Quenya 

ondo

stone

ondo noun "stone" as a material, also "rock" (UT:459, GOND). Pl. ondor in an earlier variant of Markirya; partitive pl. locative ondolissë "on rocks" in the final version. Compounded in ondomaitar "sculptor in stone" (PE17:163), Ondoher masc.name, *"Stone-lord" (ondo alluding to Ondonórë = Sindarin Gondor, "stone-land") (Appendix A), #ondolunca ("k") "stonewain", possessive form in the place-name Nand Ondoluncava "Stonewain Valley" (PE17:28, also Ondoluncanan(do) as a compound). Ondolindë place-name "Gondolin" (SA:gond, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator p. 193); see Ondo. Earlier "Qenya" has Ondolinda _(changed from Ondolin) "singing stone, Gondolin" (LT1:254)_

ʼondō

noun. stone

PQ. stone

Quenya [PE 19:70] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

on

stone

on, ondo noun "stone" (LT2:342, LT1:254 probably only ondo in LotR-style Quenya, see below). Various "Qenya" forms: ondoli "rocks" (MC:213; this would be a partitive plural in LotR-style Quenya), ondolin "rocks" (MC:220), ondoisen "upon rocks" (MC:221), ondolissen "rocks-on" (MC:214; the latter form, partitive plural locative, is still valid in LotR-style Quenya).

Sindarin 

gondren

adjective. (made) of stone

Sindarin [Toll-ondren TI/268, TI/287] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gond

noun. great stone, rock

Sindarin [Ety/359, S/431, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gond

stone

_n. _stone, rock. Archaic S. gond > gonn. Q. ondo. >> Gondor

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:28-9] < *PQ _gondō_ stone, general as a substance or material. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

sarn

noun. stone (as a material)

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

Sindarin [Ety/385, S/437, UT/463, VT/42:11, RC/327] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sarn

noun. small stone

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

Sindarin [Ety/385, S/437, UT/463, VT/42:11, RC/327] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gondren

made of stone, stony

(stony), lenited ’ondren, pl. gendrin. Archaic pl. göndrin (TI:270).

gondrath

street of stone

(i ’ondrath) (causeway, raised stone highway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith. (WJ:340)

gond

stone

(i ’ond, construct gon) (great stone or rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).

gonhir

master of stone

(i ’Onhir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir), maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim  (WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”)

gôn

stone

(i ’ôn, construct gon); pl. gŷn, coll. pl. #gonath as in Argonath.

sarn

stone

1) (small stone, or stone as material) sarn (i harn, o sarn), pl. sern (i sern); also used as adj. ”stony, made of stone”. 2) gôn (i **ôn, construct gon); pl. gŷn, coll. pl. #**gonath as in Argonath. 3) (larger stone) gond (i **ond, construct gon) (great stone or rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath** (Letters:410).

sarn

stone

(i harn, o sarn), pl. sern (i sern); also used as adj. ”stony, made of stone”.

sarn

made of stone, stony

(lenited harn; pl. sern); also used as noun ”small stone, pebble, stone [as material]”; as adj. also = ”stony”.

Noldorin 

gondram

noun. hewn stone

Noldorin [Ety/354] gond+drafn. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gondrafn

noun. hewn stone

Noldorin [Ety/354] gond+drafn. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gonn

noun. great stone, rock

Noldorin [Ety/359, S/431, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sarn

noun. stone (as a material)

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

Noldorin [Ety/385, S/437, UT/463, VT/42:11, RC/327] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sarn

noun. small stone

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

Noldorin [Ety/385, S/437, UT/463, VT/42:11, RC/327] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Edain

bor

noun. stone

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish

gonod

root. stone

The Elvish words for “stone” were established very early as Q. ondo and S. gond. In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien gave the root of these words as ᴱ√ONO “hard” with derivatives like ᴱQ. ondo “stone, rock” and ᴱQ. onin “anvil” (QL/70). But its Gnomish derivatives like G. gonn “stone” and G. gontha “pillar” (GL/41) indicate the actual root was ✱ᴱ√ƷONO, since initial ʒ &gt; g in Gnomish.

In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien gave the root as ᴹ√GONOD or √GONDO “stone” with essentially the same Elvish forms: ᴹQ. ondo and N. gonn (Ety/GOND). The root itself did not appear in later writings, but Tolkien continued to state, with great frequency, that the primitive form of the word was ✶gondō (Let/410; PE17/28; PE18/106; PE21/81; PM/374; RC/347).

Changes

  • GONDGÓNOD/GONDO “stone” ✧ Ety/GOND

Derivatives

  • gondō “stone, rock”
    • Q. ondo “stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock” ✧ Let/410; RC/347
    • Aq. ondō ✧ PE21/78
    • Q. ondo “stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock”
    • S. gond “stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone” ✧ RC/347
    • Os. gondo ✧ PE21/78
    • S. gond “stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone”
  • ᴹ✶gondō “stone, rock”
    • ᴹQ. ondo “stone (as a material)” ✧ PE19/052; PE21/58; PE21/63
    • On. gondo “rocks” ✧ PE21/58
    • N. gonn “rock, stone (as a material)”
  • ᴹQ. ondo “stone (as a material)” ✧ Ety/GOND
  • ᴺQ. onin “anvil”
  • N. gonn “rock, stone (as a material)” ✧ Ety/GOND

Variations

  • GOND ✧ Ety/GOND (GOND)
  • GÓNOD/GONDO ✧ Ety/GOND
  • GONOD/GONDO ✧ EtyAC/GOND
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GOND; EtyAC/GOND] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gond

noun. stone

clochiol

adjective. stone

An adjective for “stone” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as an element in G. gôf·clochiol “stone-fruit” (GL/40), derived from G. cloch “a stone” (GL/26).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
cloch“stone (small), stone of fruit”
-(i)ol“adjective suffix”

Early Noldorin

sarn

noun. stone

Element in

  • En. orsarn “stoneless” ✧ PE13/156
Early Noldorin [PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ondolinda

place name. Singing Stone

Changes

  • OndolinOndolinda ✧ GL/41
  • OndolinOndolinda ✧ LT1A/Gondolin

Cognates

  • G. Gondolin “Stone of Song” ✧ GL/41; LT1A/Gondolin; PE13/099

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
ondo“stone, rock”
linda“singing”

Variations

  • Ondolin ✧ GL/41 (Ondolin); LT1A/Gondolin (Ondolin)
  • ONDOLIN ✧ PE13/099
Early Quenya [GL/41; LT1A/Gondolin; PE13/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by