Sindarin adan |
Quenya atan |
English man |
aelin |
ailindë* |
lake |
aew |
aiwë |
bird |
aeg |
aika |
sharp |
aglar |
kala |
shine |
aina |
holy |
|
galadh |
alda |
tree |
alqua |
swan |
|
alka |
rush |
|
amarth |
ambar |
doom |
amon |
hill |
|
anca |
jaw |
|
an |
long |
|
annûn |
andunë |
sunset/west |
ang |
iron |
|
anna |
gift |
|
annon |
andonë* |
gate |
anto |
mouth |
|
apanonar |
afterborn |
|
astaldo |
valiant |
|
atalantë |
downfallen |
|
aré |
sunlight |
|
aha |
rage |
|
a- |
ar- |
outside |
ara- |
ara- |
royal |
adar |
atari |
father |
arth |
||
band |
mando |
prison |
bar |
mar |
dwelling |
barad |
tower |
|
beleg |
melkë |
mighty |
bragol |
sudden |
|
brethil |
birch |
|
brith |
gravel |
|
bril |
||
bereth |
||
bauglir |
||
ben |
||
cirya |
ship |
|
calma |
lamp |
|
coro |
ring |
|
c/galen |
kala |
green(bright) |
cabed |
||
cam |
kamba |
hand |
carch |
carca |
fang |
caran |
carnë |
red |
celeb |
telpë |
silver |
coron |
mound |
|
cú |
bow |
|
echui |
cuivië |
awakening |
cul- |
golden-red |
|
curu |
skill |
|
drú |
||
danwedh |
||
dín |
||
dae |
shadow |
|
dagor |
battle |
|
dagnir |
bane |
|
del |
horror |
|
dîn |
silent |
|
dol |
head |
|
dôr |
land |
|
draug |
wolf |
|
dú |
lóme |
twilight |
duin |
river |
|
dûr |
mori |
dark |
gaer |
ëar |
sea |
essë |
name |
|
este |
rest |
|
echor |
circle(vb) |
|
edhel |
elda |
elf |
eithel |
well |
|
el |
star |
|
er |
er |
alone |
ernil |
||
ereg |
*erkë |
holly |
eglar |
||
esgal |
hide |
|
falas |
falassë |
shore |
faro |
hunt |
|
faug |
gape |
|
fëa |
spirit |
|
fin |
hair |
|
forn |
formen |
north |
fuin |
huinë |
|
faug |
||
fang |
||
flad |
||
firi |
die |
|
firith |
||
firn |
||
fin |
finda |
hair |
fen |
||
fanui |
||
gaur |
werewolf |
|
gil |
star |
|
gir |
shudder |
|
glîn |
gleam |
|
golodh |
noldo |
wise |
gond |
ondo |
stone |
gor |
dread |
|
groth |
delving |
|
gûl |
sorcery |
|
gurth |
death |
|
gwaith |
people |
|
gwath |
shadow |
|
gwai |
||
haudh |
mound |
|
harma |
treasure |
|
hîr |
heru |
lord |
hîn |
híni |
children |
hildor |
aftercomers |
|
him |
||
hîth |
hisië |
mist |
hoth |
horde |
|
hollen |
||
harn |
hyarmen |
south |
hele |
glass |
|
helca |
icy |
|
hwesta |
breeze |
|
iâ |
abyss |
|
iant |
bridge |
|
iâth |
fence |
|
iaur |
old |
|
ilm |
(air) |
|
itar |
sprinkle |
|
idr |
sparkle |
|
káno |
commander |
|
kemen |
earth |
|
khelek |
helka |
ice |
kir |
cleave |
|
lantë |
fallen |
|
lasse |
leaves |
|
lai |
green |
|
loeg |
||
lanthir |
||
lammath |
||
lost |
||
lad |
valley,plain |
|
lór |
laurë |
golden |
lhach |
flame |
|
lin |
pool |
|
lín |
lindë |
sing |
lith |
ash |
|
lhûg |
lokë |
serpent |
lóm |
echo |
|
lond |
londë |
harbour |
loth |
lotë |
flower |
loa |
growth |
luva |
bow |
|
luin |
blue |
|
maeg |
maika |
sharp |
mal |
mali |
golden |
man |
blessed |
|
mel |
mel |
love |
menel |
sky |
|
malta |
gold |
|
mereth |
feast |
|
minas |
tower |
|
mîr |
mirë |
jewel |
mith |
grey |
|
min |
||
moth |
dusk |
|
nan |
valley |
|
naur |
náro |
fire |
naug |
dwarf |
|
neldor |
beech |
|
nen |
small water |
|
nim |
ninquë |
white |
nóm |
||
nibin |
||
nínui |
||
nirnaeth |
||
nev |
||
neithan |
||
nan |
||
ohtar |
||
onod |
ent |
|
orn |
tree |
|
or |
||
orod |
mountain |
|
ost |
fortress |
|
palan |
far |
|
pel |
encircle |
|
per |
half |
|
quen |
speak |
|
rast |
shore |
|
ram |
wall |
|
rem |
||
ran |
wander |
|
rant |
course |
|
ras |
horn |
|
rath |
||
rog |
rauko |
demon |
ril |
brilliance |
|
rim |
rimbë |
a great number |
ring |
cold |
|
ris |
ris |
|
roch |
rokko |
horse |
róm |
trumpetsound |
|
rhûn |
rómen |
sunrise |
rúth |
||
rhîw |
||
rond |
dome |
|
ros |
foam |
|
ruin |
rúnya |
red flame |
rûth |
anger |
|
sarn |
stone |
|
sereg |
serkë |
blood |
thil |
silmë |
shine |
sîr |
flow |
|
siach |
||
sûl |
súlimë |
wind |
dal |
foot |
|
talath |
plains |
|
tár |
high |
|
tathar |
tasarë |
willow |
taur |
taurë |
forest |
tel |
finish |
|
thalion |
strong |
|
thang |
sanga |
oppresion |
thar |
across |
|
thaur |
abominable |
|
thin |
sinda |
grey |
thôl |
helm |
|
thoron |
soromë |
eagle |
thôn |
||
thor |
||
dil |
til |
point |
tir |
tír |
watch |
tol |
tol |
isle |
dûn |
tum |
valley |
tur |
power |
|
uial |
twilight |
|
úrë |
heat |
|
bal |
val |
power |
vinya |
new |
|
vedui |
||
wen |
maid |
|
wing |
foam |
|
wilwarin |
butterfly |
|
yáve |
fruit |
|
phonemes attested for quenya |
phonemes reconstructed for proto-elvish |
phonemes attested for sindarin |
vowels : a e i o u y |
vowels : a e i o u y |
vowels : a e i o u y |
diphtongs : ai ëa au ui |
diphtongs : ai au ui |
diphtongs : ai ae au ui oe |
stops : t k p b d g |
stops : t p k (b d g)*only following nasals and liquids |
stops : t k p b d g aspirated stops: kh |
fricatives : s h v |
fricatives : s h v z |
fricatives : th dh s ch h |
nasals : m n ng |
nasals : m n |
nasals : m n |
liquid l r |
liquids : l |
liquid : l lh r rh |
glides w j |
glides : w j |
glides : gw w j |