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A

A - there is no quenya for "a". Just use the word, i.e "he saw the man riding horse" not "he saw the man riding a horse" Abandon - hehta. (hehtanë can be used for put aside, leave out, exclude, forsake Abhor- feuya The Abhorred - Sauron Abide - mar- (be settled or fixed) I will abide - maruvan Abide by - himya Abiding - sanda Law-abiding - sanya Abundance - úvë Abundant - úvëa (in a very great number) or alya (rich, blessed, prosperous) Abyss - undumë Account - quentalë (history) or lúmequenta (chronological account, history, as in Isildur's account of how he found the One Ring) Across - arta (arta also means "fort, fortress") Actor - tyaro (agent, doer) Actual - anwa (real, true) Acute - tereva (fine, piercing) Acute, Acuteness - laicë (keen, sharp) Adhering - himba (sticking) Admiral - ciryatur (the word means "ship-ruler") Adult - vëa Adult man - vëaner Adult male - nér (plural is neri) After - apa Again - ata Age - randa Agent - tyaro Agile - tyelca Ago - yá Agony - qualmë, (agonising death is unqualë) Ah - ai (also means alas), e.g. Ai! Laurië lantar lassi ~ Ah! Golden fall the leaves Air (as in air in atmosphere) - vistal Air (as in tune, song, singing) - indë Air (puff of, breeze, breath) - hwesta Air (skies) - fanyarë Airy (breezy) - vilin Alas - ai Alive - cuina Being Alive - cuilë (life) All - ilya (the whole) All that is wanted - fárë Allow - lav- (yield, grant) Not allowed to continue - nuhta (stunt, prevent from coming to completion, stop short) Alone - er (one, alone, only, but, still) Alone (solitude) - eressë (this word can also be used for only) Alphabet - tengwanda Altogether - aqua Ancient - yára (belonging to or descending from former times) And - ar Animal - kelva (plural is kelvar) can also use laman (plural lamni or lamani) but this is only applied to four-footed beasts, and never to reptiles and birds Anybody - aiquen (can also be used for whoever) April (month) - Víressë Arm - ranco (plural is ranqui) Army - hossë Arrow - pilin (plural is pilindi) Art - Carmë Artificial Cave - hróta (dwelling underground, rockhewn hall) As - ve Ascent - rosta Ascension - orosta Aside (as in "stand aside") - heca! Aside (as in "you stay aside" - singular) - hecat (can also be used for "be gone - singular) Aside (as in "you stay aside" - plural) - hecal (can also be used for "be gone" - plural) Aside (as in "leaving aside") - hequa (not counting, excluding, except) Ask - maquet Asleep - lorna Assemble - hosta (gather, collect) Associate - otorno (sworn brother) osellë (sworn sister) Astronomer - meneldil Auger - teret (gimlet) August (month) - Urimë Authority - Máhan Authorities - Máhani Autumn - yávië (as in harvest-time) or lasselanta (as in leaf-fall) Avenue of trees - aldëon Awake - coiva Awakening - cuivië Away - oa (oar can also be used) Awning - teltassë Axe - pelecco

B

Baby/babe - lapsë Back (body part) - alm Back - (prefix) at-, ata- Back (those who go back) - Nandor Backwards - nan Bad - faica Bake - masta Bale out (draw water, scoop out) - calpa Ball - coron Balrog - Valarauko (plural is Valaraukar) Band (army, troop) - nossë Bank (riverbank) - ráva Bark (of tree) - parma Base (root of something, mountain, plant, etc) - sundo Base (floor, ground) - talan Base (foundation) - talma Base Structure - sundocarmë Batter (food) - palpa Batter (beat) - palap Bay (small and landlocked) - hópa Bay (haven, harbour) - Khop Be (is) - ná Be (are) - nar Be (as in be it that) - nai Be gone! - hecat! (plural = hecal!) Beach (sand, etc) - falas Beach (shore, line of surf) - falassë Bear (verb as in "I bear the ring") - col- (This is a prefix. Write "col" immediately followed by the the object) (Col can also be used to "wear" something) Bear Fruit - yavin Bear (animal) - morco Beard - fanga Beard (long beard) - fangë Bearer - colindo (Ring-Bearers - cormacolindor) Beautiful - vanya (linda, calwa, vanima can also be used) Beautiful ones - vanimar Beauty - vanessë Bed - caima Bedchamber - caimasan (plural - caimasambi) Bedridden (as in sick) - caimassë or caimassëa (Lying in bed - caila) Bee - nier Bee (honey-bee) - nion Beech (tree) - feren or fernë (plural - ferni) Beget - nosta (also means "give birth") Begetter - nostar Begetter (parent) - ontaro (m.), ontarë (f.). (Plural is nostari "begetters, parents") Beginning - yessë Behold (see) - cen Being (spirit) - ëala (plural - ëalar. Eälar are spirits whose natural state it is to exist without a physical body, e.g. Balrogs) Being alive - cuilë Bell - nyellë Bellied - cumba (foulbellied - sauricumba) Belly - cumbo Beloved (dear) - melda (Beloved of Nessa - nessamelda, a flagrant evergreen tree brought to Númenor by the Eldar.) Bend - cúna Beneath - undu Bent (curved) - cúna Bent (crooked, wrong) - raica Bent (humped) - cauca Berry - piucca Beside - ara (can also use ar- as a prefix) Between - imbë Beyond - pella Beyond the West - Andúnë pella Beyond the Stars - elenillor pella Bier - tulma Biped (was used for Dwarves) - attalya Bird (small bird) - aiwë or filit (plural filici) Bird (yellow bird) - ambalë or ammalë Bird (as in songbird) - lindo Birth - nosta Birthday - nosta Bite (verb, as in "I bite") - nac Bite (noun, as in "the bite") - nahta Bitter - sára Black - morë (in compounds mori-, e.g. Moriquendi which means "black elves") Blackness - morna or morqua Blackness (night) - mórë Blackhanded - morimaitë Blackberry - piucca Blade - hyanda Blaze (fire) - urya Blazing hot - úrin (Úrin also being a name of the Sun) Bless - laita Blessed (prosperous, rich, abundant) - alya, almárëa Blessed (wealthy, fortunate, rich) - herenya Blessed (free from evil) - aman (Aman was chiefly used as the name of the land where the Valar dwelt) Blessed Being - Manwë (the King of the Valar) Blessedness - vald Bliss - almië or almarë Bliss (final bliss as in doom, final end, fate) - manar or mandë Blight - yaru Blink - tihta (also means "peer") Block (as in "to block") - tápë Blood - sercë Blossom (white) - lossë Blot - motto Blue - luin or helwa Boat - luntë Boat (small boat) - venë (can also be used for "vessel" or "dish") Body - hroa (also means "physical matter") Body (corpse) - loico Bodily - sarcuva Bold - verya or canya Boldness - verië Bolster (cushion) - nirwa Bond (knot) - nútë Bond (oath) - vérë Bone - axo (plural is axor) Book (writings) - parma (this word is also used for tree bark) Book language (Quenya) - parmalambë Border (edge, margin) - réna Border - (edge, hem) - ríma Born - nona Borne - colla Bosom (surface, bosom of earth) - palúrë Bosom (hollow cavity) - súma Boss of shield - tolmen (also means "isolated round hill") Both - yúyo Bound (obliged) - nauta Bow (verb, as in "I bow") - cawin Bow (noun as in "the bow") - quinga or cú (also means "crescent Moon") Bowl (goblet) - fion Bowl (i.e. what you eat soup from) - salpë Bowl of Fire - tanyasalpë Branch - olwa Brand - yulma Bread - masta Bread (life-bread) - lembas Break - rac Break apart - terhat Break asunder - hat Breath (noun, as in spirit) - súlë Breathe (verb, as in "I breathe") - súya Breather - Súlimo (a title of Manwë) Breeze (breath, puff of air) - hwesta Breeze (gentle breeze) - vílë Breezy (airy) - vilin Bride (wife) - indis Bridegroom - ender Bridge (joining, isthmus) - yanwë Bridge (yoke) - yanta Brilliance (splendour, radiance) -alcar or alcarë Brilliance (clarity) - calassë Brilliant (glorious) - alcarinqua Broad (vast) - aica Broad (sharp, fell, terrible, dire) - aica Broad sword - lango (also means "prow of ship") Broad bladed sword (short stabbing sword) - ecet Broken - rácina Brooch - tancil Brood - luvu Brook (as in small stream) - nellë Brother - toron (plural is torni) Brother (sworn brother) - otorno Brotherhood (of bloodkinship) - onóro Brotherhood (sworn brothers) - otornassë Brown - varnë Bud - tuima (also means "sprout") Buffet - taran or tarambo Build (verb, as in "I build") - carin Built - carnë (This also means "red) Building (as in house) - car Building (of wood) - ampano Building (construction) - ataquë Builder (carpenter, wright) - samno Bull - tarucco or tarunco Burdensome - lumna Burly - polda Burn - usta (e.g. Fëanáro ustanë i ciryar "Fëanor burnt the ships") or urya ( e.g. i ciryar uryaner "the ships were burning") Bush - tussa But - nan But yet - a-nanta or ananta (also means "and yet") Butterfly - wilwarin Buttocks - hacca -By - -mas (as used in the end of a place name, e.g. if Bullby were a town name it would become "Taruccomas" in Quenya)

C

Call (shout of triumph) - yello Candle (taper) - lícuma Canopy (overshadow or screen) - telta Canopy (sky) - telimbo (sky) Cannibal-Ogres - plural is Sarquindi, and singular is Sarquindë Cape - mundo (note - mundo also means "ox") Carcanet (type of necklace) - firinga Carousal (drinking) - yulmë Carpenter - samno Carry - yulu Cart - norollë Cassiopeia (star constellation) - Wilwarin (Wilwarin also means "butterfly") Castle of Custody - Mandos Cat - mëoi Catch (noun, as in "to catch") - atsa Cause - tyar Cave - felya, rondo or rotelë Cave (artificial cave) - hróta Cave (underground dwelling or rockhewn hall) - phéleg or rod Cavity - súma Cease (take as rest or stop) - hauta Cease (put a stop to) - pusta Cease (end) - tyel Celeborn - Teleporno Centre - endë Centre (core, middle) - tólë Century - haranyë Chain - angainor Chamber - sambë Champion - aráto Change (verb, as in "to change") - ahya Channel - celma Chant - lirin Cheese - tyuru Cherry - pio (this word was also applied to plums) Cherry tree - aipio (this word was also applied to plum trees) Chief (adjective, as in "main") - héra Chief (noun as in "leader") - turco Chieftain - (singular) haran (plural) harni) Child - hína Children - híni Children of Eru - Eruhíni (Child of Eru is Eruhin) Children of Ilúvatar - Híni Ilúvataro My child - hinya Chill (pallid, white) - ninquë Chill (weather, as in "cold") - nicu Chilly (damp, cold) - ringa Choke (suffocate) - quoro Choked (drowned) - quorin Choosing - cilmë Chronological Account (history) - lúmequenta Circle - rindë Circular - rinda Circular Enclosure (especially on a hill-top) - corin City - osto Clad - vaina Clamour - yalmë Clan (family, "house") - nossë Clarity (brilliance) - calassë Clasp - tangwa Claw - atsa Claw (hook, catch) - racca Claw-fingered - raccalepta Clean - poica Cleared (free, open) - latin or latina Cleave - hyarin Cleaver - hyando Cleave to (abide by, stick to) - himya Cleft (ravine, gulf) - yáwë Cleft (split) - sanca Cleft (gash) - hyatsë Cleft (crack) - ciris Cleft (mountain pass, ravine) - falqua Cleft (gorge, pass between hills) - cilya Cliff - ollo Cloak - colla Cloth v- lannë Cloud (white cloud) - fanya (plural - fanyar) Cloud (dark lowering cloud) - lumbo (plural - lumbor) Coat (jacket) - vacco Cobweb - línë Code of signs (system of signs, grammar) - tengwesta Cold - ringa Cold (damp, chilly) - yelwa Collapse (verb, as in "to slip" or "slide down") - talta Collapse (noun as in "downfall") - atalantë Collect (gather, assemble) - hosta Collection of leaves (foliage) - olassië Come - tulin Commander - cáno Commandment (law, rule) - axan Commerce - mancalë Communication - centa Compact (troth, oath, bond) - vérë Compel - mauya Compulsion - mausta Complaint - nur (can also be used for "growl") Completely (fully, altogether, wholly) - aqua Conceal (veil, screen from light) - halya Concealed (hidden) - furin or hurin Conception - nóa (plural - nówi) Conch (shell, horn of Ulmo) - hyalma Conclude (wind up, finish) - telya Conclusion - telma Confused (shattered, disordered) - rúcina Conspicuous (prominent) - minda Construction (craft, devise) - tanwë Construction (building) - ataquë Contemptible - faica Continual (repeated) - vorima Control - turin Cooked food - apsa (also means "meat") Copper - tambë Of copper - tambina Copper-coloured (ruddy, red) - aira Copula - telluma Core (centre, middle) - endë Cornflower - menelluin (literally means "sky-blue") Corporeal (bodily) - sarcuva Corpse - quelet (plural - queletsi) Corpse-candle - loicolícuma Corruscation - russë (also means "sword-blade") Cottage - os Count - not Count up - onot Countable - nótima Country (land, race, nation, native land) - nórë Courage - huorë Course (line, direction, path, way, road) - tië Court (paved floor) - paca Cover - topë Covering (hood) - telmë Cow - yaxë Crack (cleft) - ciris Craft - tanwë Craft (thing made, device, construction) - curwë Craftsman - tano (also means "smith") Create - onta Creature - onna Creature (deformed/hideous creature) - ulundo Crescent - cúnë (also means "bow") Crest (of wave) - wingë Crest (summit) - ormë Crested wave - falma Crooked - hwarin Crooked (bent, wrong) - raica Crooked (hooked) - rempa Crooked (bent, humped) - cauca Crossbar - hwarma Crossing (passage, ford) - tarna Crow - quáco Crowd (throng, press) - sanga Crowd (host) - rimbë Crown - rië Crowned - rína Crowned with stars - Elerrína Cruel - nwalca Crumble - ruxa Crystal substance - silima Cunning - finië Cup - yulma Cupola (dome) - coromindo Curufin - Curufinwë Curunír - Curumo (While Curunír, the Elvish name for the Maia Saruman, was used in Middle-earth, in Aman he was known under his Quenya name, Curumo) Curved (bent) - cúna Cushion - nirwa Custody (safe keeping) - mando Cut (verb) - rista or venië Cut (noun as in "shape") - rista or venwë Cut off (as in "to cut off") v - auciri Cycle - randa (also means "age")

D

Dagger (knife) - sicil Dagger (weapon) - naica Dairon - Sairon Dale - nal Dale (dell) - nallë Dale-sprite (a kind of faery) - tavar (plural is tavarni) Damp (chilly, cold) - ringa Dance - lilta Dangle - linga Dare - verya Dark (gloomy, sombre, black) - morna Dark (dusky, obscure) - nulla Dark (overcast) - lúrëa Dark or hidden (low lying, profound, deep) - tumna Dark (fog, murk, night) - hui Dark (blackness) - mor Dark (night) - lúmë (also means "hour, time") Dark (night, twilight, gloom) - lómë Dark (shadow, gloom) - huinë Dark Elves - Moriquendi or Morimor Dark one - morion (this is also the Quenya word for Morgoth) Dark weather - lúrë Dark lowering cloud - lumbo Darkness - mornië or mórë Dark valley (deep vale) - tumbo (deep valley) Daughter - yendë or yen (suffix is -iel e.g. Uinéniel "daughter of Uinen") Dawn - ára Day - aurë (also means "sunlight") Day (12 hours) - arya Day (24 hours counted from sunset to sunset) - ré Day (24 hours) - sana Daytime - arië (Early) Day - amaurëa (another word for "dawn") Daylight - calma Dead (of natural cause) - firin Dead (agonising death) - qualin Dead (departed, lost, past, gone, vanished, no longer to be had) - vanwa Dead (withered) - hessa Dead body (corpse) - loico Dear (beloved) - melda Dear (familiar) - melin or moina Dear (worth, worthy) - valda Dear (suffix of endearment) - -ya e.g. Anardilya "dear Anardil") Death - qualmë Death (agonising) - unqualë Death (personified) - nuru (Nuru is another name for Mandos) Death (natural death) - fairë (also means "radiance" and "phantom") Declivity (downslope, slope) - pendë Deep - tumna Deep (low-lying, low, profound, dark or hidden) - núra Deep valley (dark vale) - tumbo Deformed creature (hideous creature, monster) - ulundo Dell - nal Dell (dale) - nallë Demon - rauko (plural is raukar) Denethor - Nanisáro Dental series - tincotéma Deny - lala Depart - vanya Departed (gone, vanished, lost, past, no longer to be had, dead) - vanwa Descendant (grandchild) - indyo Descendant (male) - yondo (also means "son") Desert - erumë Deserted - erda (also means "solitary") Desire (verb as in "to desire") - merë Desire (noun as in "the desire") - írë Desire (greed) - milmë Desirable (loveable) - írima Desirer - Irmo (also the name of a Vala) Destine - martya Destiny - maranwë Device (craft, thing made, construction) - tanwë Devise (originate, invent) - auta Dew - rossë Dew (fine rain, spray) - rin. Dewy (moist) - nítë Dexterous - formaitë (also means "right-handed") Dialect - lambë Dictum (quote, saying) - eques (plural is equessi) Die (fade) - fir Diphthong (a type of wooden post) - samna (plural - samnar) Dim to see (vague, faint) - néca Dire (fell, terrible, sharp) - aica Direction (course, line, pathway, road) - tië Dirty (soiled) - vára Disappear - vanya (also means "beautiful") Discoloured - púrëa (also means "smeared") Disgust - feuya Dish - venë (also means "small boat" and "vessel") Disordered (confused, shattered) - rúcina Divide in middle (halve) - perya Divine - valaina Divinity - valassë Do not - uin Do not (I do not) - umin Do not! (an order) - vá! (also means "I will not") Don't - áva or avá Don't do it! - áva carë! Doer (actor, agent) - tyaro Dog - huo Dome - telluma (plural - tellumar) Doom - manar Doom (final end, fate, fortune, final bliss) - mandë Doom (fate) - umbar Doom ring - Máhanaxar Doriath - Lestanórë Dot (small spot) - pica Dot (tiny mark, point) - tixë Dot (points over the line of writing) - amatixë Dot (points under the line of writing) - nuntixë Double - atwa or tanta Double (verb, as in "to double") - tatya (also means "repeat" and "second") Dove - cu (plural - cua) Down (under, beneath) - undu Down-fall (collapse) - atalantë, atalantië Down-fallen (ruinous) - atalantëa Down below (underneath) - nún Downslope (slope, declivity) - pendë Dragon - lókë Dragon (serpent) - angulókë Dragon (snake) - fenumë Winged dragon - rámalókë Fire dragon - urulókë (plural - Urulóki) Spark Dragon - fëalókë Fish Dragon (sea-serpent) - lingwilókë Draught - yulda (plural - yuldar) Draw (as in "I draw") - tucin Draw water (bale out, scoop out) - calpa Drawing - halmë Dread - aista Dream (noun, as in "the dream") - olor, olórë or lor Dreamy - olosta or olórëa Drink (verb, as in "to drink") - sucin Drink of the Valar - limpë (drink of the fairies) or míruvórë Drinking (carousal) - yulmë Drinking vessel - yulma Drinking vessel (cup) - sungwa Drip - lipte Drop (noun, as in "the drop") - limba Little drop - liptë Drowned - quorin (also means "choked") Drowsy - lorda Dry - parca Dryad (a kind of tree spirit) - (male) tavaro (plural - tavaro) Dryad (female) - tavaril (plural - nandin) Dusk - histë Dusky (dark, obscure) - nulla Dust - asto Dwarf (literally means "stunted one") - Nauco (plural - Naucor) Dweller - mardo Dwelling (noun) - mar Dwelling (home) - mas Dwindle (lessen) - píca

E

Each – máca Eagle - soron, sornë (þ) (plural - sorni) King of Eagles – Sorontur Eagle Horn (a great mountain in Númenor – Sorontil Early – arinya Early Day (dawn) - amaurëa Early Morning - tuilë (can also be used for spring-time) Earth (soil) - cemen or kemen Earth Queen (Yavanna's title) - Kementári Earthen (of earth) – cemina Earth (world) – Ambar East – rómen Eastern – rómenya East-Victor (one of the Kings of Gondor) - Rómendacil East-Lands (a region in Númenor) – Orrostar Eat - mat Echo - láma Echoing – lamina Eddy (swirl, gyrate) – hwinya Eddy (whirlpool) – hwindë Edge - réna or ríma Eglath (otherwise known as Eglain or Egladhrim) - Heceldi (the Forsaken Elves, especially the Eldar left in Beleriand) Eight – tolto Elbow – ólemë Elephant – andamunda Eleven – manqué Elf - quendë (Quendi is the usual form; there are gender-specific forms quendu (m.) and quendi (f.), but they seem to be rare. Plural quendur (m.) and quendir (f.) is attested. Elf (of the Three Kindreds; Noldor, Vanyar & Teleri) - Elda (This is also the normal word for Elf in Valinor as all Elves there were Eldar) Elves of Aman - Amanyar (singular - Amanya) Elves who Refused to Join the Westward March - Avari (singular - Avar) Elvenhome - Eldamar or Elendë Elf-People – Eldalië Elvish – Eldarinwa Elvish Language (of the Tree Kindreds only, not to all the Quendi) – Eldarin Elvish Language (referring to all the Quendi) - Quenderin Elf-Friend - Elendil (actually meaning "star-friend") Elf-Lover - Eldameldo (plural - Eldameldor) Elf-Stone - Elessar (Aragorn's royal name) Elm-Tree - alalmë or lalmë Land of Elms (Warwickshire) – Alalminórë Ember (smouldering wood) – yúla Eminent Man (Champion) – aráto Emit Light – faina Empty (void) – lusta Empty – cumna Enchant – luhta Enchantment – lúcë Enclosure - panda Enclosure (circular) - corin End (noun) - metta, mentë, tyel, tyeldë or telu The Ending of the World - Ambar-metta End (verb) – tele End (cease) – tyel Put an End to – metya Endless Period – oio Endurance (lasting quality) – voronwië Enduring (long-lasting) – voronwa Enemy – cotumo Enough (sufficient) - farëa Enquiry – centa Entrance (to harbour) – londë Envelope (noun) - vaiya or vaia Errant – ránen Escape (verb) – usin Escape (noun) – uswë Essay - see Enquiry Establish (fix, set up) – tulca Eternal – oira Evening - andúnë Evening (sunset) – sinyë Ever (continually) - oi, voro or vor Ever White/Ever Snow-White – Oiolossë Eversummer - Oiolairë Everlasting - oia or vorima Everlasting (age) - oirë or oialë Everlastingly (forever) – oialë Every – máca Everybody – ilquen Everything - ilqua Evil - plural, úmëa; singular, ulca Evileyed - henulca Evil-Smelling (foul, putrid) - saura Free from Evil (see Blessed) – aman Exalted Ones - Aratar (singular - Arata) The Aratar are the mightiest of the Valar: Manwë, Varda, Ulmo, Yavanna, Aulë, Mandos, Nienna, and Oromë Exalted Ones (High Ones, The Supreme) - Aratar Except (leaving aside, not counting, excluding) – hequa Exclude (put aside, leave out, abandon, forsake) – hehta Excluding (leaving aside, not counting, except) – hequa Expand (spread, extend, open wide) - palu or playa Expansive (wide) – palla Expire – fire Extend (spread, expand, open wide) - palu or playa Extended (lengthened) – taina Extension (lengthening) – tailë Eye – hen Eyes – hendi Sharp-Eye - hendumaica Eyes of Heartsease (a name of the wild pansy) - Helinyetillë Eyrie - sornion

F

Face - anta Fade - sinta Fade (die) - fir Fade (slowly fade away) - fifíru Fading - quellë (In the Calendar of Imladris, quellë was a precisely defined period of 54 days in late autumn. Also called lasselanta; see Autumn) Faery - Inwilis or Inwinórë (which also means "England") Faint (vague, dim to see) - néca Fair (beautiful, proper, right) - vanima Fair (beautiful) - vanë, melima or linda Fair Folk - Vanimo (plural - Vanimor) Fair-Minded (generous, just) - faila Faithful - voronda Faithful (steadfast) - vórima Fall (verb) - lanta Fall (moral fall, i.e. military defeat) - lantë Fallow (fawn, pale) - marya Fallow (pale) - malwa Familiar (dear) - moina Family (clan, "house") - nossë Fane (holy place, sanctuary) - yána Fang (tooth, tusk) - carca Far - haira, eccaira or avahaira Far Away (adjective) - vahaia Far Away, Far Off (adverb) - háya Far and Wide - palan Far-Seer - palantir "Far-Wanderer" (the name of a ship) - Palarran Farewell - namárië Farmer - nandor Fasten - tacë Fat (thick) - tiuca Fat (as in "to grow fat", swell) - tiuya Fate (doom) - umbar Fate (fortune) - marto Fate (doom, final end, final bliss) - manar or mandë Fated - marta Father - atar Fathers - atari Father of All (God) - Ilúvatar Fathom - rangwë Fawn (fallow, pale) - marya Fay of the Country (dryad) - nandin Fay of the Meads (field spirit) - Nermi (plural - Nermir) Fëanor (Spirit of Fire) - Fëanáro Fear (noun) - caurë Fear (verb) - rucin Feast - meren Feast (festival) - merendë Festive - merya Feather - quessë February - Nénimë Feel Fear of Horror - rucin Fell (sharp, terrible, dire) (adjective) - aica Fell (noun, as "to fell a tree") - helma (also means "to skin") Female (noun) - ní Female (adjective) - inya (plural - inimeitë) Fenced Field - peler Fencing or Defensive Heights - Pelóri Festival (fixed time) - asar Festival (feast) - meren or merendë Fetch (send for, summon) - tulta Fey (fated) - marta Field-Spirit (Fay of the Meads) - Nermi (plural - Nermir is attested) Fiery - uruitë or úruva Fight (wield a weapon) - mahta Fill - quat Final (ultimate, last) - tyelima or métima Final End (fortune, bliss, fate) - mande or manar Final (last) - telda Finarfin - Arafinwë Find - hir Fine (acute, piercing) - tereva Fine Rain (dew, spray) - rossë Finger - lepsë Fingered - epta Fingon - Findecáno Finish (end) (verb) - tele Finish (wind up, conclude) - telya Finish (noun) - telu Finrod - Findaráto Fire - úr or uru --> Fiery - uruvoitë On Fire - urwa Fire-Like - urúva Firewood - turu (also used of wood in general) Bowl of Fire - tanyasalpë Firm (strong, immovable, steadfast) - tulca Firm (steady) - tulunca Firm (true, abiding) - sanda Firm (fixed, sure) - tanca First - minya Firstborn (the Elves) - Minnónar Fish (general word) - lingwë Small Fish - hala "Fish-Watcher" (i.e. Kingfisher, a native British bird) - halatir or halatirno Fist - quárë (often used to mean "hand") Fit (useful, good) - mára Five - lempë Fix (set) - panya Fix (establish, set up) - tulca Fixed (sure, firm) - tanca Be Fixed (abide, be settled) - mar Fixed Time (festival) - asar Flagstone - ambal Flame - nár, nárë or velca Sharp-Flame - Aicanáro Red Flame - rúnya Heart of the Flame (a name of the Sun) - Naira Flame-Coloured - culina (or culda, meaning "golden-red") Flat - lára Fleece - uë Flesh - hrávë or sarco Fleshy - sarqua Flinthearted - sincahonda Flintstone - sinca Float (sail, float, fly) - lutu Flood (tide) - celumë Flood (stream, flow, flowing) - ulundë or lúto Flooding (flowing, pouring) (adjective) - úlëa Floor (ground) - talan (plural - talami) Paved Floor (court) - paca Flour - porë Flourish (noun) - rincë Flow (verb) - sir, lutta or lutu Flow, Flowing (stream, flood) (noun) - celumë Flowing (flooding, pouring) (adjective) - úlëa Flowing (liquid) - sírima Flower (large and single) - lótë Flower of the West (a floral design) - Númellóte Flute (pipe) - simpa or simpina Flutist (someone who plays the flute or pipe) - timpinen Fluttering to and fro - wilwa Fly (as in "I fly") - wilin Fly (sail, float, fly) - wili Fly or Stream in the Wind - hlapu Flying (rushing) - rimpa Send Flying - horta Foam (verb) - falasta (e.g. "foam at the mouth") Foam (noun) - fallë Foam (spray) - winga Foam (crest of a wave) - wingë Fog (mist) - hísë Foil (plant) - asëa Foliage (collection of leaves) - olassië Folk - hos Follow - hilya Follower - neuro Followers (an Elvish name for Men) - Hildor or Hildi Food (cooked) - apsa Foot - tál Footprint - runya (also means "slot") For - an For Me - nin Forbid (refuse, say no) - váquet Ford - tarna Foreign - ettelen Foresight - apacen Forest - taurë Forge - tamin Form (make) - car Former, The (that) - yara Former Days - yárë Former Times - yalúmë Formerly (ago) - yá Belonging to or Descending from Former Times (ancient) - yára Forsake (put aside, leave out, exclude, abandon) - hehta Forsaken Elves - see Eglath Forsaken or Lost by Friends (waif, outcast, outlaw) - hecil (generic), hecilo (m.), and hecilë (f.) Fort (fortress) - arta Forth ("go forth") - et Fortress (fort) - arta Fortune (good, wealth) - alma Fortune (final end, doom, fate) - mandë or manar Fortunate (wealthy, blessed, rich) - herenya Foul (evil-smelling, putrid) - saura Foulbellied - sauricumba Foundation (base, root) - talma Fountain (issue of water, spring) - ehtelë Four - canta Four (prefix) - can- Fox - rusco Free (of a person) - mirima Free from Evil (blessed) - aman Freeze - niquë Frequent - rimba Fresh - venya Fresh (yellow-green, green) - wenya Freshness (youth, greenness) - vén, wén Freshlet (water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring) - celussë Friend - málo or meldo (plural - meldor). Other forms are: nildo (m.), nildë (f.), sermo, seron (m.), sermë (f.) Friend (lover) - dil (final element in compounds, e.g. Elendil, Anardil, etc) Friendly (lovely) - nilda Friendship - nilmë From - ho (Or "llo" as the final element in compounds, e.g. Eärello meaning "from the Sea") Frost - nixë Frost-Patterns - niquis Frost-Patterns (feathery) - niquessë Frozen - halcin Fruit - yávë Bear Fruit - yavin Full - quanta Fully (completely, altogether, wholly) - aqua Full Stop (punctuation symbol) - pusta Fungus - hwan (plural - hwandi)

G

Galadriel - Altáriel Game (sport, play) - tyalië Gandalf - Olórin Gaol - mando Gap (gulf) - fásë Garland (wreathe) - ría Maiden Crowned with a Festival Garland - riellë Gash (slash) - cirissë Gash (cleft) - hyatsë Gate - ando Great Gate - andon (plural - andondi) Gather (collect, assemble) - hosta Gathering (meeting) - yomenië Generous (fair-minded, just) - faila Gentle (soft) - moica Gentle Breeze - vílë Get Low (of the Sun) - númeta or númenda Germ (seed) - erdë Gesture-Code - hwermë Giant - norsa Gift - anna Give (present) - anta Giver - antë (f.), anto (m.) Land of Gift (a name for Númenor) - Andor Dear Gift (the meaning of Melian's name) - Melyanna Gimilzor - Telemnar Gimlet (auger) - teret Girdle - lesta Give - anta Give Birth - nosta Given (or added) Name - anessë (plural - anessi) Glamhoth - Sancossi (see Goblin) Glass - hyellë Little Glass - lipil Gleam (white) - ilca Glint (verb) - tinë Glint (noun) - tindë or wintil Glinting (silver) - tinda Glitter - mirilya Glittering (brilliance) - rilya Glittering Light - rilma Glittering Reflection - nalta Globe - coron Globed (round) - corna Gloom - ungwë Gloom (shadow) - lumbë Gloomy - morna Gloomy (black, dark, sombre) - huinë Gloomy (darkness, shadow) - lómë Gloomy (night, twilight, darkness, dusk) - yaru Child of Gloom - lómëar Glorious (radiant) - alcarinqua Glorund - Laurundo Glorunn - Undolaurë Glory - alcar Glory (splendour, brilliance) - alcarë Gnome - Noldo (plural - Noldor) Gnomish - Noldorinwa Gnomish Language - Noldorin Gnome-Land - Noldomar Go (proceed, travel) - lelya or linna Go (depart, disappear) - vanya Go Round (revolve, return) - pel Go Athwart (cross) - tara Go Away (leave, pass) - auta Gone (departed, vanished, dead, lost, past and over, no longer to be had) - vanwa Be Gone! - heca! Goat (she-goat) - nyéni Goblet - súlo or fion Goblin (orc) - urco (plural - urqui) or orco (plural - orqui or orcor) The Goblins - Sancossi (literally means "hateful armies") God (The One, He that is Alone) - Eru Pagan God - ainu Pagan Goddess (angelic spirit, holy one) - aini Gold (metal) - malta Gold (colour) - laurë Red Gold - cullo Golden - laurëa Golden-Red - culda Golden-Red (flame coloured) - culina Gondolin - Ondolindë (literally means "stone song") Gone (departed, lost, past) - vanwa Gong - tombo Good (fit, useful) - mára Good (morally good) - manë Goodbye - mára mesta Goods - armar Goose - ván or wán (plural - váni) Gore - nasta Gore (spearhead, point, triangle) - nehtë Gore (spearhead, narrow promontory, wedge) - mear Gorge (pass between hills, cleft) - cilya Gorthaur - Sauron Gothmog - Cosomot Govern (verb) - turin Govern (wield, control) - turnë Governance - heren Governor (chieftain, commander) - cáno Grade - tyellë (plural - tyeller) Grammar (system or code of signs) - tengwesta Grandchild (descendant) - indyo Grant (yield, allow) - lav Grasp (seize) - mapa Grass - salquë Grass (stiff and dry) - sara Great - velicë Great (in size) - alta Great Bear - see "Sickle of the Valar" Great Longing - mavoinë Great Number - úvëa Great Quantity (abundance) - úvë Great Wood (forest) - taurë Greed - milmë Greedy - milca Green - laiqua Green-Elves - Laiquendi Greenness (yellow-green, fresh) - wenya Greenness - wén Greenness (freshness, youth) - laiquassë Grey - mista Grey Cloak - Sindacollo or Singollo Grey-Elven - sindarinwa Grey-Elven Language - Sindarin Grief (sorrow) - nyérë Grieve - nyer Grotto (or Small Tunnel) - rotto Ground (floor) - talan (plural - talami) Grow Fat (verb) - tiuya Growl (snarl, of dogs) (verb) - yarra Growl (grumble) - núru Growl (complaint) (noun) - nur Grumble (murmur) (verb) - nurru Grumble (growl, of dogs) - núru Grumbling - nurrua Guard (watch, heed) - tirno Guess (verb) - intya Guess (supposition, idea) (noun) - intya Gulf (cleft, ravine) - yáwë Gulf (gap) - fásë Gull - maiwë Gyrate (eddy, swirl) – hwinya

H

Habit – haimë Habitation – imbar Hail – aiya Hair – loxë Tangled Hair – fassë Lock of Hair – findë Head of Hair (a person's hair as a whole) – findessë Half-Elven – Pereldar Hall – mardë Rockhewn Hall (artificial cave) – hróta Hallow - aitita Halve (divide in middle) – perya Hammer (verb & noun) – namba Hams (buttocks) – hacca Hand (verb, as in "to hand") - má (plural (as in "into his hands") - mannar) Hand (as in "fist") – quárë Hollow of Hand – cambë Halving Hands – mavoitë Handy (skilled) – maitë Handle – mahta Hang (dangle) – linga Happen – mart Happy – valin Happiness – vald Harbour (haven, bay) – hópa Harbourage – hopassë Hard (ill-shapen, twisted) – nauca Hare – lapattë Harp (verb) – nanda Harp (noun) – nandë Little Harp – nandellë Harping – nandelë Harper – nandaro Harp-Player – tyalangan Harp-Playing – salmë Harsh (rending, violent) – naraca Harvest (autumn) – yávië Hasp (clasp) – tangwa Haste (wrath, violence, rushing) – ormë Hasty – orna Hasty (agile) – tyelca Hat – táta Hate (verb) – tevë Hateful – sancë Hatred - tevië or tevin Have - see Possess Haven (harbour, bay) – hópa Haven – londë Hawk - fion (plural - fioni or fiondi) He - ro (It is a pronominal ending, so is included at the end to the previous vowel, e.g. - "antaváro", meaning "he will give") Head – cár Head (round head, knoll) – nóla Head of Hair – findessë Heal – envinyata Healed (renewed) – envinyanta Hear – hlar Hearing (listening) – lasta Heart - hón Heart (physical heart) - órë Heart (spiritual heart) – indo Heart (mind, mood) – elwen Hearted – honda Heartsease (a name of the pansy) - helinyetillë Heart of Flame (a name of the Sun) – Naira Heat – úrë Smouldering, Red Heat – yulmë Heave – amorta Heave (of large and heavy things, shift, move) – rúma The Heavens – menel Heaven (sky) – ilwë Heavy – lunga Hedge (jagged hedge of spikes) – caraxë Heed (verb) – tiring Height – tárië Heir – aryon Hell – Angamando Helmet – cassa Hem (edge, border) - ríma Hem of Robe – lappa Her - rya (It is a pronominal ending, so is included at the end to the previous vowel, e.g. - "aratarya", meaning "her sublimity". Also means "his" and "its".) Her - the ending s (e.g. - "Utúvienyes", meaning "I have found him/her") Hero (noble man) – callo Hew – pelehta Hide - nurta Hiding – nurtalë Hidden (secret) – muina Hidden (veiled, shadowed, shady) – halda Hidden (concealed) - foina, furin or hurin Hideous Creature (deformed, monster) - ulundo High (lofty, tall) – tára High (as in "High Speech") – tar High Elves - Tarquendi or Tareldar High Ones (The mightiest of the Valar) – Aratar High Speech (Quenya) – Tarquesta Hill - ambo (plural - ambonnar) Hill (mound) – tundo Isolated Round Hill - tolmen (also means "boss of shield") Hill-Side (upward slope) – amban Him - the ending s (e.g. - "Utúvienyes", meaning "I have found him/her") Hindmost (last) – tella The Hindmost (the Last-Comers) – Teleri His - rya (It is a pronominal ending, so is included at the end to the previous vowel, e.g. - "coarya", meaning "his house". Also means "her" and "its") History (tale, saga) - nyárë History (account) - quenta or quentalë History (chronological account) - lúmequentalë or lúmequenta Historical – lúmequentalëa Hive – nierwes Hoard (treasure) – foa Hole (pit) – latta Hole (perforation, opening, mouth) – assa Hollow (noun) – unquë Hollow (adjective) - unqua, ronta or rotwa Hollow Out – unca Hollowbold – Návarot Holly – ercassë Holy - aina or airë Holy One (angelic spirit, god) - ainu (m.), aini (f.) Holy Place (fane, sanctuary) – yána Holy Day – meryalë Home (native land) – már Homestead – osta Honey – lis Honey-Bee - nier or nion Hood (covering) – telmë Hook (claw, catch) - ampa or atsa Hooked (crooked) – rempa Hope (noun) – estel Horde (host) – horma Horn - rassë (especially on living animals, but also applied to mountains) Horn (trumpet) – rumba Horn of Ulmo (shell, conch) - hyalma Horn (point) – tilde Horn of Animal – tarca Horned – tarucca The Horned (a name of the Moon) – Tilion Horror – rucin Horse - rocco Horse (swift horse, for riding) – mairo Horseman (rider, knight) – roquen Host (crowd) - rimbë Host (horde) – horma Hostile – cotya Hot - saiwa Blazing Hot (also a name of the Sun) - úrin Hound – huan Hound of Chase (hunting dog) – ronyo Hour - lúmë (also means "darkness") House – coa House (walled house) – opelë House (building) – car House (clan, family, kin, people) – nossë House Light – coacalina How – manen Human (mortal) – firya Humbled – nucumna Hump – tumpo Humpback – cauco Humped (bent, crooked) – cauca Hunt (pursue) – roita Hunting – raimë Husband – verno Husband and Wife (married pair) – veru Hush (rest, quiet) – quildë

I

I (1st person singular) - inyë ("ni" may also be used as a shorter form of "inyë") I (endings used on verbs) - -n or -nyë (e.g. "ávan" or "ványë" meaning - "I will not" or "maruvan" meaning - "I will abide"). The long form -nye must be used if another pronominal ending is to be added after it (e.g. "utúvienyes" ,meaning - "I [-nye-] have found it [-s]") Ice – helcë Ice-Cold – helca Idea (guess, supposition) – intya Idea (a fixed idea, will) - Selma Idol - cordon Idril - Itaril, Itarillë or Itarildë If Anybody (whoever) - aiquen Ill (sick, sickly) – laiwa Ill-Shapen (hard, twisted) - nauca Illuminate - calya Imagination – nausea Immortal - ilfirin Immoveable (firm, strong, steadfast) - tulca Implement – yaima Impossible to Recount (all facts are not known, the tale is too long) – únyárima Impossible to Say/Put into Words (unpronounceable, unspeakable) - úquétima Impulse - hórë Impulsion – hórëa In (within) - mi In The - mí i In a Very Great Number (abundant) - úvëa Incarnate (noun) - mirroanwë (plural - mirroanwi) Incitement – siulë Incline (noun) – talta Inclined (sloping down) - panda Indicate (show) - tana (also means "that") Indication (sign, token, writing) - tengwë (plural - tengwi) Inlands (the central region of Númenor) - Mittalmar Inner Mind (heart) - órë Inside - mir (also means "to the") Inside - minna (also means "into") Insight - tercen Insightful - tercenya (plural - tercenyë) Intellect – handelë Intelligence – handassë Intelligent (understanding) - handa Interior (adjective) – mitya Invent (devise, originate) – auta Invention - aulë Ireland – Íverind Iron – anga Iron or Steel - erë, eren Or Iron - angaina Iron-Handed - Angamaitë Iron-Gaol - Angamando (also means "Hell") Is - see "Be" Island - lóna Isle - tol (plural - tollë) The Lonely Isle - Tol Eressëa Isolated Round Hill - tolmen (also means "boss of shield") Isolated Tower – mindo Isolated Tree - ornë Issue - uswë (also means "escape") Issue of Water (fountain, spring) - ehtelë Isthmus (bridge, joining) – yanwë It - ta (also means "that") It - s (ending, e.g. "utúvienyes" meaning "I have found [utúvienye-] it [-s]") Its (possessive suffix) - rya (see "his" and "her" for more depth)

J

Jacket - vacco (also means "cloak") Jail - See Gaol January – Narvinyë Jaw – anca Jerk (verb) (give quick twist or move) – rihta Jewel - mírë Jewels – míri Shining Jewel (treasure, precious thing) - miril With Adornment of Red Jewels – carnimírië Jewel of Yavanna - yavannamírë (a flagrant evergreen tree with scarlet fruit, brought to Númenor by the Eldar) Joining (noun) (isthmus, bridge) – yanwë Joy (merriment) – alassë Judge - Námo ("Ordainer" - the name of a Vala) Juice – sáva Juice (syrup) – pirya July – Cermië June – Nárië Jupiter - Alcarinquë ("Morwen" may also be used, meaning "daughter of the dark" as another name of Jupiter) Just (fair-minded, generous) - faila

K

Keen (sharp, acute, piercing) - laicë Keenness (of perception, acute) - laicë Keeping (safe, in custody) - mando Khazad-Dûm (Dwarrowvault) - Casarrondo Kin (house, people) - nossë Kind (species) - nostalë Kindle - tinta- Kindle (cause to sparkle) - turu- or tunda- King - aran (plural - arani is attested) Kingsfoil - asëa aranion The Kings of the Eldar - i arani Eldaron Kingsland - Arandor My King - aranya Kings Friend (royalist) - arandil Kings Servant/Minster - arandur Kingly Bull - Aramund Kingfisher - halatirno ("halatir" meaning "fishwatcher" may also be used) Knight (rider, horseman) - roquen Knob (lump) - tolos Knock - tamba- Knoll - nóla Knot - narda Knot (bond) - nútë (Plural - núter) Know - ista Know about (understand, to be skilled in dealing with) - hanya- Knowledge (understanding) - handë Knowledge (lore) - ista, istya or issë Knowledge (long study, lore, wisdom) - nólë Having Knowledge (wise, learned) – istima

L

Laburnum (plant, flower) - Lindeloktë (literally means "singing cluster") Labour (prefix verb) (toil) - móta- Lady - heri Lake (pool) - ailin Lake (cold lake, pool in mountains, tarn) - ringë Lament (prefix verb) - naina- or nyéna- Lament (noun) - nainië, nairë Lamp (light) - calma Land (dwelling-place, country, region, nation, native land) - nórë Land (as opposed to sea) - nór Land (remote land, difficult to reach, island) - lóna Land of Gift (a name of Númenor) - Andor Land of the West - Númendor Language - quetil Language (tongue, non technical use for "language") - lambë Language (the ability to speak) - tengwestië Language of the Valar - Lambë Valarinwa Language of the Eldar - Eldarissa Larch (type of tree) - finë Large (great in size) - alta or alat- Large (very large, abundant, in a very great number) - úvëa or úra Lark (type of songbird) - lirulin Last (hindmost) - tella Last (final) - telda Last (final, ultimate) - métima Last (late) - telwa Last Year - yenya Last Day of the Year - quantien Last-Comers (The Hindmost) - Teleri Lasting Quality (endurance) - voronwië Late (last) - telwa Laugh - lala- Law (rule) - sanyë Law (rule, commandment) - axan Law-Abiding (normal, regular) - sanya Lawn (sward) - palis Lay (song) - lirilla Lead (the metal) - canu Leaden - canuva Leaf - lassë Leaves - lassi Having Many Leaves - lillassëa Collection of Leaves (foliage) - olassië Put Forth Leaves or Flowers (sprout) - lohta- Leaf-Shaped - lassecanta Leaf-Fall (autumn) - lasselanta Leaf-Grey - lassemista League (distance) - lár (Note: A "lár" was defined as five thousand "rangar"; see "yard". A "ranga" was approximately 38 inches, so a "lár" was 5277 yards, two feet and four inches, supposing the equivalence to be exact - close enough to our league of 5280 yards to justify this translation) Leaning (sloping, tilted) - talta Leap - halta- Leaping - haloitë Learned (wise, having knowledge) - istima Learned (wise) - nóla Learned Man (scholar) - istyar Leave (prefix verb) (go away, pass) - auta- Leave Out (put aside, exclude, abandon, forsake) - hehta- Leave (noun) (with leave of) - lenémë Left (went away) - oantë or oantië Left (disappeared) - vánë Left - hyarya Left-Handed - hyarmaitë Leg - telco Legs - telqui Legendarium of the Fathers of Men - Atanatárion Legolas - Laiqualassë Lembas (life-bread) - coimas Lengthened (extended) - taina Lengthening (extension) - tailë -Less (suffix to derive adjectives) - -viltë or -valta (e.g. "Legless" = "telcoviltë") Lessen (dwindle) - píca Letter - tengwa Lick (sup, sip) - salpa- Lick (verb) (I lick) - lavin Lick (frequentatively) - lapsa- Lie (noun) (untruth) - furu Lie (verb) (e.g. it lies down) - caita- Lie Heavy - lumna- Life (being alive) - cuilë New Life - laito New Life (vigour, youth) - laisi Life-bread (lembas) - coimas Lift Up (raise, rise) - orta- Light - cálë or cala A Light - calina Light of the House (lamp) - calma Light (adjective) (as opposed to "heavy") - calina Ray of Light - alca Glittering Light - rilma Starlight (or Light of Silpion) - silmë Moonlight - isilmë Emit Light - faina- Light-Elves (Elves of the Light) - Calaquendi Light-Cleft - Calacirya Like (as) - ve Lily (or other large single flower) - indil Lily (yellow water lily) - nénu Line of Surf (beach, shore) - falassë Lindi (what the Nandorin Elves called themselves) - Lindi Lindon - Lindónë Line (path, direction, course, way, road) - tië Line (straight line, road) - tëa Line (row, series) - téma Lip - cíla Lips - cílat Lion - rá Lions - rávi Lioness - ravennë Liquid (adjective) (flowing) - sírima Listen - lár- or lasta- Listening (adjective) (hearing) - lasta Little (tiny) - titta Little Elf - Teler or Telellë (adjective telerëa or telella) Lo! (look! see!) (directing sight to an actually visible object) - ela Loaf - cornë Loath - yelta- Loathing - yelma Loathsome - yelwa Lock of Hair (tress) - findë Lock of Hair (shaggy lock, tangled hair) - fassë Lofty (tall, high) - tára Logdrawing - turuhalmë Lonely - eressëa Lonely Isle - Tol Eressëa Long (adjective) - anda Long (trailing) - sóra Long and Thin (straight, narrow) - lenwa Long (adverb) (of time) - andavë Long Year (144 solar years, an Elvish "century") - yén (plural - yéni) Long-Mark - andatehta Long For - milya- Great Longing - mavoinë Long-Lasting (enduring) - voronwa Look at - yéta- Look! (there, look!) - en Look! (lo! see!) - ela Loom (noun) (something you weave with) - lanwa or windelë Loose - leuca- Loose (slacken) - lehta- Lord - heru Lord (as final part of compounds) - -hér (e.g. "Lion Lord" = Ráhér) Lordship - hérë Lord of Trees (a name of Oromë) - Aldaron Lore - nólë Lore (long study, wisdom, knowledge) - ingolë Lore (deep lore, magic) - issë Secret Lore (wisdom) - nolwë Loremaster - ingolmo Lost (gone, departed, vanished, past and over, no longer to be had, dead) - vanwa One Lost of Forsaken by Friends (waif, outcast, outlaw) - hecil (gender-specific forms are (m) hecilo or (f) hecilë) Lot (fortune, fate) - marto Loud Sound (trumpet-sound) - róma Musical Sound (melody) - lin Love (verb) - mel- Love (noun) - melmë Lovely - melwa Loving (friendly) - nilda Beloved (dear) - melda Lover - meldo (plural - meldor) (gender-specific forms are (m) melindo or (f) melissë) Loveable (fair) - melima Loveable (desirable) - írima Low (deep, profound, dark, hidden) - tumna Low-lying (deep, profound, dark, hidden) - tumna Lower Air - vilma Lower Air (literally "Birdland"!) - Aiwenor Lower (verb) (brood) - luvu- Lowering Cloud (dark cloud) - lumbo (plural - lumbor) Luck - valto Lump (knob) - tolos Lust - mailë Lustful - mailëa Lying Heavy (heavy, burdensome, oppressive, ominous) - lumna Lying in Bed (sickness) - caila Lyre – salma

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Maedhros - Nelyafinwë (meaning "Finwë third". He also had a nickname Russandol meaning "copper-top"!) Magic (deep lore) - ingolë Magic (adjective) - sairina Maglor - Canafinwë Maid - wendë Maiden - vendë (-wen is used at the end of another word to make a compound, e.g. "Lairëwen" would mean meadow-maiden) Maidenhood - wendelë Made - carnë Make (1st person as in "I make") - carin Making - carmë Name-Making - Essecarmë (an Eldarin ceremony in which the father of a child announces its name) Male (noun) - hanu Male (adjective) - hanwa Man - nér (ner- is used at the end of another word to make a compound, e.g. "Fírimaner" would mean mortal-man) Adult Man - vëaner Manly (adult, vigorous) - vëa Manhood (vigour) - vië Man-Spearhead (a wedge-formation of soldiers) - nernehta Many - limbë (lin- is a prefix put before another word to make a compound, e.g. "linkelvar" would mean many-animals: but by assimilation it becomes lil- before any word beginning with the letter l, as in "lillassëa" which means having many leaves: before "m" it would similarly become lim-, before "r" it would become lir-, and before "s" it would become lis-) Mar (verb) (prefix) - hasta- Marred - hastaina Unmarred - alahasta Marble - alasta (prefix form is alast-) March - Súlimë (third month of the year; on a modern calendar this runs between 21 February and 22 March) Mariner - ciryamo Professional Mariner - ëarendur or Eärendilyon (meaning"son of Eärendil" a name given to any professional mariner) Mark (in writing, sign, diacritic) - tehta- Marks (in writing, sign, diacritic) - tehtar Tiny Mark (dot, point) - tixë Mars - Carnil Mast - ferna Master (noun) (lord) - heru Master of Doom - Turambar Master of Desire - Irmo Mastery (victory) - túrë Mastered - turúna Matrimony - vesta Matter (basic matter) - erma Physical Matter - orma or hroa (the latter is also used as "body") Mavwin - Mavoinë May - Lótessë (fifth month of the year, on the modern calendar this runs between 23 April and 22 May) Me - -n is used as an ending. This is also used for "I" Meadow - lairë (also means "summer" and "poem") Meal (flour) - porë Mean (contemptible) - faica Measure - lesta Meat (cooked food) - apsa Mead - míruvórë (nectar, drink of the Valar) Meeting (junction of the direction of two persons or groups) - omentië Meeting (of three or more coming from different directions) - yomenië Melian (meaning "dear gift) - Melyanna Melody (musical sound) - lin (prefix is lind-) Melodious - lindelëa Mercury (planet) - Elemmírë Merchild (child of the sea) - oar Mermaid - oaris (prefix is oarits-) Merriment (joy) - alassë Mesh - rembë Metal - tinco or rauta Mewing (whining) - miulë Mickleburg (Belegost) - Túrosto Middle (noun) (core, centre) - endë Middle (adjective) - enya Middle-Day - enderë (plural is enderi) Middle-Earth - Endórë or Endor (literally meaning "centre of the world") (Not to be confused with Star Wars!!) Mighty - taura or poldórëa (a title of Tulkas) Mighty-Rising - Melkórë The Mighty (an alternative form of Melkor) - Melko Milk Cow - yaxë Mind (heart, mood) - indo Inner Mind - órë Mind-Mood (state of mind) - inwisti Minister (king's servant, steward) - arandur Misery - angayassë Mist (fog) - hísië Mocking (scorn) - yaiwë Moist (dewy) - nítë Mole - noldarë or nolpa Monster- ulundo Monster (creature of Melkor) - úvanimo (Úvanimor are said to be "monsters, giants, and ogres") Month - asta ( plural is astar) Mood (heart, mind) - indo Moon - Isil or Rána Crescent Moon (bow) - cú Moonlight - isilmë More - yonta Morgoth - Moringotto Morn (early) - artuilë or tuilë (the latter also means "springtime") Morning (noun) - arin Morning (adjective) (early) - arinya Mortal - fírima (plural is Fírimar. Literally meaning "those apt to die") or Firya (plural is Firyar) Moral Man - firë (plural is firi) Mother - amil or ammë Mom - nana Mother-Name (name given by Elvish mothers to their children, indicating some dominant feature of the nature of the child as perceived by its mother) - amilessë tercenya (plural is amilessi tercenyë) Mound - coron Mound (pile) - hahta Mound (heap) - cumbë Mound (hill) - tundo Mountain - oron (plural is oronti) Mountain-Peak - aicassë Mountain-Top - orto Mountain-Pass (cleft, ravine) - falqua Mountain-Dwelling (adjective) - orofarnë (plural is orofarna) Mouth (hole) - anto Mouth (opening) - pé Mouth (perforation) - assa Mouth of River - etsir Move (prefix) (shift, heave) - rúma- Murk (fog, dark, night) - hui Murky - huiva Murmer (prefix) (grumble) - nurru- Muscle (sinew, strength) - tuo Music - lindalë My (suffix) - -nya (suffix is placed after a word e.g. aldanya, meaning "my tree". An i seems to be inserted between the ending and the noun when the latter ends in a consonant: e.g. atarinya, meaning "my father". If the last consonant(s) of the noun is/are n or the cluster nd, a contracted form may be used in vocatives: e.g. hinya, meaning "my child")

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Nail (noun) - taxë Naked - helda Name (noun) - essë (plural - essë) After-name (nickname or name of honour) - epessë Mother-name (a name given by Elvish mothers to their children, indicating some dominant feature of the child)- amilessë Name of Insight - essë tercenya Given (or added) name - anessë (plural - anessë) Name-making (an Eldarin ceremony in which the father of a child announces its name) - Essecarmë Name-choosing (an Eldarin ceremony in which a person chooses a name) - Esselcilmë Self-name (how exiles name themselves) - cilmessë (plural - cilmessi) Narrator - quentaro Narrow (long and thin) - arca Narrow (straight) - lenwa Narrow neck (isthmus) - yatta Narrow path - axa Narrow promontory (spear-head, gore, wedge) - nehtë Nasal - nengwëa Nation (land, country, dwelling-place, native land, family) - nórë ("nor" is added to the end of a compound to make the name of a nation, e.g. "lenwanor", meaning "narrowland") Nazgûl (ring-wraiths) - Úlairi (singular - Úlairë) Near - har or harë Neck (noun) - yat Neck (prefix) - yaht- Narrow Neck (isthmus) - yatta Necklace - firinga Nectar (mead, drink of the Valar) - míruvórë Need - maurë Neptune (planet) - Nénar Net (web) - natsë New - vinya New life (vigour) - laito New life (youth) - laisi Next - ento Nickname - epessë Night (night-time) - lómë Nightingale - lómelindë (plural - lómelindi) Nine - nertë No - lá (also means "not") No longer to be had (gone, dead, departed, lost, past, vanished) - vanwa Noble (a noble) - arquen Noble Woman (one of Galadriel's names) - Artanis Nogrod - Návarot Noise - ran Noise (roaring noise) - rávë (plural - ráver) Noise of a storm - raumo Normal (regular, law-abiding) - sanya North - Formen Northern - Formenya Northlands (a region in Númenor) - Forostar Nose - nengwë Nose (snout, cape) - mundo Not - lá No indeed not! - lala! Don't - áva or avá Don't do it! - áva carë! I will not - vá Not counting (leaving aside, excluding, except) - hequa Not to be said (that must not be said) - avaquétima Not to be told or related - avanyárima November - Hísimë Novrod - Návarot Now - si Number - nótë Number (large number) - hosta In a very great number - úvëa Numberless (uncountable) - únótimë Numerous (frequent) - rimba Nymph - Wingil (prefix is "wingild-") (plural - wingildi)

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