lamba
hammer
namba
hammer
namba noun "a hammer" (NDAM), namba- vb. "to hammer" (NDAM). According to VT45:37, Tolkien may have considered the alternative form lamba, but the source is obscure and lamba is assigned a quite different meaning ("tongue") elsewhere.
dring
noun. hammer
dring
noun. hammer, hammer, *beater
Element in
- S. Glamdring “Foe-hammer” ✧ PE17/084
dam
hammer
(noun) 1) dam (i nam, o ndam), pl. daim (i ndaim), coll. pl. dammath, 2) dring (i dhring), no distinct pl. form except with article (in dring).
dam
hammer
(i nam, o ndam), pl. daim (i ndaim), coll. pl. dammath
damma
hammer
(verb) damma- (i namma, i ndammar), pa.t. dammant (VT45:37)
damma
hammer
(i namma, i ndammar), pa.t. dammant (VT45:37)
dring
hammer
(i dhring), no distinct pl. form except with article (in dring).
dam
noun. hammer
dam
noun. hammer
Cognates
- ᴹQ. namba “hammer” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Element in
- N. Damrod “hammerer of copper” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDAM > dam [ndamba] > [damba] > [damb] > [damb] > [damm] > [dam] ✧ Ety/NDAM
dring
noun. hammer
Derivations
- ᴹ√DRING “beat, strike” ✧ Ety/DRING
Element in
- N. Glamdring “Foe-hammer” ✧ Ety/DRING
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DRING > dring [driŋg] ✧ Ety/DRING
damma-
verb. to hammer
It was long considered that damna-, dammint in the Etymologies might have been misreadings. VT/45:37 confirms this, though the exact reading actually remains rather uncertain
damma-
verb. to hammer
Cognates
- ᴹQ. namba- “to hammer” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDAM > damma- [ndamba-] > [damba-] > [damba-] > [damma-] ✧ Ety/NDAM Variations
- damna- ✧ EtyAC/NDAM
- dammint ✧ EtyAC/NDAM
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lamba
noun. hammer
namba
noun. hammer
Cognates
- N. dam “hammer” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Element in
- ᴹQ. Nambarauto “Hammerer of Copper” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDAM > namba [ndamba] > [namba] ✧ Ety/NDAM Variations
- l[amba] ✧ EtyAC/NDAM
namba-
verb. to hammer
Cognates
- N. damma- “to hammer” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDAM > namba- [ndamba-] > [namba-] ✧ Ety/NDAM
(n)dam
root. hammer, beat
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹ√NDAM “hammer, beat” (Ety/NDAM), apparently a strengthened form of ᴹ√DAM of similar meaning which was a variant of ᴹ√TAM “knock” (EtyAC/DAM). Its most notable derivative was the N. Damrod “Hammer of Copper” (Ety/NDAM), but in later versions of the Legendarium this character became S. Amrod (PM/353).
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹQ. Nambarauto “Hammerer of Copper” ✧ Ety/RAUTĀ
- N. Damrod “hammerer of copper” ✧ Ety/RAUTĀ
Variations
- NDAM ✧ Ety/NDAM; Ety/RAUTĀ; Ety/RAUTĀ; Ety/TAM
- DAM ✧ EtyAC/DAM; EtyAC/DAM
adrum
noun. hammer
odrum
noun. hammer
Cognates
- Eq. artan “hammer” ✧ QL/032
Derivations
- ᴱ√DARA(MA) “batter, thud, beat”
Element in
- G. Thlim Gothodrum “*Folk of the Hammer” ✧ PE13/104
Variations
- adrum ✧ GL/62
toŋo
root. to hammer
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to hammer”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. tonga “great hammer”, ᴱQ. tongar “smith”, and several erased derivatives having to do with “iron” (QL/94). In later writings the root for “hammer” was ᴹ√(N)DAM.
Derivatives
pete
root. *knock, hammer
An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. penta “nose, beak (probably of such birds as woodpeckers)”, ᴱQ. pete- “knock, strike”, and ᴱQ. petl “hammer” (QL/73). Later nose, knock and hammer words were derived from other roots.
Derivatives
artan
noun. hammer
Cognates
- G. odrum “hammer” ✧ QL/032
Derivations
- ᴱ√DARA(MA) “batter, thud, beat” ✧ QL/089
Element in
- Eq. Kosartami
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TARAMA > tartan [adram] > [atram] > [artam] > [artan] ✧ QL/089 Variations
- tartan ✧ QL/032; QL/089
petl
noun. hammer
Derivations
- ᴱ√PETE “*knock, hammer” ✧ QL/073
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√PETE > petl [petlǝ] > [petl] > [petḷ] > [petḷ] ✧ QL/073
tartan
noun. hammer
lamba (2) noun ?"hammer" (possibly an alternative form of namba, q.v., but the source is obscure and namba is to be preferred) (VT45:37)