Quenya 

corima

round

corima _("k")_adj. "round" (LT1:257; rather corna in Tolkien's later Quenya)

corna

round, globed

corna ("k")adj. "round, globed" (KOR)

Sindarin 

corn

round

corn (circular, globed), lenited gorn, pl. cyrn. The word is also used as a noun "circle".

corn

round

(circular, globed), lenited gorn, pl. cyrn. The word is also used as a noun "circle".

basgorn

round bread

(loaf) (i masgorn), pl. besgyrn (i mbesgyrn).

dolt

round knob

(i dholt) (boss), pl. dylt

Primitive elvish

kor

root. round, round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll

This was the Elvish root for round things throughout Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as ᴱ√KORO “be round, roll” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, and had Early Qenya and Gnomish derivatives like ᴱQ. korima “round” and G. corm “ring, circle, disc” (GL/26). ᴹ√KOR “round” reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives in both Quenya and Noldorin (Ety/KOR). √KOR “round” was also mentioned in etymological notes probably written in the early 1960s (PE17/184). Its derivatives like Q. corma “ring” (LotR/953) and S. cerin “(circular) mound” (LotR/350; RC/309) appeared regularly in Tolkien’s later writings.

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. cornë “loaf”
  • ᴺQ. coro “around”
  • Q. coron “mound, mound; [ᴹQ] globe, ball”
  • ᴺQ. corpë “skull”
  • ᴺQ. coropë “skull”
  • ᴺQ. corta- “to roll up, roll, pack”
  • Q. corto “circle”
  • S. cerin “circular mound, artificial hill, circular mound, artificial hill; [N.] round enclosure”
  • S. cor “ring, circle”
  • ᴺS. corob “skull”
  • S. corod “circle”

Element in

  • SKOR “rough, marred, unequal or unsymmetrical in shape” ✧ PE17/184
  • Q. coranar “(solar) year, (lit.) sun-round”
  • Q. corma “ring”
  • ᴺS. corf “ring (for fingers)”
Primitive elvish [PE17/158; PE17/184] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

corn

adjective. round, globed

Noldorin [Ety/365] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Middle Primitive Elvish

kor

root. round

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶kornā “round, globed” ✧ Ety/KOR
    • ᴹQ. korna “round, globed” ✧ Ety/KOR
    • N. corn “round, globed” ✧ Ety/KOR
  • ᴹ✶kǭro “Kôr” ✧ Ety/KOR
    • ᴹQ. Kôr ✧ EtyAC/KOR
    • N. Caur “Kôr” ✧ EtyAC/KOR; EtyAC/KOR
  • ᴹQ. koron “globe, ball” ✧ Ety/KOR
  • ᴹQ. Kôr ✧ Ety/KOR
  • ᴹQ. korin “circular enclosure, circular enclosure, [ᴱQ.] great circular hedge” ✧ Ety/KOR
  • N. Caur “Kôr” ✧ Ety/KOR
  • N. cerin “round enclosure” ✧ Ety/KOR
  • N. coron “globe, ball” ✧ Ety/KOR

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KOR; Ety/RIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

crôl

adjective. round

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶korolda ✧ GL/27
    • ᴱ√KORO “be round, roll”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶korolda > crôl[korolda] > [krolda] > [krold] > [kroll]✧ GL/27

Early Quenya

korima

adjective. round

Early Quenya [LT1A/korin; QL/048] Group: Eldamo. Published by

werin(a)

adjective. round

Cognates

  • G. gweron “spun, rounded, cylindrical”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” ✧ QL/103

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWERE > ’werin(a)[gʷerin] > [werin]✧ QL/103

Variations

  • ’werin(a) ✧ QL/103
Early Quenya [QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by