Quenya 

har-

verb. dwell, abide, reside permanently

Quenya [PE 22:125] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Primitive elvish

mbar-

verb. to dwell

Derivations

  • MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live” ✧ PE22/131

Derivatives

  • Q. mar- “to abide, be settled or fixed, to abide, be settled or fixed, [ᴱQ.] dwell, live”
Primitive elvish [PE22/131] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

dortha-

verb. to dwell, stay

Noldorin [Ety/376] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dortha-

verb. to dwell, stay, to dwell, stay, [G.] settle

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dwell, stay” and appearing in its (Noldorin) infinitive form dortho- under the root ᴹ√NDOR “dwell, stay, rest, abide” (Ety/NDOR).

Conceptual Development: The verb G. dortha- “to settle” also appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where Tolkien said it was both “tr. & intr.” (GL/30). In this document it appeared beneath G. dorn “seat”, and thus likely was a cognate of ᴱQ. sorto- “to set, settle” based on the early root ᴱ√ÐORO “sit” (QL/85).

Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writings, √NDOR was glossed “land” rather than “settle”, but I think this verb might still be a valid verbal elaboration for the later meaning of the root, with an original sense “✱to take residence in a land”.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NDOR “dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ Ety/NDOR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NDOR > dortho-[ndorta-] > [ndortʰa-] > [ndorθa-] > [dorθa-]✧ Ety/NDOR

Variations

  • dortho- ✧ Ety/NDOR
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Middle Primitive Elvish

mbar-

verb. to dwell

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MBAR “dwell, inhabit”
    • ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BAR

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. mar- “to abide”
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Gnomish

dortha-

verb. to settle

Cognates

  • Eq. sorto- “to set, settle”

Elements

WordGloss
ÐORO“sit”
-tha“verb suffix”

mara-

verb. to dwell

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MBARA “dwell, live” ✧ GL/56

Variations

  • (m)bara ✧ GL/56

(m)bara-

verb. to dwell

gwadh-

verb. to dwell

A verb appearing as G. gwadh- “dwell” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with a (deleted) primitive form gu̯ađ (GL/46), likely an allusion to the early root ᴱ√ẆAÐA from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/102). In that document, Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as {gwath- >>} gwar-, however, which might align with the deleted primitive form ᴱ✶gu̯ara- “dwell” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/38).

Changes

  • gwath-gwar- ✧ QL/102

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ẆAÐA “dwell” ✧ GL/46; QL/102

Element in

  • G. gwadhril “inhabitant (f.)” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwadhron “inhabitant (m.)” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwadhra “habitable” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯ađ > gwadh-[gwað-]✧ GL/46

Variations

  • gwar- ✧ QL/102
  • gwath- ✧ QL/102 (gwath-)
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Early Primitive Elvish

gu̯ara-

verb. to dwell

Derivations

Derivatives

  • G. brann “dwelling, hall” ✧ GL/38
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ẇaða

root. dwell

Changes

  • W̯AŘAẆAÐA ✧ QL/102

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶gu̯ara- “to dwell”
    • G. brann “dwelling, hall” ✧ GL/38
  • Eq. -uran(do) “town” ✧ QL/102
  • Eq. wasta- “to dwell” ✧ QL/102
  • Eq. wasto “village” ✧ QL/102
  • G. grann “strong place, fort; walled town, city” ✧ QL/102
  • G. gwadh- “to dwell” ✧ GL/46; QL/102

Variations

  • gu̯ađ ✧ GL/46 (gu̯ađ)
  • W̯AŘA ✧ QL/102 (W̯AŘA)
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Early Quenya

wasta-

verb. to dwell

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as wastar “I dwell” under the early root ᴱ√ẆAÐA of the same meaning (QL/102).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ẆAÐA “dwell” ✧ QL/102

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ẆAÐA > wastar[ɣʷaðta-] > [ɣʷaθta-] > [ɣʷasta-] > [wasta-]✧ QL/102
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