Showing posts with label quenya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quenya. Show all posts

Friday, March 20, 2015

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

The Quenya word for belt is quilta (girdle, belt).

I didn't find a Sindarin word for belt.

Friday, May 23, 2014

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

The Quenya word for thorn is nassë (thorn, spike).

The Sindarin words for thorn are êg (thorn) and ereg (holly-tree, thorn).

Thursday, May 01, 2014

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

The Quenya word for holly is ercassë.

The Sindarin words for holly are ereg (holly-tree, thorn) and eregdos (holly, holly-tree).

Thursday, April 24, 2014

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

The Quenya words for elm are alalmë and lalmë.

The Sindarin words for elm are lalorn and lalwen.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

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

The Quenya words for willow are tasar, tasarë (willow-tree).

The Sindarin word for willow is tathar (willow-tree).

Thursday, March 20, 2014

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

The Quenya word for leaf is lassë.

The Sindarin word for leaf is lass.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

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

The Quenya words for net are natsë (web, net), raima (net) and rembë (mesh, hunter's or fisher's net).

The Sindarin words for net are gwî (net, web), raef (net), and rem (mesh, net (especially for catching, hunter's or fisher's net)).

Friday, February 07, 2014

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

The Quenya word lia means fine thread, spider filament.

The Sindarin word lain means thread, and hithlain means mist-thread (a substance used by the Elves of Lothlórien to make strong ropes).

Thursday, January 09, 2014

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

The Quenya words for juice are sáva (juice) and pirya (juice, syrup).

The Sindarin words for juice are saw (juice) and paich (juice, syrup) (normalized or reconstructed form).

Thursday, December 19, 2013

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

The Quenya word for orange (the fruit) is culuma. The Quenya word for orange (the color) is culuina.

I didn't find a Sindarin word for orange.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

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

The Quenya word for berry is pië. The word for blackberry is piucca.

I didn't find a Sindarin word for berry.

Thursday, November 07, 2013

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

The Quenya word for honey is lis.

The Sindarin word for honey is glî.

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 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.

Saturday, March 09, 2013

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

The Quenya word for bucket is calpa (water vessel, bucket).

I couldn't find a Sindarin word for bucket.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

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

The Quenya word for soap is lipsa.

The Sindarin word for soap is glûdh.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

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

The word for wheel in Quenya may be rocca. I don't know if that word is attested. Note that the Quenya word for horse is the very similar rocco.

I didn't find a Sindarin word for wheel.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

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

The Quenya word for cloth is lannë (tissue, cloth).

I didn't find a Sindarin word for cloth.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

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

In Quenya the words for hair are fassë (tangled hair, shaggy lock), findë (lock of hair, a tress or plait of hair), findessë (a person's head of hair), and finë (a hair).

In Sindarin the words for hair are fast (shaggy hair), fing (lock of hair), and finnel (braided hair).