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Tolkienian Glossology
Or a Study of the Primitive Elvish Vocabulary of Tolkien’s Qenya Lexicon and Gnomish Lexicon from the Late 1910s, the Precursors of Quenya and Sindarin

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Contents

  • Contents
  • Preamble
  • Author’s Foreword
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Definitions
  • Elvo-Indo-European
  • Tolkien’s Lautverschiebungen (Sound Changes)
    • Thibin (a flute)
    • BAL– (B > V)
    • Th-fronting (θ > F Sound Change)
    • R <> L
    • ‘K’[c] > ‘G’
    • Miru (wine)
    • A Village Triptych

    • Sahōra (House of Fire)
  • Drow-s (The Mooreeffoc Syndrome)
    • Har (south)
    • Gurmir (the Drink of the Valar)
    • SIL– < lis
    • The Sun and the Moon
    • RU’U– | rim (peace, quietness, calm)
    • Bleg (a Flame)
    • Run
  • Elvo-European Vocabulary
    • Grothorf (potato)
    • Pear
  • Germanic Vocabulary
    • MURU– (slumber)
    • WIKI [*GWIKI–]
    • *fufril (moth)
    • Mill – Miller – Flour
    • Face
    • College
    • telt | teld (roof)
    • tund (a log for the fire)
    • taule (pillar)
    • Irmin (the inhabited world)
    • Tifil Miaugion (Prince of Cats)
    • Lōme (i) (dusk, gloom, darkness)
    • ANGA (lacking)
  • Greek Vocabulary
    • Ain (God)
    • The Gnomish Game of Salta
      • First published in Beyond Bree July 2020, pp. 6-7
    • telu (the end)
    • know
    • Marble
  • Latin Vocabulary
    • *rau (lion)
    • TORO (bake)
    • DYELE– (cold)
    • OŘO
    • ? silik | siliq (flint)
  • Finnish Vocabulary
    • lunta (ship)
    • VENE– (originally: small boat)
    • PO– (north)
    • saros (surf, sea)
    • lindo (singing bird)
    • kantl (harp)
    • –ma (instrumental noun suffix)
    • PIKI or PINI or PĪ (small)
  • Russian Vocabulary
    • Medwed
    • Forog
    • SINI– (pale blue ?)
    • Wolf
    • KOLO–
    • ? LEKE– | LENE–
    • Cheese
  • Spanish Vocabulary
    • HELE– (ice)
    • Rocco (horse)
      • Originally published in The Tolkiennymicon, 2018. Revised
  • Sanskrit Vocabulary
    • Barley
    • Kalimbo (savage, barbarian, German)
  • Imported Vocabulary
    • Tea
    • Copper
  • Primitive Elvish Month Names
    • Month
    • (Lunde) Niqissea | Niqilissea (January)
    • (Lunde) Tiqilindea (February)
    • *Sovalwaris (February)
    • (Lunde) Susūlima (March)
    • (Lunde) Timpīnea (April)
    • (Lunde) Lōtea (May)
    • (Lunde) kalaina (May)
  • English Vocabulary
    • kitya– (to tickle)
    • lilt– (to dance)
    • YAPA–
    • Hempa (cord)
    • MUKU (cacare)
    • naug (dwarf)
    • NYATA– (chatter, gossip)
    • EWE?
    • tint (⟨silver⟩ spark) | tinwë (spark)
  • Welsh (Celtic) Vocabulary
    • Elvish Words with Irish Cognates
    • gôl (daylight)
    • THÛ–
    • Water
    • ERE(N)(2) (iron or steel)
    • Sirion
    • Aust (Summer)
    • PHILIK– (small bird, sparrow)
  • Vocabulary from Tolkien’s Personal Life
    • Amillo (Hilary Tolkien)
    • Erinti (‘Little One’)
    • Erinti > Ilmarë
    • Kiss
    • Helinyetille (Pansy)
    • Avestalis (January)
  • Vocabulary from Tolkien’s Faith (Catholicism)
    • FAYA– 223
    • The Gospel 225
    • Monks and Nuns 225
    • Gomodron (Monk) | Gomodril (Nun) 226
    • The Crucifix 229
    • Tarwe 231
    • Welsh Fire: Purgatory and Hell 238
  • Appendix A 246
  • Illustration Credits 249
  • Index 255
  • About the Author 266
Includes maps, B&W illustrations, bibliographic references and index.
Pagination: xl + 266. Trade Paper $14.95.

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