Quenya 

héra

chief, principal

héra adj. "chief, principal" (KHER)

#turco

chief

#turco (1) noun "chief" (isolated from Turcomund "chief bull", Letters:423). Turco, masc. name, see Turcafinwë.

Ingwë

chief

Ingwë masc. name, "chief", name of the "prince of Elves" _(PM:340, ING, WEG, VT45:18). Pl. Ingwer "Chieftains", what the Vanyar called themselves (so in PM:340, but in PM:332 the plural has the more regular form Ingwi). Ingwë Ingweron "chief of the chieftains", proper title of Ingwë as high king (PM:340)_. In the Etymologies, Ingwë is also said to be the name of a symbol used in writing: a short carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting short i (VT45:18).

ingwë

masculine name. Chief

Lord of the first tribe of the Elves and the high king of Elvenkind (S/52, 62). His name is ancient and its original meaning is unclear, but it is sometimes translated as “Chief”, and is interpreted as a combination of the root √ING “first, foremost” and the suffix -wë common in ancient names (PM/340).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this character was first named ᴱQ. Ing, but this was soon changed to ᴱQ. Inwe (LT1/22). The form become ᴹQ. Ingwe in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/13, LR/214), and the derivation for Ingwë discussed above had already emerged in The Etymologies (Ety/ING, WEG).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
INGhighest, top, highest, top; [ᴹ√] first, foremost”
-wë“ancient name suffix (usually but not always masculine)”
Quenya [MRI/Ingwë; PM/340; PMI/Ingwë; SI/Ingwë; WJI/Ingwë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

turco

noun. chief

Derivations

  • TUR “dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”

Element in

  • S. Turcomund “Chief of Bulls” ✧ Let/423

Variations

  • Turco ✧ Let/423 (Turco)

Sindarin 

hal

lift

hal- (i châl, i chelir), pa.t. haul (VT45:20)

hal

lift

(i châl, i chelir), pa.t. haul (VT45:20)

main

chief

(adj.) main (lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, prominent) (VT45:15)

main

chief

(lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, prominent) (VT45:15)

Noldorin 

hal-

verb. to lift

Noldorin [VT/45:20] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hal-

verb. to lift

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHAL “uplift, erect, lift from ground, (make) stand up” ✧ Ety/KHAL²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHAL² > heli[kʰal-] > [xal-] > [hal-]✧ Ety/KHAL²

Variations

  • heli ✧ EtyAC/KHAL²
Noldorin [EtyAC/KHAL²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

káno

noun. chief

Changes

  • kánokáne “chief” ✧ Ety/KAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAN “dare” ✧ Ety/KAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAN > káno[kānō] > [kāno]✧ Ety/KAN

Gnomish

hal(a)-

verb. to drag, draw, pull

Changes

  • hal-hala- ✧ GL/47

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HALA “*leap”

Element in

  • G. halthi “sheath” ✧ GL/47

Variations

  • hala- ✧ GL/47
  • hal- ✧ GL/47 (hal-); GL/59
Gnomish [GL/47; GL/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thegor

noun. chief

Gnomish [GL/72; LT1A/Cûm a Thegranaithos] Group: Eldamo. Published by