celumë

stream, flow

celumë ("k")noun "stream, flow" (KEL, LT1:257); locative pl. celumessen ("k") in Markirya (ëar-celumessen is translated "in the flowing sea", lit. *"in sea-streams").

celu

stream

celu _("k")_noun "stream" (LT1:257; rather celumë in LotR-style Quenya)

sîr

stream

_ n. _stream. >> Nanduhirion

celeth

stream

(noun) 1) celeth (i geleth, o cheleth), pl. celith (i chelith), 2) sirith (i hirith, o sirith) (flowing), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith), 3) nên (water, lake, pool, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn, 4) rant (watercourse, water-channel, lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath.

celeth

stream

(i geleth, o cheleth), pl. celith (i chelith)

nên

stream

(water, lake, pool, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn

sirith

stream

(i hirith, o sirith) (flowing), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith)

rant

stream

(watercourse, water-channel, lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath.

sīru

noun. stream

Derivations

• √SIR “flow”

Variations

• sīrŭ ✧ PE21/80

celeth

noun. stream, *brook, rill, runlet; (lit.) a flowing

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stream” appearing in a marginal note next to the root ᴹ√KEL “go, run (especially of water), flow away downhill” (Ety/KEL; EtyAC/KEL). It might be used for any small flow of water like brook, rill, or runlet; its literal meaning is probably “✱flowing”.

Derivations

• ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ Ety/KEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KEL > celeth	[kelette] > [kelettʰe] > [keleθθe] > [keleθθ] > [keleθ]	✧ Ety/KEL

celeth

noun. stream