Quenya-English Dictionary

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sharp, pointed rocks.
etymology: KÁRAK = fang,
sharp tooth, spike
see also: carcanë
carcanë n. teeth/fangs A row of
sharp teeth or fangs.
etymology: KÁRAK- = sharp
fang
see also: carca
carma n. helmet Taryn - Seems to be
related ot the word cár = head, but what
is the semantic difference between this
and cassa?
see also: cassa
Carmë n. art (UT:459) Taryn - is this art
= ”doing artistic stuff” or art = ”the art of
X” (any skill)?
carna adj. built, made in Vincarna
”newly-made” (MR:408). Carna
would seem to be the past participle
of car-. This should not be confused
with the past tense of make
- cárnë eg ”he made it yesterday”,
this word is of the form: ”the house
has been built/made”
carnë adj. red Not to be confused
with the past tense of car-, note the
short a as differentiator.
etymology: KARÁN → karani =
red
Carnil n. Mars Taryn - lit. red one?
- the ending -il seems to occur in this
context also for luinil = blue-planet
name of a star (or planet), identified
with Mars (MR:435)
see also: carnë, -il
Carnimírië n. rowan, Redjewelled
The rowan-tree in Quickbeam’s
song LotR2:III ch. 4, also
translated ”with adornment of red
jewels” (Letters:224; where the reading
”carnemírie” occurs)
unusual conjugations: synonyms
: lassemista, orofarnë
see also: carnë, mírë
Carnistir phr. red-face, namemasc
mother-name (never used in
narrative) of Morifinwë = Caranthir
(PM:353) Taryn - still looking for that
reference to ”face” = ?stir?
see also: carnë, stir
Casar n. Dwarf
see also: Adapted from
Dwarvish Khaz˙ad
Casarrondo phr. dwarf-vaults
A vaulted hall belonging to the
dwarves = Moria or Khazad-d ˙um
(WJ:388, 389)
see also: casar, rondo
cassa n. helmet Taryn - Obviously this
is a head-thing or a head-protector or
something like that, as the word cár
(head) has as it’s stem-from ”cas-”; but
I haven’t yet been able to identify what
”-sa” came from (it looks like it’s been
subject to assimilation). I also don’t
know the semantic difference between
this and carma
see also: cár, carma
Castamir phr. name-masc,
casta[?]-jewel (Appendix A)
cel- v. stream, flow, run To issue
forth and go from a place - usually
used of water as in celumë
etymology: KEL- = go/run (of
water)
celma n. channel Obviously related
to celumë = ”a stream or flow”
etymology: KEL- = go/run (of
water)