ondo
stone
ʼondō
noun. stone
PQ. stone
on
stone
on, ondo noun "stone" (LT2:342, LT1:254 probably only ondo in LotR-style Quenya, see below). Various "Qenya" forms: ondoli "rocks" (MC:213; this would be a partitive plural in LotR-style Quenya), ondolin "rocks" (MC:220), ondoisen "upon rocks" (MC:221), ondolissen "rocks-on" (MC:214; the latter form, partitive plural locative, is still valid in LotR-style Quenya).
Gondolin
noun. Gondolin
hidden rock; gond (“great stone, rock”) + dollen (p.p. of doltha- “conceal”); [Etym. DUL-] - “heart of hidden rock”; gond (“great stone, rock”) + dol (from dollen p.p. of Doltha “conceal”) + ind (“inner thought, heart”); S name for Q Ondolindë (“the Rock of the Music of Water”).
Gondolin
A blend of Noldorin-Quenya and Sindarin
_topon. _A blend of Noldorin-Quenya and Sindarin. Tolkien notes that "it is obviously neither Sindarin nor Noldorin" (PE17:29).
gondolin
place name. Hidden Rock, (originally) Singing Stone
The hidden city of the Noldor in Beleriand, translated “Hidden Rock”, an adaptation of its Quenya name Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water” (S/125). Tolkien stated that the name Gondolin was properly “neither Sindarin or Noldorin [Quenya]” (PE17/29), but the Sindarized name was reinterpretated as a combination of gond “stone” and dolen “hidden” (WJ/201).
Conceptual Development: The name G. Gondolin appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, but at this stage it was translated “Stone of Song” (LT2/158). This was the same meaning as its early Qenya name Ondolinda, with the second element being G. dólin “song” (GL/29, 41; LT1A/Gondolin). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien revised the meaning of N. Gondolin to “heart of hidden rock” (Ety/DUL), setting the stage for the later derivation described above.
Cognates
- Q. Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water, (lit.) Singing Stone” ✧ PE17/133; PM/374; PMI/Gondolin; SA/gond; SI/Gondolin; WJI/Gondolin; S/125; WJI/Ondolindë
Derivations
- Q. Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water, (lit.) Singing Stone” ✧ PE17/029; PE17/133; WJ/201
- ✶Gondō̆-lindē ✧ PE17/133
Element in
- S. Gondolindrim “People of Gondolin” ✧ SI/Gondolin; UTI/Gondolin
- S. Narn e·Dant Gondolin ar Orthad en·Êl “*Tale of the Fall of Gondolin and the Raising of the Star” ✧ MR/373
Elements
Word Gloss gond “stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone” dolen “hidden, hidden, [N.] secret” Variations
- Gondolin(d) ✧ PM/374
gond
noun. great stone, rock
gond
stone
_n. _stone, rock. Archaic S. gond > gonn. Q. ondo. >> Gondor
gondren
adjective. (made) of stone
sarn
noun. small stone
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
sarn
noun. stone (as a material)
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
Gondolin
Gondolin
Gondolind is perhaps a Mithrimin name and means 'stone of music'. In proper Sindarin it was named Gonnólen which means "hidden rock". In Quenya it was named Ondolinde. In Eriol's Old English translations, Gondolin is referred as Stangaldor(burg) "stone-enchantment-(city)", Folgenburg "hidden city" Galdorfaesten "enchantment-fortress".
gondolindrim
gondolin, people of
. Adj. ”of or related to Gondolin”: Gondolindren (pl. Gondolindrin; lenited ’Ondolindren)
gond
stone
(i ’ond, construct gon) (great stone or rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).
gondren
made of stone, stony
(stony), lenited ’ondren, pl. gendrin. Archaic pl. göndrin (TI:270).
gôn
stone
(i ’ôn, construct gon); pl. gŷn, coll. pl. #gonath as in Argonath.
gonhir
master of stone
(i ’Onhir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir), maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim (WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”)
gondrath
street of stone
(i ’ondrath) (causeway, raised stone highway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith. (WJ:340)
sarn
stone
1) (small stone, or stone as material) sarn (i harn, o sarn), pl. sern (i sern); also used as adj. ”stony, made of stone”. 2) gôn (i **ôn, construct gon); pl. gŷn, coll. pl. #**gonath as in Argonath. 3) (larger stone) gond (i **ond, construct gon) (great stone or rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath** (Letters:410).
sarn
stone
(i harn, o sarn), pl. sern (i sern); also used as adj. ”stony, made of stone”.
sarn
made of stone, stony
(lenited harn; pl. sern); also used as noun ”small stone, pebble, stone [as material]”; as adj. also = ”stony”.
gondolin
place name. Heart of Hidden Rock
Changes
Gondolen→ Gondolin ✧ Ety/GONDDerivations
- ᴹ✶Gond-dol-ind “heart of hidden rock” ✧ EtyAC/DUL
Element in
- N. Gondolidhren “Gondolic”
- N. Gondolindrin “Tongue of Gondolin”
- N.
Gondolindeb“Tongue of Gondolin”Elements
Word Gloss gonn “rock, stone (as a material)” doll “obscure, dark, dusky, hidden, secret” ind “inner thought, meaning, heart” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶Gond-dol-ind > Gondolin [gondolind] > [gondolinn] > [gondolin] ✧ EtyAC/DUL Variations
- Gondolind/-inn/-in ✧ Ety/DUL
- Gondolen ✧ EtyAC/GOND (
Gondolen)
gondost
place name. Gondolin
Another name for Gondolin appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of gonn “stone” and ost “city” (Ety/GOND).
Element in
- N. Gondothrim “People of Gondolin” ✧ Ety/GOND
gonn
noun. great stone, rock
gondrafn
noun. hewn stone
gondram
noun. hewn stone
sarn
noun. small stone
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
sarn
noun. stone (as a material)
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
bor
noun. stone
Element in
gond-dol-ind
place name. heart of hidden rock
Derivatives
- N. Gondolin “Heart of Hidden Rock” ✧ EtyAC/DUL
gonod
root. stone
The Elvish words for “stone” were established very early as Q. ondo and S. gond. In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien gave the root of these words as ᴱ√ONO “hard” with derivatives like ᴱQ. ondo “stone, rock” and ᴱQ. onin “anvil” (QL/70). But its Gnomish derivatives like G. gonn “stone” and G. gontha “pillar” (GL/41) indicate the actual root was ✱ᴱ√ƷONO, since initial ʒ > g in Gnomish.
In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien gave the root as ᴹ√GONOD or √GONDO “stone” with essentially the same Elvish forms: ᴹQ. ondo and N. gonn (Ety/GOND). The root itself did not appear in later writings, but Tolkien continued to state, with great frequency, that the primitive form of the word was ✶gondō (Let/410; PE17/28; PE18/106; PE21/81; PM/374; RC/347).
Changes
GOND→ GÓNOD/GONDO “stone” ✧ Ety/GONDDerivatives
- ✶gondō “stone, rock”
- Q. ondo “stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock” ✧ Let/410; RC/347
- Aq. ondō ✧ PE21/78
- Q. ondo “stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock”
- S. gond “stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone” ✧ RC/347
- Os. gondo ✧ PE21/78
- S. gond “stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone”
- ᴹ✶gondō “stone, rock”
- ᴹQ. ondo “stone (as a material)” ✧ Ety/GOND
- ᴺQ. onin “anvil”
- N. gonn “rock, stone (as a material)” ✧ Ety/GOND
Variations
- GOND ✧ Ety/GOND (
GOND)- GÓNOD/GONDO ✧ Ety/GOND
- GONOD/GONDO ✧ EtyAC/GOND
gondolin
place name. Stone of Song
Cognates
- Eq. Ondolinda “Singing Stone” ✧ GL/41; LT1A/Gondolin; PE13/099
Variations
- Gonn Dolin ✧ GL/41
- Gontholin ✧ GL/41
gond
noun. stone
clochiol
adjective. stone
An adjective for “stone” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as an element in G. gôf·clochiol “stone-fruit” (GL/40), derived from G. cloch “a stone” (GL/26).
Element in
- G. gôf·clochiol “stone-fruit” ✧ GL/40
Elements
Word Gloss cloch “stone (small), stone of fruit” -(i)ol “adjective suffix”
sarn
noun. stone
Element in
- En. orsarn “stoneless” ✧ PE13/156
ondo noun "stone" as a material, also "rock" (UT:459, GOND). Pl. ondor in an earlier variant of Markirya; partitive pl. locative ondolissë "on rocks" in the final version. Compounded in ondomaitar "sculptor in stone" (PE17:163), Ondoher masc.name, *"Stone-lord" (ondo alluding to Ondonórë = Sindarin Gondor, "stone-land") (Appendix A), #ondolunca ("k") "stonewain", possessive form in the place-name Nand Ondoluncava "Stonewain Valley" (PE17:28, also Ondoluncanan(do) as a compound). Ondolindë place-name "Gondolin" (SA:gond, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator p. 193); see Ondo. Earlier "Qenya" has Ondolinda _(changed from Ondolin) "singing stone, Gondolin" (LT1:254)_