ethir (outflow of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy". (noun):
Sindarin
ethir
noun. mouth (of a river), estuary
ethir
noun. spy
ethir
noun. spy
Element in
- S. Amon Ethir “Hill of Spies” ✧ S/217
Elements
Word Gloss ed “out, out of, out, out of, [N.] forth” tir- “to look (towards), watch (over), guard, to look (towards), watch (over), guard; [G.] to look (out) for, watch for, await, expect”
ethir
noun. mouth of a river, (lit.) outflow
Element in
- S. Ethir Anduin “Mouths of Anduin” ✧ RC/350
Elements
Word Gloss ed “out, out of, out, out of, [N.] forth” sîr “river, stream” Variations
- Ethir ✧ LotRI/Anduin; RC/350; SA/sîr
ethir
mouth of a river
ethir
estuary
ethir (mouth or outflow of a river), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "spy".
ethir
spy
(noun) ethir (no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath). Literally "out-watcher". Note: a homophone means "mouth/outflow of a river, estuary".
ethir
outflow of a river
ethir (mouth of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".
gobem
noun. mouth
Elements
Word Gloss go- “together, co-, com-” pemp “lip”
A noun for the mouth of a river or a river delta, glossed “outflow” in the Unfinished Index of The Lord of the Rings (RC/350; Ety/ET). It was a combination of primitive ✶et “out” and S. sîr “river” (SA/sîr; Ety/ET), where ts > th.
Conceptual Development: The word and its derivation first appeared as N. ethir in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ET).