If you found an asterisk in the phrasebooks, then the word following it is reconstructed. Reconstructed words aren’t found in Tolkien’s work, but a made by guessing how Tolkien would have made the word. Luckily for us, Tolkien left a lot of material behind to reconstruct from. Of course, this means that using reconstructed words is a little risky, because not everyone will know the word or agree with the way it was made. This is a list of the reconstructed words that I use. Not included in this list is words normalized from Noldorin, pronouns, or numbers. Noldorin is Tolkien’s earlier version of Sindarin (before he decided that it was the language of the Sindar and not the Noldor) and it’s so close to Sindarin and places like Dragon Flame provide the normalized words, so I didn’t see the point in relisting them here. For Numbers and Pronouns, you can read my thoughts on them in A Fan’s Guide to Neo-Sindarin.
Wordlists – Reconstructed Sindarin
Compiled by dreamingfifi
| Sindarin | Part of speech | English | Derived from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Words I have reconstructed: | |||
| Abor | Noun | Tomorrow | ab-+aur (Sindarin) |
| Abarad | Noun | Tomorrow | ab-+arad (Sindarin) |
| Ach | Noun | Bone | Axë (Quenya noun) and Achad (Sindarin noun) |
| Bainas | Noun | Beauty | bain+-as (Sindarin) |
| Barn | Adjective | Safe | BAR+-NÂ |
| (m)Basta- | Verb | Bake bread | MBAS+-TÂ |
| Best | Noun | Wedding, marriage | BES |
| Besta- | Verb | Wed, marry | BES+-TÂ |
| Cesta- | Transitive Verb | seek, search for, look for | KETH+TÂ |
| Ceth- | Verb | examine, search, interrogate | KETH |
| Daf- | Verb | Allow, permit, yield | DAB |
| (n)Dananna- | Verb | Give back, return | NDAN+AN+-TÂ |
| (n)Danantha- | Verb, Lindarin Dialect | Give back, return | NDAN+AN+-TÂ |
| Echuia- | Verb | Awaken | ET+KUY+-Â |
| Em | Noun | Picture, Image | EM and Emma (Quenya noun) |
| Ethiria- | Verb | Flow out | ET+SIR+-JÂ |
| Ethog- | Verb | Lead out | ET+TUK |
| Faefelf | Noun | Soul-feeling | feafelme (Quenya noun) |
| Faul | Noun | Thirst | PHAU |
| Felf | Noun | Feeling, sensation | felme (Quenya noun) |
| Fuiol | Adjective | Disgusting | fuia+-ol (Sindarin) |
| Gadas | Noun | Trap | gada+-as (Sindarin) |
| Gal- | Adverb Prefix | Well, Blessedly | Galu, al- |
| Gladhweg | Adjective | Cheerful, Apt to laugh | gladh+-weg |
| Glassui | Adjective | Happy | Glass+-ui |
| Glosta- | Verb | Snow | GOLÓS+TÂ |
| Gôl | Noun | Wave | WOL, Vola (Telerin) |
| (n)Golla- | Verb | Teach | ÑGOL+TÂ |
| (n)Goltha- | Verb, Lindarin Dialect | Teach | ÑGOL+TÂ |
| Goras | Noun | Advice | gor-+-as |
| Gollanneth | Noun | teaching, lesson | golla-+-th |
| Gwabeth | Noun | Sentence, phrase | WO+KWET |
| Gwer- | Verb | Weave, wind, spin, twist | WER |
| Gwil- | Verb | fly | WIL |
| Hallas | Noun | Height | hall+-as (Sindarin) |
| Huia- | Verb | Urge on | SIW+-Â |
| Iesta- | Verb | Wish | YES+-TÂ |
| Iesta- | Verb | Begin | YESET+-Â |
| Ledh- | Verb, Exilic Dialect | Travel, journey | LED |
| Lilla- | Verb | Dance | LILT+-Â |
| Lilt | Noun | Dance | LILT |
| Liltha- | Verb, Lindarin Dialect | Dance | LILT+-Â |
| Mabed- | Verb | Ask [a question] | Maquet- (Quenya verb) |
| Medhia- | Verb | Knead, soften | MASAG |
| Muia- | Verb | Whine, moan, whimper, caw, meow | MIW+-Â |
| Muig | Noun | Cat | MIW, Muig (Early Noldorin) |
| Narphen | Noun | Character of a story | Narn+pen (Sindarin) |
| Nevia- | Verb | Localize, bring close, translate (into your own language), translate (into another language when used with the Dative case) | NEB+-JÂ |
| Nínia- | Verb | Weep | Níniel (Noldorin adjective) |
| Ol- | Verb | Become | Ol- (Quenya verb) |
| Olui | Adjective | Dreamy | ôl+-ui (Sindarin) |
| Ostol- | Verb | Circumnavigate, Come around | os-+tol- |
| Palan-hinnen | Adjective | Famous | palan-+sinnen (Sindarin) |
| Pen-channas | Adjective | Stupid, idiotic | pen-+hannas (Sindarin) |
| Pell | Adjective | still, quiet, hushed | quilda (Qenya adjective) |
| Pen-ind | Adjective | Insane, heartless, crazy | pen-+ind (Sindarin) |
| Pethas | Noun | Sentence, phrase | peth+-as (Sindarin) |
| Per- | Verb | Turn | Quer- (Quenya verb) |
| Pi | Conditional Particle | If | KWI |
| Pil- | Verb, transitive | steal, rob, thieve | pilwe (Qenya) |
| Pil | Noun | robber, thief | pilu (Qenya) |
| Pilu | Noun | stealing, robbery, theft | pilwe (Qenya) |
| Pog- | Verb, intransitive | Have sex, copulate | puke (Qenya), hug- (Early Noldorin) |
| Posta- | Verb | Rest | PUS+-TÂ |
| Puch | Noun | Vagina | pukta (Qenya), huch (Early Noldorin) |
| Puith | Noun | Sex, coitus | pukta (Qenya), hoith (Early Noldorin) |
| Puitha- | Verb, transitive | Have sex with | pukta- (Qenya), hoitha- (Early Noldorin) |
| Puiga- | Verb | Clean, wash | POY-K+-Â |
| Raeda- | Verb | Smile | Raita- (Quenya verb) |
| Rag- | Verb | Break | Rac- (Quenya verb) |
| Ragui | Adjective | Fragile, Breakable | Rac- (Quenya verb) |
| Rúthui | Adjective | Angry | rûth+-ui (Sindarin) |
| Rag- | Verb | Break (transitive) | Rac- (Qenya verb) |
| Reitha- | Verb | Rescue, save from ruin/peril/loss | REK+-TÂ |
| Rhofelf | Noun | Body-feeling | hroafelme (Quenya noun) |
| Saeb | Adjective | Hungry | Saiqa (Qenya Adjective) |
| Saeg | Noun | Hunger | Saike (Qenya Noun) |
| Sav- | Verb | Believe in, accept as fact | Sav- (Quenya verb) |
| Semp | Noun | Flute, pipe, whistle | Simpa- (Qenya noun) |
| Tab- | Verb | Stop, block, close | TAP |
| Tel- | Verb | Be done, be finished | TELE |
| Telia- | Verb | Finish, conclude | TELE+JÂ |
| Thein | Adjective | lawful, formal, according to custom | Thanya/Sanya a Quenya adjective. |
| Theinas | Noun | law, rule | turning the above *Thein into a noun |
| Ther- | Verb | Sew, stitch, embroider | Ther-/Ser- a Quenya verb deduced from Therinde “Seamstress”. |
| Trastadweg | Adjective | Annoying | trasta-+-weg |
| Û | Noun | Voice | OM and Óma (Quenya) |
| Ummas | Noun | Evil | um+-as |
| Words from David Salo, Thorsten Renk, and others [meaning I’m not entirely certain who made some of these. If you know, enlighten me please!]: | |||
| Aden | Preposition | Until [Ánweg] | A-TEN (modeled after Noldorin preposition Adel) |
| Barf | Noun | Armor [David Salo] | BAR+-MÂ |
| Cil- | Verb | Choose [Unknown] | KIL |
| Corf | Noun | Ring (for fingers) [Unknown] | KOR+-MÂ |
| (n)Dadhren- | Verb | Forget [Languages of Middle-earth Google+ Community] | NDAN+REN |
| (n)Danren- | Verb (Doriathrin Dialect) | Forget [Languages of Middle-earth Google+ Community] | NDAN+REN |
| Fel- | Verb | feel (a sensation or emotion)[Unknown] | felme (Quenya noun) |
| (n)Gelia- | Verb | Learn [Thorsten Renk] | ÑGOL+-JÂ |
| Gella- | Verb | Rejoice, delight [Unknown] | GYEL+-TÂ |
| Hanna- | Verb, Exilic | Thank [David Salo] | Hantalë (Quenya noun) |
| Hir- | Verb | Find [David Salo] | Hir- (Quenya verb) |
| Istanna- | Verb | Teach/Give knowledge [Elvishmouse] | ist+anna- (Sindarin, copying “suilanna”) |
| Istoneth- | Noun | [female] Teacher/Knowledge giver [Elvishmouse and dreamingfifi] | ist+oneth (Sindarin, copying “bassoneth”) |
| Istonor- | Noun | [male] Teacher/Knowledge giver [Elvishmouse and dreamingfifi] | ist+on+-on (Sindarin, copying “bassoneth”) |
| Losta- | Verb | Sleep [David Salo] | LOS+-TÂ |
| Mant | Noun | Food [Unknown] | MAT |
| Mib- | Verb | Kiss [Unknown] | Miqu- (Qenya verb) |
| Pilind | Noun | Arrow [David Salo] | PILIM |
| Pol- | Verb | Be physically able to [Unknown] | Pol- (Quenya verb) |
| Ren- | Verb | Remember [David Salo] | REN |
Others’ Lists of Reconstructed Words
VinQuettaParma Neo-Elvish Wiki
Gobeth i-Phith ‘wain Edhellen by Ryszard Derdzinski
Languages in the LotR Movies by Ryszard Derdzinski