-or

suffix. agental suffix

naneth

noun. mother

A noun for “mother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√NAN (Ety/NAN). It apparently replaced archaic/poetic N. †emil (Ety/AM¹; EtyAC/AM¹).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon had a similar set of words for “mother”: G. maba, mabir, baba, and mavwin from the early root ᴱ√maƀ “something nice” (GL/57). The last of these appeared as G. mavwen “ancestress” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, with an archaic meaning of “mother” and variant forms mafwyn and mavuin (PE13/115). In these slips, it seems the normal “mother” word was G. nân (originally glossed “father”) with variant nanwin (PE13/115). This last word is likely the direct precursor of N. naneth.

Neo-Sindarin: I would use S. emel from the late 1960s as the normal word for “mother” in Neo-Sindarin, but would retain N. naneth as a dialectical or more formal variant.

o

preposition. from, of (preposition (as a proclitic) used in either direction, from or to the point of view of the speaker)

According to WJ/366, the preposition "is normally o in all positions, though od appears occasionally before vowels, especially before o-". With a suffixed article, see also uin

-on

suffix. masculine suffix

-we

suffix. masculine suffix

anna-

verb. to give

tonn

adjective. tall

-(r)on

suffix. agental suffix

ant

noun. gift

calen

adjective. green, (orig.) bright-coloured

emil

noun. mother

eria-

verb. to rise

gorf

noun. impetus, vigour

ant

noun. gift

emil

noun. mother

gorf

noun. impetus, vigour

tol-

verb. to come

toltha-

verb. to fetch, summon, make come

-on

suffix. agental suffix

nana

noun. mother, mummy

naneth

noun. mother

tindu

noun. dusk, twilight, early night (without Moon)

tindu

noun. starry twilight

tinnu

noun. dusk, twilight, early night (without Moon)

tinnu

noun. starry twilight

tond

adjective. tall

tonn

adjective. tall