Afternoon, in my words + afternoons

opermedon : afternoon

The Illunse word for afternoon is opermedon.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for afternoon which is ofernón and the Latin word for afternoon postmeridianus (of the afternoon).

As seen in an earlier post, the Illunse word for noon is medon. But oper will not be the word for after. Like the Old English word ofer, the Illunse word oper will mean beyond or over.

Back in Anglo-Saxon times ofernón meant after 3PM, instead of after 12PM. I assume that the Latin word postmeridianus meant after solar noon. Illunse may follow Latin here.

opermedona : afternoons

The Illunse word for afternoons (nominative plural) is opermedona.

Afternoons in Old English is ofernóna.

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

The Quenya words for shadow are lëo (shade, shadow cast by an object), lumbulë (heavy shadow), huinë (deep shadow; gloom, darkness), ungo (cloud, dark shadow), lumbë (gloom, shadow).

The Sindarin words for shadow are dae (shadow), dúath (darkness, shadow; nightshade), gwath (shade, shadow, dim light), morchant (shadow of objects, dark shape)

Shadow, in my words + shadows

scumra : shadow

The Illunse word for shadow is scumra. Similar Shumra is an unusual first name that can be feminine.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for shadow which is sceadu (shadow (actual and figurative), shade) and the Latin word for shadow which is umbra (shade; ghost; shadow).

scumrae : shadows

The Illunse word for shadows (nominative plural) is scumrae.

Shadows in Latin is umbrae. Nights in Old English is sceadu (same as the singular shadow).

Noon (solar noon), in my words

medon : noon (solar noon)

The Illunse word for noon (solar noon, when the sun appears the highest in the sky) is medon.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word nón (nones, service held at the ninth hour), and the Latin word meridies (noon; midday) or meridianus (of midday, noon).

The Old English word nón doesn't really equate to 12PM noon. I'm shifting this word to the modern definition. In Anglo-Saxon times nón was 3PM, the ninth hour.

My word earlier word for noon (midday), which is mieddae, will refer to a period of time around noon.

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

The Quenya words for dusk are histë (dusk), lómë (dusk, twilight; night), and undómë (twilight, usually of the
time near evening, not near dawn (that is tindómë))

The Sindarin word for dusk is tinnu (dusk, twilight, early night (without moon); starry twilight).

There are additional words for sunset.

Dusk, in my words

cregol : dusk

The Illunse word for dusk is cregol. Cregol is a rare last name. Similarily named Cregols is a town in France.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word glómmung (or glóm) (twilight, gloaming), and the Latin word crepusculum (twilight, dusk; darkness).

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

The Quenya word for dawn is ára. The word amaurëa (dawn, early day) is a poetic or archaic word from the Markirya Poem.

The Sindarin word for dawn is minuial (dawn, the time near dawn, when the stars fade).

There are additional words for sunrise.

Dawn, in my words

dalce : dawn

The Illunse word for dawn is dalce. Dalce is an unusual last name. Dalce is the name of a village in Slovenia.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word dægrǽd (daybreak, dawn, early morning) and the Latin word diluculum (dawn, daybreak, first light; break of day). Another Latin word for dawn, which is likely more common, is aurora (dawn, daybreak, sunrise; goddess of the dawn).

Night, in my words (revised) + nights

nict : night

The Illunse word for night is nict. Nict is a rare last name. NICT is an acronym for National Institute of Information and Communication Technology of Japan.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for night which is niht and the Latin word for night which is nox (which I transliterated to nocs).

My previous Illunse word for night was noct, which was too much like Latin, such as the Latin words noctis (nights) and nocturnus (nocturnal, of night, by night). I will retroactively change the word for midnight, too.

Here's a link to my ealier post, Night, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words.

nicta : nights

The Illunse word for nights (nominative plural) is nicta. Nicta is a rare last name. NICTA is an Australian research institute in information and communications
technology.

Nights in Latin is noctis. Nights in Old English is niht (same as the singular night).

By the way, I'm somewhat cheating on this plural, since I have no letter "a". But as the Old English word niht is a strong feminine noun (that's grammar), nicta makes sense.

Midnight, in my words

miednict : midnight

The Illunse word for midnight is miednict. The Illunse word for night is nict.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word midniht or middelniht, and the similar concept Latin terms multa nocte (late at night) and nox intempesta (the dead of night).

I couldn't find words for midnight in Tolkien's languages of Quenya or Sindarin.

Day, in my words (revised) + days

dae : day

The Illunse word for day is dae. Dae is a last name. Dae means days in Afikaans. Dae means shadow in Sindarin.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for day which is dæg (which I transliterate to daeg) and the Latin word for day which is dies.

My previous Illunse word for day was daes, which I think works better as the nominative case plural. I will retroactively change the word for noon, too.

Here's a link to my ealier post, Day, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words.

daes : days

The Illunse word for days (nominative plural) is daes. Daes is a last name. Daes means does in Scots Gaelic.

Days in Latin is diei. Days in Old English is dagas.

Noon (midday), in my words

mieddae : noon (midday)

The Illunse word for noon (midday) is mieddae (if hyphenated, like mid-day, it's mied-dae). The Illunse word for day is dae.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word middæg (midday, noon), and the Latin word meridies (noon; midday) or meridianus (of midday, noon).

I couldn't find words for noon in Tolkien's languages of Quenya or Sindarin.

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

The Quenya words for evening are andúnë (sunset, evening) and sinyë (evening).

The Sindarin words for evening are aduial (the evening, time of star-opening) and dû (nightfall, late evening, night, dimness). Also thîn is poetic for evening.