Quenya 

corma

ring

#corma noun "ring", isolated from #cormacolindo "Ring-bearer", pl. cormacolindor (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308); Cormarë "Ringday", a festival held on Yavannië 30 in honour of Frodo Baggins (Appendix D)

corma

noun. ring

A word for “ring” appearing as an element in Q. Cormacolindor “Ring-bearers” (LotR/953), clearly derived from the root √KOR “round”. It also appeared in a translation of the title of The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien included in a 1973 letter to Phillip Brown: i Túrin i Cormaron.

Conceptual Development: Another translation of “Lord of the Rings” is known from an exhibit of Tolkien manuscripts: Heru imillion, where presumably the element millë means “ring” (DTS/54). In a deleted entry from The Etymologies of the 1930s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. kolma “ring ([?on] finger)” [or possibly “or finger”] derived from a deleted root ᴹ√KOL (EtyAC/KOL).

Cognates

  • S. cor “ring, circle”
  • ᴺS. corf “ring (for fingers)”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
KOR“round, round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll”
-ma“instrumental”

Variations

  • Corma ✧ LotR/0953 (Corma); LotR/1112 (Corma)
Quenya [LotR/0953; LotR/1112; Minor-Doc/1973-05-30] Group: Eldamo. Published by

corto

noun. circle

Cognates

  • S. corod “circle” ✧ NM/351

Derivations

  • KOR “round, round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll”

Element in

rindë

circle

rindë noun "circle" (RIN)

risil

ring

*risil (þ) noun "ring" (on the ground) in Rithil-Anamo, q.v.

Sindarin 

echor

noun. outer circle, encircling, outer ring

Sindarin [LotR/V:I, LotR/Index, S/430] Group: SINDICT. Published by

echor

noun/adjective. outer circle; encircling

Element in

  • S. Echoriath “Encircling Mountains, (lit.) Encircling Fence” ✧ SA/echor
  • S. Eryd Echor “Encircling Mountains” ✧ RC/621
  • S. Orfalch Echor “*High Cleft of the Outer Circle” ✧ SA/echor
  • S. Rammas Echor “Great Wall of the Outer Circle” ✧ RC/512; SA/echor

Elements

WordGloss
ed“out, out of, out, out of, [N.] forth”
cor“ring, circle”

Variations

  • Echor ✧ RC/621
Sindarin [RC/512; RC/621; SA/echor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rind

noun. circle

Sindarin [Ety/383, X/RH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ringorn

noun. circle

Sindarin [Ety/365, X/RH] rind+corn. Group: SINDICT. Published by

echor

ring

(outer ring or circle) echor (pl. echyr). It is unclear what the Sindarin word for an ornamental ring is; the cognate of Quenya corma would be *corf (i gorf, o chorf; pl. cyrf, i chyrf, coll. pl. corvath).

echor

ring

(pl. echyr). It is unclear what the Sindarin word for an ornamental ring is; the cognate of Quenya corma would be ✱corf (i gorf, o chorf; pl. cyrf, i chyrf, coll. pl. corvath).

echor

circle

(pl. echyr)

echor

outer ring/circle

echor (pl. echyr)

echor

outer ring/circle

(pl. echyr)

corn

circle

(i gorn, o chorn), pl. cyrn (i chyrn). The word is also used as an adj. "circular, round, globed"

corod Reconstructed

noun. circle

Cognates

  • Q. corto “circle” ✧ NM/351

Derivations

  • KOR “round, round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll”

Element in

  • S. Orchorod “High Mountain Circle” ✧ NM/351

rind

circle

1) rind (construct rin; no distinct pl. form except with article: idh rind), coll. pl. rinnath. 2) corn (i gorn, o chorn), pl. cyrn (i chyrn). The word is also used as an adj. "circular, round, globed", 3) (outer ring or circle) echor (pl. echyr), 4) ringorn, pl. ringyrn (idh ringyrn)

rind

noun. circle

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

rind

circle

(construct rin; no distinct pl. form except with article: idh rind), coll. pl. rinnath.

ringorn

noun. circle

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

ringorn

circle

pl. ringyrn (idh ringyrn)

Black Speech

nazg

noun. ring

Derivations

  • nazgā “bond, fetter” ✧ PE19/101
    • NASAG “*bond, fetter” ✧ PE19/101

Element in

Black Speech [Let/178; Let/382; Let/384; LotR/0254; PE17/011; PE17/031; PE17/079; PE17/125; PE19/101; RC/762] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nazg

noun. (finger-)ring

>> Nazgûl 'Ringwraiths'

Black Speech [PE17/11] Published by

Noldorin 

rhingorn

noun. circle

Noldorin [Ety/365, X/RH] rind+corn. Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhingorn

noun. circle

Elements

WordGloss
rhinn“circle”
corn“round, globed”

Variations

  • rhin-gorn ✧ Ety/KOR
Noldorin [Ety/KOR; Ety/RIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhind

noun. circle

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/RH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhinn

noun. circle

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/RH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhinn

noun. circle

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. rinde “circle” ✧ Ety/RIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RIN “*circle” ✧ Ety/RIN

Element in

  • N. idhrin “year, *(lit.) year-circle” ✧ Ety/RIN
  • N. rhingorn “circle” ✧ Ety/RIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RIN > rhind > rhinn[rinde] > [rind] > [r̥ind] > [r̥inn]✧ Ety/RIN

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Qenya 

rinde

noun. circle

Cognates

  • N. rhinn “circle” ✧ Ety/RIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RIN “*circle” ✧ Ety/RIN

Element in

  • ᴹQ. rinda “circular”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RIN > rinde[rinde]✧ Ety/RIN

Middle Primitive Elvish

nyol

root. ring

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

lemfarilt

noun. ring

Early Noldorin

crithos

noun. ring, ring; [G.] circle

Early Noldorin [PE13/141] Group: Eldamo. Published by

craith

noun. circle

Derivations

Element in

  • G. crithla- “to encircle; to circle, go round”
  • En. crithos “ring, ring; [G.] circle” ✧ PE13/140
  • G. crithos “circle, ring”
  • En. crithui “circular” ✧ PE13/140
  • G. crithog “circular”
Early Noldorin [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by