yello

call, shout of triumph

yello (2) noun "call, shout of triumph" (GYEL); changed by Tolkien from ello.

ello

call, shout of triumph

[ello] noun "call, shout of triumph" (GYEL (< GEL) )

miuya-

verb. to cry, whine

Derivations

• ᴹ√MIW “whine”

nallon

verb. I cry

nalla-

verb. to cry

nalla-

verb. to cry

Derivations

• √NAL “call, cry”

Element in

• S. le nallon sí di’nguruthos “here overwhelmed in dread of Death I cry” ✧ LotR/0729; RGEO/64

can-

verb. to cry out, shout, call

nalla

noun. call

nallan

noun. call

A word appearing in the 1st edition of The Lord of the Rings from 1954 in the phrase le nallan sí di’nguruthos. In Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien translated {nallon >>} nallon as “a call”, followed by another form nalla, with alternates nalla, nalloth, nallar in the upper margin. Christopher Gilson suggested that the gloss might instead be “to call” or “my call”; if the latter is correct, then nallan might be the 1st sg. possessive form of nalla.

In the 2nd edition of The Lord of the Rings from 1965 Tolkien changed nallan to nallon. In The Road Goes Ever On (RGEO) from 1967 he confirmed that this new form was a verb form meaning “I cry” (RGEO/64).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I think we can retain nallan as a noun for “a call”. While it is tempting to use the form nalla instead, I have no idea how the a might have survived at the end of this word, so I think nallan is better.

Changes

• nallon → nallan ✧ PE17/094

Derivations

• √NAL “call, cry”

Element in

• S. le nallon sí di’nguruthos “here overwhelmed in dread of Death I cry” ✧ PE17/094

Variations

• nalla ✧ PE17/094
• nallon ✧ PE17/094 (nallon)
• nalloth ✧ PE17/094
• nallar ✧ PE17/094

nallar

noun. call

nalloth

noun. call

caun

cry

(noun) caun (i gaun, o chaun) (clamour, outcry, shout), pl. coen (i choen), coll. pl. conath, the latter often used = "lamentation" (PM:345, 362). Note: a homophone of caun means "valour".

caun

cry

(i gaun, o chaun) (clamour, outcry, shout), pl. coen (i choen), coll. pl. conath, the latter often used = "lamentation" (PM:345, 362). Note: a homophone of caun means "valour".

nalla

cry

(i nalla, in nallar). Attested in the 1st person present-tense form nallon ”

can

cry out

(i gân, i chenir) (shout, call). Compare

esta

call

1) (vb.) esta- (to name) (i esta, in estar), 2) (call out) ialla- (VT46:22), also can- (i gân, i chenir) (shout, cry out). See also CRY (OUT).

esta

call

(to name) (i esta, in estar)

ialla-

call

(VT46:22), also can- (i gân, i chenir) (shout, cry out). See also

nal Reconstructed

root. call, cry

A root implied by the Sindarin words S. nalla- “to cry” and S. nallan “call” (LotR/729; PE17/94). It might be related to ᴹ√ÑGYAL(AM) “talk loud or incoherently” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ÑGAL) and ᴱ√NALA “ring, play” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/64). The true form of the latter might be ✱ᴱ√NDALA given the Gnomish word G. dala- “sing or ring” vs. ᴱQ. nala- of the same meaning (GL/29).

Derivatives

• S. nalla- “to cry”
• S. nallan “call”

ial

noun. ?cry, shout, *cry, shout

Derivations

• ᴹ√YAL “to cry, cry, *call” ✧ EtyAC/YAM

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YAL > ial	[jal]	✧ EtyAC/YAM

ial

noun. (?) a call, (?) a cry

ialla-

verb. to call

hûl

noun. cry of encouragement in battle