The Sindarin name for “Pippin” (SD/126), possibly of the same meaning as the English word: that of a type of yellow and red apple. If so, its initial element may be √KOR “round”.
Sindarin
cordof
noun. pippin (seed of certain fruits, or more probably small red apple)
cordof
masculine name. Pippin
Element in
- S. ar Iorhael, Gelir, Cordof, ar Baravorn, ionnath dîn “and Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Hamfast his sons” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129
cordof
noun. pippin, *a type of yellow and red apple
Element in
- S. Cordof “Pippin” ✧ SD/126
Variations
- Cordof ✧ SD/126
cordof
apple
(small red apple, "pippin") cordof (i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll pl. cordovath
cordof
apple
(i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll pl. cordovath
cordof
pippin
(small red apple) cordof (i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll. pl. cordovath
cordof
pippin
(i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll. pl. cordovath
orf
noun. apple
Cognates
- ᴺQ. orva “apple”
Element in
Sindarin translation of the name Pippin, referring to the son of Samwise Gamgee rather than the Peregrin Took (SD/117, 126). This name may have the same meaning as Pippin = Wes. razar “a kind of small red apple” (PM/51), as suggested by David Salo (GS/346).