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Quenya Word Roles

Many of the words in the vocabulary have been tagged as belonging to one of several semantic spheres. These may be helpful in exploring specific areas of the vocabulary.

The classifications chosen here are pretty arbitrary, and may be changed over time. The boundaries between semantic spreres will always be fuzzy, but the current system only allows for one classification per entry.

Found 24 semantic spheres.

• Animals — real or imaginary living creatures
• Body — parts and functions of the body
• Build — big thing we make but don't move around
• Clothing — things worn on or around the body
• Color — colors and shapes
• Family — kith and kin
• Food
• Geography terms — describing the land and sea
• Geography places — named locations
• Geoterm
• Jobs and titles — what you do or what you are
• Language
• Materials — what things are made of
• Emotions — the state of mind
• Motion — movement and poses
• Nature — non-permanent features of nature
• People — persons of note
• Plants — living things, excluding animals
• Religion
• Role
• Sound — things we can hear
• Temporal — terms for moments and periods
• Implements — things and gear we make and use
• Transport — moving other things