Él "star", elen being the ordinary word) or a poetic or archaic meaning of an ordinary word

Valacar masc. name, *"Vala-head"??? (Appendix A)

Valacirca noun "Sickle of the Gods", a name of the Great Bear (Big Dipper) constellation (SA:val-, MR:388, KIRIK, OT/OTOS/OTOK)

Valandil masc. name, "God-friend, *Vala-friend" (Appendix A, translated in LR:60)

Valandur masc. name, *"Vala-servant" (Appendix A)

valaina adj. "of or belonging to the Valar, divine" (BAL)

Valandor place-name "the land of the Valar", confused with and replaced by Valinórë "the people of the Valar", short form Valinor (SA:dôr, Silm)

Valanya noun last day of the Eldarin six-day week, dedicated to the Valar (Appendix D). Etymology, see Letters:427. Also called Tárion.

Valaquenta noun "Account of the Valar" (SA:val-). See quenta.

Valarauco ("k") noun "Demon of Might" (here vala- assumes its basic meaning "power, might"), Sindarin balrog (WJ:415). Pl. Valaraucar (sic, not -or) "Balrogs" (SA:val-, SA:rauco). Earlier forms from the "Qenya Lexicon" are Valcaraucë, Malcaraucë (q.v.), apparently abandoned in LotR-style Quenya.

#Valariandë place-name "Beleriand" (genitive in the phrase Nyarna Valarianden "the annals of Beleriand" in LR:202; Tolkien later changed the genitive ending from -n to -o; hence read *Nyarna Valariandëo) In the essay Quendi and Eldar, Heceldamar turns up as another Quenya term for Beleriand.

Valaróma noun "Vala-horn", Oromë's horn (Silm)

valassë noun "divinity" (or rather *"valahood"; the word should probably not be used with reference to the divinity of Eru). (BAL)

Valatar (Valatár- as in "gen.sg. Valatáren", in Tolkien's later Quenya this is a dative singular instead) noun "Vala-king", applied to the nine chief Valar: Manwe, Ulmo, Aule, Mandos, Lorien, Tulkas, Ossë, Orome, and Melko[r]. Note: This list, recorded in the Etymologies, differs from the scenario of the published Silmarillion; Ossë is not a Vala in Tolkien's later conception. (BAL, VT46:17)

Valatári noun "Vala-queen" (BAL; this entry of the Etymologies states that Vala has no feminine form except this compound, but Silm gives Valië as a feminine form). The word Valatári is apparently also the unchanged plural form, so used in this quote: "The Valatári were Varda, Yavanna, Nienna, Vana, Vaire, Este, Nessa, Uinen" (BAL; Tolkien later reclassified Uinen as a Maia, not a Valatári/Valië). Notice that the plural form of Valatar would apparently also be *Valatári.

valcanë ("k") adj. "vague" (MC:213; this is "Qenya")

Valcaraucë ("k") noun "balrog", also Malcaraucë (LT1:250; in Tolkien's later Quenya valarauco)

vald- noun "blessedness, happiness" (LT1:272 - a final vowel would seem to be required)

valda adj. "worth, worthy, dear" (GL:23)

Valdë noun "female Vala" (also Valis) (LT1:272, in Tolkien's later Quenya Valië, Valatári)

Valië noun female Vala; pl. Valier attested (Silm)

Valimar place-name "Vala-home", a region in Valinor, also called Valmar. In Namárië, this word is used = Valinor. (Nam, RGEO:67)

valimo adj. "happy" (LT1:272; adjectives apparently cannot end in -o in LotR-style Quenya.)

valin adj. "happy" (LT1:272). This word (as well as the above) connects with Tolkien's early concept of Valar meaning "happy ones", but since it was later reinterpreted as "the Powers", the conceptual validity of these terms for "happy" is doubtful.

Valinor place-name "the land (or people) of the Valar", *"Vali-land" (Vali = Valar), land of the Gods in the West (BAL, NDOR); cf. Valandor. Full form Valinórë (BAL; Vali-nórë under NDOR). In the early "Qenya Lexicon", Valinor, Valinórë is glossed "Asgard", the name of the city of the gods in Norse mythology (LT1:272). Possessive Valinóreva in Nurtalë Valinóreva, the "Hiding of Valinor", the possessive case here assuming the function of object genitive (Silm).

Valis noun "female Vala" (also Valdë) (LT1:272; in Tolkien's later Quenya Valië)

Valmar alternative form of Valimar, q.v. (Silm)

Valmo noun "male Vala" (also Valon) (LT1:272; these forms may or may not be valid in Tolkien's later Quenya)

Valon noun "male Vala" (also Valmo) (LT1:272; these forms may or may not be valid in Tolkien's later Quenya)

Valsi = Valis? (LT1:272)

-valta suffix "-less", also -viltë (evidently endings used to derive adjectives like "lifeless") (GL:23) The ending -lóra appears with the same meaning in Tolkien's later Quenya.

valto noun "luck" (LT1:272)

valya adj. "having (divine) authority or power" (BAL; this word is of course etymologically connected to the Valar and should not be used with reference to the divinity of Eru.)

ván noun "goose"; pl. váni given (WA-NOUN). Older wán.

Vána fem. name, a Valië, the wife of Oromë (Silm, WJ:383); the Etymologies gives Vana with no long vowel (BAN)

Vanar or Vani pl. noun, = Valar (LT1:272)

vand- noun "way, path" (LT1:264; a final vowel would seem to be required, but in Tolkien's later Quenya, the words tië or mallë are to be preferred)

vanda (1) noun "oath, pledge, solemn promise" (CO)

[vanda] (2) noun "prison, Hell" (cf. Angavanda). (VT45:6; this word was apparently rejected in favour of mando)

vandl noun "staff" (LT1:264) (No word can end in -dl in Tolkien's later Quenya; the word may be adapted as *vandil. Compare findl, findil.)

vanë adj. "fair" (LT1:272; in Tolkien's later Quenya rather vanya)

vánë past tense of auta-, q.v. (WJ:366)

vanessë noun "beauty" (LT1:272)

vanga noun "beard" (LT2:344, GL:21; in Tolkien's later Quenya fanga)

vánië vb., an augmentless perfect of auta- (q.v.) that may occur in verse; regular form avánië (WJ:366)

vanima adj. "beautiful, fair" (BAN, VT39:14) (glossed "proper, right, fair" in early "Qenya", LT1:272); nominal pl. vanimar "beautiful ones", partitive pl. genitive vanimálion, translated "of beautiful children", but literally meaning *"of [some] beautiful ones") (LotR3:VI ch. 6, translated in Letters:308). Arwen vanimalda "Beautiful Arwen", literally "Arwen your beauty" (see -lda for reference; changed to Arwen vanimelda in the second edition of LotR; cf. also vanimalda below).

vanimalda adj. with suffix *"your beautiful"; Arwen vanimalda "Arwen your beauty = beautiful Arwen" (WJ:369; Tolkien emended vanimalda to vanimelda in the second edition of LotR; see under vanima) Since the ending for "your" normally appears as -lya rather than -lda, it may be that this interpretation of vanimalda is not the meaning Tolkien originally intended, and he may not necessarily have maintained it later: The emended Second Edition reading vanimelda may simply mean "beautiful elf", vanim(a) + Elda.

Vanimeldë fem. name, *"Beautiful-Dear-One" (Appendix A)

Vanimo (pl. Vanimor given), noun "the beautiful", children of the Valar (BAN), or "fair folk" = (men and) elves (UGU/UMU, VT45:17). Negated úvanimor = "monsters".

vannë pa.t. of vanya- (WAN)

vanta- (1) vb. "to walk" (BAT)

vanta (2) noun "walk" (BAT)

vanwa adj. "gone, lost, no longer to be had, vanished, departed, dead, past, past and over, gone on the road, over" (WJ:366, Nam, RGEO:67, WAN, LT1:264)

vanwië noun "the past, past time" (WAN)

vanya adj. "fair" (FS), "beautiful" (BAN); nominal pl. Vanyar "the Fair", the first clan of the Eldar; the original meaning of this stem was "pale, light-coloured, not brown or dark" (WJ:380, 381)

vanya- vb. "go, depart, disappear", pa.t. vannë (WAN). The verb auta- may have replaced this word in Tolkien's later conception.

váquet- vb. (1st pers. aorist váquetin and 1st pers. past tense váquenten are given) "to say no" (not denying that something is true, but denying to do or to allow something: "to say I will not/do not"; "to refuse", "to forbid" (WJ:370, 371)

var (1) conj. "or" (QL:100)

var- (2), see va

vára adj. "soiled, dirty" (WA3)

vard- vb. "rule, govern" (LT1:273; hardly valid in Tolkien's later Quenya)

Varda fem. name "the Sublime", name of a Valië, spouse of Manwë, the Queen of the Valar, called Elbereth in Sindarin (BARATH, BARÁD, WJ:402; in Letters:282 Varda is translated the "Lofty") Genitive Vardo (for *Vardao). (Nam, RGEO:66). Vardamir masc. name, *"Varda-jewel" (Appendix A); vardarianna ?"Varda-gift", name of a tree (but the ri element is obscure) (UT:167)

vardar noun "king" (LT1:273; rather aran in LotR-style Quenya)

Vardilmë, fem. name (UT:210), perhaps *"Varda-friend; one devoted to Varda" (if so this would be a contraction of *Vardandilmë, with -(n)dilmë as the feminine form of -ndil "friend")

Vardo Meoita noun "Prince of Cats" (LT2:348; vardo "prince" is hardly a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya; cf. vard-, vardar. Later Quenya has cundu for "prince".)

varna adj. "safe, protected secure" (BAR)

varnassë noun "security" (BAR)

varnë (1) adj. "brown, swart, dark brown", stem-form varni- (BARÁN)

[varnë] (2) noun "protection" (BAR)

varni noun "queen" (LT1:273; rather tári in Tolkien's later Quenya)

[varilë] noun "protection" (VT45:7)

varya- vb. "to protect" (BAR)

Vása noun "the Consumer", a name of the Sun (MR:130, Silm)

vasar (Þ) noun "veil" (VT42:10, the word was "not in daily use", VT42:9). Older form waþar.

vasarya- (Þ) vb. "to veil" (VT42:10)

ve prep. "as, like" (Nam, RGEO:66, Markirya, MC:213, 214, VT27:20, 27); in Narqelion ve may mean either "in" or "as".

-vë, ending used to derive adverbs from adjectives (see andavë under anda)

vëa (1) adj. "adult, manly, vigorous" (WEG)

vëa (2) noun "sea" (MC:213, 214, 216; possibly obsoleted by # 1 above, though some argue that the initial element of the late names Vëantur and Vëandur [q.v.] could be vëa #2 rather than #1. In any case, the normal word for "sea" in LotR-style Quenya seems to be ëar.) Inflected vëan "sea" (MC:220), vëar "in sea" (a "Qenya" locative in -r, MC:213), vëassë "on sea" (MC:220). Cf. also vëaciryo.

vëaciryo ("k") noun in genitive "of sea-ship", genitive of *vëacirya ("k") (MC:216; this is "Qenya"; see vëa # 2)

Vëandur, masc. name (PM:191), either *"Vigorous servant" or *"Sea-servant" (= mariner; compare ëarendur, etymologically very similar if the Qenya form vëa "sea" was maintained in later Quenya). See vëa #1 and 2 and compare Vëantur.

vëaner noun "(adult) man" (WEG)

Vëantur, masc. name (UT:171), either *"Vigorous lord" or *"Sea-lord" (see vëa #1 and 2; those who prefer the translation *"Sea-lord" see this name as evidence that Tolkien maintained the Qenya noun vëa "sea" in later Quenya). Compare Vëandur.

vëassë noun "vigour" (WEG)

véla vb. "see" (Arct); present/continuative tense of a verbal stem #vel-?

velca ("k") noun "flame" (LT1:260; nár, nárë would be the normal word in Tolkien's later Quenya)

velicë ("k") adj. "great" (LT1:254; probably not valid in Tolkien's later Quenya; in the context of the Etymologies it would have to be derived from BEL, but it is stated that this stem was "not found in Q". Perhaps Tolkien rejected velicë because it was too similar to the Russian word that clearly inspired it.)

v'emattë ??? May be the preposition ve + an otherwise unknown word emattë. (Narqelion)

vendë < wendë noun "maiden" (WEN/WENED, VT45:16), "virgin" (in Tolkien's translations of Catholic prayers where the reference is to Mary; see VT44:10, 18). The form Véndë in VT44:10 seems abnormal; normally Quenya does not have a long vowel in front of a consonant cluster.

venë noun "small boat, vessel, dish" (LT1:254)

vénë < wénë noun "virginity" (WEN/WENED); in one source vénë also appears with the concrete meaning "virgin" (VT44:10), but this is normally vendë, wendë instead.

*vénëa adj. *"maidenly, virginal" (VT44:10; the source has véne' alcarë *"virginal glory", the first word possibly representing an adjective *vénëa the final vowel of which has been elided since the next word begins in the same vowel.)

venessë noun "virginity" (WEN/WENED)

venië noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

venno noun "husband" (cited as **verno in the Etymologies as printed in LR, entry BES, but according to VT45:7, this is a misreading of Tolkien's manuscript)

venta noun "chin" (QL:101)

venwë noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

vëo noun "man" (WEG; etymologically connected to vëa "manly, vigorous"; the more neutral word for "man" is nér. According to VT46:21, Tolkien indicated that vëo is an archaic or poetic word.)

véra (< Old Quenya wéra) noun "personal, private, own" (PM:340)

verca ("k") noun "wild" (BERÉK)

vérë noun "bond, troth, compact, oath" (WED)

verië noun "boldness" (BER)

**verno noun "husband", misreading for venno, q.v. (BES)

veru dual noun "husband and wife, married pair" (BES)

verya- vb. "to dare"; adj. verya "bold" (BER, VT45:7)

vessë noun "wife" (BES)

vesta noun "matrimony"

vesta- vb. "to wed" (BES). (Under WED, the verb vesta- was defined as "swear to do something", but this was struck out.)

vestalë noun "wedding" (BES) (under WED the word was defined as "oath", but this was struck out)

vië noun "manhood, vigour" (WEG)

vil- vb. "to fly" (The forms given are the 1st pers. aorist vilin "I fly" and the pa.t. villë. Tolkien replaced wilin with wil-, pa.t. presumably *wille, but this may not render vil- obsolete; rather, Tolkien simply decided to cite the verb in its Old Quenya form, before the merger of w- with v- that occurred in Exilic Quenya.) (WIL)

[vilda], see vilwa

vílë noun "gentle breeze" (LT1:273)

vilin noun "airy, breezy" (LT1:273)

vilissë noun "spirit" (GL:23)

-viltë adjectival ending "-less", also -valta (evidently endings used to derive adjectives like "lifeless") (GL:23) Rather -lóra in Tolkien's later Quenya.

[vilwa < wilwa] noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL; in one place vilwa was not struck out, VT46:21) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered vilda < wilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.

vilya noun "air, sky", also name of tengwa #24. Older wilya. (Appendix E). Early "Qenya" has Vilya (changed from Vilna) "lower air" (LT1:273); also vilya "air" (MC:215)

Vincarna compounded passive participle *"new-made, renewed" (MR:408)

[vinda- vb. "fade"; pa.t. vindanë given (VT46:21). Compare vinta-.]

[vindë noun "blue-grey, pale blue or grey"; older windë. (WIN/WIND, VT45:16, 46:21) The stem-form would have been vindi-, given the primitive form windi.]

*vinë (vini-), see winë

vínë noun "youth" (probably as abstract) (VT47:26)

Vingelot, Vingilot, Vingilótë ship-name; "Foam-flower", name of Eärendil's ship (SA:wing, Silm)

*vinima, see winima

*vinimo, see winimo

[vinta-, vb. "fade", pa.t. vintë, vintanë given. (WIN/WIND) Compare vinda-.]

vinya (1) adj. "young" (VT46:22, VT47:26) or "new" (cf. compounds Vinyamar, Vinyarië below; cf. also winya "new, fresh, young" in a deleted entry in the Etymologies, VT45:16; there the word was first written as vinya.)

vinya (2) < windya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND) (It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya is only attested with the meaning "young, new" in his later Quenya.)

Vinyamar place-name *"New Dwelling" (Silm)

*vinyamo, see winyamo

Vinyarië noun "Newyear's Day" (PM:127)

[vinyë noun "evening" (VT46:21)]

Víressë noun, fourth month of the year, "April" (Appendix D). The Quenya name is apparently related to words for youth and freshness; compare vírië, virya.

vírië noun "youth" (as abstract) (VT46:22)

vírin noun "a magic glassy substance of great lucency used in fashioning the Moon. Used of things of great and pure transparency." (LT2:339)

virya adj. "fresh" (VT46:22)

vista noun "air as substance" (WIS (WIL) )

vó (actually spelt vô), also vondo, noun "son" (LT2:336; in Tolkien's later Quenya yondo)

vor, voro adv. "ever" (BOR, LT1:250, 273 [only voro in the Etymologies]; also in Narqelion)

vora, vorë adv. "always"; see voro

vórë noun? "lasting" (as noun? i.e. *"lasting quality"?) Compare the derived adj. vórea. (VT45:7)

vórëa noun "continuous, enduring, lasting" (VT45:7)

vorima adj. "continual, repeated" (BOR), early "Qenya" gloss "everlasting" (LT1:250)

vórima (more or less identical to vorima above?) adj. "steadfast in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise, faithful"; genitive vórimo in a variant of CO; see UT:317. In VT45:7, vórima is glossed "continuous, enduring, repeated".

voro, voro- adv. "ever, continually" (BOR, Narqelion) Compare vor. (Focusing on the gloss "continually", post-Tolkien writers have sometimes used voro for "still, yet".) The variants vora, vorë were used for "always" in drafts for a Quenya version of the Sub Tuum Praesidium, but Tolkien eventually replaced such forms with the unrelated word illumë (VT44:9). Compare vórë, vórëa.

vorongandelë noun "harping on one tune", continual repetition. In the Etymologies as printed in LR, this word is misprinted as "vorogandale"; see VT45:7. (BOR)

voronda adj. "steadfast in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise, faithful", used as a title of Elendil Voronda "Elendil the Faithful"; genitive Vorondo in CO. Only glossed "faithful" in LT1:250.

Vorondil masc.name, *"Faithful friend" (Appendix A)

voronwa adj. "enduring, long-lasting" (BOR)

voronwë noun "steadfastness, loyalty, faithfulness" (CO), also masc. name Voronwë "the Faithful" (PM:340, BORÓN, LT1:250)

voronwië noun "endurance, lasting quality" (BOR)

vorosanya (Þ) adj. "regular, law-abiding, normal" (VT46:16); also just sanya (Þ)

Note: In Exilic Quenya, initial w- turned into v-, as Tolkien indicated in a number of the words here recorded.
wá (actually spelt wâ) noun "wind" (LT1:266)