Quettaparma Quenyanna

JACKET vacco (cloak) –GL:21

JAIL see GAOL

JANUARY Narvinyë (In LT1:252, the word for January is avestalis, and the latter part of the month is called Erintion, but these words are hardly conceptually valid in LotR-style Quenya.) –LotR:1144

JAW anca (translated "jaws" in the appendices to LotR and Silm, but anca is sg and is glossed "jaw" in Etym. GL:37 has cá [spelt "kâ"]) –LotR:1157, Silm:427, ÁNAK

JERK (vb) rihta- (give quick twist or move), (noun:) rinca (twitch, trick, sudden move) –RIK(H), VT46:11 cf. RIK(H)

JESUS Yésus –VT43:31

JEWEL mírë (pl. míri is attested); SHINING JEWEL miril (treasure, precious thing). *NOLDO-JEWEL (= Silmaril) Noldomírë, Noldomír; WITH ADORNMENT OF RED JEWELS carnimírië (a pl form? Sg *carnimírëa? Letters:224 has carne- instead of carni-.) JEWEL OF YAVANNA yavannamírë (a fragrant evergreen tree with scarlet fruit, brought to Númenor by the Eldar) –MIR/Silm:434, Nam, ÑGOL/VT46:3, LotR:505 cf. Letters:224, UT:472

JOIN: The intransitive verb verya- + allative is suggested to mean “be joined to”; this is also the idiom for “get married to” (see MARRY). JOINING (noun) yanwë (isthmus, bridge) –YAT, also VT45:45 (where the stem is given as YAN rather than YAT), VT45:46

JOURNEY (noun) lenda –PE17:60

JOY alassë (merriment) –GALÁS

JUDGE (vb) #nam- (1st person aorist namin "I judge" in VT41:13). An alternative form #nav- occurs in navilwë "we judge" –VT42:34, VT48:11

JUDGE (noun) Námo (Ordainer – the name of a Vala. In MR:150, though, Námo is glossed JUDGEMENT [of what is]). Note: a homophone námo means "person". –Silm:411

JUDGEMENT námië – defined as "a (single) judgement" or "a (single) desire". A JUDGEMENT náma (desire). JUDGEMENT (of what is) Námo (but this is elsewhere glossed "Ordainer", and the ending -o normally does indicate something animate/masculine rather than something abstract). –VT41:13, MR:150

JUICE sáva, pirya (syrup) –SAB, PIS

JULY Cermië –LotR:1144

JUNE Nárië –LotR:1144

JUMP cap- (pa.t. campë) (leap) –QL:45 cf. PE16:134

JUPITER Alcarinquë (Basic Quenya:24, cf. Silm:55. According to LT1:260, Morwen (there translated "daughter of the dark") is a name of Jupiter, but this may not be a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya. LT1:265 also mentions Silindo as a name of this planet.

JUST faila (fair-minded, generous) –PM:352