hate”
  • pa.t. ^tévë “hated”
• tië n. “path, road”
• tillë n. “tip, point”
• tinco n. “metal”
• tinta- v. “to kindle”
  • pa.t. *tintanë “kindled”
• tir- v. “to watch”
  • pa.t. tirnë “watched”
• tirion n. “watch tower”
• tiuca adj. “thick, fat”
• tó n. “wool”
• töa n. “wood (as material)”
• tol(lë) n. “island”
• toldo num. “eight”
• !tolquain num. “eighty”
• *tolquë num. “eighteen”
• tolu- v. “to stand up”
  • pa.t. *tolunë “stood up”
• ^tompa n. “drum”
• tópa n. “roof”
• -tta suf. “their two”
• -ttë suf. “they two”
• tu pron. “them two”
• tuc- v. “to pull”
  • pa.t. *tuncë “pulled”
• tuia- v. “to sprout”
  • pa.t. ^tuianë “sprouted”
• tuilë n. “spring, budding”
• tul- v. “to come”
  • pa.t. túlë “came”
• tulma n. “event”
• tulta- v. “to send (for), summon”
  • pa.t. tultanë “sent (for), summoned”
• tulya- v. “to bring, *lead”
  • pa.t. tulyanë “brought, led”
• tumna adj. “low”
• tup- v. “to cover”
  • pa.t. ^tumpë “covered”
• tur- v. “to conquer, rule”
  • pa.t. turnë “conquered, ruled”
• turca adj. “strong (physically)”
• turu- v. “to master, defeat”
  • pa.t. *turunë “mastered, defeated”
• ^turwa adj. “powerful”
• tuv- v. “to find, discover”
  • pa.t. túvë “found, discovered”
• -tya suf. “your (familiar)”
• tyal- v. “to play”
  • pa.t. ?tyallë “played”
• tyalië n. “play, mirth”
• tyar- v. “to cause”
  • pa.t. *tyarnë “caused”
• tyaro n. “doer, agent”
• tyav- v. “to taste”
  • pa.t. tyávë “tasted”
• tyávë n. “taste”
• tye pron. “you (familiar)”
• -tyë suf. “you (familiar)”
• tyelca adj. “hasty”
• tyellë n. “grade, step (of ladder/stairs)”
• †tyelpë n. “silver (archaic)”
• tyet pron. “you two (familiar)”
• tyulma n. “mast”

• ú adv. “not”
• ú prep. “without” [with genitive]
• uhta- v. “to dislike”
  • pa.t. *uhtanë “disliked”
• ui interj. “no, it is not”
• ui- v. “to not be”
  • pa.t. únë “was not”
• ul- v. “to rain (impersonal)”
  • pa.t. *úlë “rained”
• ulca adj. “evil”
• ulo (ulu-) n. “rain”
• ulya- v. “to pour”
  • pa.t. ullë “poured”
  • pa.t. ulyanë “poured [something]”
• umbar (umbart-) n. “fate, doom”
• undómë n. “twilight, dusk”
• undu adv. “down, beneath”
• ungwë n. “spider’s web”
• únótima adj. “numberless, (lit.) uncountable”
• unquë n. “a hollow”
• úra adj. “hot [unpleasantly]”
• úrë n. “heat”
• Úrimë n. “August, *Hotness”
• urra adj. “bad”
• urulócë n. “(fire) dragon”
• úsië adv. “on the contrary”
• úvanima adj. “ugly”

• vá interj. “no, I won’t”
• ^vacco n. “jacket”
• Valanya n. “Friday, Vala-day”
• vanda n. “oath”
• vanima adj. “beautiful”
• vanwa adj. “lost, gone”
• váquet- v. “to forbid”
  • pa.t. váquentë “forbade”
• vára adj. “dirty”
• varna adj. “safe, protected”
• varnë (varni-) adj. “brown”
• varya- v. “to protect”
  • pa.t. *varyanë “protected”
• ve pron. “us (including you)”
• ve prep. “as, like”
• vëa adj. “seeming, apparent”
• véla adj. “*alike, similar”
• vendë [w-] n. “maiden”
• veri n. “wife”
• veru n. “husband”
• verya adj. “brave, bold”
• verya- v. “to dare”
  • pa.t. *verenyë “dared”
• veryanwë n. “wedding”
• vesta n. “matrimony, marriage”
• vesta- v. “to wed, marry”
  • pa.t. *vestanë “wedded, married”
• vet pron. “both of us”
• vil- [w-] v. “to fly”
  • pa.t. villë “flew”
• vilya [w-] n. “air, (lower) sky”
• vingë [w-] n. “foam”
• vinimo [w-] n. “baby”
• vinya adj. “new, young”
• Víressë n. “April, *Freshness”
• virya- v. “to change”
  • pa.t. virnë “changed”
• vista- v. “to change [something]”
  • pa.t. vistanë “changed [something]”
• vista n. “air (as a substance)”
• voronda adj. “faithful, loyal”
• voronwë n. “faith, loyalty”

• -xë suf. “he/she ... himself/herself”
• -xer suf. “they ... themselves”
• -xet suf. “they two ... themselves”

• ya pron. “that, which (relative pronoun)”
• yá conj. “when”
• yaimë n. “wail”
• yaimëa adj. “wailing”
• yal- v. “to summon, *call”
  • pa.t. *yallë “summoned, called”
• yána adj. “wide”
• yanta n. “bridge”
• yára adj. “old”
• yarra- v. “to growl”
  • pa.t. *yarranë “growled”
• Yavannië n. “September, *Yavanna-ness”
• yávë n. “fruit”
• yávië n. “autumn, harvest”
• ^yaxë n. “cow”
• ye pron. “who, that (personal relative)”
• yé interj. “lo”
• yeldë n. “daughter”
• yén n. “Elvish long year (144 solar years)”
• yermë n. “sexual desire”
• yesta n. “beginning”
• yo conj. “both ... and”
• yondo n. “son”
• yú adv. “too, also”
• !yuhta- v. “to use”
  • pa.t. yuhtanë “used”
• yul- v. “to drink”
  • pa.t. ?yuldë “drank”
• yulda n. “drink”
• yulma n. “cup”
• yunquë num. “twelve”
• !yuquain num. “twenty”
• yúyo adj. “both”