Telerin
abá negative imperative particle 'don't!' (WJ:371) (< CE abâ; ABA- < BA! 'no'); the accent may indicate unusual stress rather than vowel length
aba- v. 'to refuse'; see aban
aban v. 'I refuse, I will not' (WJ:371) (ABA- < BA! 'no')
abapétima adj. 'not to be said' (WJ:371) (ABA- < BA! 'no', KWET-)
abar n. abari pl. 'Avar', one of the Avarim refuser (VT47:13, 24) (< CE abaro; ABA- < BA! 'no'); (WJ:380)
aclar n. 'glory, splendour' (VT47:13) (< CE aklara; KAL-)
aipen pron. 'if anybody, whoever' (WJ:375, 372) (Â?, KWEN-)
alata n. 'radiance, reflection' (PM:347) (< CE ñalatâ; ÑAL-)
Alatáriel(le) name. 'maiden crowned with a garland of bright radiance', Galadriel's Telerin name (PM:347, UT:266) (ÑAL-, RIG-)
alpa n. 'swan' (UT:265, Etym, VT42:7) (< CE ; the source has -ke with k 'spelt as Quenya')
aplat n. prohibition, refusal' (VT47:13) < ap'lata
atta n. '*daddy' (VT48:6) Play names of the fingers
au adv. *'away' (WJ:367) (< CE awâ; AWA-); alternative form avad
au prefix *'away' (WJ:367) (< CE awâ; AWA-)
Audel n. Audelli pl. an elf of Aman (WJ:364), (< CE aw(a)delo; AWA-, DEL-); -ll- in plural probably by analogy to ello
auta- v. 'go away, leave (the point of the speaker's thought)' past perfect avánie -'went away (in an abstract sense)', thus 'lost, past, dead' (WJ:367) (< CE a-wânii? < awâwiiê; AWA-) (WJ:367) avantie past perfect of auta- 'went away (in a physical sense)' (WJ:367) (AWA-)
avad adv. *'away' (WJ:367) (AWA-); alternative form
bá v. 'I will not!' or 'Do not!' (WJ:371) (BA! 'no')
Bala n. 'Vala, a Power' (< CE bâl?; BAL-)
Bana name 'Vana' (a Valië) (< CE bân?; BAN-)
bar n. 'home'; isolated from Heculbar, Hecellobar
[Barada emended to Baradis]
Baradis name. 'Varda, Elbereth' (BARÁD/BARATH-, NDIS)
belda adj. 'strong' (BEL-)
belka adj. 'excessive' (BEL-); should be belca in the usual spelling
belle n. '(physical) strength' (BEL-)
branda adj. 'lofty, noble, fine' (< CE b'randâ; BARÁD-)
bredele n. 'beech-tree' (BERÉTH-); read *breþele in late Telerin, see II.1.
búa- v. 'serve' (Etym, VT45:7) (< CE beuyâ'; BEW-); read perhaps *beva- / *biva- (?) in late Telerin
búro n. 'vassal' (Etym, VT45:7) (< CE beurô; BEW-); read *beuro / *biuro in late Telerin
Calapendi n. 'Kalaquendi, Light-elves, Elves of Aman' (WJ:362) (KAL-, KWEN-)
calar n. 'lamp' (VT47:13) (< CE kalar-; KAL-)
calca n. 'glass' (VT47:35) < *kalaka (KALAK-)
camba n. 'the usual word for hand' (VT47:22) (KAB-); but should rather read 'a hand as flexed, with fingers more or less closed, cupped, in the attitude of receiving or holding', see VT47:7-8
campe num. '14' (VT48:21) (KAN-, KEWE- 'new, fresh')
can- v. 'cry aloud, call' or 'to summons or name a person' (PM:362) (KAN- 'cry, call aloud' (PM:361)
canat num. '4' (VT42:24, VT47:41, VT48:6,21) (KAN-AT-)
canatya num. adj. 4th (VT42:25) (KAN-AT-)
cáno n. 'herald' (PM:362) (< CE kânô; KAN- 'cry, call aloud' (PM:361)
care- v. aorist 'do' (WJ:371) (KAR-); in >abá care! 'don't do it!'
cava n. 'house' (WJ:369) (*KAW-?)
[cenet num. '4' (VT47:41) (KANAT-); it reflects a musing that either Q. altered KENET- > KANAT- to relieve the monotony of e in the numerals or that S., T. altered KANAT- > KENET- under the influence of the other numerals; not ultimately carried out]
ceule n. *'renewal' (VT48:8) (KEW- 'new, fresh, renewed')
ceura- v. 'renew' (VT48:7) (KEWE- 'new, fresh'), variant ciúra, on another note ciuta
céva adj. 'fresh, new' (macron in original) (VT48:21) (< kêwa; KEWE- 'new, fresh')
ciria n. 'ship', isolated from Ciriáran
Ciriáran name. 'mariner king' (Olwë) (PM:341) (KIR-, AR-?)
ciúra- v. 'renew' (VT48:7) (KEWE- 'new, fresh'); variant ceura, on another note ciuta
[ciura- (< keu-râ-) v. emended to ceura (VT48:7)]
ciurân n. 'new-moon' 'new sun after solstice' (VT48:7) (< Keurână; KEWE- 'new, fresh')
ciure v. 'renewed' (VT48:7) (KEWE- 'new, fresh')
ciuta v. 'renew, refresh' (VT48:7) (< (e)kwê?; KEWE- 'new, fresh'); ceura, ciúra on another note
damme n. 'ebb, lowtide' (VT48:26) (< ndanm?; NDAN-), same as duime
Danitáro name. 'Denethor', lit. 'Saviour of the Dani (= Nandor)' (LR:188) (< CE Ndani-thârô; DAN-/NDAN-)
delia- v. 'go, proceed' (WJ:364) (DELE-)
delle v. past tense of delia-
donda adj. 'fist' (VT47:23) (< CE dond(a); *DON-?)
duime n. 'ebb, lowtide' (VT48:26) (DUY- 'flow strongly, pour'), same as damme
duine n. 'large river (of strong current)' (VT48:24) (< CE duini 'river'; DUY- 'flow strongly, pour')
duita- v. 'to flood, inundate, drench' (VT48:30) (DUY- 'flow strongly, pour')
Éde name. 'Estë', lit. 'Rest, Repose', a Valië (WJ:404) (< CE ezdê < esdê; SED-); only as a name, never as a general word 'rest, repose'
[edulam n. probably *'the Elves, Eldar' (VT46:29), see II.2.; struck through]
él éli pl. 'star' (WJ:362) (ELE-); usual word;
ela! 'imperative exclamation, directing sight to an actually visible object' (WJ:362) (ELE-)
elen n. elni pl. 'star' (WJ:362) (ELE-); archaic and poetic word;
Ella 'An occasional variant of Ello, which was the normal form of the word'
Ellálie n. 'the Elven-folk' (WJ:375) (ELE-, LI-)
Ello n. Elloi pl. 'Elf, Elda' (< CE edelô / edlô; DELE-); usual form preferred to Ella
(Elna adj. referring to the stars (< CE elenâ; ELE-); not found in Telerin, but this would have been the form)
[Elwe name. 'name of Teler-lord' (VT45:17) (?EL-); the whole page has been rejected]
eme adj. 'many' (VT46:29) (unclear if meant as Telerin)
emme n. '*mommy' (VT48:6) Play names of the fingers:
emme(ce) n. *'mommy' (diminutive ce), a play-name of the index finger (VT48:6); the source has -ke with k 'spelt as Quenya'
endo n. 'grandchild, descendant' (ÑGŌ-, ÑGJŌN-)
enec num. '6' (VT48:6,21) (EN-EK-), enec(e) in VT48:11
ened n. 'middle' (VT48:25) (ENED/L-)
enempe num. '16' (VT48:21) (EN-EN-?, KEWE- 'new, fresh')
enetya num. adj. '6th' (VT42:25) (EN-EK-)
engole n. 'lore' (WJ:383) (ÑGOL-); 'used most often of the special 'lore' possessed by the Ñoldor'
epe 'no tense forms and usually receives no pronominal affixes, being mostly used only before either a proper name (sg. or pl.) or a full independent pronoun, in the senses say / says or said. A quotation then follows, either direct, or less usually indirect after a 'that'-conjunction' (WJ:392) (< CE ekwê; KWE-)
er, min num. '*one' (VT48:6) (ER-)
eve n. 'a person, someone (unnamed)' (PM:340) (< CE ewê; EWE-)
falle n. 'foam'; isolated from Fallinel
Fallinel n. Fallinelli pl. 'Teler', lit. 'foam-singer' (PHAL-, NJEL-)
felga n. 'cave' (PHÉLEG-)
ferne n. 'beech' (PHER-, PHÉREN-)
find n. compound element referring to hair (PHIN-) (PM:346,362); see Findaráto
Findaráto name. Telerin name of Angrod, son of Finarfin and Eärwen (PM:346) (PHIN-); find- + arâta; but Finrod < Phinderauto *'skilled-metal' in 'The Etymologies' (PHIN-, RAUT?-)
Findo name. Telerin form of the name Thingol (THIN-)
forma n. 'right-hand' (VT47:6) < *phor-mâ (PHOR-, MA3-)
fuine n. 'gloom, unrelieved darkness (as a night without stars and moon)' (VT41:8) (PHUY-)
gáia n. 'terror, great fear' (PM:363) (< CE gâyâ; GAYA- 'awe, dread')
gáialá n. 'fell, terrible, dire' (PM:363) (GAYA- 'awe, dread')
gaiar n. 'the Great Sea of the West', lit. 'the Terrifier' (PM:363) (< CE Gayar-; GAYA- 'awe, dread')
[galda emended to galla]
galla n. 'tree' (VT39:7,19) (< GAL-/GÁLAD-?)
gampa n. 'hook, crook' (VT47:20) < gapna (GAP-)
glada n. 'laugh' (PM:359) (< CE g-lada-)
glana n. 'edge, rim' (VT42:8) ((G)LAN-)
glanda n. 'a boundary' (VT42:8) ((G)LAN-)
glania v. 'to bound, limit' (VT42:8) ((G)LAN-)
glanna adj. 'limited, bounded' (VT42:8) ((G)LAN-)
goldo n. 'Ñoldo' (WJ:383) (< PQ ñgolod?; ÑGOL-), see golodo
Goldolambe n. 'Quenya', lit. *'Ñoldo-tongue' (WJ:375) (ÑGOL-, LAB-)
Goldórin n. 'Quenya', lit. *'Ñoldorin' (WJ:375) (ÑGOL-)
góle n. 'long study (of any subject)' (WJ:383) (ÑGOL-); 'used most often of the special 'lore' possessed by the Ñoldor'
golodo n. 'Ñoldo' (< CE ñgolod?; Etym:ÑGOLOD-, PM:360)
hanna n. '*brother' (VT48:6) Play names of the fingers
hanna(ce) n. *'brother / little brother' (diminutive ce), a play-name of the middle finger, variant tolle (VT48:6) (KHAN-); the source has -ke with k 'spelt as Quenya'
háno n. 'brother' (colloquial word) (VT47:14) < *khânô (KHAN-)
heca! v. 'be gone! stand aside!' (WJ:365) (HEKE-)
Hecello n. Hecelloi pl. 'Elf of Beleriand', lit. *'a forsaken one' (WJ:365) (HEKE-, DELE-); (WJ:376); see ello
Hecellubar name. 'Beleriand', lit. *'home of the Hecelloi' (WJ:365) (HEKE-, MBAR-); also Heculbar
heco adv. and preposition 'leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except' (WJ:365) (< hek + au; HEKE-)
hecta- v. 'reject, abandon' (WJ:365) (HEKE-)
hecul n. 'one lost or forsaken by friends, waif, outcast, outlaw' (HEKE-); also heculo
Heculbar name. 'Beleriand', lit. *'home of the Hecelloi' (WJ:365) (HEKE-, MBAR-); also Hecellubar
heculo same as hecul (HEKE-)
[Hendor name. 'Middle-earth' (VT41:16) < HEN-, HENET- (<< HENED-); this is from jottings of an (external) change ÉNED > HENET- to distinguish it from the element en- 'again', but see ened-]
ho- verbal prefix 'away, from, from among', but the point of view was outside the thing, place, or group in thought' (WJ:369) (HO-)
[hor- v. rejected element from HOR- 'urge, impel, move / warn' in favour of 3OR- > ôre (VT41:13)]
[hŏra no translation given; see hóre]
[?horath alternative of hóre, reading uncertain (VT41:15)]
[hóre n. 'warning, caution' (VT41:15); probably obsolete by the external change HOR- > 3OR-]
ilpen pron. 'everybody' (WJ:375) (IL-, KWEN-)
imbe n. 'a gap, gully; low, narrow tract between high walls', also 'a path or pass between the mountains, hills or trackless forest' (VT47:11, 14) < imbi (MI-); not a preposition in Telerin
iúnec(e) num. '*twelve' (macron in original) orthographical variant of yúnece (i = [j] in this case) and firstly so written (VT48:21)
kampe num. 'fourteen' (VT48:8,21)
[?lepþa - alternative reading of leppa (VT47:23)]
lamba n. 'tongue' (physical) (< CE lambâ < lab-mâ, LABA-) (WJ:394,416)
lambe n. 'language' (< CE lambê < lab-mê, LABA-) (WJ:394,416)
lanca n. 'sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end, as in e.g. a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or build' (VT42:8) ((G)LAN-)
lepempe num. '15' (VT48:8,21) (LEP-, KEWE- 'new, fresh')
lepen num. '5' (VT42:24, VT47:10, VT48:6) < lepem(e)/lepene (LEP-)
lepenya num. adj. '5th' (VT42:25,26) (LEP-)
leper n. leperi pl. 'finger' (VT47:10,VT48:5) < leper (LEP-)
lepet n. 'thumb' (VT47:27) < lepet(â)
[lepet n. 'thumb, ('picker')' (VT47:27) (< CE lepet(?); LEP-); on list of words not included into the 'Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals' essay; compare tolmo, nápo]
[leppa rejected form of lepta- (VT47:23)]
lepta v. 'pick up with fingers' (VT47:10), 'feel with fingertips' (VT47:24) < *leptâ
lepta n. 'finger, feel with fingertips' (VT47:10,24) (LEP-)
lie n. 'folk, people'; isolated from Ellálie
Lindai name. 'Teleri, Nelyar of the 3rd clan', lit. 'they sang before they could speak with words' (WJ:382) (< CE Lindâ; LIN-)
Lindalambe n. 'Amanya Telerin' (WJ:371) (LIN-, LABA-); also Lindárin
Lindárin n. 'Amanya Telerin' (WJ:371) (LIN-); also Lindalambe
ló n. 'pool, bathing-place, esp. water left in a rocky hollow by receding tide' (VT47:12) (< CE lô 'lying water'; LO?-)
loga n. 'fenland'(?) (VT42:10, UT:263) (LOG-)
logna adj. 'soaking wet, swamped' (VT42:10) (LOG-)
lú n. 'bow' (VT47:12) (< CE lû 'bow, curve'; LU?-)
luine color 'blue' (VT48:24) (< CE luini- 'blue'; LUY- 'blue')
lúme n. 'hour, *time(?)' (WJ:407) (LU-?); from lúmena 'upon the hour' (allative)
lúta- v. 'bow, bend' (VT47:12) (< *lûtâ CE lû 'bow, curve'; LU?-)
má n. (1) 'hand', in derivatives and compounds only (VT47:6) (MA3-)
má/ma n. (2) 'prep. with genitive; by (of agents)' (VT47:18) (MA3-); meaning changed from 'by (hand of), of agent'; ma with a short vowel also appears in notes, but not identified as Telerin
[mága n. 'the manager(?)' (VT47:18) (MAG-); obsolete by the assignment of Q. and T. má to MA3-]
mága n. 'hand' (VT47:18)
mála adj. 'loving, affectionate' (VT39:10) (MEL-)
málime n. 'wrist (hand-link)' (VT47:6) (MA3-, LIM- 'link, join'); written with accent instead of macron, obviously because the Q. and T. forms coincide < mâ-limi
mapa n. 'hand' (normal word) (VT47:6,7) (< CE makwâ < mâ + kwa; MA3-, KWA-)
mapa- v. 'take hold of, grasp' (VT47:7); probably derived from mapa 'hand' rather then from *MAP-, being 'a deliberate variation of NAP-'
[mapo n. 'the usual word for hand' (VT47:20) (MAP- / < CE makwâ); obsolete by mapa]
matta- v. 'handle, wield, manage, deal with' (VT47:6) (< maxtâ < ma3tâ; ma3a; MA3-)
min num. '1' (VT48:6) (MIN-), also er
minipe num. '11' (the notes hold a broad variety of CE forms: minikwê, min(i)k(e)we / late CE minikw? < min(i)kewe / min(i)kewê, minikwe 'fresh one'; MIN-, KEWE- 'new, fresh') (VT48:6-8)
minya num. adj. '1st' (VT42:25) (MIN-)
Moripendi n. 'Moriquendi, Dark-folk', but 'not applied to the Elves of Telerin origin who had not reached Aman' (WJ:362,371) (< CE mori-kwendî; MOR-, KWENE-); a word 'in historical use'
nápa n. 'thumb' (macron in original) (VT48:5) (NAP- 'take, pick up' in VT47:29); from a source slightly later than nápo below
nápat n. 'thumb and index [finger] as a pair' (VT48:5) (NAP- 'take, pick up' in VT47:29)
[nápo n. 'thumb', an agental (personalized) derivative of NAP- 'take hold' (VT47:28-29); but Tolkien decided that it should be a Quenya word, not mentioning a (new) Telerin form, but compare nápa]
[neled num. '3' (VT48:21) from the rough notes to the ELN essay, see nelet]
nelet (neled-) num. '3' (VT48:6) (NEL-, NEL-ED-)
nellepe 'middle finger' (VT48:5) (NEL-, LEP-); written with the definite article i in the source
nelpe num. '13' (VT48:21) (NEL-, KEWE- 'new, fresh')
nelya num. adj. '3rd' (VT42:25, 28) (NEL-, NEL-ED-)
nente n. 'ring finger' (VT48:5) (prob. < EN-, ENET- 'once more, again' VT47:15)
neter num. '9' (VT48:6,21) (NET-ER-)
neterpe num. '19' (VT48:21) (NET-ER-, KEWE- 'new, fresh')
neterya num. adj. '9th' (VT42:25) (NET-ER-)
nette n. 'sister' (diminutive; play-name for the ring finger) (VT47:12,32, VT48:6) (< CE netthi; NETH-)
[nettica emended to nettice (VT47:32)]
nettice nette n. 'sister' with a diminutive suffix (VT47:12,14,32, VT48:6) (< netthi + -iki; NETH-) emended from earlier T: nettica
néþa n. 'sister' (VT47:14) 'gay, lifely, girlish' (VT47:14,33) < nêthâ (NETH-)
[néþa adj. (1) 'gay, lively, girlish' (VT47:32-33, 38) (NETH-); meaning probably rejected in favour of (2), as there is NETH- 'sister' in the final essay (VT47:12)]
nia pron. 'my, of me' (VT41:15) (NI-)
níce n. 'little finger' (VT48:5) (NIK- 'small' in VT47:26); the source has níke with k 'spelt as Quenya' (VT48:6)
nin pron. '(to) me' (VT41:15) (NI-)
[occo (variant okko) num. '7'; experimental version, see otoc(o) (VT47:42) (OT-OK-)]
Olue name. 'Olwë' (king of the Teleri) (WJ:369); see Olwe
Olwe name. 'Olwe in Telerin as in Quenya' (king of the Teleri) (PM:357); see also Olue, Volwe
[ora no translation given, probably verb 'to urge, wish, desire, feel moved'; '?impersonal' - reading uncertain; this word may be obsolete in the exact form (VT41:15) (HOR-?)]
óre n. 'heart, inner mind (in a moral sense)' (VT41:15) (3OR-)
orna adj. 'uprising, tall', see Telep-orno (UT:266) (OR-); said to be an 'ancient adjectival form' - maybe not in common use in Telerin
[osko num. '7'; experimental version, see otoc(o) (VT47:42) (OT-OK- with 'tk>sk in Q., T., S.')]
[otoc(o) emended to otos(o) (VT47:42)]
otoco num. 'seven' (VT47:42)
otos(o) num. '7' (VT47:42) (OT-OS-); otos (VT48:6,21)
otospe num. '17' (VT48:21) (OT-OS, KEWE- 'new, fresh')
ototya num. adj. '7th' (OT-OS-) (VT42:25, VT47:42) with analogical substitution of -tya instead of -sya
[pae(n) emended to pai(n) (VT48:21)]
pai(n) num. '10' (VT48:6,21) (KWA-)
paianya num. adj. '10th' (VT42:25) (KWA-)
[palata changed to plata and struck out (VT47:23)]
palta v. 'pass the sensitive palm over a surface: fell with the hand, stroke' (VT47:9) (< CE pal'tâ; PAL-) (notice the unusual derivation from a vocalized triconsonantal stem instead of the use of a derivative suffix)
páne n. 'small gull, petrel' (< kwaene KWĀ- onomatopoetic (with macron in the original)) (VT45:24)
pár n. 'fist; tightly closed hand as in using an implement or a craft-tool rather than the 'fist' used in punching' (VT47:8, PM:318) (KWAR-)
[paya(n) num. '10', a variant of pai(n) which has been struck through, though seems to appear again in the later paianya (VT48:21) (KWA-)]
pen n. 'man', obviously in the sense 'person' (WJ:375) (KWENE-); survived in a few compounds only, see aipen, arpen, ilpen
Pendi n. 'Quendi'; 'survived only as a learned word of the historians'; 'was used by the Teleri only of the earliest days, because they felt that it meant the lacking, the poor *pen' (WJ:375,408) (KWENE-); 'plural only'
pet- v. 'to tell, say'; see pete
pete v. aorist 'tells, says' (VT41:15) (KWET-)
pince n. *'baby, small one', play-name of the little finger - 'pinky' (variants vinice, vince) (VT48:6) (PIKI- 'little'); the source has -ke with k 'spelt as Quenya'
plata n. 'the flat of the hand, the hand held upwards or forwards, flat and tensed (with fingers and thumb closed or spread)' (VT47:8-9) (< paláta PAL-)
ría n. 'wreath, garland' (PM:347) (< CE rîgâ; RIG-)
riellë, -ríel n. 'a maiden crowned with a festival garland' (PM:347) (RIG-)
sil- v. 'to shine', see síla
síla v. pres. tense 'shines' (WJ:407) (SIL-)
Soloneldi pl. 'Teleri', lit. *'surf-singers' (SOL-, NJEL-); earliest Q. Solosimpi 'the Shoreland Pipers' (LT1:253)
spalasta- v. 'to foam, froth' (SPAL-, SPÁLAS-)
spanga n. 'beard' (< CE spang?; SPÁNAG-)
spania n. 'cloud' (SPAN-)
Spanturo n. 'lord of cloud' (Mandos) (SPAN-); not explicitly identified as Telerin, but would yield #turo 'lord'
tassa n. 'index finger' (VT48:5) (TAS- 'point out, indicate' in VT47:11)
tat num. '2' (VT48:6) (TATA-); a slightly later source gives tata
tata num. '2' (VT42:26-27) (< CE (a)táta; ATATA-)
tatya num. adj. '2nd' (VT42:25) (< TATA-, ATTA-)
telep- n. 'silver' (in compounds) (UT:266) (KJELEP-); see Telep-orno, apparently also #telp-; see Telperion
telepe n. 'silver' (Let:347) (< CE kyelep?; KJELEP-); misread telepi in the letter; but: 'telpe (with Q. syncope) became the most usual form among the Elves of Valinor'; see II.5., I.3. for a discussion
[Telepimpar name. 'Celebrimbor', lit. 'Silver-fist' (VT47:23) (KJELEP-, KWAR-); emended to Telperimpar]
[#telepin adj. 'silver' isolated from Telepimpar; see telperin]
[Telep-orno name. 'Celeborn', 'Silver Tree' >> 'silver' + orno < orna; obviously a > o in masc. name (UT:266) (KJELEP-, OR-); probably obsolete by Telp-orno]
[tolmo n. 'thumb' (VT47:28) (personalized from of tolma; TOL- 'stick up, stand up (stiff), raise the head'); written on a rejected page in the HFN essay; emended to nápo; compare lepet, nápa]
telpe n. 'silver' (< CE kyelep-; Etym:KJÉLEP-, PM:356, UT:266), see telepe; II.5., I.3. for a discussion
Telperimpar name. 'Celebrimbor', lit. 'Silver-fist' (VT47:8) (PM:318) (KJELEP-, KWAR-)
telperin adj. 'silver' isolated from Telperimpar
Telperion name. the silver tree of Valinor (UT:266) (KJELEP-, RIG-?)
Telp-orno name. 'Celeborn' (Let:347); < telp- 'silver' + orna; see Telep-orno
tolle n. *'sticker-up, big boy' a play-name of the index finger (VT48:6) (TOL- 'stick up' in VT47:26); variant hanna(ce)
tolma n. 'knob, short, rounded handle' (VT47:28)
tolmo n. 'thumb' (VT47:28)
tolodya num. adj. '8th' (VT42:25) (possibly TOL-OD; Tolkien was uncertain about the last consonant of the stem, see VT47:31-32)
toloþ num. '8' (VT48:21) (*TOL-Oþ; Tolkien was uncertain about the last consonant of the stem, see also VT47:31-32; maybe it should be rather *tolot (d-))
tolpe num. '18' (VT48:21) (TOL-, KEWE- 'new, fresh')
trumbe n. 'shield' (< CE turúmbê; TURÚM-)
turo n. 'lord' (TUR-); isolated from Spanturo if it is Telerin
ulga adj. 'hideous, horrible' (ÚLUG-)
ulgundo n. 'monster, deformed and hideous creature' (< CE ulgund?; ÚLUG-)
urus (urust-) n. 'copper' (VT41:10) ((U)RUS- 'used of a varying brownish red from what we should call brick-red to auburn')
váne v. past tense of auta- 'went away (in an abstract sense)' (WJ:367) (< CE wâ; AWA-)
Vaniai pl. 'Vanyar', lit. *'the fair ones'; ''fair' with reference to hair and complexion; [...] it meant 'pale, light-coloured, not brown or dark', and its implication of beauty was secondary' (WJ:383) (< CE wanjâ; WAN-); 'no doubt taken from the Ñoldor'
vante v. past tense of auta- 'went away (in a physical sense)' (WJ:367) (AWA-)
vanua v. past participle of auta- in an abstract sense: 'gone, lost, no longer to be had, vanished, departed, dead, past and over' (WJ:367) (AWA-)
vilverin n. 'butterfly' (WIL-)
vince variant of vinice
vinice n. *'baby' (diminutive), a play-name of the little finger (variants vince, pince) (VT48:6) (WINI- 'little' >> WIN- 'young' in VT47:26); the source has winike, winke with w, k 'spelt as Quenya'
vó-, vo- pref. prefix 'used in words describing the meeting, junction, or union of two things or persons, or of two groups thought of as units' (WJ:367) (WO-); short vowel when unstressed
vola n. 'a roller, long wave' (PM:357) (*WOL-??)
Volwe name. connection of Olwe with vola; 'not a serious 'etymology' but a kind of pun; for the king's name was not normally Volwe (Common Eldarin *wolwê) but Olwe'
vomentie n. 'meeting or junction of the directions of two people' (WJ:407) (WO-, MEN-, TE3-?); isolated from vomentienguo 'of our meeting'
winike n. '*little one' (VT48:6) Play names of the fingers
ye pref. 'could be used as usually in pairs or prefixed [?sep.] and appears before each item of a list' (VT47:31) (related to the exclamation yé 'lo!')
ye pref. 'and' (VT47:31) (also prefixed before each item of a list)
yumpe num. '12' (VT48:8) (YŪ-, KEWE- 'new, fresh'), variant of yûnece
yúnece num. '12' (VT47:41, VT48:8,9) (< CE yûneke, yû(e)neke 'clearly a dual of 6 enek'; YŪ-, EN-EK-); yúnec(e) in VT48:8 (< yû-(e)nek?, yúnek??, yú-eneke); variant: yumpe
þarma n. 'left hand' (VT47:6) < *khjar-mâ (KHJAR-, MA?-)