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This website is dedicated to Tolkien's languages, with an emphasis on the elvish languages of his legendarium. Our dictionary consists of imported glosses from a variety of quality dictionaries, categorised and searchable by sense, conjugation and more. You can read more on our about page.
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Gloss of the hour
cas
noun. head, head, [ᴱQ.] top, summit
Variations
- kára ✧ PE17/188
- kas ✧ PE19/103; VT49/17
Derivations
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Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kāza > kára [kāsa] > [kāza] > [kāra] ✧ PE17/188
Phrase of the day
Uglúk u bagronk sha pushdug Saruman-glob búbhosh skai
One of the few examples of the horrid Black Speech.
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