Qenya
halatir(no)
noun. kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher
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halatir(no)
noun. kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as halatir(no) “fish-watcher, kingsfisher”, a combination of ᴹQ. hala “fish” and an agental form ᴹQ. tirno “watcher” of the root ᴹ√TIR “watch” (Ety/SKAL², TIR). Fish-watcher is the literal translation of the name, and kingfisher is the name of the terrestrial species.