_ adj. _small. Q. cinta.
Sindarin
aew
noun. (small) bird
Cognates
- Q. aiwë “(small) bird” ✧ SA/lin¹
Element in
aew
noun. (small) bird
aewen
adjective. of birds
niben
adjective. small, petty
cidinn
adjective. small
cinnog
adjective. small
_ adj. _small. Q. cinta.
niben
adjective. little finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)
nimp
adjective. small and frail
aew
small bird
aew. No distinct pl. form.
aew
small bird
. No distinct pl. form.
aew
bird
(small bird) 1) aew. No distinct pl. form. 2) fileg, pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular. or
aew
bird
. No distinct pl. form.
aew
aew
aewen
of birds
pl. aewin.
emlinn
yellowhammer
(= "yellow singer"); no distinct pl. form. Also emelin, no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emelinnath. Adj.
fileg
bird
pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular.
glâd
small forest
(i ’lâd, construct glad) (wood), pl. glaid (in glaid).
mîw
small
1) mîw (tiny, frail), lenited vîw, no distinct pl. form, 2) niben (petty), pl. nibin. Also used as a name for the the little finger. (VT48:6) 3) SMALL (and frail) nimp, no distinct pl. form (VT48:18)
mîw
small
(tiny, frail), lenited vîw, no distinct pl. form
niben
small
(petty), pl. nibin. Also used as a name for the the little finger. (VT48:6)
nimp
small
no distinct pl. form (VT48:18)
pêg
small spot
(i** bêg, construct peg) (dot), pl. pîg (i** phîg)
hûb
small landlocked bay
(i chûb, o chûb, construct hub) (harbour, haven), pl. huib (i chuib).
tinu
small star
(i** dinu, o thinu; also -din at the end of compounds) (spark), analogical pl. tiny (i** thiny). Archaic tinw, so the coll. pl. is likely tinwath.
A noun meaning “(small) bird” (SA/lin¹, Ety/AIWĒ), appearing in the name Linaewen “Lake of Birds” (S/119, UT/401). It was derived from primitive ᴹ✶aiwē like its Quenta cognate aiwë (Ety/AIWĒ), with the primitive diphthong ai becoming the ae in Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, G. aigli “bird” was given as a derivative of the root ᴱ√aı̯, though in this early iteration Tolkien said it especially applied to larger instead of smaller birds (GL/17). In Early Noldorin notes from the 1920s, it became ᴱN. aiw “bird” (PE13/136, 158). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the form became N. aew “(small) bird” (Ety/AIWĒ), and this is the source of the derivation given above.