Unfortunately, Tolkien’s elves don’t have a notion of gender beyond male/female. Here’s a list of words that they do have. I’ve organized them by number. Archaic versions of the words are in (parentheses).
A quick set of definitions of the grammatical terms:
- Singular
- One [noun]
- Plural
- More than two [noun]s
- Dual
- Two [noun]s
- Partitive
- Some [noun]s
| Singular | Plural | Dual | Partitive |
|---|---|---|---|
Woman |
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| ní/nís/nisse | nissi | nissu | nisseli (nisselí) |
| Girl | |||
| nette | netti (nettí) | nettu | nettili (nettilí) |
| vende (wende) | vender (wender) | vendu (wendu) | vendeli (wendelí) |
Man |
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| nér | neri | neru | nelli (nellí) |
| hanu | hanur | hanut | hanuli (hanulí) |
| veo (weo) | veor (weor) | veot (weot) | veoli (weolí) |
| Adult Man | |||
| veaner (weaner) | veaneri (weaneri) | veaneru (weaneru) | veanelli (weanellí) |
| Boy | |||
| yonyo | yonyor | yonyot | yonyoli (yonyolí) |