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Quenya Reverse Wordlist - Ambar Eldaron

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Helge K. Fauskanger http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/<br />

son" (Appendix A). Early "Qenya" has súru<br />

(MC:213, 216, 220)<br />

erút túrë "mastery, victory" (TUR)<br />

erutsut tusturë "tinder" (LT1:270)<br />

esáf fásë "gap, gulf" (GL:36)<br />

esén nésë (Þ) "youth", also nessë (NETH)<br />

esíh hísë (1) "mist, fog" (KHIS/KHITH).<br />

Earlier "Qenya" words, probably obsoleted by this<br />

word: (2) "dusk" (LT1:255), (3) "blinking" (?)<br />

(MC:214)<br />

esipmis simpisë "piping" (LT1:266)<br />

espal lapsë "babe" (LAP)<br />

espel lepsë "finger" (LEP/LEPET)<br />

esput tupsë "thatch" (TUP)<br />

ess -ssë locative ending; in Lóriendessë,<br />

q.v.; pl. -ssen in yassen, mahalmassen, q.v. The<br />

endings for part. pl. (-lissë or -lissen) and dual (-tsë)<br />

are only known from the Plotz letter.<br />

essacia aicassë ("k") (1) "mountain peak"<br />

(AYAK)<br />

essacia aicassë ("k") (2) "pinetree" (GL:17;<br />

this "Qenya" word is evidently obsoleted by # 1<br />

above.)<br />

essacrac carcassë, carcaras ("k") "row of<br />

spikes or teeth" (LT2:344 - mature <strong>Quenya</strong> has<br />

carcanë, but these words, especially carcassë, may<br />

still be valid)<br />

essacre ercassë ("k") "holly" (ERÉK)<br />

essadnah handassë "intelligence" (KHAN)<br />

essaev vëassë "vigour" (WEG)<br />

essaf fassë "tangled hair, shaggy lock"<br />

(PHAS)<br />

essal lassë "leaf", pl. lassi (Nam, RGEO:66,<br />

Letters:283, LAS 1 , LT1:254, VT39:9, Narqelion);<br />

gen. lassëo "of a leaf", gen. pl. lassion "of leaves"<br />

(earlier lassio) (WJ:407); lasselanta "leaf-fall", used<br />

(as was quellë) for the latter part of autumn and the<br />

beginning of winter (Appendix D, Letters:428); hence<br />

Lasselanta alternative name of October (PM:135).<br />

essala alassë "joy, merriment" (GALÁS)<br />

essalac calassë ("k") "clarity, brilliance"<br />

(GL:39)<br />

essalaf falassë, also short falas (falass-),<br />

"shore, beach" (LT1:253, LT2:339); falassë "shore,<br />

line of surf" (SA:falas), "beach" (PHAL/PHÁLAS);<br />

Falassë Númëa "Western Surf" (LT1:253)<br />

essalav valassë "divinity" (or rather<br />

*"valahood"; the word should probably not be used<br />

with reference to the divinity of Eru). (BAL)<br />

essaleuqinat taniquelassë name of tree<br />

(UT:167), perhaps Tanique(til) + lassë "leaf"<br />

essaluaqiaL Laiqualassë ("q") "Legolas"<br />

(Greanleaf) (LT1:267)<br />

essamiac caimassë ("k") "lying in bed<br />

(noun), sickness" (KAY)<br />

essan nassë "thorn, spike" (NAS)<br />

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essanrav varnassë "security" (BAR)<br />

essanroto otornassë "brotherhood" (TOR)<br />

essapoh hopassë "harbourage" (KHOP)<br />

essar rassë "horn" (especially on living<br />

animal, but also applied to mountains) (RAS, PM:69)<br />

essarat tarassë ??? (Narqelion)<br />

essaraynafrA Arfanyarassë, Arfanyaras<br />

(*Arfanyarass-) a "variant or close equivalent" of<br />

Taniquetil (WJ:403)<br />

essatlet teltassë "awning" (GL:70)<br />

essatnail liantassë "vine" (LT1:271)<br />

essauqial laiquassë ("q") "greenness"<br />

(LT1:267)<br />

essay #yassë (1) "in which", pl. yassen<br />

referring back to a plural noun. (Nam, RGEO:66)<br />

essay yassë (2) "once upon a time" (YA);<br />

writers should rather use yalúmessë or yáressë of<br />

similar meaning to avoid confusion with # 1 above.<br />

essayagna angayassë "misery" (LT1:249)<br />

esse essë (1) "name", also later name of<br />

tengwa 31, originally called árë (ázë). (Appendix E).<br />

Pl. essi in PM:339 and MR:470.<br />

esse essë (2) "beginning" (ESE/ESET). This<br />

entry was marked by a query in Etym, and a word in<br />

the appendices to LotR suggests that it was emended<br />

to YESE/YESET; we should therefore read *yessë for<br />

essë.<br />

essednif findessë "a head of hair, a person's<br />

hair as a whole" (PM:345)<br />

esselem melessë, meles "love" (LT1:262;<br />

rather melmë in mature <strong>Quenya</strong>)<br />

esselima amilessë "mothername" (amil<br />

"mother" + essë "name"), name given to a child by its<br />

mother, sometimes with prophetic implications<br />

(amilessi tercenyë "mother-names of insight"<br />

(MR:217)<br />

essemlic #cilmessë pl. cilmessi "selvnames",<br />

literally names of personal choice (PM:339)<br />

(cilmë + essi, hence *"choice-names").<br />

essemúlay yalúmessë "once upon a time"<br />

(YA)<br />

essen nessë "youth"; also nésë (NETH)<br />

essena anessë "given (or added) name"<br />

(encompassing both epessi and amilessi) (MR:217)<br />

essenatsE Estanessë "the firstborn", read<br />

*Yestanessë (*Yestanessi?), see essë # 2 - but in a<br />

later text, Tolkien used Minnónar (q.v.) for "the<br />

Firstborn" as a name of the Elves, and this form is to<br />

be preferred.<br />

essenav vanessë "beauty" (LT1:272)<br />

essenev venessë "virginity" (WEN/WENED)<br />

essepe epessë "after-name", nickname,<br />

mostly given as a title of admiration or honour<br />

(PM:339, UT:266)<br />

esseráy yáressë "once upon a time" (YA)<br />

essere eressë "solitude" (ERE)<br />

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