Qenya
halda
adjective. tall
halda
adjective. veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady
Changes
halda→ halda “hidden, veiled” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶skalnā > halda [skalnā] > [xalnā] > [xaldā] > [haldā] > [halda] ✧ Ety/SKAL¹ Variations
- halda ✧ Ety/SKAL¹; EtyAC/SKAL³ (
halda)
halla
adjective. tall
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHAL “uplift, erect, lift from ground, (make) stand up” ✧ PE22/103
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHAL > halda [kʰalda] > [xalda] > [halda] ✧ PE22/103 Variations
- halda ✧ PE22/103
landa
adjective. wide, wide, [ᴱQ.] broad
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” ✧ Ety/LAD
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LAD > landa [landa] ✧ Ety/LAD Variations
- landa ✧ Ety/LAD
tunda
adjective. tall
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶tundā > tunda [tundā] > [tunda] ✧ Ety/TUN
An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady” derived from the primitive ᴹ✶skalnā based on the root ᴹ√SKAL “screen, hide (from light), overshadow” (Ety/SKAL¹). A similar form halda “hidden, veiled” appeared in the entry for a deleted root ᴹ√SKAL³ “cover, hide” (EtyAC/SKAL³), probably abandoned when Tolkien adjusted the meanings of the roots ᴹ√SKAL and ᴹ√SKEL; see those entries for details. This word might be consider an adjectival form of hala “cast shadow” from 1966-67 (PE17/154).