Quenya 

cáno

noun. commander, chief(tain), ruler, governor; †crier, herald

Cognates

  • S. -gon “lord, prince, lord, prince; [N.] valour”
  • T. cáno “herald” ✧ PM/362

Derivations

  • kānō “leader, ruler; crier, herald” ✧ PM/362
    • KAN “cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule, cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule; [ᴹ√] dare” ✧ PE17/113; PM/361
  • KAN “cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule, cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule; [ᴹ√] dare” ✧ UT/400

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
kānō > káno[kānō] > [kāno]✧ PM/362
kan- > cáno[kānō] > [kāno]✧ UT/400

Variations

  • kāno ✧ PE17/117 (kāno)
  • káno ✧ PM/345; PM/362; SA/káno
Quenya [PE17/117; PM/345; PM/362; SA/káno; UT/400] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cáno

commander

cáno ("k") noun "commander", usually as the title of a lesser chief, especially one acting as the deputy of one higher in rank (PM:345, SA:káno PM:362 indicates that cáno originially meant "crier, herald"); "ruler, governor, chieftain" (UT:400), "leader" (PE17:113).Masc. name Cáno, see Canafinwë. The word cáno ("k") also occurred in the Etymologies with the gloss "chief", but Tolkien changed it to cánë "valour" (VT45:19).

hesto

captain

hesto noun "captain" (VT45:22; the word is not explictly identified as Quenya but can hardly be any other language)

Sindarin 

hest

captain

hest (i chest, o chest), pl. hist (i chist)

hest

captain

(i chest, o chest), pl. hist (i chist)

hothron

noun. captain

Elements

WordGloss
hoth“host, horde, host, horde, [N.] crowd; group plural; [ᴱN.] folk, [G.] people; †army”

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Qenya 

hesto

noun. captain

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHES “command” ✧ EtyAC/KHES

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHES > hesto[kʰesto] > [xesto] > [hesto]✧ EtyAC/KHES

Doriathrin

hest

noun. captain

A noun glossed “captain” derived from the root ᴹ√KHES “command” (EtyAC/KHES). The language of this word is unclear; Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne indicated it might be ?Bel. for Beleriandic = Ilkorin.

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHES “command” ✧ EtyAC/KHES

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHES > hest[kʰesto] > [xesto] > [xest] > [hest]✧ EtyAC/KHES
Doriathrin [EtyAC/KHES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

hothron

noun. captain

Gnomish [GL/49; LT1A/Orc] Group: Eldamo. Published by