Saturday, October 19, 2013

Honey, in my words + honeys

humel : honey

The Illunse word for honey is humel. Humel is an unusual to uncommon last name. Humel is a rare usually masculine first name. In German similar hummel means bumblebee. Similar Humele is the name of a place in Romania.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for honey, hunig, and the Latin word for honey, mel.

humela : honeys

The Illunse word for honeys (nom. plural) is humela. Humela is a very rare last name.

Honeys in Latin is mella. Honeys in Old English is hunig (same as the singular).

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Cheese, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya word for cheese is tyur.

I couldn't find a Sindarin word for cheese.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Cheese, in my words + cheeses

cys : cheese

The Illunse word for cheese is cys. Cys is a rare last name. Cys is a very rare first name. In Albanian cys means to poke, prod or goad. Cys (aka Cys-la-Commune) is a place in the Picardy region of France.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for cheese, cýse, and the Latin word for cheese, caseus.

cysas : cheeses

The Illunse word for cheeses (nom. plural) is cysas. Cysas is a very rare last name.

Cheeses in Latin is casei. Cheeses in Old English is cýseas.

Saturday, October 05, 2013

Apple, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya word for apple is orva.

The Sindarin word for apple (small red) is cordof.

Friday, October 04, 2013

Bread, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya word for bread is masta (later sources have massa). Life-bread (or lembas) is coimas.

The Sindarin word for bread is bass or bast. Loaf (of bread) is basgorn. Journey bread made by the Elves is lembas.