Quenya 

collo

noun. cloak

A word for “cloak” appearing in Sindacollo “Grey Cloak” cognate to S. Thingol (PE17/72; SA/thin(d)), clearly a derivative of √KOL “bear, carry, wear”.

Cognates

  • S. coll “cloak, mantle”

Derivations

  • √KOL “bear, carry, wear”

Element in

  • Q. Sindacollo “Grey-cloak, Greymantle” ✧ SA/thin(d)
  • Q. Sindicollo “Grey-cloak”
  • Q. Singollo “Grey-cloak, Greymantle” ✧ SA/thin(d)
Quenya [SA/thin(d)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

náva

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶nābā > Náva[nābā] > [nāβā] > [nāβa] > [nāva]✧ WJ/414

Variations

  • Náva ✧ WJ/389 (Náva)

ronta

hollow

ronta adj.? noun? "hollow" (also rotwa) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)

rotwa

hollow

rotwa adj.? noun? "hollow" (also ronta) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)

unqua

hollow

unqua ("q")adj. "hollow" (UNUK)

carnë

adjective. red, scarlet

Cognates

  • S. caran “red” ✧ PE17/036; SA/caran

Derivations

  • ✶karani “red” ✧ PE22/152

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶karani > carne[karani] > [karane] > [karne]✧ PE22/152

Variations

  • carne ✧ PE17/036; PE17/083; PE17/154 (carne); PE22/152
Quenya [PE17/036; PE17/083; PE17/154; PE22/152; PM/353; SA/caran] Group: Eldamo. Published by

carnë

red

carnë adj. "red", "scarlet, red" (SA:caran, PE17:154, MC:214, KARÁN - spelt with a k in the two latter sources), not to be confused with the past tense of car- "do, make". Stem carni- as in Carnimírië, Carnistir.

aira

red, copper-coloured, ruddy

aira (1) adj. "red, copper-coloured, ruddy" (GAY)

carne (carni-)

adjective. red

Quenya [PE 22:152] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

nasar

red

nasar adj. "red" (in Vanyarin Quenya only). Adopted and adapted from Valarin. (WJ:399)

Sindarin 

coll

noun. cloak, mantle

Sindarin [Thingol S/421, MR/385] Group: SINDICT. Published by

coll

adjective. hollow

Sindarin [WJ/414] Group: SINDICT. Published by

coll

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶kuldā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

  • S. Bar-goll “Hollow Dwelling” ✧ WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶kuldā > coll[kuldā] > [kulda] > [kulða] > [kolða] > [kolð] > [koll]✧ WJ/414

Variations

  • coll ✧ WJ/414

coll

noun. cloak, mantle

A word for “cloak, mantle” implied by the name Thingol “Grey Cloak, Grey Mantle” and its Quenya cognate Sindacollo containing Q. collo “cloak” (S/56; SA/thin(d); PE17/72), clearly derived from √KOL “bear, carry, wear” (PE17/158).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. tôl “a mantle” related to G. tô “wool” (GL/71).

Cognates

Derivations

  • √KOL “bear, carry, wear”

Element in

  • S. Thingol “Greycloak, Greymantle” ✧ PE17/072
Sindarin [PE17/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naw

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶nābā > nauv > naw[nābā] > [nāba] > [nǭba] > [nǭva] > [nauva] > [nauv] > [nau]✧ WJ/414

raudh

adjective. hollow, cavernous

Sindarin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

caran

adjective. red

Sindarin [Ety/362, S/429, LotR/E] Group: SINDICT. Published by

caran

red

_ adj. _red, ruddy. >> Caradhras

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:36] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

caran

adjective. red

Cognates

  • Q. carnë “red, scarlet” ✧ PE17/036; SA/caran

Derivations

  • ✶karani “red” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶carani- > caran[karani] > [karane] > [karan]✧ VT41/10
Sindarin [PE17/036; SA/caran; VT41/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gaer

adjective. red, copper-coloured, ruddy

Sindarin [Ety/358, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gaer

red, reddish

(copper-coloured, ruddy); lenited ’aear; no distinct pl. form. (This is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” goer.) Note: homophones mean "dreadful, awful, fearful; holy" and also "sea".

naru

red

(analogical pl. nery). The archaic fom narw is also listed (LR:374 s.v. NAR1).

ruin

adjective. (fiery) red

Sindarin [PM/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

coll

cloak

coll (i goll, o choll), pl. cyll (i chyll). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "red, scarlet".

coll

cloak

(i goll, o choll), pl. cyll (i chyll). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "red, scarlet".

coll

red

(scarlet), lenited goll, pl. cyll (VT45:15, 24). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "cloak".

coll

scarlet

coll (red), lenited goll, pl. cyll (VT45:15, 24). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "cloak".

coll

scarlet

(red), lenited goll, pl. cyll (VT45:15, 24). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "cloak".

coll

hollow

(lenited goll; pl. cyll). (WJ:414) Note: homophones mean "red, scarlet" and also "cloak".

naw

hollow

(adj.) 1) *naw (attested in the form nov- as part of the name Novrod, Hollowbold), pl. noe. (WJ:414) Note: a homophone is the noun ”idea”. 2) coll (lenited goll; pl. cyll). (WJ:414) Note: homophones mean "red, scarlet" and also "cloak". 3) raudh (cavernous), pl. roedh

naw

hollow

(attested in the form nov- as part of the name Novrod, Hollowbold), pl. noe. (WJ:414) Note: a homophone is the noun ”idea”.

raudh

hollow

(cavernous), pl. roedh

born

red

(hot), lenited vorn, pl. byrn

caran

red

1) caran (lenited garan, pl. cerain). Also carn (lenited garn, pl. cern), 2) coll (scarlet), lenited goll, pl. cyll (VT45:15, 24). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "cloak". 3) born (hot), lenited vorn, pl. byrn, 4) (fiery red) naru (analogical pl. nery). The archaic fom narw is also listed (LR:374 s.v. _NAR_1). 5) rhosc (russet, brown), lenited ?throsc or ?rosc (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhysc. Cf. also

caran

red

(lenited garan, pl. cerain). Also carn (lenited garn, pl. cern)

crann

ruddy

(lenited grann, pl. crain).

rhosc

red

(russet, brown), lenited ?throsc or ?rosc *(the lenition product of rh is uncertain)*, pl. rhysc. Cf. also

Quendya 

nasar

adjective. red

Primitive elvish

kuldā

adjective. hollow

Derivatives

  • S. coll “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
Primitive elvish [WJ/414] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nābā

noun. hollow

Derivatives

  • Q. náva “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
  • S. naw “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
  • north S. nôf “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

Primitive elvish [WJ/414] Group: Eldamo. Published by

karani

adjective. red

Derivatives

  • Q. carnë “red, scarlet” ✧ PE22/152
  • S. caran “red” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

Variations

  • karanĭ ✧ PE21/81
  • karnĭ ✧ PE21/81
  • carani- ✧ VT41/10
Primitive elvish [PE21/81; PE22/152; VT41/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

coll

adjective. (golden) red

Noldorin [Ety/365] Group: SINDICT. Published by

coll

adjective. red, scarlet

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kulda “flame-coloured, golden-red” ✧ Ety/KUL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kuldā “red” ✧ Ety/GUL; Ety/KUL
    • ᴹ√KUL “golden-red” ✧ Ety/GUL; Ety/KUL
  • ᴹ√KUL “golden-red” ✧ Ety/KUL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kuldā > coll[kuldā] > [kulda] > [kulða] > [kolða] > [kolð] > [koll]✧ Ety/KUL

Variations

  • goll ✧ Ety/GUL (goll); EtyAC/GUL (goll)
Noldorin [Ety/GUL; Ety/KUL; EtyAC/GUL; EtyAC/KUL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

caron

adjective. red

rhaudh

adjective. hollow, cavernous

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

goer

adjective. red, copper-coloured, ruddy

Noldorin [Ety/358, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

caran

adjective. red

Noldorin [Ety/362, S/429, LotR/E] Group: SINDICT. Published by

caran

adjective. red

Changes

  • caran → caran “red, blush, red (?part) of face” ✧ Ety/KARÁN

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. karne “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶karani “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN
    • ᴹ√KARAN “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶karani > caran[karani] > [karane] > [karan]✧ Ety/KARÁN
ᴹ✶karani > cern[karani] > [karni] > [kerni] > [kern]✧ EtyAC/KARÁN

Variations

  • cern ✧ EtyAC/KARÁN (cern)
  • Caron ✧ RS/419
  • caron ✧ RS/419
Noldorin [Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN; RS/419] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rosta-

verb. to hollow out, excavate

Noldorin [Ety/384] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naru

adjective. red

Noldorin [Ety/374, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naru

adjective. red, [fiery] red

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶narwā “fiery red” ✧ Ety/NAR¹
    • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶narwā > narw > naru[narwā] > [narwa] > [narw] > [naru]✧ Ety/NAR¹
Noldorin [Ety/NAR¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narw

adjective. red

Noldorin [Ety/374, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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North sindarin

nôf

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

  • north S. Novrod “Hollowbold” ✧ WJ/414; WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶nābā > nǭv > nōf[nābā] > [nāta] > [nǭba] > [nǭba] > [nǭva] > [nǭv]✧ WJ/414

Variations

  • nōf ✧ WJ/414
North sindarin [WJ/414] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

unqa

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ᴹ√UNUK “*hollow” ✧ Ety/UNUK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√UNUK > unqa[uŋkwa]✧ Ety/UNUK

karne

adjective. red

Cognates

  • N. caran “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶karani “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN
    • ᴹ√KARAN “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶karani > karne[karani] > [karane] > [karne]✧ Ety/KARÁN
ᴹ✶karani > karne[karani] > [karane] > [karne]✧ EtyAC/KARÁN
Qenya [Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

arn

adjective. red

A Doriathrin adjective meaning “red” derived from the root ᴹ√YAR (Ety/YAR), likely derived from a primitive form such as ✱✶yarna [jarna]. It is a good example of how [[ilk|initial [j] vanished]] in Ilkorin.

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YAR “blood” ✧ Ety/YAR

Element in

  • Ilk. Aros ✧ Ety/YAR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√YAR > arn[jarna] > [arna] > [arn] > [arn]✧ Ety/YAR
Doriathrin [Ety/YAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

kab

root. hollow

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶kambā
    • On. kamba “hand” ✧ PE21/59; PE21/59
    • N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
  • ᴹQ. kambe “hollow (of hand)” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB
  • ᴹQ. kapsa “case, vessel, case, vessel, *container”
  • N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB
  • On. kamba “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ
    • N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Element in

  • N. Cambant “Full Hand” ✧ Ety/KWAT
  • N. Camlost “Empty-hand(ed)” ✧ Ety/LUS
  • N. forgam “righthanded” ✧ Ety/PHOR
  • N. hargam “left-handed” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Variations

  • KAB ✧ Ety/KAB; Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KWAT; Ety/LUS; Ety/MAƷ; Ety/PHOR; EtyAC/KAB (KAB); EtyAC/MAƷ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KAB; Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KWAT; Ety/LUS; Ety/MAƷ; Ety/PHOR; EtyAC/KAB; EtyAC/MAƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kuldā

adjective. red

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KUL “golden-red” ✧ Ety/GUL; Ety/KUL

Derivatives

  • N. coll “red, scarlet” ✧ Ety/GUL; Ety/KUL

Variations

  • guldā ✧ Ety/GUL (guldā)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GUL; Ety/KUL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

karan

root. red

This root appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “red” (Ety/KARÁN), a later iteration of ᴱ√KṚN of the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s of the same meaning, but with syllabic ṛ (QL/48). Its main Quenya derivative, Q. carnë, retained the same form throughout Tolkien’s life, but its Gnomish forms G. carn(in) “scarlet” and G. crintha “rosy, pink” (GL/25, 27) became N. caran “red” in the 1930s, and retained that form thereafter.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶karani “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN
    • ᴹQ. karne “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN
    • N. caran “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN
  • ᴹ✶k’rannā “ruddy (of face)” ✧ Ety/KARÁN
    • N. crann “ruddy (of face); face, blush, the cheeks, ruddy (of face); blush, the cheeks, face” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN
  • ᴹQ. karanya- “to make red, redden”

Element in

Variations

  • KARÁN ✧ Ety/KARÁN; Ety/RAS; Ety/THĒ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KARÁN; Ety/RAS; Ety/THĒ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

karani

adjective. red

Changes

  • kárāni → karani ✧ Ety/KARÁN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KARAN “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. karne “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN
  • N. caran “red” ✧ Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN

Variations

  • kárāni ✧ EtyAC/KARÁN (kárāni)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

cub

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUPU “hump”

Variations

  • Cub ✧ GL/27
  • cûf ✧ GL/27 (cûf)

dûl

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ndolo- > dûl[ndōl] > [ndūl] > [dūl]✧ GL/30
Gnomish [GL/30; GL/31] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rothrin

adjective. hollow

Cognates

  • Eq. ronta “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin

Derivations

  • G. roth “cave, grot” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin
    • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin
Gnomish [GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tum

noun. hollow

Changes

  • tûm → tum “hollow” ✧ GL/71

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUM(B)U “‽” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Variations

  • tûm ✧ GL/71 (tûm)
Gnomish [GL/71; LT1A/Tombo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

carn(in)

adjective. scarlet

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • carnin ✧ GL/25
  • carn ✧ GL/27
Gnomish [GL/25; GL/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

lhaur

adjective. red

Early Noldorin [PE13/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

roto

root. hollow

Derivatives

  • Eq. ronta “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. róta “tube, hollow cylinder” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. rotse “pipe, tube” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. orot “cave” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. rótele “cave” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. rotl “cave, hollow, grot” ✧ QL/080
  • G. groth “earth, soil”
  • G. roth “cave, grot” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin
    • G. rothrin “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin
  • G. rod “tube, stem” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin
  • G. rogli “little pipe (especially musical)” ✧ GL/65
  • G. rodos “cavern” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin
  • G. grûd “cavern”
  • G. ront “high, steep” ✧ GL/65
  • G. ross “pipe” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin

Variations

  • roto ✧ GL/65
  • roto- ✧ QL/071
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/071; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ronta

adjective. hollow

Cognates

  • G. rothrin “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ROTO > ronta[rontā] > [ronta]✧ QL/080

Variations

  • rotwa ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
Early Quenya [LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rotwa

adjective. hollow

karne

adjective. red

Changes

  • karnea → karnen ✧ PE16/065

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KṚN > [kṛn]ı̯ǝ > karne[kṛniǝ] > [kṛni] > [kṛne] > [karne]✧ QL/048

Variations

  • karnea ✧ PE16/065 (karnea)
  • Karne ✧ PE16/077
Early Quenya [MC/214; MC/221; PE15/76; PE16/062; PE16/065; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077; PME/048; QL/048; QL/061; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by