Vocabulary from Part 1

Course Index  

I'm not expecting you to memorize this.   You may find it handy to have all the words we have been using all on one page.

Nouns

celva        animal

orva         apple

aiwë         (small) bird

piucca       berry, blackberry

parma        book

hína         child

vinë         young child

nórië        country

yaxë         cow

huo          dog

fenda        door

lócë         dragon

Casar        Dwarf

Elda         High Elf

atar         father

lingwë       fish

lótë         flower

taurë        forest

meldo        friend (male)

meldë        friend (female)

yávë         fruit

nyéni        female goat

hildo        heir

már          home

Már is discussed in more detail under Noun Stems.

Atan         Human

mírë         jewel

aran         king

otorno       kinsman, male associate

osellë       kinswoman, female associate

sicil        knife

heri         lady

lassë        leaf

Maia

Endórë       Middle-Earth

hísië        mist

ammë, emmë   mother

tië          path

tári         high queen

ëar          sea

cirya        ship

laupë        shirt, tunic

yondo        son

Anar         Sun

alqua        swan

alda         tree

Vala

limpë        wine

Ambar        the World

Adjectives

sina      this

tana      that

morë      black

helwa     pale blue

laica     green

carnë     red

ninquë    white

varnë     brown

sindë     grey

calima    bright

vanya     beautiful (of looks)

linda     beautiful (of sound)

lissë     sweet (of taste)

melda     dear, sweet, beloved

added February 18, 2012:

Verbs

tulta-   bring                   (past tense tultanë)

holta-   close                   (past tense holtanë)

tul-     come                    (past tense tullë)

tur-     control, govern, rule   (past tense turnë)

not-     count                   (past tense nontë)

rista-   cut                     (past tense ristanë)

car-     do, make                (past tense carnë)

mat-     eat                     (past tense mantë)

lanta-   fall                    (past tense lantanë)

hir–     find                    (past tense hirnë)

anta-    give                    (past tense antanë)

mar-     live (at a location)    (past tense marnë)

harya-   possess                 (past tense harnë)

ulya-    pour                    (past tense ulyanë)

cen-     see                     (past tense cennë)

har-     sit                     (past tense handanë)

pet-     whack                   (past tense pentë)

harna-   wound                   (past tense harnanë)

added February 27, 2012:

"Is" (aorist present tense) is ná.  It is an irregular verb. Look up its other forms in your downloaded verb chart.

added February 18, 2012:

Other Words

ar   and

cé   maybe

added February 18, 2012:

Pronoun Endings for Verbs

-nyë, -n          I

-lyë, -l          you (one person, formal/polite)

-tyë              you (one person, informal/familiar)

-ldë              you (a group)

-s, (rarely -së)  he/she/it /genderless singular

-ltë (variant: -ntë)  they (plural)

added February 18, 2012:

Possessive pronouns

-(i)nya   my

-(e)lya   your (one person, formal/polite)

-(e)tya   your (one person, informal/familiar)

-(e)lda   your (a group)

-(e)rya   his/her/its/genderless singular

-(e)lta   their (plural)