This page will contain list of words for parts of body and organs. For actions and products of metabolism see category Physiology, for sensory perception see Senses. For parts specific to animals or plants see corresponding wordlists. As some of organs are used in cooking, you can also check category Food.
English | Nûrlâm | Part of speech | Etymology | Comments |
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(dead) body | loik | n | LOS < Quenya “loico” | |
abdomen | thûn | n | NL < SV & most major dialects “thlûn” | |
arm | bazg | n | SV (hand, arm) | |
arse | rof | n | SV | |
ass | rof | n | SV | |
back | krûm | n | NL < LOS “krum”, changed to avoid ambiguity with suffix “-um” | part of body |
beak | pund | n | NL, merging Hurrian “punhi” with Qenya “penta” with Noldorin “bunn” < Etym. “(M)BUD” | |
beard | thârg | n | NL, merging Khuzdul “tarâg” (beard) with Sindarin “fang” < Etym. “SPÁNAG” | |
belly | thûn | n | NL < SV & most major dialects “thlûn” | |
bill (of bird) | pund | n | NL, merging Hurrian “punhi” with Qenya “penta” with Noldorin “bunn” < Etym. “(M)BUD” | |
bladder | frûb | n | RN < LOS “frîb” < SV | |
blister | frûb | n | RN < LOS “frîb” < SV | |
blood | ghor | n | NL < Sindarin “iûr”, “iâr” < Etym. “YAR”, Sindarin “agar”, Primitive Elvish “okhor”; compare with “gor” (violent) and “gorg” (butcher); resemblance to English “gore” is through these Tolkien's words | uncountable |
blood | shirk | n | NL < DS “sherku”, “shirku” < Quenya “sercë”, Sindarin “sereg” | uncountable |
body | kraur | n | LOS < MB | |
body | turm | n | MERP | more like scientific “physical form”, “physical body”, or religious “incarnation”, like Quenya “hröa” |
bone | takh | n | NL < SV “tach”; compare with Etym. “TELEK” (stalk, stem, leg), Sindarin “talch” (stem) | in other dialects may refer to leg (from SV “thach”) |
bowels | khurg | n | DS | |
brain | tunk | n | NL < Qenya “tunke” (bright, smart, witty) | |
breast | nirn | n | NL < Hurrian “neḫerni” | part of body |
buttocks | rof | n | SV | |
chest | nirn | n | NL < Hurrian “neḫerni” | part of body |
claw | glamb | n | NL < Gnomish “clamp” (grasp, claw), Noldorin “gamp” (hook, claw) < Etym. “GAP” (hook); compare with “khlaf-” | |
corpse | loik | n | LOS < Quenya “loico” | |
cubit | holb | n | NL, merging Qenya “óleme” (elbow) < root “OLO” with Noldorin “golf”, “-holf” (branch, wand) < Primitive Elvish “golbâ” < Etym. “GÓLOB” | also unit of measure |
cunnus | htu | n | NL, merging LOS “htol-” (to fuck) with Noldorin “huch” (vagina) < Primitive Elvish root “PUHU” (generate) | |
cunnus | pukh | n | NL < Primitive Elvish “pukku” < root “PUHU” (generate) | Совпадения с LOS “pukhl-” (говорить) < HG, “pukhal” (язык) случайны |
cunt | htu | n | NL, merging LOS “htol-” (to fuck) with Noldorin “huch” (vagina) < Primitive Elvish root “PUHU” (generate) | |
cunt | pukh | n | NL < Primitive Elvish “pukku” < root “PUHU” (generate) | Совпадения с LOS “pukhl-” (говорить) < HG, “pukhal” (язык) случайны |
disembowel | dakh- | v | HG < SV “dakog” < Noldorin “dag” (to slay, kill)? < Etym. “NDAK” | to remove guts |
drool | kubd- | v | NL, Qenya “kupta” (to look humpy, lumpy), Qenya “kauko” (humpback), Gnomish “caug” (humping, bent) < early roots “KUPU” (to hump), “KAẆA” (to stoop); NOT related to “kû”, “kûb-”, “kûbr-” | |
ear | khlau | n | NL, merging LOS “khlât” < Quenya “hlar” (hear) with Sindarin “law” (a pair of ears) < Etym. “LAS”[2]; changed to escape ambiguity with verb | |
egg | fird | n | NL, merging LOS “fîl” (bird), Hurrian “erade” (bird), Gnomish “uitha” (to lay eggs) with NL “fir” (to mate) | |
elbow | holb | n | NL, merging Qenya “óleme” (elbow) < root “OLO” with Noldorin “golf”, “-holf” (branch, wand) < Primitive Elvish “golbâ” < Etym. “GÓLOB” | also unit of measure |
eviscerate | dakh- | v | HG < SV “dakog” < Noldorin “dag” (to slay, kill)? < Etym. “NDAK” | to remove guts |
eye | hont | n | LOS < Quenya, Sindarin “hend” < Etym. “KHEN-D-E” | |
face | thak | n | TK, DBS, LOTR, PN “Ufthak”; ? LOS < Etym. “THÊ” (a look, face) | translation is speculative |
fang | hark | n | NL < Quenya “carca” < Etym. “KARAK” (sharp fand, tooth, spike); compare with Sindarin PN “Carcharoth” (Red Maw, Great Red Fang) | may apply to ivory |
fat | tôm | n | NL < LOS “tûm” < MB, SV “tû” (fatty, fleshy, flabby) < ? Sindarin “tûg” (fat, thick) < Etym. “TIW”; changed to avoid cognates | uncountable |
feather | pozg | n | NL < Noldorin “pesseg” (pillow), Quenya “quessë” (feather) < Etym. “KWES” (feather) | also part of arrow, costume, etc. |
feet | thul | n | DS (Isengard) “tʰul” < Quenya “tál”, Sindarin “tâl” | also a unit of measure |
finger | krûr | n | majority of DBS dialects < MB (also “number”, “to count”) | |
fist | krark | n | NL, merging HG “kraku” (fist) < EL “krâk” (five) with DS (SOW) “kôr” < Quenya “quárë”, Qenya “qáre” < Etym. “KWAR” | clenched hand сжатая рука |
flesh | hrau | n | NL < Quenya “hroa” (body, flesh, physical form), Sindarin “rhaw” (flesh) | equivalent of Quenya “hröa” is MERP “turm”, however “hrau” may also mean “physical form”; uncountable |
flesh | âps | n | LOS < Quenya “apsa” (cooked food, meat), Etym. “AP” | more like meal (for cooking) uncountable |
foot | thul | n | DS (Isengard) “tʰul” < Quenya “tál”, Sindarin “tâl” | also a unit of measure |
grease | tôm | n | NL < LOS “tûm” < MB, SV “tû” (fatty, fleshy, flabby) < ? Sindarin “tûg” (fat, thick) < Etym. “TIW”; changed to avoid cognates | uncountable |
gut | hosh | n | TK, DBS, LOTR, OC, VT 26 | |
guts | hosh | n | TK, DBS, LOTR, OC, VT 26 | |
guts | khurg | n | DS | |
hair | zud | n | NL < EH “azud” < Valarin “(a)šata” | in Standard Nûrlâm refers to all hairs as a whole |
hand | bazg | n | SV (hand, arm) | |
hand | nalg | n | SV | |
head | kaz | n | NL < Quenya “cas” | |
heart | tish | n | NL < Hurrian “tiša”, “tiža”, “tižna”, “tižni” | |
heel | pragl | n | NL, merging “prak” with “hîl-” (see corresponding articles) | |
horn | ras | n | LOS < Quenya “rasco”, “rassë” < Etym. “RAS” | part of animal |
hump | kubd- | v | NL, Qenya “kupta” (to look humpy, lumpy), Qenya “kauko” (humpback), Gnomish “caug” (humping, bent) < early roots “KUPU” (to hump), “KAẆA” (to stoop); NOT related to “kû”, “kûb-”, “kûbr-” | |
hunch | kubd- | v | NL, Qenya “kupta” (to look humpy, lumpy), Qenya “kauko” (humpback), Gnomish “caug” (humping, bent) < early roots “KUPU” (to hump), “KAẆA” (to stoop); NOT related to “kû”, “kûb-”, “kûbr-” | |
jaw | ânkh | n | NL < Quenya “anca” < Etym. “ÁNAK”, “NAK”; compare with TK BS “nâkh” (to bite, cf.) | |
joint | ghot | n | NL < Gnomish “gôd” “gadr” | |
knee | okh | n | SV (BA) < (neo?-)Quenya “occa” | |
language | lâm | n | LOS < Quenya “lamba” (physical tongue) < Etym. “LAB” (lick); Quenya “lambë” (language, speech), Noldorin “glamb”, “glamm” (shouting noise; barbarous, orc speech) < Etym. “ÑGALAM” (talk loud) | |
leg | pakh | n | NL, merging Middle-Quenya and Qenya “pelko” with Gnomish “bachta” | |
limb | ogz | n | NL < Qenya “oksa” (joint); compare with “okh” (knee) | |
link | ghot | n | NL < Gnomish “gôd” “gadr” | |
lips | pug | n | NL < LOS, HG “pu” < Quenya “pé” (lip, mouth) < Etym. “PEG” | |
liver | slârg | n | NL, merging LOS “slai-” (to live), “sâr” (bitter) and “snâg” (soft, smooth) | |
lode | râth | n | NL < Noldorin “rant” (vein), Sindarin “rath” (street, course) < Etym. “RAT” (to walk) | |
maw | korl | n | NL < MERP “korlash” (jaw, mouth), also “gap” in SV; compare with Sindarin “carch” (fang) < Etym. “KARAK” | from mouth to stomach |
meat | hrau | n | NL < Quenya “hroa” (body, flesh, physical form), Sindarin “rhaw” (flesh) | equivalent of Quenya “hröa” is MERP “turm”, however “hrau” may also mean “physical form”; uncountable |
meat | âps | n | LOS < Quenya “apsa” (cooked food, meat), Etym. “AP” | more like meal (for cooking) uncountable |
member (of body) | ogz | n | NL < Qenya “oksa” (joint); compare with “okh” (knee) | |
mind | tunk | n | NL < Qenya “tunke” (bright, smart, witty) | |
mouth | gaz | n | TK, DBS, WR, PN “Gazmog”, replaced by “Shagrat” in LOTR; ? Etym. “GAS” (yawn, gap, hole, mouth), Qenya “asse” (hole, mouth); compare also with “gashn-” (say, speak) and “gazd-” (swear) | translation is speculative |
mouth | pug | n | NL < LOS, HG “pu” < Quenya “pé” (lip, mouth) < Etym. “PEG” | |
nail (of finger) | glamb | n | NL < Gnomish “clamp” (grasp, claw), Noldorin “gamp” (hook, claw) < Etym. “GAP” (hook); compare with “khlaf-” | |
neck | mâs | n | NL < LOS, SV “mâsl” < MB | also of a bottle в т.ч. бутылки |
nipple | zûz | n | NL < LOS, SV, MB “zu-” (to suck) merged with early Noldorin “tith”, Qenya “titte”, “tyetse” | |
nose | glup | n | LOS < MB | |
nose | pund | n | NL, merging Hurrian “punhi” with Qenya “penta” with Noldorin “bunn” < Etym. “(M)BUD” | |
oil | tôm | n | NL < LOS “tûm” < MB, SV “tû” (fatty, fleshy, flabby) < ? Sindarin “tûg” (fat, thick) < Etym. “TIW”; changed to avoid cognates | uncountable |
palm | nalg | n | SV | |
pee | tukh | n | SV | uncountable |
peel | daft | n | NL, melting Gnomish “daf”, “dôf”, “dauth” | |
penis | ghru | n | LOS (stick, pole, penis, club) < SV “ghrû” (erected penis) < ? MB “rû” | lit. “peg” |
physical form | turm | n | MERP | more like scientific “physical form”, “physical body”, or religious “incarnation”, like Quenya “hröa” |
pincers | dan | n | MERP | |
piss | glu | n | LOS < MB | uncountable |
piss | tukh | n | SV | uncountable |
plume | pozg | n | NL < Noldorin “pesseg” (pillow), Quenya “quessë” (feather) < Etym. “KWES” (feather) | also part of arrow, costume, etc. |
prickle | thurb | n | NL, merging Etym. “TER(EW)” (to pierce) with MERP “thumb” (spike) < Albanian; see also “thrug”, “thruth-”; compare with Qenya “tinda”, Quenya “tilde” (spike, horn) | |
rind | daft | n | NL, melting Gnomish “daf”, “dôf”, “dauth” | |
shoulder | amd | n | NL, merging Qenya “aldamo” with early Noldorin “amoth” | may refer to broad-back (back from one shoulder to other shoulder) |
skeleton | khilg | n | NL < Gnomish “cweleg” (corpse) < Primitive Elvish “kwelett” < Etym. “KWEL” (to fade, wither) | |
skin | daft | n | NL, melting Gnomish “daf”, “dôf”, “dauth” | |
skull | rash | n | NL < MERP “rrashat” | |
slouch | kubd- | v | NL, Qenya “kupta” (to look humpy, lumpy), Qenya “kauko” (humpback), Gnomish “caug” (humping, bent) < early roots “KUPU” (to hump), “KAẆA” (to stoop); NOT related to “kû”, “kûb-”, “kûbr-” | |
slump | kubd- | v | NL, Qenya “kupta” (to look humpy, lumpy), Qenya “kauko” (humpback), Gnomish “caug” (humping, bent) < early roots “KUPU” (to hump), “KAẆA” (to stoop); NOT related to “kû”, “kûb-”, “kûbr-” | |
snout | pund | n | NL, merging Hurrian “punhi” with Qenya “penta” with Noldorin “bunn” < Etym. “(M)BUD” | |
sole (of foot, boots) | thuln | n | NL, merging DS “thul” (foot, cf.) with Noldorin “tellen” (sole of foot) | |
speech | lâm | n | LOS < Quenya “lamba” (physical tongue) < Etym. “LAB” (lick); Quenya “lambë” (language, speech), Noldorin “glamb”, “glamm” (shouting noise; barbarous, orc speech) < Etym. “ÑGALAM” (talk loud) | |
spike | thurb | n | NL, merging Etym. “TER(EW)” (to pierce) with MERP “thumb” (spike) < Albanian; see also “thrug”, “thruth-”; compare with Qenya “tinda”, Quenya “tilde” (spike, horn) | |
sting | thurb | n | NL, merging Etym. “TER(EW)” (to pierce) with MERP “thumb” (spike) < Albanian; see also “thrug”, “thruth-”; compare with Qenya “tinda”, Quenya “tilde” (spike, horn) | |
stomach | thûn | n | NL < SV & most major dialects “thlûn” | |
stoop | kubd- | v | NL, Qenya “kupta” (to look humpy, lumpy), Qenya “kauko” (humpback), Gnomish “caug” (humping, bent) < early roots “KUPU” (to hump), “KAẆA” (to stoop); NOT related to “kû”, “kûb-”, “kûbr-” | |
tail | baut | n | NL, merging Qenya “pint” with LOS “baush” < MERP “baushat” < Albanian “pisht” | part of animal |
talon | glamb | n | NL < Gnomish “clamp” (grasp, claw), Noldorin “gamp” (hook, claw) < Etym. “GAP” (hook); compare with “khlaf-” | |
teat | zûz | n | NL < LOS, SV, MB “zu-” (to suck) merged with early Noldorin “tith”, Qenya “titte”, “tyetse” | |
teeth | glok | n | LOS | |
teeth | kug | n | HG | |
teeth | nogh | n | DS (Moria) < DS (PO) “nakṛ” < Etym. “NAK” (to bite) | |
thigh | nôb | n | NL < rejected Quenya “nöa”, Noldorin “nô” < Etym. (AC) “ÑGŌ̆W” | |
thorn | thurb | n | NL, merging Etym. “TER(EW)” (to pierce) with MERP “thumb” (spike) < Albanian; see also “thrug”, “thruth-”; compare with Qenya “tinda”, Quenya “tilde” (spike, horn) | |
throat | mâs | n | NL < LOS, SV “mâsl” < MB | also of a bottle в т.ч. бутылки |
tongs | dan | n | MERP | |
tongue | lâm | n | LOS < Quenya “lamba” (physical tongue) < Etym. “LAB” (lick); Quenya “lambë” (language, speech), Noldorin “glamb”, “glamm” (shouting noise; barbarous, orc speech) < Etym. “ÑGALAM” (talk loud) | |
tooth | glok | n | LOS | |
tooth | kug | n | HG | |
tooth | nogh | n | DS (Moria) < DS (PO) “nakṛ” < Etym. “NAK” (to bite) | |
torso | kraur | n | LOS < MB | |
tusk | hark | n | NL < Quenya “carca” < Etym. “KARAK” (sharp fand, tooth, spike); compare with Sindarin PN “Carcharoth” (Red Maw, Great Red Fang) | may apply to ivory |
udder | zûz | n | NL < LOS, SV, MB “zu-” (to suck) merged with early Noldorin “tith”, Qenya “titte”, “tyetse” | |
urine | glu | n | LOS < MB | uncountable |
urine | tukh | n | SV | uncountable |
uterus | moi | n | NL < Quenya “móna” < “moia” (to labour)? | |
vagina | htu | n | NL, merging LOS “htol-” (to fuck) with Noldorin “huch” (vagina) < Primitive Elvish root “PUHU” (generate) | |
vagina | pukh | n | NL < Primitive Elvish “pukku” < root “PUHU” (generate) | Совпадения с LOS “pukhl-” (говорить) < HG, “pukhal” (язык) случайны |
vein | râth | n | NL < Noldorin “rant” (vein), Sindarin “rath” (street, course) < Etym. “RAT” (to walk) | |
wing | skoir | n | LOS | only part of animal, not of building |
wit | tunk | n | NL < Qenya “tunke” (bright, smart, witty) | |
womb | moi | n | NL < Quenya “móna” < “moia” (to labour)? |