Quettaparma Quenyanna

*PLANT #olva (only pl olvar is attested, never actually translated "plants" but defined as "growing things with roots in the earth"); LONG TRAILING PLANT uilë ("especially sea-weed", which is explicitly ëaruilë) –Silm:415, UY

PLAY (vb) tyalin ("I play", 1st pers. aorist), PLAY (noun) tyalië (game, sport) –TYAL/LT1:260

PLEDGE vanda (oath, solemn promise) –UT:317

PLENITUDE fárë, farmë (all that is wanted, sufficiency) –PHAR/VT46:9

PLIANT maxa (soft) –MASAG

PLOUGH hyar; THE PLOUGH (constellation) see SICKLE OF THE VALAR. –LT2:342

PLUM pio (also used for "cherry") –LT2:347

POEM lairë (Note: a homophone means "summer"), lirit –GLIR, LT1:258

POINT (verb): The phrase tentanë numenna, translated “pointed westward”, would indicate that the verb glossed DIRECT TOWARD (q.v.) can also be translated “point”. Tentanes formenna “it pointed northwards” –VT49:23, 26

POINT (noun) mentë (end), tixë (dot, tiny mark), tildë (horn), variant tillë (tip) (also used of fingers and toes, VT47:10, 26; see UP-POINT, UNDER-POINT), amatixë (point/dot over the line of writing, variant amatexë in VT46:20), unutixë (point/dot under the line of writing; the initial element unu- was misread as "nun-" in the Etymologies as printed in LR, see VT46:19). SPEAR-POINT nasta (spear-head, gore, triangle). –MET, TIK/VT46:19, TIL/VT47:10, 26, SNAS/VT46:14

POISON (noun) sangwa –SAG

POLE tulwë (standard) –LT1:270

POLISHED COPPER calarus (calarust-) –VT41:10

POLLEN malo (stem *malu-) (yellow powder) Note: a homophone means “moth”. –SMAL

POOL nendë, linya, ailin (lake), ringwë (cold lake). In the Etymologies as printed in LR, the last word is cited as "ringe", but according to VT46:11, ringwë is the proper reading. DEEP POOL lón, lónë (pl. lóni given) (river-[?feeding] well), POOL OF LILIES nénuvar –NEN, LIN, AY, RINGI, VT48:28, LT1:248

POPLAR-TREE tyulussë; HAVING MANY POPLARS lintyulussëa –TYUL, LIN

POPPY fúmella (pl. fumellar [read *fúmellar?] is attested), fúmellot (prob. fúmellót-; cf. lótë "flower") –LT1:252

PORTION, cf. DISTRIBUTE IN EVEN PORTIONS

POSSESS harya-; POSSESSING arwa (+ genitive) (in control of) (Note: harya- is not used of one's offspring. In MR:228, Tolkien notes that "no Elf would speak of possessing children; he would say: 'three children have been added unto me', or 'are with me', or 'are in my house'.") –3AR

POST (wooden post) samna (Þ) (Distinct from #samna "diphthong" in Tengwar spelling, as the latter is spelt with initial silmë, not súlë.) –STAB

POTTER cemnaro, centano –KEM, TAN

POUR ulya- (intransitive pa. t. ullë, transitive ulyanë; plural subjunctive ullier "should pour" is attested. These forms may obsolete ulu- and ulto- "pour" [transitive and intransitive] in LT1:270); POURING úlëa (flooding, flowing) –ULU, SD:310

POUT penga- (VT39:11)

POWDER (yellow powder) malo (stem *malu-) (pollen) Note: a homophone means “moth”. –SMAL

POWER: For "power" as an abstract, the word túrë "mastery, strength, might" may be used. The word Valar is sometimes translated "the Powers" (and the sg. vala is defined as "angelic power" in LotR Appendix E), but this word obviously has a specialized meaning: the "gods" of Tolkien's legendarium.

PRAISE (vb) laita- (bless) (Imperative a laita and fut #laituva are attested, the latter with pronominal endings: laituvalmet, "we shall praise them") PRAISE (noun) #laitalë (isolated from Erulaitalë "Praise of Eru") –LotR:989 cf Letters:308, UT:436

PRAY #hyam- (attested in the form hyamë, evidently incorporating the ending -ë of the aorist stem), arca- (the latter perhaps primarily in the sense "to petition", cf. the noun arcandë "petition"). –VT43:32, 33 (VT44:8, 18)

PRAYER #cyermë (isolated from Erucyermë, "prayer to Eru". A verbal stem #cyer- "pray" can also be isolated, though it may be better to use attested verbs like #hyam- or arca-.) –UT:436

PRECIOUS mirwa (valuable); PRECIOUS THING mírë (jewel, treasure, shining jewel) –PE17:37, MIR

PRECIPICE (seaward) ollo (cliff) (The alternative form oldó may be archaic Quenya.) –LT1:252

PREPARE manwa- –QL:59

PRESS (vb.) nir- (thrust, force [in a given direction]). ("Though applicable to the pressure of a person on others, by mind and 'will' as well as by physical strength, [this verb] could also be used of physical pressures exerted by inanimates.") Given as a 1st person aorist nirin. Pa.t. probably *nindë since the R of nir- was originally D (the base is given as NID; compare rer- pa.t. rendë from RED concerning the past tense; see SOW). –VT41:17

PRESS (noun) sanga (crowd, throng) –STAG/Silm:438

PRESSURE (to do something against one's will or conscience) sahtië (Þ) (force) –VT43:22

PRETTY netya (dainty). (Note: netya- is also a verb "trim, adorn".) –VT47:33

PREVENT FROM COMING TO COMPLETION nuhta- (stunt, stop short, not allow to continue) –WJ:413

PRICK erca-, nasta- (sting); PRICKLE, SPINE erca –ERÉK, NAS

?PRIMARY (Tolkien's handwriting was illegible) *yessëa (emended from the actual reading essea – see BEGINNING) –ESE

PRINCE †cundu, haryon (heir); PRINCESS aranel –KUNDŪ/VT45:24, 3AR, UT:434

PRINCIPAL (prob. adj not noun) héra (chief) –KHER

PRIVACY aquapahtië (literally *"fully-closedness", used of a mind that closes itself against telepathic communication) –VT39:23

PROCEED (in any direction) lelya- (pa.t. lendë) (go, travel). TO PROCEED (conjunction, = “furthermore”), see FURTHERMORE. –WJ:363

PRODUCTION carmë (glossed "art" in UT:396, but cf. Oiencarmë Eruo "the One's perpetual production". Carmë is also translated "making".) –MR:329

PROFOUND tumna (low-lying, low, deep, dark or hidden) –LT1:271 cf. TUB

PROJECTIONS (seaward projections), see CAPE (OF LAND)

PROLONG taita- –TAY

PROMINENT minda (conspicuous), minya (eminent; basically ordinal "1st") –MINI, VT42:24, 25

PROMISE (noun) (solemn promise:) vanda (oath, pledge) –UT:317

PROMONTORY (narrow) nehtë (gore, wedge, spear-head. Note: a homophone means "honeycomb".) THE ENDS OF PROMONTORIES, see CAPE (OF LAND). –UT:282

PROP tulco (stem *tulcu-, pl. *tulqui) (support) –TULUK

PROPER vanima (fair, beautiful, right) –LT1:272

PROSPEROUS alya (rich, abundant, blessed); PROSPERITY autë (wealth, also adj: rich) –GALA, LT2:336

PROTECT varya-; PROTECTED varna (safe, secure) –BAR

PROTUBERANCE CONTRIVED TO SERVE A PURPOSE tolma (knob, short rounded handle etc.) –VT47:28

PROVERBIAL DICTUM ("a saying, a current or proverbial dictum") eques (pl. equessi) (dictum, quotation, saying) –WJ:392

PROW OF A SHIP lango (broad sword) –LAG

P-SERIES parmatéma (labials) –LotR:1154

PUFF hwesta-; PUFF OF AIR hwesta (breath, breeze), PUFF OF BREATH foa (breath) –SWES, VT47:35, 36

PULL saca- (Þ) (draw). Since saca- may also mean "look for", for clarity it may be better to use #tuc- "draw", q.v. –VT43:23

PUNISH paimeta- (= “exact or inflict a penalty; punish”), pa.t. perhaps *paimetánë; PUNISHMENT paimë –QL:72

PURE poica –POY

PURIFICATION sovallë (washing, bathing) –QL:86

PURSUE roita-, also saca- (search, look for), p.a.t sácë –ROY¹, QL:81

PUT ASIDE hehta- (pa.t. hehtanë is given but seems perfectly regular) (leave out, exclude, abandon, forsake); PUT A STOP TO pusta- (stop, cease) –WJ:365, PUS

PUT FORTH LEAVES OR FLOWERS *lohta- (emended from the actual reading lokta because Tolkien later decided that kt became ht in Quenya) (sprout) –LT:258

PUT TO SHAME naitya- (abuse) –QL:65

PUT TO THE TEST tyasta-, pa.t. tyasantë –QL:49

PUTRID saura (Þ) (foul, evil-smelling); in compounds #sauri-, see FOUL. –THUS