inga
top, highest point
ormë
summit, crest
ormë (2) noun "summit, crest" (LT1:256; this "Qenya" word is probably obsoleted by # 1 above)
ingëa
adjective. top
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Elements
Word Gloss inga “top, highest point, top, highest point, [ᴹQ.] first”
caw
top
caw (i gaw, o chaw), pl. coe (i choe)
caw
top
(i gaw, o chaw), pl. coe (i choe)
taen
high mountain
(i daen, o thaen) (height), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaen). Note: a homophone means ”long (and thin)”.
caw
noun. top
caw
noun. top
Derivations
- ᴹ√KAS “head” ✧ Ety/KAS
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KAS > caw [kāsa] > [kǭsa] > [kǭha] > [kouha] > [kauha] > [kauh] > [kau] ✧ Ety/KAS
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daroth
noun. summit, peak
Variations
- darath ✧ PE13/112
darath
noun. summit, peak
dorm
noun. summit
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “summit” derived from ᴱ✶daormĕ- (GL/42). It is probably the cognate of ᴱQ. torme “mountain peak” and thus a derivative of ᴱ√TAHA (QL/87), which based on its Gnomish derivatives is probably ✱ᴱ√DAHA.
Cognates
- Eq. torme “mountain (peak)”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶daormĕ- > dorm [daorme] > [dorme] > [dorm] ✧ GL/30
daroth
noun. top, point, peak, tip, spike, top, peak, point, tip, spike, [G.] summit
Changes
- daroth → daroth “top” ✧ PE13/142
câ
noun. top
Derivations
- ᴱ√KASA “head”
Element in
- En. oga “above, on top of” ✧ PE13/151
Variations
- cá ✧ PE13/140; PE13/151
ormin
noun. top
Derivations
- ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising”
inga (1) noun "top, highest point" (PM:340), "only applied to shapes pointing upwards...[it] referred primarily to position and could be used of tops relatively broad". Compounded in the nouns aldinga "tree-top" (alda + inga) (VT47:28), ingaran "high-king" (PM:340)