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<V> VAGUE neca (faint, dim to see) -MC:223 VALE (dark) tumbe (deep valley) -LT:269 *VALIAN valarinwa, attested in Lambe Valarinwa "the language of the Valar, *Valian Language". Cf. also valaina "of the Valar, belonging to the Valar" (divine) -WJ:395, BAL VALLEY nan (nand-), tumbo (deep valley under/among hills, dark vale; so in Etym, Silm:438 and LT1:269. Letters:308 gives tumba "deep valley".) VALLEY (adj.) nalda; "VALLEY OF SINGING GOLD" Laurelindorinan (Lorien). -TUB, LotR:488 cf. Letters:308, LT1:261, UT:449 VALOUR cane -KAN VANISHED vanwa (gone, departed, dead, lost, past and over) -WAN, Nam, WJ:366 VAST - LT2 gives aica "broad, vast", but aica is said to mean "sharp" in later writings. -LT2:338 VEIL (vb) halya- (conceal, screen from ligh); "VEILS, RAYMENT" fana (pl fanar is attested. This word was used of the visible bodies in which the Valar presented themselves to incarnates.) VEILED halda (hidden, shadowed, shady) -SKAL, RGEO:74 VENUS Earendil (Basic Quenya:24, cf. Silm:55), Tancol ("Signifer", "the significant star" - MR:385) VESSEL vene (small boat, dish) -LT1:254 VESTMENT colla (cloak) -MR:385 VICTORY ture (mastery), apaire -TUR, GL:17 VIGIL tiris (watch) -LT1:258 VIGOUR tuo (muscle, sinew, strength), vie (manhood), veasse, laito/laisi (new life, youth); VIGOROUS vea (adult, manly) -TUG, LT1:267, WEG VILLAGE masto, (walled:) opele (town) -LT1:251, PEL(ES) VINE liantasse -LT1:271 VIOLENCE orme (rushing, wrath, haste); VIOLENT naraca (harsh, rending) -GOR, KHOR, NARAK VIOLET helin, Helinyetille ("Eyes of heartsease") (pansy) -LT1:262 VIRGINITY vene (with the alternative, probably older [MET] form wene), venesse -WEN VOCALIC EXTENSION omataina (i.e., the addition to the base of a final vowel identical to the base vowel [sundoma]) -WJ:417 VOICE oma (pl instrumental omainen "with voices" is attested. In some words, oma is translated "vowel", q.v.) -OM, WJ:391 VOID lusta (empty), cuma (the Void) -LUS, KUM VOWEL oman (pl. amandi - misreading for *omandi?) (Note: *oman can also be the dative form of oma "voice". In some compounds, oma seems to mean "vowel" instead of voice: VOWEL SIGN #omatehta (only pl omatehtar is attested), DETERMINANT VOWEL sundoma, VOCALIC EXTENSION omataina (q.v. for definition) -OM, WJ:396, 319, 417
