Quettaparma Quenyanna

KEEN laica (the printed Etymologies has a final –e instead of –a, but this is a misreading; see VT45:25) (sharp, acute, *piercing); KEENNESS (of perception) laicë (acuteness). The conceptual validity of these words is questionable; see PIERCING. –LAIK

KEEPING (safe keeping) mando (custody) –MR:350

KHAZAD-DÛM Casarrondo (Dwarrowvault) –WJ:389

KILL, see SLAY

KIN nossë (house, people). DEAR KINSMAN, see DEAR. –LT1:250, 272/LT2:338

KIND nostalë (species) –LT1:272

KINDLE tinta- (cause to sparkle), narta-; in older [TLT] materiel also turu-, tunda- (Note: there is a homophone meaning "tall") –Silm:438, VT45:37, LT1:270

KINDLY asëa (Þ) (beneficial, helpful) (so according to a late note where the word is derived from *ATHAYA). Also (as noun) used as the name of the healing plant called in Sindarin athelas.

KING aran (pl arani is attested) In Etym, the Quenya word for "king, chieftain" is haran pl. harni, but evidence from LotR, WJ and UT shows that Tolkien changed it to aran pl arani. Cf. asëa aranion "kingsfoil", i arani Eldaron "the Kings of the Eldar", Arandor "kingsland", aranya *"my king", arandil "king's friend, royalist", and arandur "king's servant, minister".) LT1:273 has vardar "king", but this is hardly a valid word in LotR-style Quenya. KINGLY BULL Aramund (this may not be pure Quenya, because of the final consonant cluster) –3AR, LotR:899, WJ:369, UT:165, 193, 313, Letters:386, 423

KINGDOM #aranië (attested with the suffix –lya "thy" added). Earlier versions of the text in question had other forms: #turinasta, #turindië (both also occurring with a long ú). –VT43:12, 15

KINGSFISHER halatirno, halatir (halatirn-) (lit. "fishwatcher") –SKAL², TIR

KINGSFOIL (athelas, a healing plant) asëa aranion –LotR:899

KISS (vb.) miqu- "to kiss", pa.t. minquë (not to be confused with the cardinal minquë "eleven"). (QL:61). Noun A KISS miquë (QL:61).

KNEE occa –QL:70

KNIGHT roquen (rider, horseman) –UT:282 cf. WJ:372

KNOB tolma (defined as "protuberance contrieved to serve a purpose, knob, short rounded handle", etc.), tolos (lump) –VT47:28, LT1:269

KNOCK #pet- (strike), pa.t. pentë given. The verb is cited as "pete", perhaps with a suffixed stem-vowel. KNOCK (keep on knocking) tamba- –QL:73, TAM

KNOLL nóla –NDOL

KNOT narda, nútë (bond). Pl. perhaps *núter not *núti; cf. the similar formation tyávë "taste", pl tyáver. –SNAR, NU

KNOW ista (pa.t. sintë, also isintë; according to VT48:25 the pa.t. is "certainly irreg."), KNOW ABOUT hanya- (understand, be skilled in dealing with), KNOWLEDGE handë (understanding), ista, istya, issë (lore), nólë (long study, lore, wisdom). (In Etym this word is spelt with initial ñ, that is, ng. Initial ng had become n in Third Age Quenya, and I follow the system of LotR and transcribe it accordingly. Nólë is so spelt also in Silm:432. But if this word is written in Tengwar, the initial n should be transcribed with the letter noldo, not númen.) HAVING KNOWLEDGE istima (wise, learned) –IS, VT48:25, LT2:339; KHAN, ÑGOL, Silm:432

K-SERIES calmatéma –LotR:1154