Research for a book

Jane Elliot #440

Hey guys!

I'm writing a story that has an elf (who is just an awful person) and I want to name the elf "asshole" in elvish. Does anyone know what that would be? I've heard that Ud`Raan would work, but I'm not sure that's legit. Thanks so much!

Ríon Gondremborion #441

An uncommon name...

Well off the bird's beak I can tell you that Ud`Raan definitely isn't from either of Tolkien's major elven tongues (Quenya, High Elven; and Sindarin, Grey Elven). For all I know it could be Grelvish and that's uhm, a long story.

So... here's a few options in Sindarin (Grey Elven, the common tongue of the elves: presuming you aren't too familiar with this study)

*Adelas : Behind-Hole (Adel + Gas)

(If gendered you could go with male Adelass(i)on or female Adelasseth, but in compound names this isn't the most common. Then again my Sindarin surname...)

Keep in mind the following (though for your use it mightn't matter):

The preposition used here, "*Adel" - for "behind (of locations)" was coined from this Languages of Middle Earth discussion by Paul Strack.

There isn't an Elvish word that directly translates as what you request: nor is there a word for "donkey" or "mule" and I'd be doubtful such a word would have developed to have the same colloquial meaning in either Elvish language as the word does in English, my second proposition covers a more likely alternative, and one.

*Hachas : Buttocks-Hole ( Hach + Gas )

might spell as Hakhas to help readers with pronunciation

If gendered (same disclaimer as before): M. Hachass(i)on, F. Hachasseth

A more likely alternative using a reconstructed word for "Buttocks" and the already appearing "Gas" - meaning "hole/gap".

In Quenya (High-Elven: the tongue of lore and history, not used in Middle Earth as a common language: most relatable to the dual system of English and Latin in Fuedalist Britain) please note that my skills with Quenya compound names are far less experienced than with Sindarin, so definitely wait for a few more opinions crop up after mine.

*Assanó: Hole-Behind, ( Assa + ), same meaning as first Sindarin Example

*Haccassa: Buttocks-Hole, (Hakka + Assa)same meaning as second Sindarin Example

Sorry about that answer being a lot more ambiguous and lengthy than you probably anticipated :/

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