If you clicked on an asterisk and it led you here, then the word following it is reconstructed. Reconstructed words aren't found in Tolkien's work, but a made by guessing how Tolkien would have made the word. Luckily for us, Tolkien left a lot of material behind to reconstruct from. Of course, this means that using reconstructed words is a little risky, because not everyone will know the word or agree with the way it was made. This is a list of the reconstructed words that I use. Not included in this list is words normalized from Noldorin, pronouns, or numbers. Noldorin is Tolkien's earlier version of Sindarin (before he decided that it was the language of the Sindar and not the Noldor) and it's so close to Sindarin and places like Dragon Flame provide the normalized words, so I didn't see the point in relisting them here. For Numbers and Pronouns, you can read my thoughts on them in Your-Sindarin-Textbook.
Wordlists - Reconstructed Sindarin
| Sindarin | Part of speech | English | Derived from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Words I have reconstructed: | |||
| Abor | Noun | Afternoon | ab-+aur (Sindarin) |
| Abarad | Noun | Tomorrow | ab-+arad (Sindarin) |
| Ach | Noun | Bone | Axë (Quenya noun) and Achad (Sindarin noun) |
| Bainas | Noun | Beauty | bain+-as (Sindarin) |
| Barn | Adjective | Safe | BAR+-NÂ |
| Best | Noun | Wedding, marriage | BES |
| Besta- | Verb | Wed, marry | BES+-TÂ |
| Daf- | Verb | Allow, permit, yeild | DAB |
| Daw | Noun | Permission | DAB and Dâf (Noldorin noun) |
| Echuia- | Verb | Awaken | ET+KUY+-Â |
| Em(m) | Noun | Picture, Image | EM and Emma (Quenya noun) |
| Ethiria- | Verb | Flow out | ET+SIR+-JÂ |
| Ethog- | Verb | Lead out | ET+TUK |
| Fuiol | Adjective | Disgusting | fuia+-ol (Sindarin) |
| Gadas | Noun | Trap | gada+-as (Sindarin) |
| Gwabeth | Noun | Sentence | WO+KWET |
| Hallas | Noun | Height | hall+-as (Sindarin) |
| Huia- | Verb | Urge on | SIW+-Â |
| Iesta- | Verb | Wish | YES+-TÂ |
| Ledh- | Verb | Travel, journey [Exilic] | LED |
| Leitha- | Verb | Pick up/out with one's fingers | LEP+-TÂ and Leutha- (possible missreading in VT47, Sindarin) |
| Lilt | Noun | Dance | LILT |
| Lilla- | Verb | Dance | LILT+-Â |
| Liltha- | Verb, Lindarin Dialect | Dance | LILT+-Â |
| Maega- | Verb | Knead, soften | MASAG |
| (m)Basta- | Verb | Bake bread | MBAS+-TÂ |
| Muia- | Verb | Whine | MIW+-Â |
| Narphen | Noun | Character of a story | Narn+pen (Sindarin) |
| (n)Dananna- | Verb | Give back, return | NDAN+AN+-TÂ |
| (n)Danantha- | Verb, Lindarin Dialect | Give back, return | NDAN+AN+-TÂ |
| Nínia- | Verb | Weep | Níniel (Noldorin adjective) |
| Ólui | Adjective | Dreamy | ôl+-ui (Sindarin) |
| Palan-hinnen | Adjective | Famous | palan-+sinnen (Sindarin) |
| Pe | Conditional Particles | If | KWI |
| Pe-channas | Adjective | Stupid, idiotic | pen-+hannas (Sindarin) |
| Pen-ind | Adjective | Insane, heartless, crazy | pen-+ind (Sindarin) |
| Posta- | Verb | Rest | PUS+-TÂ |
| Puiga- | Verb | Clean, wash | POY+-TÂ |
| Rúthui | Adjective | Angry | rûth+-ui (Sindarin) |
| Tab- | Verb | Stop, block, close | TAP |
| Words from David Salo, Thorsten Renk, and others [meaning I'm not entirely certain who made some of these. If you know, enlighten me please!]: | |||
| Cil- | Verb | Choose [Unknown] | KIL |
| Gella- | Verb | Rejoice, delight [Unknown] | GYEL+-Â |
| Hanna- | Verb, Exilic | Thank [David Salo] | Hantalë (Quenya noun) |
| Hir- | Verb | Find [David Salo] | Hir- (Quenya verb) |
| Losta- | Verb | Sleep [David Salo] | LOS+-TÂ |
| Mant | Noun | Food [Unknown] | MAT |
| Mib- | Verb | Kiss [Unknown] | Miqu- (Qenya verb) |
| (n)Gelia- | Verb | Learn [Thorsten Renk] | ÑGOL+-JÂ |
| Pilin | Noun | Arrow [David Salo] | PILIM |
| Pol- | Verb | Be able to [Unknown] | Pol- (Quenya verb) |
Others' Lists of Reconstructed Words
Gobeth i-Phith 'wain Edhellen by Ryszard Derdzinski
Languages in the LotR Movies by Ryszard Derdzinski
Last edited: October 4th, 2011