colindo
bearer
colindo
noun. bearer
Element in
- ᴺQ. cöacolindo “snail, (lit.) house-bearer”
- Q. Cormacolindor “Ring-bearers” ✧ LotR/0953
Elements
Word Gloss col- “to bear, carry, wear” -ndo “masculine agent”
col-
bear, carry
#col- vb. "bear, carry", not attested by itself by suggested by colindo and colla, q.v.; also compare Tancol.
morco
bear
morco ("k")noun "bear" (MORÓK)
cyll
noun. bearer
medli
noun. bear
graw
noun. bear
graw
bear
(noun) 1) graw (i **raw), pl. groe (in groe), coll. pl. ?grawath or ?groath (VT47:12). 2) brôg (i vrôg, construct brog), pl. brŷg (i mrŷg**), 3) *medli (i vedli), no distinct pl. form except with article (i medli). The word literally means ”honey-eater”. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” megli.
graw
noun. bear
A Sindarin word for “bear” in notes from the late 1960s, derived from primitive ✶grā (VT47/12).
Neo-Sindarin: Its Quenya cognate Q. roa had the revised meaning {“bear” >>} “dog”, so for purposes of Neo-Sindarin it is probably best to stick with [N.] brôg and ᴺS. medli [N. megli] as words for “bear”.
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶grā > graw [grā] > [grǭ] > [grau] ✧ VT47/12
graw
bear
(i ’raw), pl. groe (in groe), coll. pl. ?grawath or ?groath (VT47:12).
colron
noun. bearer
Derivations
- √KOL “bear, carry, wear”
medlin
bearish, of bears
(adjective derived from medli ”bear”), lenited vedlin, no distinct pl. form. – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” meglin.
cyll
bearer
cyll (i gyll, o chyll), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chyll)
cyll
noun. bearer
Derivations
- √KOL “bear, carry, wear”
cyll
bearer
(i gyll, o chyll), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chyll)
medli
bear
(i vedli), no distinct pl. form except with article (i medli). The word literally means ”honey-eater”. – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” megli.
brôg
bear
(i vrôg, construct brog), pl. brŷg (i mrŷg)
urug
noun. bear
A noun translated “bear” (SD/426), also given by Tolkien as an example of how common-nouns can be altered into masculine and feminine forms using the suffixes -û and -î: urgī “female bear, she-bear” (SD/435).
morokō
noun. bear
Derivations
- ᴹ√MOROK “*bear”
megli
noun. bear
brôg
noun. bear
brôg
noun. bear
A noun for “bear” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶morókō under the root ᴹ√MOROK (Ety/MORÓK), where the initial syllable reduced to m’rokō and then the initial mr became br.
Conceptual Development: A likely precursor to this word is ᴱN. gorch “bear” (also “fierce fighter”) from Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/145, 149).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. morko “bear” ✧ Ety/MORÓK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶morókō > brôg [morókō] > [mrokō] > [brokō] > [broko] > [brok] > [brog] > [brōg] ✧ Ety/MORÓK Variations
- brog ✧ EtyAC/LIS
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morko
noun. bear
A noun for “bear” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶morókō under the root ᴹ√MOROK (Ety/MORÓK).
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. sovamorco “raccoon, (lit.) wash-bear”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶morókō > morko [morokō] > [morkō] > [morko] ✧ Ety/MORÓK
broga
noun. bear
A word for “bear” developed from the primitive form ᴹ✶morókō (Ety/BIRÍT), because in Ilkorin unstressed initial syllables reduced to favored clusters, after which the [[ilk|initial [mr-] became [br-]]]. This word is unusual in that the primitive final vowel did not vanish, but instead developed into -a, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/broga). The conditions for this exception are unclear, but may have been due to the consonant [g] that developed from primitive [k].
Cognates
- ᴹQ. morko “bear” ✧ Ety/MORÓK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶morókō > broga [morókō] > [moróko] > [mróko] > [bróko] > [brógo] > [bróga] ✧ Ety/MORÓK
morókō
noun. bear
Derivations
- ᴹ√MOROK “*bear” ✧ Ety/MORÓK
Derivatives
matsile
noun. bear
A word appearing only as an element in the name ᴱQ. Oromatsile “Great Bear” from Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/149). It was a cognate of ᴱN. magli “bear” = “honey-eater”, and hence composed of the same elements: ᴱQ. mata- “eat” and ᴱQ. ile “honey”, where the s appeared because ti became tsi in Early Qenya, so that matile > matsile.
Cognates
- En. magli “bear, (lit.) honey-eater” ✧ PE13/149
Element in
- Eq. Oromatsile “Great Bear” ✧ PE13/149
Elements
Word Gloss mata- “to eat” ile “honey”
#colindo noun "bearer", pl. #colindor in cormacolindor "ring-bearers" (q.v.)