Ondonórë
gondor
ondonórë
place name. Gondor, (lit.) Stone Land
The Quenya name of S. Gondor, translated “Stone Land” (RC/347, PE17/28). It is a compound of ondo “stone” and nórë “land”. It also appeared in the shorter form Ondórë in the phrase savin Elessar ar i nánë aran Ondórëo “I believe that E[lessar] really existed and that he was the King of Gondor” (VT49/27).
Conceptual Development: An earlier Quenya name for this land was ᴹQ. Ondor (PE22/125).
Cognates
- S. Gondor “Stone-land” ✧ PE17/028; RC/347
Element in
- Q. Ondonórë Nómesseron Minasurië “Enquiry into the Place-names of Gondor” ✧ VT42/17
- Q. savin Elessar ar i nánë aran Ondórëo “I believe that E[lessar] really existed and that he was a King of Gondor” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/27
Elements
Word Gloss ondo “stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock” nórë “land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family” Variations
- Ondonóre ✧ PE17/028; RC/347; VT42/17
Ondor-
place name. Gondor
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
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).
Gondor
noun. stone land
gond (“great stone, rock”) + (-n)dor (“land, dwelling”)
gondren
adjective. (made) of stone
gond
noun. great stone, rock
gond
stone
_n. _stone, rock. Archaic S. gond > gonn. Q. ondo. >> Gondor
sarn
noun. small stone
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
sarn
noun. stone (as a material)
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
Gondor
Gondor
In earlier times, it was called the South Kingdom, or Hyaralondie, Hyallondie and Turmen Hyallondiéva in Quenya, and Arthor na Challonnas in Sindarin from the Númenórean point of view: the elements londie and lonnas mean "harbour, landing". The name Gondor was likely adopted from the lesser people's terminology and translates from Sindarin as "Stone-land", from the words gond, "stone", and (n)dor, "land". The (generally not used) Quenya form of the name was Ondonóre. Gondor received its name because of the abundance of stone in the Ered Nimrais, and the usage of it in great stone cities, statues, and monuments, such as Minas Tirith and the Argonath. In Rohan, it was known as Stoningland (a modernization of Old English Stāning-(land)), and Ghân-buri-Ghân of the Drúedain also recognized their use of stone.
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).
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”.
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”)
sarn
made of stone, stony
(lenited harn; pl. sern); also used as noun ”small stone, pebble, stone [as material]”; as adj. also = ”stony”.
gondram
noun. hewn stone
gondrafn
noun. hewn stone
gonn
noun. great stone, rock
sarn
noun. small stone
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
sarn
noun. stone (as a material)
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
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!
bor
noun. stone
Element in
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 > 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
GOND→ GÓNOD/GONDO “stone” ✧ Ety/GONDDerivatives
- ✶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)” ✧ 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
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
- G. gôf·clochiol “stone-fruit” ✧ GL/40
Elements
Word Gloss cloch “stone (small), stone of fruit” -(i)ol “adjective suffix”
sarn
noun. stone
Element in
- En. orsarn “stoneless” ✧ PE13/156
Ondonórë, #Ondórë place-name "Gondor" (Stone-land). The shorter form of the name is attested in the genitive in the phrase aran Ondórëo, "a king of Gondor". (VT42:17, VT49:27)