These words have a defined meaning in elvish. Some of these are borrowed from other sources, primarily Tolkien, others are invented. Generally follows the Tolkien pronunciation, especially most initial 'C's are hard.

This list is mainly for deriving names of people and locations, and as such does not have many verbs yet.

Lexicon

Elvish	Common	Note
Nan	Of/from	Most elves names take the form 'Firstname nan Birthplace', such as Queen Caerynna nan Iacaris
-ie(n/l), -ia(n)	-	General feminine name suffix, such as Tenelia, 'Silver' or Iacelien, 'Precious Tree'
-an(n)a, -yn(n)a	-	General feminine name suffix, such as Caerynna, 'Law-woman' or Virana, 'Flower-woman'
-wen/wyn	Lady	Especially as a feminine name suffix, such as Silwen, 'Star-lady' or Harwyn, 'Wise-Lady'
-o(r), -e(n)	-	General masculine name suffix, such as Meren, 'Mountain' or Rhillono, 'Cold River'.
-var	Lord	Masculine name suffix, ex: Aruvar, 'Golden Lord' or Melvar, 'Strong Lord'
-el, -al, -es	-	General location suffix, cf Maeral, 'Mountainous Place'
-en	The	Definite article suffix
-e	-	Plural suffix, is always last
Sil	Star
Luth	Sun/light
Aeni	Moon
Ar	Gold/Yellow	Names such as Aruvar, 'Golden Lord' or Armaliel, 'Little Golden Woman'
Tenel	Silver/white	Names such as Tenelaenor, 'Silver Moon'
Fen	Red/Ruby
Ael	Blue/Sapphire
Shar	Green/Emerald
Adon	Ashes/dust/grey
Lum	Summer
Pil	Autumn
Tial	Winter
Ber	Spring
Tindo	Magic/rune	Aerilindo (Fire-magic), by-name for wizard
Hatha	Darkness/black
Aeril	Fire	Names such as Aerilwyn and Aerior
Rhil	Cold/ice
Nil	Storm/lightning	Nilteril, 'Storm Master' by-name of a wizard
Ion	Steel/metal	Silionbar, 'Star-steel sword'
Ris	Island	cf Iacaris, 'Beloved Island'
Tel	City	Common prefix for city names, cf Tel Edhil, 'Serene City'
Alyn	Harbor	Prefix for inhabited places by water
Ambar	Castle/Palace	Place name prefix, Ambar Tenelcel, 'Silver Oak Palace'
Dor	Watcher/guard
Ol/iel(a)	God/Goddess/Divine	Luthieladris, 'Sun Goddess Temple'
Ata	Dragon	ex Rhilatatirel, 'Ice Dragon Master', by-name for someone who slew a white dragon
Tirel	Master (of)	Many by-names, such as Tindotirel 'Magic-master/Wizard' or Mentirel, 'Ship-master/Captain'
Bel	Servant (of)	Caerbelo, 'Servant of Law'
Thar	Garden/forest
Cel	Tree	ex Celedor (Tree-guard), by-name for a powerful druid
Vir	Flower	Arvirwyn, 'Golden flower lady'
Tana	Noble
Mal	Small/short	General diminutive, Malsiter, 'Short-spear', by-name
Imo	Large/tall	Also general augmentative, Imotanaë, 'High Nobility', Imaerdris, 'Tall Mountain Shrine'
Iaca	Beloved/precious
Brin	Cloth
Gal	Speed/quick	ex Galbar, 'Quick Sword', by-name for someone skilled in combat
Mel	Strength/strong
Thal	Beauty/beautiful
Har	Wisdom/wise
Tar	Good/kind	'Good' as in not evil
?	Evil/unkind
Yuna	Time/age	cf Alyn Yunaes, 'Old Harbor'
Edhil	Calm/serene
Isne	Glass/clear	cf Isnelon, 'Clearstream', Isnetirel, 'Glass-blower'
Men	Boat/ship
Iril	Hair	Hathirilie, 'Dark-haired Woman', Aeririlo, 'Fire-haired Man'
Sic	Eye	Arsicelie, 'Golden-eyed woman', Thalsicëor 'Beutiful-eyed man'
Mon	Tooth
Saev	Night
Brim	Dusk
Mil	Day
Ely	Dawn	cf Elyana, 'Dawn-born woman'
Tiri	Elf	ex Imotirie, 'High Elves', 'Thartirie', 'Wood Elves'
Sana	Human	Can affix gendered name suffixes to indicate gender and status, ex Sanwyn, 'Human Lady'
Taesi	Dwarf	Can affix gendered name suffixes to indicate gender and status, ex Taesor, 'Dwarf Man'
Bar	Sword (short)	Dagger, knife, other short bladed weapons
Siter	Sword (long)	Rapiers, greatswords and other long bladed weapons, cf Elsiter, 'Dawn-sword'
Asar	Spear	cf Eliasar, 'Dawn-spear (Dawnrender)'
Wend	Shield
Roth	Staff/wand
Dorei	Bow/Archer
Caer	Law
Dris	Shrine/temple	Imladris, 'Large Hidden Shrine'
Lon	River/stream
Ladre	Hide/hidden	Maladrethar, 'Small Hidden Garden'
Hitae	Travel/journey	Drisitae, 'Pilgrim', (lit 'Shrine-traveller')
Cin	Lake/sea
M(a)er	Mountain	cf Maeral, 'Mountain-place', or the Rhimere, 'Cold Mountains', which are sometimes tautologically rendered as 'Rhimer Peaks' on maps in common
Laeth	Poem/song	ex Gallaeth, 'Quick-song', byname for an elvish noble family

Words needed: colors (perhaps same as gem names?), numbers, materials (stone, ash, cloth...), elements, species (both civilized and animals/monsters), titles (nobility, military etc), ...

Common compound words

The literal translation of these words may differ from the actual common meaning. The names of the gods are not usually replacements for their actual names, but rather used as by-names or kennings, much like how Freya is known as the Lightgiver.

Elvish	Common	Note
Luthiel	Freya	lit 'Sun-goddess'
Tindolvar	Odin	lit 'Rune-god-lord'
Iondol	Heimdall	lit 'Steel-god'
Thariel	Skadi	lit 'Forest-goddess'
Edhilcindol	Aegir	lit 'Calm-sea-god'
Melsildol	Thor	lit 'Strong-storm-god'
Caerwyniel	Sif	lit 'Law-lady-goddess'
Galbardol	Tyr	lit 'Quick-sword-god'
Laethiredol	Balder	lit 'Poem-master-god'
Galdoreidol	Uller	lit 'Quick-Archer-god'
Ladrebeldor	Hermod	lit 'Hidden-servant-god'
Hathadoriel	Hel	lit 'Darkness-watcher-goddess'
Saeviredol	Loki	lit 'Night-master-god'
Tenelcel	Silver Oak	lit 'Silver Tree', a variety of very large trees that often hold elven dwellings
Drisitae	Pilgrim	lit 'Shrine-traveller', also Drisitadore, 'Pilgrim Knights'
Mentirel	Captain	lit 'Ship-master', not a military rank
Ionataë	Metallic dragons	lit 'Steel-dragons'
Monetaë	Chromatic dragons	lit 'Teeth-dragons'
Tanwen	Noblewoman	Used as a honorific for woman whose name you do not know
Tanavar	Nobleman	Used as a honorific for man whose name you do not know
Silion	Sky Iron	lit 'Star-steel'
Nilisne	Amber	lit 'Storm-glass'
Luthisne	Luxite	lit 'Light-glass'
Hathisne	Noxite	lit 'Darkness-glass'
Adonion	Ashresin	lit 'Ash-steel'
Tirisano	Half-elf man	lit 'Elf-man'
Tirisanie	Half-elf woman	lit 'Elf-woman'

Names

Elven first names are formed by appending gendered suffixes to other words. Common masculine suffixes include -or, -en, -var. Common feminine suffixes include -iel, -ian, -wyn. Last names are more complicated, with most only using nan and the place of their birth, or upbringing, such as nan Maeral. Some individuals might take a by-name, such as Galbar, 'Quick sword', and a child might use either parents by-name. It is considered a great honor to have a by-name given to you, especially by someone higher in rank.

By-names are not gendered, and are in most cases a description of the person or an act they did to earn it. Common by-names are those that describe profession (Teldor, 'City Guard' or Alyntirel, 'Harbormaster') or physical characteristics (Ariril, 'Golden-hair').

An individual can earn several by-names, but usually pick one to use in less formal settings. A high ranking noble might have two or three different by-names, but usually only give one of their by-names to their offspring. As an example, the Queen of Iacaris is Caerynna Hathador Tindotirel nan Iacaris, literally 'Law-woman Darkness-shield Magic-master from the Beloved Island'. She has several other by-names, but these are usually only on documents in her name.

As an example, consider a newborn male elf who is named Hathor nan Estia ('Dark one from Estia') due to his dark hair and place of birth. Later in life he is given the byname Melwend ('Strong shield') after saving his commander's life in battle. Afterwards he would introduce himself as Hathor Melwend or Hathor Melwend nan Estia (more formal). When he has a daughter Hathor names her Thalciniel (Beautiful Sea). She would use her fathers by-name as Thalciniel Melwend (nan Estia). If Thalciniel were to earn her own by-name, she would replace that of her fathers.

Notes on grammar

Nouns are pluralised by the suffix -e, such as in lone, 'rivers', or cele, 'trees'. This suffix does not form a diphthong, which is marked as -ë if necessary. If the word already ends in e, the suffix takes the form -ne. Ex: The plural of drisitae, 'pilgrim' is drisitaene.

Adjectives are concatenated before the modified noun, such as cialdris, 'golden temple'. Almost all nouns can be used as adjectives. Several adjectives can be stacked, cf Tencelethar, 'Silver Oaks Garden'.

Elven words sometimes elide or add letters when concatenating words, especially if the ending of one part is the beginning of the next. A river translated as Sunstream might be spelled Luthilon or Luthon, depending on dialect and other factors.