Ninfea Art

In the beginning, before he came to his full power, it was the faintest of suggestions. Fingon before managing to drive Glaurung off, beginning to hear whispers from the soldiers around them, except none had uttered a word.

Emeldir during the Bragollach losing precious time reaching Morwen, Rían and the other vulnerable Bëorians because of a cascade of frenzied voices projected over the burning lands.

Orodreth’s troops becoming frenzied during the Battle of Nargothrond, the forested hills becoming a maze of sorts

This is my collection of words I created in elven languages this year!

With links to the original posts!

Calilqua meaning iridescence, a Quenya neologism derived from the canonical elements cal, a prefix often relating to light and ilqua, an older Quenya word for oily or glossy; so, oily light.

Marilquilëa or eärsilquilëa meaning pearlescence, translating to pearl colored from marilla or eärsil meaning pearl and quilëa, a Quenya suffix for colored or hues

I have another small collection of related words here

Erlosta, a Quenya neologism I created for flowers that bloom only once, meaning once blooming though this is imperfect

Istilhoth, meaning moon flower, an Ilkorin (the Sindarin language of Doriath) word for the flower annual honesty which I discussed in more detail here

Luinesë and Luinith, names for July because July didn’t have a canonical name in the convention of the other months! It means Blueness

Ëarwesta in Quenya, meaning sea breeze and gaerwest, its Sindarin cognate

Minyalossë meaning first snow, from Quenya

Taurecaila meaning moss, from Quenya

Lassëventa meaning scattered leaves, leaves in the wind, from Quenya

Helefalas from Sindarin meaning sea glass

Rávalótë meaning wildflower, from Quenya

Lindaewen from Sindarin, meaning bird song

Narollasë and Nargolas from Quenya and Sindarin respectively, meaning the smell of foliage

Iavros from Sindarin, meaning, autumn rain

Abrosceven meaning, the smell of earth after rain, from Sindarin

Líriausa meaning “the specters of the song” from Quenya

Saerlaich meaning bitter sweet from Sindarin

Meluilë from Quenya meaning honey suckle

I also have Laeriel, the sobriquet I made for Aerin, which I did create before 2025 but I talked a lot about it this year! It’s inspired by her canonical sobriquet from The Book of Lost Tales!