Quenya-English Dictionary

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”privative sense”. eg avanótë =
”without reckoning”. This should
not be confused in meaning with
ara which refers to something that
is ”outside” of something else, but
more of a physical sense (eg ”the
cat was outside”). Can also be used
in an adjectival sense, eg avalónë =
”outer island”
etymology: From AWA =
away/out
áva, avá neg verb?. Don’t, do not
is the verb do in a negative, present
tense form. This is not the imperative
form eg, a shouted: ”don’t!”,
which is better just as ”vá”. The latter
spelling has the word stressed on
the final syllable Taryn - this is nonstandard
for quenya and might easily
be mistaken for the other forms of ava
. For example áva carë! (”kare”)
”don’t do it” (WJ:371), contrast with
úva - which is more for ”shall not”
and may possibly be usable as a future
tense negative : ”will not do”?
Taryn - some of this reasoning may be
iffy, the original just said ”don’t” as the
meaning for this word... and also for
vá, úva, ávan and many other words...
I have tried to separate out the different
types of ”don’t”, if I’ve stuffed up, please
feel free to tell me :)
see also: ávan, úva, vá
ava- v. refuse, prohibit, forbid,
preclude?, revoke permission?
(WJ:370)
ava- adj. forbidden (2) prefix
indicating something forbidden:
avaquétima ”not to be said, that
must not be said”, avanyárima ”not
to be told or related” (WJ:370)
Avacúma phr. Exterior void beyond
the world, name-place
Taryn - not sure exactly what this refers
to, but obviously it’s something from the
creation myths
see also: ava, cúma
Avallónë n. near angel-island?,
name-place Haven and city on
Tol Eressëa. In the Akallab˙eth the city
is said to be so named because it is
”of all cities the nearest to Valinor”,
but the etymology is not further explained.
Taryn - a-val-lone ?[a]-angelisland?
NB, I don’t think it is realted to
ava- in any way
see also: Lóna
Avamanyar n. refused Aman
to go?, name-group Elves that
refused to go to Aman (= Avari)
(WJ:370) Taryn - an alternative might
be: av- = refuse + amanyar = the Aman
people
ávan I won’t, I will not do, I
don’t Taryn - lit. ”I don’t”? - possibly
better translated ”I will not do” (also
ván, ványë)
see also: áva
avaquet- v. refuse, forbid Taryn - I
presume the differenc between this and
ava- is that this is a verbal refusal or an
instance of ”this is my word!”
see also: ava-, quetavar,
avaro n. recusant, dissenter,
non-conformist one who refuses
to act as advised or commanded;
Avari(pl.) were the Elves that refused
to join in the westward march
to Aman (WJ:371)
Avasar n. name-place name of the