ronta adj.? noun? "hollow" (also rotwa) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)
Quenya
návarot
place name. Hollowbold
Cognates
- S. Nogrod “Hollowbold; (lit.) Hollow-delving, (later) Dwarf-delving”
- Kh. Tumunzahar “Hollowbold” ✧ WJ/389
Elements
Word Gloss náva “hollow” rotto “small grot, tunnel, tunnel, small grot, [ᴹQ.] cave”
náva
adjective. hollow
Derivations
- ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶nābā > Náva [nābā] > [nāβā] > [nāβa] > [nāva] ✧ WJ/414 Variations
- Náva ✧ WJ/389 (Náva)
ronta
hollow
rotwa
hollow
rotwa adj.? noun? "hollow" (also ronta) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)
unqua
hollow
unqua ("q")adj. "hollow" (UNUK)
The Quenya translation of Kh. Tumunzahar “Hollowbold” (WJ/389). It is a compound of náva “hollow” and rotto “cave, tunnel”.