Aulëonnar

children of aulë

Aulëonnar (sg. #Aulëonna) noun "Children of Aulë", a name of the Dwarves (PM:391). See onna.

aulëonnar

collective name. Children of Aulë

A name for the Dwarves as children of Aulë (PM/391). This name is a compound of Aulë and the plural of onna “child”.

onna

creature

onna noun "creature" (ONO), "child" (PE17:170), also translated "child" in the plural compound Aulëonnar "Children of Aulë", a name of the Dwarves (PM:391), and apparently also used = "child" in the untranslated sentence nai amanya onnalya ter coivierya ("k") "be it that your child [will be] blessed thoughout his/her life" (VT49:41). The form onya (q.v.), used as a vocative "my child", is perhaps shortened from *onnanya.

raug

noun. a powerful, hostile and terrible creature, a demon

graug

noun. a powerful, hostile and terrible creature, a demon

ûn

creature

ûn (pl. uin).

ûn

creature

(pl. uin).

graug

powerful, hostile and terrible creature

(i ’raug), pl. groeg (in groeg), coll. pl. grogath (WJ:415)

ûn

noun. creature

ûn

noun. creature

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “creature” derived from the root ᴹ√ONO “beget” (Ety/ONO), perhaps from a primitive form ✱ōno with ancient ō becoming ū.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. onna “creature” ✧ Ety/ONO

Derivations

• ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/ONO

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ONO > ûn	[ōno] > [ūno] > [ūn]	✧ Ety/ONO

Variations

• ûn ✧ Ety/ONO

rhaug

noun. a powerful, hostile and terrible creature, a demon