A noun for “homestead” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. bar “home” with the noun suffix G. -wen (GL/21).
Quenya
osta
homestead
osta
homestead
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barwen
noun. homestead
osta
noun. homestead
Changes
osta→ osta “walled tower” ✧ QL/071Derivations
- ᴱ√OSO “*enclosure” ✧ LT2A/Belegost; QL/071
Element in
- Eq. Ondosta
- Eq. Ondostamar
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√OSO > osta [ostā] > [osta] ✧ LT2A/Belegost ᴱ√OSO² > osta [ostā] > [osta] ✧ QL/071
osta (2) noun "homestead" (LT2:336)