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A Taste Of Things To Come
Twenty-six years ago, when the hype was building up in anticipation of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, I first started seriously learning Quenya, and I kept it up for several years after they were all released, but all things pass with time and gradually my interests shifted to other things. Recently, after finally embracing my own neurodivergence and actually getting an autism diagnosis, I started deliberately "unmasking" as they say, and as part of this process I came to realize that I had for many years been unconsciously suppressing my love of all things Tolkien — my biggest and oldest special interest — as a way of avoiding irritating neurotypical people who thought I was weird, so I started reading some of the more recently published books that I had never gotten around to. Then, after tentatively mentioning my interests, I found myself encouraged by my friends, many of whom are also on the autistic spectrum (yes, one of them actually is obsessed with trains!), so I started learning the language again and began making these posts as a way to encourage myself to study a bit every day.
The upshot of this, and the reason that I mention it, is that until now I really haven't had any intentional direction for future posts. Now, having done some reading and studying and gotten exposure to the language again, I am starting to formulate the beginnings of a plan for the future. At the moment, having presented a smattering of nouns, I am going through the colors (which is to say, some adjectives), and after this I will introduce some other basic words and then get around to the first big verb, ná (to be), which I will use to start discussing verb conjugation and the basics of grammar. After that we will be able to form simple sentences using the vocabulary discussed so far and will have a foundation upon which to build further.
Tonight, though, I will leave you with a teaser of things to come, a simple sentence that I gave to some friends in Discord a bit ago as an example of the language. As the days pass and these posts continue, this sentence and it's structure will come to make sense to anyone following along with me.
Yé! Ná lómë ar eleni, Vardo annar, tintillar menelessë pella fanyar!
Lo! It is night and the stars, Varda's gifts, tremble in the heavens beyond the clouds!
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A Taste Of Things To Come
Twenty-six years ago, when the hype was building up in anticipation of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, I first started seriously learning Quenya, and I kept it up for several years after they were all released, but all things pass with time and gradually my interests shifted to other things. Recently, after finally embracing my own neurodivergence and actually getting an autism diagnosis, I started deliberately "unmasking" as they say, and as part of this process I came to realize that I had for many years been unconsciously suppressing my love of all things Tolkien — my biggest and oldest special interest — as a way of avoiding irritating neurotypical people who thought I was weird, so I started reading some of the more recently published books that I had never gotten around to. Then, after tentatively mentioning my interests, I found myself encouraged by my friends, many of whom are also on the autistic spectrum (yes, one of them actually is obsessed with trains!), so I started learning the language again and began making these posts as a way to encourage myself to study a bit every day.
The upshot of this, and the reason that I mention it, is that until now I really haven't had any intentional direction for future posts. Now, having done some reading and studying and gotten exposure to the language again, I am starting to formulate the beginnings of a plan for the future. At the moment, having presented a smattering of nouns, I am going through the colors (which is to say, some adjectives), and after this I will introduce some other basic words and then get around to the first big verb, ná (to be), which I will use to start discussing verb conjugation and the basics of grammar. After that we will be able to form simple sentences using the vocabulary discussed so far and will have a foundation upon which to build further.
Tonight, though, I will leave you with a teaser of things to come, a simple sentence that I gave to some friends in Discord a bit ago as an example of the language. As the days pass and these posts continue, this sentence and it's structure will come to make sense to anyone following along with me.
Yé! Ná lómë ar eleni, Vardo annar, tintillar menelessë pella fanyar!
Lo! It is night and the stars, Varda's gifts, tremble in the heavens beyond the clouds!
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A Taste Of Things To Come
Twenty-six years ago, when the hype was building up in anticipation of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, I first started seriously learning Quenya, and I kept it up for several years after they were all released, but all things pass with time and gradually my interests shifted to other things. Recently, after finally embracing my own neurodivergence and actually getting an autism diagnosis, I started deliberately "unmasking" as they say, and as part of this process I came to realize that I had for many years been unconsciously suppressing my love of all things Tolkien — my biggest and oldest special interest — as a way of avoiding irritating neurotypical people who thought I was weird, so I started reading some of the more recently published books that I had never gotten around to. Then, after tentatively mentioning my interests, I found myself encouraged by my friends, many of whom are also on the autistic spectrum (yes, one of them actually is obsessed with trains!), so I started learning the language again and began making these posts as a way to encourage myself to study a bit every day.
The upshot of this, and the reason that I mention it, is that until now I really haven't had any intentional direction for future posts. Now, having done some reading and studying and gotten exposure to the language again, I am starting to formulate the beginnings of a plan for the future. At the moment, having presented a smattering of nouns, I am going through the colors (which is to say, some adjectives), and after this I will introduce some other basic words and then get around to the first big verb, ná (to be), which I will use to start discussing verb conjugation and the basics of grammar. After that we will be able to form simple sentences using the vocabulary discussed so far and will have a foundation upon which to build further.
Tonight, though, I will leave you with a teaser of things to come, a simple sentence that I gave to some friends in Discord a bit ago as an example of the language. As the days pass and these posts continue, this sentence and it's structure will come to make sense to anyone following along with me.
Yé! Ná lómë ar eleni, Vardo annar, tintillar menelessë pella fanyar!
Lo! It is night and the stars, Varda's gifts, tremble in the heavens beyond the clouds!
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A Taste Of Things To Come
Twenty-six years ago, when the hype was building up in anticipation of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, I first started seriously learning Quenya, and I kept it up for several years after they were all released, but all things pass with time and gradually my interests shifted to other things. Recently, after finally embracing my own neurodivergence and actually getting an autism diagnosis, I started deliberately "unmasking" as they say, and as part of this process I came to realize that I had for many years been unconsciously suppressing my love of all things Tolkien — my biggest and oldest special interest — as a way of avoiding irritating neurotypical people who thought I was weird, so I started reading some of the more recently published books that I had never gotten around to. Then, after tentatively mentioning my interests, I found myself encouraged by my friends, many of whom are also on the autistic spectrum (yes, one of them actually is obsessed with trains!), so I started learning the language again and began making these posts as a way to encourage myself to study a bit every day.
The upshot of this, and the reason that I mention it, is that until now I really haven't had any intentional direction for future posts. Now, having done some reading and studying and gotten exposure to the language again, I am starting to formulate the beginnings of a plan for the future. At the moment, having presented a smattering of nouns, I am going through the colors (which is to say, some adjectives), and after this I will introduce some other basic words and then get around to the first big verb, ná (to be), which I will use to start discussing verb conjugation and the basics of grammar. After that we will be able to form simple sentences using the vocabulary discussed so far and will have a foundation upon which to build further.
Tonight, though, I will leave you with a teaser of things to come, a simple sentence that I gave to some friends in Discord a bit ago as an example of the language. As the days pass and these posts continue, this sentence and it's structure will come to make sense to anyone following along with me.
Yé! Ná lómë ar eleni, Vardo annar, tintillar menelessë pella fanyar!
Lo! It is night and the stars, Varda's gifts, tremble in the heavens beyond the clouds!
-
A Taste Of Things To Come
Twenty-six years ago, when the hype was building up in anticipation of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, I first started seriously learning Quenya, and I kept it up for several years after they were all released, but all things pass with time and gradually my interests shifted to other things. Recently, after finally embracing my own neurodivergence and actually getting an autism diagnosis, I started deliberately "unmasking" as they say, and as part of this process I came to realize that I had for many years been unconsciously suppressing my love of all things Tolkien — my biggest and oldest special interest — as a way of avoiding irritating neurotypical people who thought I was weird, so I started reading some of the more recently published books that I had never gotten around to. Then, after tentatively mentioning my interests, I found myself encouraged by my friends, many of whom are also on the autistic spectrum (yes, one of them actually is obsessed with trains!), so I started learning the language again and began making these posts as a way to encourage myself to study a bit every day.
The upshot of this, and the reason that I mention it, is that until now I really haven't had any intentional direction for future posts. Now, having done some reading and studying and gotten exposure to the language again, I am starting to formulate the beginnings of a plan for the future. At the moment, having presented a smattering of nouns, I am going through the colors (which is to say, some adjectives), and after this I will introduce some other basic words and then get around to the first big verb, ná (to be), which I will use to start discussing verb conjugation and the basics of grammar. After that we will be able to form simple sentences using the vocabulary discussed so far and will have a foundation upon which to build further.
Tonight, though, I will leave you with a teaser of things to come, a simple sentence that I gave to some friends in Discord a bit ago as an example of the language. As the days pass and these posts continue, this sentence and it's structure will come to make sense to anyone following along with me.
Yé! Ná lómë ar eleni, Vardo annar, tintillar menelessë pella fanyar!
Lo! It is night and the stars, Varda's gifts, tremble in the heavens beyond the clouds!
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Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 20 (yuqain), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Anarya
Yavanna-ness [September] 20 (twenty), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sun-day [Sunday]Word of the day
luinë — adj: blue
anluinë — comparative adj: blue
ariluinë — superlative adj: blue
luini — pl. adj: blue (pl.)
anluini — pl. comparative adj: blue (pl.)
ariluini — pl. superlative adj: blue (pl.)The Tengwar
The twentythird letter of the tengwar is anna which is used for "an absent consonant". The most common way this happens is to represent consonantal Y, in which case it is written with two dots beneath it as shown in today's date as the first letter of Yavannië, and at the end of Anarya. The word anna means "gift". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 20 (yuqain), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Anarya
Yavanna-ness [September] 20 (twenty), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sun-day [Sunday]Word of the day
luinë — adj: blue
anluinë — comparative adj: blue
ariluinë — superlative adj: blue
luini — pl. adj: blue (pl.)
anluini — pl. comparative adj: blue (pl.)
ariluini — pl. superlative adj: blue (pl.)The Tengwar
The twentythird letter of the tengwar is anna which is used for "an absent consonant". The most common way this happens is to represent consonantal Y, in which case it is written with two dots beneath it as shown in today's date as the first letter of Yavannië, and at the end of Anarya. The word anna means "gift". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 20 (yuqain), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Anarya
Yavanna-ness [September] 20 (twenty), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sun-day [Sunday]Word of the day
luinë — adj: blue
anluinë — comparative adj: blue
ariluinë — superlative adj: blue
luini — pl. adj: blue (pl.)
anluini — pl. comparative adj: blue (pl.)
ariluini — pl. superlative adj: blue (pl.)The Tengwar
The twentythird letter of the tengwar is anna which is used for "an absent consonant". The most common way this happens is to represent consonantal Y, in which case it is written with two dots beneath it as shown in today's date as the first letter of Yavannië, and at the end of Anarya. The word anna means "gift". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 20 (yuqain), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Anarya
Yavanna-ness [September] 20 (twenty), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sun-day [Sunday]Word of the day
luinë — adj: blue
anluinë — comparative adj: blue
ariluinë — superlative adj: blue
luini — pl. adj: blue (pl.)
anluini — pl. comparative adj: blue (pl.)
ariluini — pl. superlative adj: blue (pl.)The Tengwar
The twentythird letter of the tengwar is anna which is used for "an absent consonant". The most common way this happens is to represent consonantal Y, in which case it is written with two dots beneath it as shown in today's date as the first letter of Yavannië, and at the end of Anarya. The word anna means "gift". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 20 (yuqain), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Anarya
Yavanna-ness [September] 20 (twenty), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sun-day [Sunday]Word of the day
luinë — adj: blue
anluinë — comparative adj: blue
ariluinë — superlative adj: blue
luini — pl. adj: blue (pl.)
anluini — pl. comparative adj: blue (pl.)
ariluini — pl. superlative adj: blue (pl.)The Tengwar
The twentythird letter of the tengwar is anna which is used for "an absent consonant". The most common way this happens is to represent consonantal Y, in which case it is written with two dots beneath it as shown in today's date as the first letter of Yavannië, and at the end of Anarya. The word anna means "gift". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 19 (neterquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 19 (nineteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Word of the day
carnë — adj: red
ancarnë — comparative adj: reder
aricarnë — superlative adj: redest
carni — pl. adj: red
ancarni — pl. comparative adj: reder
aricarni — pl. superlative adj: redestThe Tengwar
The twentysecond letter of the tengwar is vala which is used for the letter V. The word vala means "(angelic/demonic) power". It is seen in the term Valar, the name of the angels who took up the task of shaping and ruling the world, and also in valarauko ("power demon"), the Quenya word equivalent to the more well known Sindarin word balrog. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 19 (neterquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 19 (nineteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Word of the day
carnë — adj: red
ancarnë — comparative adj: reder
aricarnë — superlative adj: redest
carni — pl. adj: red
ancarni — pl. comparative adj: reder
aricarni — pl. superlative adj: redestThe Tengwar
The twentysecond letter of the tengwar is vala which is used for the letter V. The word vala means "(angelic/demonic) power". It is seen in the term Valar, the name of the angels who took up the task of shaping and ruling the world, and also in valarauko ("power demon"), the Quenya word equivalent to the more well known Sindarin word balrog. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 19 (neterquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 19 (nineteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Word of the day
carnë — adj: red
ancarnë — comparative adj: reder
aricarnë — superlative adj: redest
carni — pl. adj: red
ancarni — pl. comparative adj: reder
aricarni — pl. superlative adj: redestThe Tengwar
The twentysecond letter of the tengwar is vala which is used for the letter V. The word vala means "(angelic/demonic) power". It is seen in the term Valar, the name of the angels who took up the task of shaping and ruling the world, and also in valarauko ("power demon"), the Quenya word equivalent to the more well known Sindarin word balrog. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 19 (neterquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 19 (nineteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Word of the day
carnë — adj: red
ancarnë — comparative adj: reder
aricarnë — superlative adj: redest
carni — pl. adj: red
ancarni — pl. comparative adj: reder
aricarni — pl. superlative adj: redestThe Tengwar
The twentysecond letter of the tengwar is vala which is used for the letter V. The word vala means "(angelic/demonic) power". It is seen in the term Valar, the name of the angels who took up the task of shaping and ruling the world, and also in valarauko ("power demon"), the Quenya word equivalent to the more well known Sindarin word balrog. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 19 (neterquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 19 (nineteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Word of the day
carnë — adj: red
ancarnë — comparative adj: reder
aricarnë — superlative adj: redest
carni — pl. adj: red
ancarni — pl. comparative adj: reder
aricarni — pl. superlative adj: redestThe Tengwar
The twentysecond letter of the tengwar is vala which is used for the letter V. The word vala means "(angelic/demonic) power". It is seen in the term Valar, the name of the angels who took up the task of shaping and ruling the world, and also in valarauko ("power demon"), the Quenya word equivalent to the more well known Sindarin word balrog. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 18 (tolquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Valanya
Yavanna-ness [September] 18 (eighteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Vala-day [Friday]Word of the day
morna — adj: black
ammorna — comparative adj: blacker
arimorna — superlative adj: blackest
mornë — pl. adj: black
ammornë — pl. comparative adj: blacker
arimornë — pl. superlative adj: blackest
mornavë — adv: blacklyNote that here I have included the plural adjectives and the adverbial form as well. Adjectives in Quenya must agree in number with the nouns they describe.
The Tengwar
The twentyfirst letter of the tengwar is órë which was originally used for weak (untrilled), medial R, but by the third age had been replaced by rómen representing a trilled R. In one important example of tengwar writing, Tolkien used órë to represent R before a consonant, and at the ends of words, though this may have been an aesthetic choice rather than a phonetic indication. The word órë means "heart (inner mind)". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 18 (tolquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Valanya
Yavanna-ness [September] 18 (eighteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Vala-day [Friday]Word of the day
morna — adj: black
ammorna — comparative adj: blacker
arimorna — superlative adj: blackest
mornë — pl. adj: black
ammornë — pl. comparative adj: blacker
arimornë — pl. superlative adj: blackest
mornavë — adv: blacklyNote that here I have included the plural adjectives and the adverbial form as well. Adjectives in Quenya must agree in number with the nouns they describe.
The Tengwar
The twentyfirst letter of the tengwar is órë which was originally used for weak (untrilled), medial R, but by the third age had been replaced by rómen representing a trilled R. In one important example of tengwar writing, Tolkien used órë to represent R before a consonant, and at the ends of words, though this may have been an aesthetic choice rather than a phonetic indication. The word órë means "heart (inner mind)". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 18 (tolquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Valanya
Yavanna-ness [September] 18 (eighteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Vala-day [Friday]Word of the day
morna — adj: black
ammorna — comparative adj: blacker
arimorna — superlative adj: blackest
mornë — pl. adj: black
ammornë — pl. comparative adj: blacker
arimornë — pl. superlative adj: blackest
mornavë — adv: blacklyNote that here I have included the plural adjectives and the adverbial form as well. Adjectives in Quenya must agree in number with the nouns they describe.
The Tengwar
The twentyfirst letter of the tengwar is órë which was originally used for weak (untrilled), medial R, but by the third age had been replaced by rómen representing a trilled R. In one important example of tengwar writing, Tolkien used órë to represent R before a consonant, and at the ends of words, though this may have been an aesthetic choice rather than a phonetic indication. The word órë means "heart (inner mind)". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 18 (tolquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Valanya
Yavanna-ness [September] 18 (eighteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Vala-day [Friday]Word of the day
morna — adj: black
ammorna — comparative adj: blacker
arimorna — superlative adj: blackest
mornë — pl. adj: black
ammornë — pl. comparative adj: blacker
arimornë — pl. superlative adj: blackest
mornavë — adv: blacklyNote that here I have included the plural adjectives and the adverbial form as well. Adjectives in Quenya must agree in number with the nouns they describe.
The Tengwar
The twentyfirst letter of the tengwar is órë which was originally used for weak (untrilled), medial R, but by the third age had been replaced by rómen representing a trilled R. In one important example of tengwar writing, Tolkien used órë to represent R before a consonant, and at the ends of words, though this may have been an aesthetic choice rather than a phonetic indication. The word órë means "heart (inner mind)". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 18 (tolquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Valanya
Yavanna-ness [September] 18 (eighteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Vala-day [Friday]Word of the day
morna — adj: black
ammorna — comparative adj: blacker
arimorna — superlative adj: blackest
mornë — pl. adj: black
ammornë — pl. comparative adj: blacker
arimornë — pl. superlative adj: blackest
mornavë — adv: blacklyNote that here I have included the plural adjectives and the adverbial form as well. Adjectives in Quenya must agree in number with the nouns they describe.
The Tengwar
The twentyfirst letter of the tengwar is órë which was originally used for weak (untrilled), medial R, but by the third age had been replaced by rómen representing a trilled R. In one important example of tengwar writing, Tolkien used órë to represent R before a consonant, and at the ends of words, though this may have been an aesthetic choice rather than a phonetic indication. The word órë means "heart (inner mind)". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 17 (otoquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 17 (seventeen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
ninquë — adj: white; chill, cold; pallid
anninquë — comparative adj: whiter
arininquë — superlative adj: whitestHere I have shown one of the many ways Tolkien expressed comparative and superlative forrms over the years. Unfortunately he never really settled on how these things should be done, changing the grammar many times, including in the late 1960's in the years just before his death. The forms I have given, and will continue to give, are perhaps the simplest way of doing things, but for a full discussion of the difficulties of comparison, see the Eldamo website here:
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-772893967.html
The Tengwar
The twentieth letter of the tengwar is nwalme, originally ñwalme, which is used for the letter combination NW, originally ÑW. The word nwalme means "torment". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 17 (otoquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 17 (seventeen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
ninquë — adj: white; chill, cold; pallid
anninquë — comparative adj: whiter
arininquë — superlative adj: whitestHere I have shown one of the many ways Tolkien expressed comparative and superlative forrms over the years. Unfortunately he never really settled on how these things should be done, changing the grammar many times, including in the late 1960's in the years just before his death. The forms I have given, and will continue to give, are perhaps the simplest way of doing things, but for a full discussion of the difficulties of comparison, see the Eldamo website here:
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-772893967.html
The Tengwar
The twentieth letter of the tengwar is nwalme, originally ñwalme, which is used for the letter combination NW, originally ÑW. The word nwalme means "torment". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 17 (otoquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 17 (seventeen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
ninquë — adj: white; chill, cold; pallid
anninquë — comparative adj: whiter
arininquë — superlative adj: whitestHere I have shown one of the many ways Tolkien expressed comparative and superlative forrms over the years. Unfortunately he never really settled on how these things should be done, changing the grammar many times, including in the late 1960's in the years just before his death. The forms I have given, and will continue to give, are perhaps the simplest way of doing things, but for a full discussion of the difficulties of comparison, see the Eldamo website here:
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-772893967.html
The Tengwar
The twentieth letter of the tengwar is nwalme, originally ñwalme, which is used for the letter combination NW, originally ÑW. The word nwalme means "torment". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 17 (otoquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 17 (seventeen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
ninquë — adj: white; chill, cold; pallid
anninquë — comparative adj: whiter
arininquë — superlative adj: whitestHere I have shown one of the many ways Tolkien expressed comparative and superlative forrms over the years. Unfortunately he never really settled on how these things should be done, changing the grammar many times, including in the late 1960's in the years just before his death. The forms I have given, and will continue to give, are perhaps the simplest way of doing things, but for a full discussion of the difficulties of comparison, see the Eldamo website here:
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-772893967.html
The Tengwar
The twentieth letter of the tengwar is nwalme, originally ñwalme, which is used for the letter combination NW, originally ÑW. The word nwalme means "torment". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 17 (otoquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 17 (seventeen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
ninquë — adj: white; chill, cold; pallid
anninquë — comparative adj: whiter
arininquë — superlative adj: whitestHere I have shown one of the many ways Tolkien expressed comparative and superlative forrms over the years. Unfortunately he never really settled on how these things should be done, changing the grammar many times, including in the late 1960's in the years just before his death. The forms I have given, and will continue to give, are perhaps the simplest way of doing things, but for a full discussion of the difficulties of comparison, see the Eldamo website here:
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-772893967.html
The Tengwar
The twentieth letter of the tengwar is nwalme, originally ñwalme, which is used for the letter combination NW, originally ÑW. The word nwalme means "torment". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 16 (enenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Menelya
Yavanna-ness [September] 16 (sixteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Heaven-day [Wednesday]Word of the day
alassë — singular: happiness
I am not listing the dual, partitive, and plural forms because they really make no sense with this word.The Tengwar
The nineteenth letter of the tengwar is noldo, from the older form ñoldo, which is used for the letter N, or in the older form for initial Ñ. The word noldo means "deep elf". -
Daily Elvish
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Yavannië 16 (enenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Menelya
Yavanna-ness [September] 16 (sixteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Heaven-day [Wednesday]Word of the day
alassë — singular: happiness
I am not listing the dual, partitive, and plural forms because they really make no sense with this word.The Tengwar
The nineteenth letter of the tengwar is noldo, from the older form ñoldo, which is used for the letter N, or in the older form for initial Ñ. The word noldo means "deep elf". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 16 (enenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Menelya
Yavanna-ness [September] 16 (sixteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Heaven-day [Wednesday]Word of the day
alassë — singular: happiness
I am not listing the dual, partitive, and plural forms because they really make no sense with this word.The Tengwar
The nineteenth letter of the tengwar is noldo, from the older form ñoldo, which is used for the letter N, or in the older form for initial Ñ. The word noldo means "deep elf". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 16 (enenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Menelya
Yavanna-ness [September] 16 (sixteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Heaven-day [Wednesday]Word of the day
alassë — singular: happiness
I am not listing the dual, partitive, and plural forms because they really make no sense with this word.The Tengwar
The nineteenth letter of the tengwar is noldo, from the older form ñoldo, which is used for the letter N, or in the older form for initial Ñ. The word noldo means "deep elf". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 16 (enenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Menelya
Yavanna-ness [September] 16 (sixteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Heaven-day [Wednesday]Word of the day
alassë — singular: happiness
I am not listing the dual, partitive, and plural forms because they really make no sense with this word.The Tengwar
The nineteenth letter of the tengwar is noldo, from the older form ñoldo, which is used for the letter N, or in the older form for initial Ñ. The word noldo means "deep elf". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 15 (lepenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Aldúya
Yavanna-ness [September] 15 (fifteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Trees-day [Tuesday]Word of the day
notessë — singular: numeral
notesset — dual: pair of numerals
notesseli — partitive: some numerals
notessi — plural: numeralsThe Tengwar
The eighteenth letter of the tengwar is malta which is used for the letter M. The word malta means "gold", as in the metal. -
Daily Elvish
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Yavannië 15 (lepenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Aldúya
Yavanna-ness [September] 15 (fifteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Trees-day [Tuesday]Word of the day
notessë — singular: numeral
notesset — dual: pair of numerals
notesseli — partitive: some numerals
notessi — plural: numeralsThe Tengwar
The eighteenth letter of the tengwar is malta which is used for the letter M. The word malta means "gold", as in the metal. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 15 (lepenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Aldúya
Yavanna-ness [September] 15 (fifteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Trees-day [Tuesday]Word of the day
notessë — singular: numeral
notesset — dual: pair of numerals
notesseli — partitive: some numerals
notessi — plural: numeralsThe Tengwar
The eighteenth letter of the tengwar is malta which is used for the letter M. The word malta means "gold", as in the metal. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 15 (lepenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Aldúya
Yavanna-ness [September] 15 (fifteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Trees-day [Tuesday]Word of the day
notessë — singular: numeral
notesset — dual: pair of numerals
notesseli — partitive: some numerals
notessi — plural: numeralsThe Tengwar
The eighteenth letter of the tengwar is malta which is used for the letter M. The word malta means "gold", as in the metal. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 15 (lepenquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Aldúya
Yavanna-ness [September] 15 (fifteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Trees-day [Tuesday]Word of the day
notessë — singular: numeral
notesset — dual: pair of numerals
notesseli — partitive: some numerals
notessi — plural: numeralsThe Tengwar
The eighteenth letter of the tengwar is malta which is used for the letter M. The word malta means "gold", as in the metal. -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 14 (canquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Ithilya
Yavanna-ness [September] 14 (fourteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Moon-day [Monday]Word of the day
lindë — singular: singing (as a noun), song, musical sound
lindit — dual: pair of songs
lindili — partitive: some songs
lindi — plural: songsThe Tengwar
The seventeeth letter of the tengwar is númen which is used for the letter N. The word númen means "west". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 14 (canquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Ithilya
Yavanna-ness [September] 14 (fourteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Moon-day [Monday]Word of the day
lindë — singular: singing (as a noun), song, musical sound
lindit — dual: pair of songs
lindili — partitive: some songs
lindi — plural: songsThe Tengwar
The seventeeth letter of the tengwar is númen which is used for the letter N. The word númen means "west". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 14 (canquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Ithilya
Yavanna-ness [September] 14 (fourteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Moon-day [Monday]Word of the day
lindë — singular: singing (as a noun), song, musical sound
lindit — dual: pair of songs
lindili — partitive: some songs
lindi — plural: songsThe Tengwar
The seventeeth letter of the tengwar is númen which is used for the letter N. The word númen means "west". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 14 (canquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Ithilya
Yavanna-ness [September] 14 (fourteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Moon-day [Monday]Word of the day
lindë — singular: singing (as a noun), song, musical sound
lindit — dual: pair of songs
lindili — partitive: some songs
lindi — plural: songsThe Tengwar
The seventeeth letter of the tengwar is númen which is used for the letter N. The word númen means "west". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 14 (canquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Ithilya
Yavanna-ness [September] 14 (fourteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Moon-day [Monday]Word of the day
lindë — singular: singing (as a noun), song, musical sound
lindit — dual: pair of songs
lindili — partitive: some songs
lindi — plural: songsThe Tengwar
The seventeeth letter of the tengwar is númen which is used for the letter N. The word númen means "west". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 12 (yunquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 12 (twelve), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Numbers, part 2
queän — ten
minquë — eleven
yunquë — twelve
nelquë — thirteen
canquë — fourteen
lepenquë — fifteen
enenquë — sixteen
otoquë — seventeen
tolquë — eighteen
neterquë — nineteen
yuquain — twentyIn the image below where the tengwar forms of the names and digits of the numbers are shown, you will notice that queän and minquë have two representations, first as a single digit, and then as a two digit form. This is because in addition to the base ten number system we are accustomed to, the Elves also used a base 12 number system at times. In the base twelve number system the basic digits are 0 through 11. The number 12 would be written in base 12 numbers as a 1 followed by a zero, or more accurately as a zero followed by a 1 since the Elvish custom of writing multi-digit numbers is to start withe the ones place, then the twelves place, then the hundred and fourty fours place, etc. They also wrote in this order when writing base ten numbers, and the two digit representations of the numbers below follows this convention to demonstrate it. First is the ones place and then the tens place. If you wish to write proper Quenya then you should follow this convention yourself, though you can be forgiven if you want to follow the convention of real world numbers, instead.
The Tengwar
The sixteenth letter of the tengwar is unquë which is used for the letter combination NQU The word unquë means "a hollow". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 12 (yunquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 12 (twelve), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Numbers, part 2
queän — ten
minquë — eleven
yunquë — twelve
nelquë — thirteen
canquë — fourteen
lepenquë — fifteen
enenquë — sixteen
otoquë — seventeen
tolquë — eighteen
neterquë — nineteen
yuquain — twentyIn the image below where the tengwar forms of the names and digits of the numbers are shown, you will notice that queän and minquë have two representations, first as a single digit, and then as a two digit form. This is because in addition to the base ten number system we are accustomed to, the Elves also used a base 12 number system at times. In the base twelve number system the basic digits are 0 through 11. The number 12 would be written in base 12 numbers as a 1 followed by a zero, or more accurately as a zero followed by a 1 since the Elvish custom of writing multi-digit numbers is to start withe the ones place, then the twelves place, then the hundred and fourty fours place, etc. They also wrote in this order when writing base ten numbers, and the two digit representations of the numbers below follows this convention to demonstrate it. First is the ones place and then the tens place. If you wish to write proper Quenya then you should follow this convention yourself, though you can be forgiven if you want to follow the convention of real world numbers, instead.
The Tengwar
The sixteenth letter of the tengwar is unquë which is used for the letter combination NQU The word unquë means "a hollow". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 12 (yunquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 12 (twelve), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Numbers, part 2
queän — ten
minquë — eleven
yunquë — twelve
nelquë — thirteen
canquë — fourteen
lepenquë — fifteen
enenquë — sixteen
otoquë — seventeen
tolquë — eighteen
neterquë — nineteen
yuquain — twentyIn the image below where the tengwar forms of the names and digits of the numbers are shown, you will notice that queän and minquë have two representations, first as a single digit, and then as a two digit form. This is because in addition to the base ten number system we are accustomed to, the Elves also used a base 12 number system at times. In the base twelve number system the basic digits are 0 through 11. The number 12 would be written in base 12 numbers as a 1 followed by a zero, or more accurately as a zero followed by a 1 since the Elvish custom of writing multi-digit numbers is to start withe the ones place, then the twelves place, then the hundred and fourty fours place, etc. They also wrote in this order when writing base ten numbers, and the two digit representations of the numbers below follows this convention to demonstrate it. First is the ones place and then the tens place. If you wish to write proper Quenya then you should follow this convention yourself, though you can be forgiven if you want to follow the convention of real world numbers, instead.
The Tengwar
The sixteenth letter of the tengwar is unquë which is used for the letter combination NQU The word unquë means "a hollow". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 12 (yunquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 12 (twelve), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Numbers, part 2
queän — ten
minquë — eleven
yunquë — twelve
nelquë — thirteen
canquë — fourteen
lepenquë — fifteen
enenquë — sixteen
otoquë — seventeen
tolquë — eighteen
neterquë — nineteen
yuquain — twentyIn the image below where the tengwar forms of the names and digits of the numbers are shown, you will notice that queän and minquë have two representations, first as a single digit, and then as a two digit form. This is because in addition to the base ten number system we are accustomed to, the Elves also used a base 12 number system at times. In the base twelve number system the basic digits are 0 through 11. The number 12 would be written in base 12 numbers as a 1 followed by a zero, or more accurately as a zero followed by a 1 since the Elvish custom of writing multi-digit numbers is to start withe the ones place, then the twelves place, then the hundred and fourty fours place, etc. They also wrote in this order when writing base ten numbers, and the two digit representations of the numbers below follows this convention to demonstrate it. First is the ones place and then the tens place. If you wish to write proper Quenya then you should follow this convention yourself, though you can be forgiven if you want to follow the convention of real world numbers, instead.
The Tengwar
The sixteenth letter of the tengwar is unquë which is used for the letter combination NQU The word unquë means "a hollow". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 12 (yunquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 12 (twelve), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]Numbers, part 2
queän — ten
minquë — eleven
yunquë — twelve
nelquë — thirteen
canquë — fourteen
lepenquë — fifteen
enenquë — sixteen
otoquë — seventeen
tolquë — eighteen
neterquë — nineteen
yuquain — twentyIn the image below where the tengwar forms of the names and digits of the numbers are shown, you will notice that queän and minquë have two representations, first as a single digit, and then as a two digit form. This is because in addition to the base ten number system we are accustomed to, the Elves also used a base 12 number system at times. In the base twelve number system the basic digits are 0 through 11. The number 12 would be written in base 12 numbers as a 1 followed by a zero, or more accurately as a zero followed by a 1 since the Elvish custom of writing multi-digit numbers is to start withe the ones place, then the twelves place, then the hundred and fourty fours place, etc. They also wrote in this order when writing base ten numbers, and the two digit representations of the numbers below follows this convention to demonstrate it. First is the ones place and then the tens place. If you wish to write proper Quenya then you should follow this convention yourself, though you can be forgiven if you want to follow the convention of real world numbers, instead.
The Tengwar
The sixteenth letter of the tengwar is unquë which is used for the letter combination NQU The word unquë means "a hollow". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 10 (queän), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 10 (ten), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
nossë — singular: kindred, family
nosset — dual: pair of kindreds or families
nosseli — partitive: some kindreds or famlies
nossi — plural: kindreds or familiesThe Tengwar
The fifteenth letter of the tengwar is anca which is used for the letter combination NC. The word anca means "jaws". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 10 (queän), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 10 (ten), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
nossë — singular: kindred, family
nosset — dual: pair of kindreds or families
nosseli — partitive: some kindreds or famlies
nossi — plural: kindreds or familiesThe Tengwar
The fifteenth letter of the tengwar is anca which is used for the letter combination NC. The word anca means "jaws". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 10 (queän), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 10 (ten), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
nossë — singular: kindred, family
nosset — dual: pair of kindreds or families
nosseli — partitive: some kindreds or famlies
nossi — plural: kindreds or familiesThe Tengwar
The fifteenth letter of the tengwar is anca which is used for the letter combination NC. The word anca means "jaws". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 10 (queän), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 10 (ten), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
nossë — singular: kindred, family
nosset — dual: pair of kindreds or families
nosseli — partitive: some kindreds or famlies
nossi — plural: kindreds or familiesThe Tengwar
The fifteenth letter of the tengwar is anca which is used for the letter combination NC. The word anca means "jaws". -
Daily Elvish
Today's date
Yavannië 10 (queän), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Eärenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 10 (ten), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Sea-day [Thursday]Word of the day
nossë — singular: kindred, family
nosset — dual: pair of kindreds or families
nosseli — partitive: some kindreds or famlies
nossi — plural: kindreds or familiesThe Tengwar
The fifteenth letter of the tengwar is anca which is used for the letter combination NC. The word anca means "jaws".