Gravel, in my words + gravels

garel : gravel

The Illunse word for gravel (rock fragments and pebbles) is garel. Garel is a last name. Garel is a masculine first name, name of an Arthurian knight. Garel is the name of places in France and Guadeloupe.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for gravel ceosel (gravel, sand) and the Latin word for gravel glarea.

garelas : gravels

The Illunse word for gravels is garelas. Garelas is an unusual last name.

Gravels in Latin is glareae. Gravels in Old English is ceoslas.

I'm not sure about how often the term gravels will be used, but I made the nominative plural anyway.

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

The Quenya word for shoe is hyapat.

The Sindarin word for shoe is habad.

Shoe, in my words + shoes

scalh : shoe

The Illunse word for shoe is scalh. Scalh is a rare last name. In Old High German scalh means servant.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for shoe scóh and the Latin word for shoe calceus (shoe; soft shoe, slipper). There are other words for shoe, but these both seem common.

scalhas : shoes

The Illunse word for shoes is scalhas. Scalhas is a rare last name.

Shoes in Latin is calcei. Shoes in Old English is scós.

The drawings of Roman shoes comes from a Latin textbook I have, Latin for Today by Gray and Jenkins (1928). Click on the image to see it bigger and more detailed.

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

The Quenya word for or is var.

The Sindarin word for or is egor.

Or, in my words

ath : or

The Illunse word for or is ath. Ath is an uncommon last name. In Scottish Gaelic ath- means the prefix re-, which means again or renew. Ath is a fictional alphabet created for the Crest of the Stars novels by Morioka Hiroyuki. Ath is the name of a city in Belgium.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for or oþþe or oððe(which I transliterate to oththe) (or; either...or), and the Latin word for or aut (nor, or rather/else; either...or).

Nothing, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya word for the pronoun nothing is munta.

I didn't find a Sindarin word for nothing.

I'm trying to make posts to this blog regularly on Friday and Saturday, and other posts when I can. My other constructed language blog, Fennas, is updated on Sundays.

Nothing, in my words

nahit : nothing

The Illunse word for nothing is nahit. Nahit is a rare masculine first name. NAHIT was the acronym for the former National Alliance for Health Information Technology. Nahit is a Jewish salad or appetizer made with chickpeas. Nahit is the name of a city in Burma.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for nothing náwiht(nothing, naught, a thing of no value, an evil thing), and the Latin word for nothing nihil (nothing; no; trifle or thing not worth mentioning; nonentity; nonsense; no concern).

The Old English word, náwiht, may or may not be the best word for nothing. Other similar words are náht and náþing.

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

The Quenya word for all is ilya (all, the whole; each, every, all of a particular group of things). Note that ilya becomes ilyë before a plural noun. For example, ilyë tier means "all paths".

The Sindarin word for all is pân (all, in totality).

All, in my words

omal : all

The Illunse word for all is omal.  The Omal is a relaxed Greek dance which is danced hand by hand.  Omal is an uncommon last name.  Omal is the name of a place in Belgium.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for all eall  (all, every, entire, whole, universal), and the Latin word for all omnis (all; the whole of; each, every, every one (of a number)).