lairë

meadow

lairë (3) noun "meadow" (LT1:267, GL:39 perhaps a doubtful word in LotR-style Quenya, since lairë already has to carry two other meanings)

ecca

noun. hole, *lair

@@@ suggested by Helge Fauskanger from the (?primitive) form ekka (QQ/ecca), second gloss “lair” suggested by Damien Bador

Derivations

• ✶ekka “hole”

ecca

hole

ecca ("k")noun "hole", apparently associated with Sindarin torech "secret hole, lair" (PE17:188)

assa

hole, perforation, opening, mouth

assa "hole, perforation, opening, mouth" (GAS)

latta

hole, pit

latta (1) noun "hole, pit" (DAT/DANT, VT45:8)

unquë

hole, hollow

unquë noun "hole, hollow" (VT46:20, UNUK), also name of tengwa #16 _(Appendix E; there spelt unque, while the Etymologies has unqe)_

torech

noun. lair, (secret) hole, excavation

A word for “lair” as in Torech Ungol “Shelob’s Lair”, though this may be a loose translation. In Tolkien’s Unfinished Index to The Lord of the Rings of 1954-55, he translated torech as “hole, excavation” and Torech Ungol as “Tunnel of the Spider” (RC/490). In etymological notes from around 1964 (DD) Tolkien said it meant “secret hole, lair”, a combination of the root √TOR “secrete, hide” and primitive ✶ekka “hole” (PE17/188).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the form was N. terch, glossed either “lair” or “hole” (WR/202).

Element in

• S. Torech Ungol “Shelob’s Lair, (lit.) Tunnel of the Spider” ✧ RC/490

caew

lair

1) caew (i gaew, o chaew) (resting place). No distinct pl. form except with article (i chaew). 2) torech (i dorech, o thorech) (hole, excavation), pl. terich (i therich) for archaic törich.

caew

lair

(i** gaew, o chaew) (resting place). No distinct pl. form except with article (i** chaew).

torech

lair

(i** dorech, o thorech) (hole, excavation), pl. terich (i** therich) for archaic törich.

torech

hole

torech (i dorech, o thorech) (lair, excavation), pl. terich (i therich) for archaic törich.

torech

hole

(i dorech, o thorech) (lair, excavation), pl. terich (i therich) for archaic törich.

dath

hole

1) dath (i dhath) (pit, steep fall, abyss), pl. daith (i naith) (VT45:8), 2) gass (i **ass, construct gas) (gap), pl. gais (i ngais** = i ñais), 3)

dath

hole

(i dhath) (pit, steep fall, abyss), pl. daith (i naith) (VT45:8)

gass

hole

(i ’ass, construct gas) (gap), pl. gais (i ngais = i ñais)

tess

fine pierced hole

(i dess, construct tes), pl. tiss (i thiss). Archaic ters *(VT46:18)*****

ekka

noun. hole

Derivatives

• ᴺQ. ecca “hole, *lair”

Element in

• S. torech “lair, (secret) hole, excavation” ✧ PE17/188

caew

noun. lair, resting-place

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “lair, resting-place” under the root ᴹ√KAY “lie down”, apparently the cognate of ᴹQ. kaima “bed” (Ety/KAY). If so, then the [[s|ancient [m] became [v]]] and then [[s|developed into [w] as it did after i- and e-diphthongs]].

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kaima “bed, bed, [ᴱQ.] couch” ✧ Ety/KAY

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAY “lie (down)” ✧ Ety/KAY

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAY > caew	[kajma] > [kaima] > [kaem] > [kaev] > [kaew]	✧ Ety/KAY

terch

noun. lair, hole

Element in

• N. Terch Ungol “Spider’s Hole, Spider’s Lair” ✧ WR/202

Variations

• Terch ✧ WR/202

caew

noun. lair, resting-place

torech

noun. hole, excavation, lair

dath

noun. hole, pit, steep fall, abyss

gas

noun. hole, gap

ters

noun. (fine pierced) hole

tess

noun. (fine pierced) hole