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A compilation of original Adûnaic words by Tolkien, and fan-coined words combined with several original Adûnaic words with no meaning.
All original words are marked with an "*"
*(h)a- pron. “it, its”
*-ân suf. “agental suffix”
*aban n. “world”
*abâr n. “strength, endurance, fidelity”
abrazâ- v. “to stand fast, endure, maintain”
*-ada prep. “to, towards, against”
adar n. “traveler”
*adûn adj. “west(ward)”
*Adûnâ n. “Númenórean, (lit.) Westerner"
*Adûnayân n. “Adûnaic, (lit.) west-tongue”
*adûni n. “The West”
*agan n. “death”
agani adj. “dead”
agath adj. “grey”
agla n. “flash, brilliance, gleam, sparkle”
*aglar n. “glory”
agra n. “grain”
*-ak prep. “away”
akhâri adj. “left (directional)”
*akhâs n. “chasm”
*ammê n. “mother”
*an- pref. “of, genitival/adjectival prefix”
*anâ n. “human being”
anadûni adj. “western”
anga n. “fate, judgement, doom”
angadâ- v. “to judge, to fate”
angân n. “judge, (lit.) man of doom”
anzagâ- v. “to enslave”
-(a)phal prep. “out”
aphâm adj. “right (directional)”
aphana n. “bliss”
*ar- pref. “ruler, king/queen”
arath n. “chair, stool”
ârâ n. “ruler”
ârî n. “queen”
*ârû n. “king”
*asdi n. “full”
aska n. “wound”
athara adj. “appointed, elevated, rightful, good”
atharân n. “official, commissioner, agent, (lit.) appointed one”
*attô n. “father”
*avalê n. “goddess”
*avalô n. “Power, god, angel”
ayar n. “desert, solitude”
(an)azâri adj. “maritime, pelagic”
*azgar n. “war”
*azgarâ- v. “to (wage) war”
*azra n. “sea”
*azûl adj. “east(ward)”
azûlâ n. “Easterling, (lit.) Easterner”
*b particle. “no, not, don't”
*balak n. “ship”
balgû n. “giant”
bana adj. “half”
banâk n. “husband”
banânâ n. “hobbit, (lit.) half-man”
*banâth n. “wife”
barakh n. “bread”
baraz n. “iron, metal”
*bâr n. “magistrate, governor”
barâna adj. “mighty”
*bat- v. “to walk”
*batân n. “road, path, way”
batha n. “bow”
bathân n. “archer”
bâubêth n. “refusal”
*bawab n. “wind”
-bê prep. “as, like”
bêl n. “light”
*bêl- v. “to love (affection, familial love)”
bêlân n. “sibling, relative”
bêlkud n. “window, (lit.) light-hole”
*bên n. “servant, ?person”
bêr n. “snow”
*bêth n. “expression, saying, word”
bil- v. “to brighten, to light (up)”
biri adj. “white”
*bith- v. “to say”
bô/bâu n. “sheep”
bôk n. “ram”
bôr n. “stone, rock”
bôth n. “ewe”
*burôda adj. “very heavy”
buruda adj. “heavy”
*da- pref. “agental prefix”
*-dâ- suffix. “verbal suffix”
dar- v. “to wait”
darab- v. “to clear, clean (up)”
*dâira n. “earth, ground”
dâirâzar n. “potato, (lit.) earth-apple”
dala adj. “short, low”
*-dalad prep. “under, beneath”
danak n. “shape”
*dâur n. “gloom”
du/dô suf. “should, so-as”
*dôlgu n. “(evil) night, (evil) darkness”
*dubud- v. “to fall (under influence / cover of)”
duk- v. “to dwell, inhabit”
*dulgu adj. “dark, black”
duluz- v. “to mourn, to weep”
dûm n. “drum”
dun- v. “to sink, descend”
dunûri n. “sunset, evening, (lit.) sink(ing) sun”
Ê interj. “oh”
ê- pref. “spatial indicator”
êni n. “name”
*êphal adv/adj. “far”
*--êth suf. “feminine suffix”
*Êruhin n. “Child of God”
gal- v. “to brighten, to light up” (to be removed)
gan- v. “to perish, die”
ganân n. “mortal (person), victim”
*gimil adj. “silver”
*gimli n. “star”
galab n. “game”
galba n. “marble”
aglab n. “gamepiece”
gamad n. “dome”
gathar n. “legion, army, host”
gilib adj. “thick, fat”
gub- v. “to drink”
gunud- v. “to excavate, dig”
ugur n. “dread, terror, fear”
hak- v. “to hack, cough”
hal- pref. “sir, lady”
halad n. “guard, warden”
hâlith adj. “great”
halak n. “axe”
*hazad n. “7, seven”
*hê- pron. “I, me, my/mine”
*hi- pron. “she, her, hers”
*-hil n. “heir”
hilib v. “to befriend” (WIP)
hilbân n. “friend” (WIP)
hîm n. “ale”
*-hin suf. “child, patronymic”
hir- v. “to do”
hirig n. “throat, neck”
his- v. “to hiss”
hizid- v. “to help, to aid, to deliver”
*(h)u- pron. “he, him, his”
hurzu n. “honey”
*huzun n. “ear”
huznudâ- v. “to hear”
î- pref. “temporal indicator”
imra n. “warrior”
îr num. “1, one”
iri adv. “alone”
irik n. “hawk”
irkî n. “female hawk”
irkû n. “male hawk”
*îdô adv. “now”
*igmil n. “star-shaped figure”
ikir n. “short sword, eket/ecet”
ikri n. “knife”
imrib n. “wine jar/cask”
indi n. “will, resolve”
ingi n. “string, rope”
*inzil n. “flower, lily”
issê n. “sister”
ithir n. “lightning (bolt)”
*-iyê suf. “language suffix”
ziba n. “bee”
îzê adv. “here (at)”
iznid n. “tenet, axiom, principle”
*zindi adj. “straight, right, true”
*izindu-bêth n. “true-sayer, prophet”
izgil n. “regret”
izgilthâ v. “to regret”
*izrê n. “sweetheart, beloved”
ka- conj. “and, ?but”
kâ n. “breath/voice”
*kadar n. “city”
*kadô conj. “and so”
*kalab- v. “to fall (down), to lean (over)”
kalama adj. “happy, merry”
kalad- v. “to gladden, cheer (up)”
*kali n. “woman”
kalun n. “victory”
*kalath adj. “pure, clean”
*kan- v. “to hold, to restrain”
kâr n. “hour, time”
*karab n. “horse”
karas adj. “red, ruddy”
*karbî n. “mare”
*karbû n. “stallion”
kasta n. “treasure”
*katha adj. “all”
*kathuphazgân n. “conqueror”
kazri n. “womb, female reproductive organ”
kinir- v. “to weave, twine”
kir- v. “to cut, slice, cleave, pass swiftly through”
kirib- v. “to forgive”
*ki- pron. “you, your(s) (singular)”
kilik n. “chain”
kirin- v. “to sing”
kêrni v. “prayer”
*kulbu n. “root”
*kulub n. “all edible vegetable roots”
kuzum n. “hall”
kûd n. “hole, hollow, tunnel”
kha- pref. “interrogative particle”
khâd n. “captain”
khanar n. “boy” (WIP)”
kharab- v. “to grind”
kharat n. “south”
khat- v. “to halt, stop, wait”
*khay- v. “to lie (down)”
khazar n. “corsair, pirate”
khazrî n. “female corsair”
khazrû n. “male corsair”
khâu n. “craban crow”
*khibil n. “spring”
khilik n. “ice”
khilki adj. “(ice)-cold”
*khô n. “crow”
khôba adj. “sickly”
*khôr n. “lord”
khôsu adj. “harsh, brutal”
khulud n. “glass”
khûma n. “mask, veil”
laban n. “bag”
lag- v. “to gather (up), collect”
*-lâi n. “folk”
lêb num. “five”
lêt num. “ten”
lirin n. “song”
lêrni n. “symphony”
libir n. “digit, (fig.) finger”
lôda v. “hail” (WIP)
*lôkh adj. “bent, crooked”
Lôkho-lâi n. “Twisted-folk” (magical dragons)
*lômi n. “(good, pleasant) night”
*lôni. “port, haven”
lukh- v. “to twist, contort”
lunug- v. “to swallow”
lur- v. “to dream, fantasize”
lurun adj. “blue”
lûth n. “down, fluff”
*-mâ prep. “with”
mâd n. (“point, tip, peak, pinnacle”)
*mag- v. “to build”
*magân n. “wright, builder”
makhal n. “throne, authority”
makhalôn n. “arbiter, (lit.) authoritative (one)”
malla adj. “yellow”
man pron. “who, what”
*manô n. “spirit”
marakh- v. “to experience, learn”
malak n. “malice”
mâug n. “maw, mouth”
mâura adj. “orange”
mêra adj. “admirable, excellent, precious, splendid, sublime”
mêti adv. “please”
mî aux. “has, had, was”
midik n. “goblet, cup”
*mîk n. “baby boy”
*minal n. “the heavens, sky”
mir- v. “to delight (in), enjoy, value”
mirib n. “wine”
*mîth n. “baby girl, maid child, little girl”
*miya n. “baby, infant”
*miyi adj. “small”
mûmâ n. “elephant, mûmak”
mûmâk n. “male elephant”
mûmâth n. “female elephant”
môk n. “muck, mud, slime”
mûl adj. “evil, corrupted, perverted”
muluk n. “corruption, perversion”
mum- v. “to astound, astonish”
murna n. “cow (gen.)”
murnê n. “cow (fem.)”
murnô n. “bull”
murun n. “cattle”
nâ v. “to be” (WIP)
nâi adv. “might, maybe, may it be” (WIP)
*-nad prep. “hind, behind”
nadnôz- v. “to retreat, move (backwards)”
*nadrôth n. “hind-track”
naha n. “secret”
nakhat n. “meeting”
*nâlu n. “shade, shadow”
*nakh- v. “to come, approach”
*namab- v. “to excuse, pardon”
narag n. “dwarf”
nargî n. “female dwarf”
nargû n. “male dwarf”
*narak n. “eagle”
narkî n. “female eagle”
narkû n. “male eagle”
*nardû n. “soldier”
*narû n. “man, male”
naskâ n. “ring”
nazgâ n. “slave”
nazgî n. “female slave”
nazgû n. “male slave”
*nê- pron. “we, us, our(s)”
nêg n. “end”
nên n. “water”
nid- v. “to give, grant”
nidir num. “9, nine”
nig- v. “to complete, finish”
*nîlu n. “moon”
*nimir n. “Elf, (lit.) Shining One”
nimri adj. “elvish”
nimrî n. “Female Elf”
nimrû n. “Male Elf”
*nimriyê n. “Nimrian tongue, Elvish”
*nimruzîr n. “Elf-friend”
nin- v. “to dispense, water”
*nîph n. “fool, idiot”
nîphi adj. “foolish”
*nithil n. “girl”
*nitir- v. “to kindle (to light on fire)”
*nitîr n. “kindler”
niy-v. “to allow, let”
nôz-v. “to move”
nôthlin. “family, kindred, folk, clan, (fig.) house”
*-nud prep. “on”
nudân n. “rider”
nuhuladj. “mortal”
*nuphârn. “parent”
*-ôprep. “from, so”
ôbêl n. “community, village”
*-ôb prep. “fore, before”
obnôz- v. “to advance, move (forward)”
*ôbrôth n. “fore-cutting, fore-wake”
*-ôn suff. “masculine agental suffix”
*pâ n. “hand”
pâiyê n. “sign language, (lit.) hand language”
pakhan. “chicken”
pakhên. “female chicken, hen”
pakhôn. “rooster, cock”
pâlibir n. “finger, (lit.) hand-digit”
parag n. “wall, fence”
pat- v. “to walk quietly, sneak, tip-toe”
pathan n. “leaf”
pêu adj. “poor, destitute, lacking”
pôz adv. “where”
pul- v. “to be able to, capable of something”
*pûh n. “breath”
purub adj. “horrid, disgusting”
phalad n. “sward, grass”
phan- v. “to bless, sanctify”
*pharaz n. “gold”
*phaz- v. “to rule”
*phazag- v. “to conquer, win”
*phazân n. “prince, king’s son”
*phêl n. “daughter”
phêub n. “gull, seagull”
phêubê n. “female gull”
phêubô n. “male gull”
phîn adj. “apathetic, tepid, lazy”
*phurus- v. “to gush, flow”
phurut n. “north”
*raba n. “dog, hound”
rabê n. “female dog, bitch”
rabô n. “male dog”
râd n. “life”
ragad n. “beast”
*rahat- n. “to break, rend”
rakat- v. “to reach, stretch out”
rakha n. “wrath, rage”
ralad- v. “to roll, tumble”
râma n. “castle”
rân n. “town”
rapha n. “tree”
raza n. “mercy, compassion”
razan- v. “to wander”
razar n. “apple”
raznân n. “wanderer, nomad”
rêda n. “heir”
rid- v. “to follow, second”
ridân n. “Man, (i.e.) Atan”
ridi adj. “second” (WIP)
rîm adv. “always, ever(lasting)”
rin- v. “to sail, fly”
rô aux. “will (be)”
rôkhu n. “dragon” (as in the lesser kind)”
rôsu adj. “brown”
*rôth n. “foam, white crest of waves”
rôz n. “rain(drop)”
rôzabath n. “rainbow”
rudum n. “door”
rulug- n. “to wrong, to offend”
*rûkh n. “shout”
rûth n. “scar, score, furrow”
ruthuk n. “rudder, plough”
ruzuk n. “shower”
ruzgâ; n. “balrog, demon”
ruzur- v. “to unleash, to fire”
sâ interj. “yes”
*sâibêth n. “assent”
*sakal n. “shore”
sarakh n. “flesh, meat”
sumu adj. “just, fair-minded”
sapan n. “cloud”
*saphad- v. “to understand”
*sapthân n. “wise man, wizard”
*satta n. “2, two”
sar- v. “to hunt”
sarân n. “hunter”
sayad- v. “to convince, have STH approved”
sidan adj. “holy, hallow, blessed”
-sik prep. “through”
-sil prep. “in”
sili adj. “inner, inside”
silim n. “milk”
siliw- v. “to shine, gleam”
sirig n. “spear, lance”
sîth n. “scythe”
sira n. “whale”
sirî n. “(whale) cow”
sirû n. “(whale) bull”
su conj. “or”
sûd n. “mount, hill, lump, clump, mass”
sukra n. “spider”
*sûla n. “trump, trumpet”
*sulum n. “mast”
sûph n. “wool”
*tabad- v. “to touch”
*tâidô adv. “once, then”
tâl n. “foot”
tâllibir n. “toe, (lit.) foot-digit”
talba n. “table”
tam- v. “to strike, beat”
*tamar n. “smith”
tap- v. “to jump, leap”
tara adj. “tall, high”
tarag n. “power, force”
tarah- v. “to burrow, creep (through a hole)”
tarak- v. “to support, to brace, reinforce”
*târik n. “pillar”
tarza n. “future”
tassa n. “salt”
tirik n. “fenland, marsh”
tublân n. “sinner, transgressor”
tubul- v. “to transgress, sin”
tud- v. “to watch”
tuluk- v. “to discover, to find”
tug- v. “to grow, enlarge”
tuh- v. “to spit”
tunga adj. “large, big, massive, gargantuan”
tûph n. “cover, roof”
tûr n. “tunnel, burrow”
turub n. “anchor”
turuth- v. “to scorch, burn, mar”
turzu n. “storm, hurricane”
*thâni n. “realm, land”
thar- v. “to appoint, authorize”
-thin n. “building, sanctuary”
*thôl n. “three”
*thôr n. “son”
thurum n. “shield, barrier”
*-u suf. “Objective inflection”
*-û suf. “Masculine inflection”
ubud n. “body”
uddô n. “brother”
*ugru n. “shadow”
*ugrudâ- v. “to overshadow”
uhud n. “hat”
-uk suf. “noun suffix”
ukhud n. “vapor, fume, smoke”
ullu n. “calm, mirror”
ulgu n. “troll”
-un suf. “masculine subjective suffix”
unud n. “ent”
undî n. “female ent, entwife”
undû n. “male ent”
unum n. “mind”
urud n. “mountain”
urku/urkhu n. “orc, goblin”
urus n. “flood”
ûri n. “sun”
ûrînzil n. “sunflower”
urug n. “bear”
urgî n. “female bear”
urgû n. “male bear”
-us prep. “for”
uznu n. “falsehood, deception”
vidir n. “wisdom”
vidri n. “heart (figurative)”
vurun- v. “to increase, to add”
wi- pron. “you, your(s) (plural)”
wir- v. “to swear, to take an oath”
wur- v. “to howl”
*ya- pron. “they, them, their(s)”
*yad- v. “to go”
*yân n. “tongue”
yatha n. “fruit”
yazgâ n. “traitor”
yazgî n. “female traitor”
yazgû n. “male traitor”
*yi- pron. “they, them, their(s) (Feminine)”
yiz- v. “to save”
*yô n. “gift”
yôz- v. “to play (music)”
*yu- pron. “they, them, their(s) (Masculine)”
yûn n. “arrow”
*zabath- v. “to (be) humble”
*zabathân adj. “(the) humbled (one)”
*zadan n. “house”
agandâ- v. “to kill”
*zagar n. “sword”
*zâir n. “longing, yearning”
zâukh n. “pain”
zakh- v. “to bite”
zala adj. “green”
zarâm n. “lake”
zarâni adj. “old”
*zâyan n. “land”
*-zê prep. “at”
zêr n. “craving, wish”
zid- v. “to stand”
*zidar n. “poise”
zigir n. “sorcery”
zigrî n. “sorceress, witch”
*zigûr n. “sorcerer, evil wizard”
zilib n. “butter”
zilid n. “peace”
zimir n. “jewel”
zimrathâ- v. “to gather jewels, bejewel (something/someone)”
*zinî n. “female”
zinduthâni n. “philosophy, (lit.) domain of truth”
zinid coll. “(all) truth”
*zir-v. “to love, desire”
*zîrân adj. “beloved”
zirbêth n. “praise, compliment”
zôn adj. “strange, foreign, alien”
zônâ n. “barbarian, stranger”
*zôr n. “fire, flame”
*zôri n. “nurse”
zôh n. “mist, fog”
zul- v. “to rise, ascend”
zulûri n. “sunrise, morning, (lit.) ascend(ing) sun”
zur- v. “to heal, nurse (back to health)”
zuth- v. “to count, calculate, reckon”
suzra n. “fish”
suzrê n. “female fish”
suzrô n. “male fish”