Eldamo : Quenya : nolmë

Q. nolmë [ñ-] n. “knowledge, philosophy (including science), department of wisdom (science, etc.)” (Category: Knowledge, Science)

Q. nolmë [ñ-], n. “knowledge, philosophy (including science), department of wisdom (science, etc.); *subject (in school)” (Category: Knowledge, Science): ᴱQ. nólemë “deep lore, wisdom”

A word derived from √ÑGOL meaning “knowledge, philosophy, science”, but generally on a specific topic as a department of wisdom or science, as opposed to ingolë for Science/Philosophy as a whole (PM/360). For example: hröangolmë “lore of the body and arts of healing” (NM/322).

Neo-Quenya: In a 2026-05-23 post in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested it may also be used for a “subject (in school)”.

References ✧ PM/344, 360

Glosses

“a department of wisdom (science, etc.)” ✧ PM/360 (ñolmë)
“knowledge, Philosophy (including Science)” ✧ PM/360 (Ñolmë)

Variations

Ñolmë ✧ PM/344; PM/360; PM/360

Kurwë as opposed to Ñolmë ✧ PM/344
ᴺQ. !olvangolmë “botany”

Elements

nólë	“lore, knowledge, long study”

Element In

ᴺQ. !coingolmë “biology”
ᴺQ. !cuingolmë “biology”
ᴺQ. !elengolmë “astronomy”
ᴺQ. !ermangolmë “study of matter, physics, [possibly also] chemistry”
ᴺQ. !lambengolmë “linguistics”
ᴺQ. !nótengolmë “mathematics”
ᴺQ. !ongolmë “geology”
ᴺQ. !tëangolmë “semantics”
Q. hröangolmë “lore of the body and arts of healing”

Derivations

< √ÑGOL¹ “knowledge, wisdom, lore” ✧ PM/360 (ñgol-/ñgōlo-); PM/360 (ñgol-/ñgōlo-)

Phonetic Developments

√ñgol-/ñgōlo- > Ñolmë	[ŋgolme] > [ŋolme] > [nolme]	✧ PM/360
√ñgol-/ñgōlo- > ñolmë	[ŋgolme] > [ŋolme] > [nolme]	✧ PM/360