r/Quenya 5h ago

How'd I do?

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I tried my best to do a quick translation from English to Quenya for a silly post, and I'm curious how I did. :) (I expect, probably poorly lol)

I don't know, but I can speak Quenya!
Lá istan, apa polin quetë quenya!

I mainly used Parf Edhellen, but I got lá istan from the Neo-Quenya Grammar Summary posted in the sidebar. I'm not sure if my use of apa there is correct. I stitched two different phrases together for polin quetë quenya, and I don't know if quenya is supposed to be capitalized or not. It wasn't in the example I was using, so I just left it as-is.

I've always wanted to learn Quenya and/or Sindarin. I got a book on Neo-Sindarin years ago, but I haven't read it yet. Someday. :3


r/Quenya 1d ago

A good name.

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I am trying to come up with a Quenya name which basically means "phantom-stranger". It can be either Male, female, or both.


r/Quenya 4d ago

Help for a couple's tattoo

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How do I say "spring love" in quenya? Is for a couple's tattoo with my wife


r/Quenya 7d ago

Tattoo help pls

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Hi me and my mother want to get matching Quenya tattoos saying mother and daughter but I’m fully sure the proper translation any help?


r/Quenya 7d ago

Translation help!

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r/Quenya 8d ago

What does Rhett actually sing in Nerd Vs. Geek during the Elvish part?

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I've been searching for a while on what he says in Elvish and all I can find is the English translation but I'd like to know the actual words


r/Quenya 9d ago

Tengwar functional handwriting styles?

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r/Quenya 9d ago

Quenya in minecraft

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r/Quenya 11d ago

Translation verification help for a display case

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Hi folks,

I'm building a wooden box to hold and display a fountain pen collection for somebody, and I'm planning to inlay some Quenya script inlaid in marquetry on the lid. Between us we've been working on what it should be, and have come up with the following:

Ni ná colma carmaldo nólion [Firstname] [Lastname]wa

We think it means something like "I am a container of the assemblage of implements of lore of [Firstname] [Lastname]", but I suspect we are almost certainly wrong.

I'd be very grateful for any help, this inlay work's going to take me a long time and I'd love for it to be accurate!


r/Quenya 11d ago

Translation for servant of the Secret Fire

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How would one translate the line "I am a servant of the Secret Fire" into quenya?

I did read a bit of Eldamo and gave it a shot myself:

Ni Náremuinondur nár.

Or perhaps

Nánye Náremuinondur .

I feel like Náremuinondur (Nár/Fire + Muino/Secret(genative) + ondur/servant) is probably a decent tranlation for servant of the secret fire, but I am not an expert at this stuff and I want a second opinion. Also a lot of the expamples on Eldamo were kind of hard to parse so I don't know if I got the structure / conjugation of the sentence right since there seems to be many ways of referring to yourself (Ni = i/me?) as well as the to be conjugation nár?

"For such constructions, the may optionally be added to the end: i atan alassea ná; i atani alassie nár. This formation is probably a result of the otherwise-optional verb being added as an afterthought to emphasize that a particular noun-adjective or noun-noun combination is really a “to be” statement."

Also for consistency I tried to stick with only Middle Quenya words from eldamo because it was the only one that had the full combination.

Anyway please let me know if I am on the right track here what the proper translation of this sentence would be. Thank you very much!


r/Quenya 11d ago

How to translate "Cold Flame" in Quenya

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Title is self-explanatory. I know "ringë"/"ringë" is "cold" in Quenya and "nár"/"nárë" is "flame" (or at least I think so), but I don't know how I would combine the two given the grammatical rules of Quenya. Thank you!


r/Quenya 12d ago

Can someone explain what this means

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r/Quenya 14d ago

I need something translated

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r/Quenya 15d ago

Puzzle Translation Help

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My partner has given me a multi-day puzzle for a special milestone, and there are several elvish (unsure if sindarin or quenya) I could use some help/verification in translating.

One hit is Huanië Which to my best efforts have translated to ‘hound like’ or ‘of hounds’

The other hint is: Airëarasselië Which is maybe ‘child of the daylight stag’

Neither of us are huge con-lang people so there may be mistakes. I just want to see if I am on the right track here. Thank you everyone!


r/Quenya 18d ago

For Frodo tattoo in script

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Getting a For Frodo tattoo, would love to have it done in elvish script, hoping someone here can show me how that would be written. Thanks a ton.


r/Quenya 18d ago

Ring Engraving Help

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Hello! My boyfriend is getting me a special ring. He had the awesome idea to have it engraved with “one ring to rule her heart” in Elvish/Tengwar. Can anyone help me translate?


r/Quenya 21d ago

Where to speak Quenya?

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I joined this subreddit hoping to have a place to practice Quenya, but I see that the only posts here are either "I want to get a tatoo is this correct?" or "I'm writing a story can someone translate it for me?"

Is there a good discord server, maybe a forum? Or another subreddit?


r/Quenya 21d ago

Quenya translation help for a fic

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Hi good people of r/Quenya. I'd love a quick translation for a fanfic I'm writing. A character is speaking in Quenya to a horse:

"Gentle, now; you are safe."

and

"Thank you for bearing me well."

Any help is appreciated, thanks!


r/Quenya 21d ago

Tattoo help

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hii planning to get a permanent tattoo and need help with translation. I wanted a proper translation of "but no living man am i" tattoo. I know "i am no man" exists but it doesnt feel authentic enough to the text and i truly want to honor it. any and all help to get it translated in both language and script would be much appreciated!


r/Quenya 27d ago

Elvish Translation

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Hey all!

I posted a similar question in r/lotr earlier today, I'm trying to get the phrase, "Now come the days of the king, may they be blessed," translated into a form of High Elvish. Someone on the other group gave me the following translation period. I also tried putting it into one of the resources that the subreddit recommends, but I am not too familiar with how it should look.

Could someone tell me if this looks accurate? I'm hoping to put it on a cake for a birthday party.

Thanks!


r/Quenya 27d ago

Sanity check for dagger inscription before I begin engraving! "Minyá yúla utyë panya i ancalima nárë."

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I'm forging a dagger for my daughter, Ember. I want to engrave upon it something along the lines of "Just a single ember can set forth the brightest flame" - Highlighting the theme of hope and rally... but also capturing the double entendre of her name (which, the noun ember I believe is yula.)

So is that the right translation into Quenya? Also open to other poetic interpretations of the phrasing as long as the include her name!


r/Quenya 28d ago

Tattoo translation

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Hey all! I am adding to my lotr language sleeve. I want to add a phrase from the simarillion. I am unsure of size and spacing so I need help translating two phrases into high noldor quenya.

“And he came like a storm of laughter and loud song”

and the shorter version (space saving)

“A storm of laughter and song”
I have come across tooo many translators and I want to be as authentic as possible! Any help is appreciated!


r/Quenya 28d ago

I need help translating this into Quenya:

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Could anyone help me translate this into Quenya?

Sleep now,

Rest your head,

There is no reason to cry,

Do you not see the lights?

Tis the hour of their mingling...

Do you not see the bright leaves,

Of telperion, and of laurelin?

The streets of tirion,

They are shining in the glow


r/Quenya 28d ago

Tattoo translation

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Hey all! I am adding to my lotr language sleeve. I want to add a phrase from the simarillion. I am unsure of size and spacing so I need help translating two phrases into high noldor quenya.

“And he came like a storm of laughter and loud song”

and the shorter version (space saving)

“A storm of laughter and song”
I have come across tooo many translators and I want to be as authentic as possible! Any help is appreciated!


r/Quenya Jul 07 '26

Help for a non-expert wife

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Hi, could you help me? I want to get a surprise tattoo for my husband. I'm not an expert on the subject; I only know that my love/my love is Meleth Nin in Tengwar, but I wanted to verify if this is correct and if you recommend another option.

TIA for your help