This is a list of Quenya neologisms I have created over the past decade or so

 

*aia adj. “strange, unusual” < aiano “stranger”

*ailume adv. “at any time, ever”

*aimanima, ainima adj., pron. “any sort of, any kind of” < manima

*aiweste n. “bird’s nest” cf. G aidha

*alápima adj. “disinterested, indifferent”

*alasenya adj. “unusual” < senya

*amamna adv. “closest to, nearest to” < am‐ + amna

*amna adv. “almost” extended meaning of amna “nearer to”

*amortale n. “uprising, revolution”

*ampanyar n. “beaver” < ampan‐ “build” + nyarro “rat” (cf. the neologism carastanyarro)

anastamo n. “opponent, rival” < anasta‐ “oppose, face against” < ANAT

*annún adv. “at least”

*anqua adv./prep. “against” < CE anak

*ápima adj. “concerned, caring, interested” < ap‐

*apsan (apsamb‐) n. “kitchen” < apsa + sambe

*arinwat, arinwatta n. “breakfast” < arin + matta

*armárea adj. “neighbouring” < armaro

*arrongo adv. “very soon, immediately” < an‐ + rongo

*aryaquenta adv. “rather, better said” cf. alaquenta

*aþahanya adv. “understandably, of course”

*asakare adj. adv. “easy (to do)” cf. askene, asalaste

*askatie n. “resolution, lit. breaking‐apart”

*askénie adv. “obviously“_ < askene

*atammataite adj. “cannibalistic, lit. man‐eating” < atan + mataite

*aþalerya adj. “easily releasing, spendthrift, reckless”

*aufir- verb “die off, die out, become extinct”

*aumanka‐ vb “sell, lit. trade away”

*aupsar‐ vb “rub off, delete”

*autamar(d-) n. “museum, lit. hall of the past”

*autamo n. “inventor” < auta‐

*autie n. “loss, disappearance, extinction” < auta‐

*avasse n. “being away, absence” < ava

*ehtan‑, etekan‐ vb “proclaim, announce, lit. cry/call forth” < et‐ + kan‐

*ehten n. “sight, view, outlook, spectacle” < et + ken

*ekesta n. “chance, opportunity” EK/KES

*ekkanta- vb “shape out, form, carve” < et + kanta‑, cognate of S echad‐

*elehteron n. “electron”

*elehterónea kelume n. “electric current” (kelume for short)

*elehterónea adj. “electric”

*elehterónie n. “electricity”

*elellóte n. “starflower, aster”

*élikombe noun “collection of stars, galaxy”

*ellume adv. “once, one time” < er + lume

*emmatixe noun “image‐dot, pixel”

*entan- vb “recompose, reconstruct, remake” < TAN

*enwakuvindo n. “liar, cheater, lit. truth‐concealer”

*eques‐tehta n. “quotation mark”

*esten‑, etsen‐ vb “forget” < et + sen‐

etsasta‐ vb “put forward, propose, suggest” < sasta‐ “put, place” < SAT

*etsatie, estatie adv. “especially” < et + sat‐

*exanen adv. “otherwise, in an other way” instr. of exa

*fánie noun “phenomenon, apparition” PHAN

*fantale n. “veiling” here: “eclipse” < fanta‐

*findimaitar n. “hairdresser, barber”

*hahta filit n. “dunnock, hedge sparrow”

*haire n. “distance” KHAY

*harta- vb. “make sit, set down, settle” < har‐

*haþwa n. “medicine” < haþ + ma

*hatarotse n. “cannon, gun” < hata‐ “hurl” + rotse “pipe, tube”

*hatil n. “projectile, bullet” < KHAT (to differentiate from hatal “spear”)

*hekonna n. “child born out of wedlock, bastard”

*helletinde n. “(lit.) skyflash, lightning”

*hendele n. “window” HEN, cf. kendele “face”

*henka adj. “rare” (as opposed to dense) < HEK “separated, set apart”

*hentópa n. “eyelid”

*hérave adv. “chiefly, mainly” < héra

*hérosto n. “capital city”

*hetya adj. “separate, individual” < hekjā < HEK

*hexan (hexamb‐) n. “privy, toilet” < hexa + sambe

*himma n. “glue, mortar, sticky substance” < √KHIM

*himta‐ vb “make stick, attach” < √KHIM

*hisse or hitse n. “gas, plasma” <KHITH, to differentiate from other derivatives meaning “mist, fog”

*hista‐ (hiþta‐) vb “evaporate, turn into mist or vapour” (tr.) < KHITH + tā

*hisya‐ (hiþya‐) vb “evaporate, turn into mist or vapour” (intr.) < KHITH + yā

*hlaimar(d-) n. “hospital”

*hópelta- vb “roll out from somewhere, roll forth”

*hrúmo n. “wicked person, rascal” < hrú‐

*hrúquet- vb “speak ill (of somebody)”

*hwinda adj. “mad, crazy” < HWIN

*Ilaimore n. “All Saint’s Day”

*ildome adv. “everywhere” < il‐ + nome

*ilmende adv. “everywhere”

*ilu pó ilu idiom “after all, all considering”

*immenwa n. “automobile” < im‐ + men‐ + ‑ma

*immoquanta adj. “full of self, egotistic, narcissistic”

*immoþúrea _adj. “selfseeking, introspective”

*induina adj., ppl, adv “on purpose, specifically” < indu‐

*intyaite adj. “fantastic, fantasy related”

*iríte adj. “amorous, affectionate, in love” < IR

*italo conj. “since”

*itan conj. “so that, in order to” cf. Q itas

*kaisar n. “emperor, caesar, tzar” loanword

*kalampa n. “spoon” < KALAP

*kalayén noun “lightyear”

*kalku‐ vb “glaze something, cover with glaze” < EQ talku‐ cf. kalka “glass”

*kalque n. “glaze” see above

*kantemma n. “sculpture, carving, relief, lit. shaped image”

*kaptale n. “surprise” < kapta‐

*katassa n. “anus, arsehole” < kat + assa

*katya adj. “posterior, hind, back” < ka/kat/kata

*kauka filit n. “house sparrow”

*kauka adj. “house, domestic” < KAW

*kekenna‐ freq. vb “visit, lit. keep on seeing”

*kelúrea adj. “original” < kelure

*kennasse n. “piece of pottery, ceramic object” cf. S cevnas

*kentánie n. “[the making of] ceramics, pottery”

*keþula _adj. “inquisitive, curious”

*kostula adj. “belligerent, quarrelsome”

*kiparisse n. “cypress”, see https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=cypress

*kit n. “tit, titmouse” < KIT

*koro adv. “around”, see EQ rimni, and cf. VOR > voro

*lafasta adj. “displeased, unsatisfied”

*lafastaite adj. “unpleasant” < fasta

*laiquaril n. “emerald” < LAYAK, RIL

*lairemíre n. “daisy (flower), lit. meadow‐jewel”

*lakar‐ vb “be idle, idle away”

*lalume adv. “never, at no time”

*lamarta adj., adv. “non‐fated, not foretold, by chance, by hap”

*lana pron., adj. “none, neither” < cf. sina / tana

*landata- vb “broaden, widen”

*lanéya adv. “recently, not long ago” < néya

*latse n. “area” < LAT

*laukata- vb “warm (up) something”

laukatáre n. “warming” < laukata‐ “get warmer, to warm”

*lavéla _adj. “different, dissimilar”

*lemma n. “remnant, leftover, trace” < LEM

*lenkie adv. “slowly” < lenka

*lillaitea adj. “many‐coloured, colourful”

*lillume adv. “many times, often”

*limya‐ vb “link together, join” < LIM

*lindóra + Gen. adv. “millions of, a large number of”

*lintixea adj. “dotted, spotted, pied” < LIN + tixe

*loire n. “lack, fault” < LOY; cf. koire, oire; felme‐loire: “emotional fault”

*lokko noun “spiral” < LOKO/LOK

*lóna adj. “soaked, drenched” < LOG

*loskirya n. “snow‐ship, sleigh”

*lúlis adv. “at times, sometimes” < short locative of a partitive plural of lú

*lúmesta n. “minute” < lúme “time, hour” + ‑sta “fraction”

*lustie adv. “in vain, emptily”

*mahtar n. “fighter, controller” < mahta‐

*maitie n. “hunger, famine” < maita

*malo adv. “whence, where from, by what means”

*malume adv. “sometimes, at times”

*marindo n. “settler, dweller” < mar‐

*matimar (matimard‐) n. “restaurant, lit. eating hall”

*maurea adj. “needed, needful, necessary”

*mélakárie n. “pastime, hobby” < “beloved activity”

*menesta n. “motion, movement” < MEN

*meniende n. “process, way of progressing” cf. kariende

*menu- vb “start, get going”

*merenya‐ vb “be festive, celebrate” < MEREN

*meril(le) n. “rose” < S. meril

*mettas adv. “in the end, finally” short Loc. of metta

*millume adv. “(in the) first (instance), at first, for the first time”

*minaþur- vb “research sg, look into, analyse” < minaþúrie

*minaþurindo n. “researcher, scientist”

*minome prep. “instead of” < lit. “in place”

*morikarne adj. “dark red”

*morilúpe n. “blackbird, lit. black plume”

*moritoa n., adj. “ebony wood, ebony coloured”

*móro n. “worker, labourer” < MÔ, as opposed to mól “slave”

*muinie n. “secret” < muina

*mundohen n. “wren, lit. ‘oxeye’ ” shamelessly calqued from Hungarian ökörszem, on account of the size of the bird

*nanhalya‐ vb “unveil, reveal”

*nanhat‐ vb “cast back, reflect”

*nannem‐ vb “disappear”

*nanqui conj., adv. “although”

*nanya- vb “withdraw, retreat, back off, stand back, retire” < NDAN

*nanyaro n. “retiree, pensioner”

*nappo n. “crab” < nappa “claw”

*naþumo n. “guest, visitor” < NATH, cf. aþumo

*nekermea adj. “insubstantial, immaterial” < nek‑, erme

*nemesteáve adv. “apparently” < nemestea

*nemu- vb “appear, come to sight” <nem‐

*nenta- vb “pretend, make seem, act (in a play)” < nemtā‐ < nem‐

*nentaro n. “actor, mime”

*nevamil/nevatar n. “stepmother/father, lit. second mother/father” < NDEW

*nikapolka n. “piglet, small pig”

*noiresta n. “cemetery, graveyard”

*nostalea adj. “natural”

*nostanor, nostamar n. “homeland, country of birth”

*nukemenya adj. “underground”

*nuqua n. “obstacle” < NUK + -ma

*nus- vb. “sense, perceive, note” < NUS

*nyarnasta n. “mythology” < nyarna

*nyarnon n. “novel” < nyarna “tale, story” + ‑on suffix “large”

*oando n. “owner, possessor” < oa‐

*ólamya- vb “to rhyme, harmonize”

*oliende n. “the process of growth = evolution, development” cf. PE https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3016834951.html

*ólinde n. “harmony, lit. together‐tune”

*olúmea adj. “contemporary”

*ompasse n. “advantage” < ompa “forward”

*óquetta n. “rhyme, lit. ‘co‐word’”

*óripanta adj. “sincere, honest, open, lit. open‐hearted”

*orolanda n. “upland, plateau”

*oronya, orontya adj. “related to mountains” < oron

*oroparmen n. “place of higher education, high school, university” < oro‑, par‑, men

*orrahta- vb. “reach around, embrace” < os + rahta‑, cf. G. rôtha‐

*ósana‐ vb “take counsel, think together”

*osken- vb. “look around”

*osta- vb “go around sg.” < OS

*oswa adj. “surrounding, encircling” < OS

*palantilla n. “telescope” cf. kilintilla, palantír

*poita- vb “cleanse, purify, clean”

*quarta- vb “squeeze, clench” < KWAR

*queanyen n. “decade”

*quequer- freq. vb “keep turning, twist and turn, wind, weave”

*quequettar n. “refrain of a song, repeat‐words”

*ráfe n. “theft” < raf‐

*ráfima adj. “lit. seizing, grabbing => arresting, amazing, astonishing” < raf‐

*rambatalma n. “wall‐platform, balcony”

*rána n. “ ‘commonized’ name for satellite planetary bodies from Rána ‘Moon’ ”

*rando n. “planet, lit. ‘wanderer’ ”

*raque n. “reach” RAK

*rén n. “memory” < √REN

*sassana- vb “keep thinking, rack one’s brain, ponder” < frequentative of sana‐

*sasta- vb “put, place” < SAT

*þenwa noun “moment, instant” < STEN

*sestie n. “comparison” < EQ sesta‐

*silúmea adj. “current”

*taltilya- verb “tiptoe” cf. G. tentha‐

*tanwendil n. “engineer” < tanwe

*tappa n. “dam, weir” < TAP, tap‐ cf. nappa “claw, talon”

*tatallaima/tatallálima adj. “admirable, wonderful” < tatalla‐

*tatarra- vb “stand around, hang around, stand aimlessly” freq. of tar‐

*taxenta- vb “to nail, nail down” < taxe, cf. telkonta‐

*telestea adj. “extreme, outermost” < EQ telustea

*tenesta n. “plan” < ten‐

*tengwelamyare n. “pronunciation, ‘sounding of sonants’”

*terkendar n. “through‐watcher, X‑ray, radar”

*þandanasto noun “shield‐beast, turtle, tortoise”

*torekka n. “secret lair” < S torech

*tulumaitie adv. “probably” < tulumaite

*tutulla- vb “keep coming, visit” < tul‐

*uhtie n. “loathing, hate” < uhta‐

úkarenka adj. “sinless, innocent” > úkarenkasse n. “innocence” < úkare

*únaitie adv. “falsely, untruly”

*undunenya adj. “underwater”

úquélima, hraiquélima adj. “unperishable”, “not easily/slowly perishable” < quel‐

*usquerotse n. “smoke‐pipe, chimney”

*uv- vb “consider, regard, ponder” < UB, alongside attested úva‐ “be imminent”

*vanwiendur n. “historian, master of the past”

*vequi conj. “as if” cf. laqui “unless”

*verehta- vb “explode” < BERÉK

*verehtale n. “explosion”

*verkata- vb “bolden, embolden” < verka

*vestamil/vestatar n. “mother‐in‐law/father‐in‐law” < vesta‐

*vilwiste n. “weather, lit. change of air”

*viríte adj. “various”

*virma n. “variant, version” < √WIS

*vorta- vb “preserve, conserve, make last” < √BOR(ON)

*yáranis n. “old woman”

*yor- vb “enclose, set bounds to/about” > “contain, consist of”

*yúla‐olla adv. “around, cca, estimated, lit. under‐over”