naira (2) adj. "vast, wide, empty" (PE17:27)
Quenya
yána
vast, huge; wide
Naira
vast, wide, empty
Sindarin
tor-
verb. to win, have victory
Cognates
- Q. tur- “to master, conquer, dominate, win, to master, conquer, dominate, win; [ᴹQ.] to control, govern, *rule; to wield; [ᴱQ.] can, to be able”
Derivations
- √TUR “dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”
taur
vast
taur (also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
taur
vast
(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
Noldorin
taur
adjective. vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful, huge; high, sublime
An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mighty, vast, overwhelming, huge, awful” derived from primitive ᴹ✶taurā “masterful, mighty” based the root ᴹ√TUR “power, control, mastery, victory” (Ety/TÁWAR, TUR). It was also influenced by ᴹ✶tārā “lofty” and as such had the alternate meaning “high, sublime”. Thus its gloss “awful” has the sense “causing awe” rather than its modern English meaning “terrible”, and its general meaning seems to something that is mighty (in strength or size) and also induces awe, either inspiring or terrifying. Its Quenya equivalent Q. taura continued to appear in later writings (PE17/115, VT39/10), indicating that this Noldorin word probably remained valid in Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had the adjective G. taura “powerful” and the (archaic) noun G. †taur “ability, power” (GL/69), both based on the early root ᴱ√TURU “am strong” (GL/72; QL/95).
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- N. -dor “*king, lord” ✧ Ety/TĀ
- N. Tor-dilluin
- N. Nimdildor “High White Horn” ✧ Ety/TĀ
- N. Taurost “High City”
- N. Torfir “High-man” ✧ Ety/TĀ
- ᴺS. torchal “shark or other large predatory fish”
- S. Torhir Ifant
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶tau̯rā > taur [taurā] > [taura] > [tǭra] > [toura] > [taura] > [taur] ✧ Ety/TĀ Variations
- taur ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/TUR
yána (1) adj. "vast, huge; wide" (PE17:99, 115); also yanda, q.v.