lalaith; no distinct pl. form..
Quenya
lalasta
noun. laughter
Derivations
- √LAL “laugh”
Sindarin
lalaith
noun. laughter
lalaith
feminine name. Laughter
Elements
Word Gloss lalaith “laughter” Variations
- Lalaeth ✧ MRI/Lalaeth; WJI/Urwen
lalaith
noun. laughter
Element in
- S. Lalaith “Laughter” ✧ S/198
- S. Nen Lalaith “*Water of Laughter”
Elements
Word Gloss lala- “to laugh” -th “abstract noun” Variations
- Lalaith ✧ S/198
lalaith
laughter
lalaith
laughter
; no distinct pl. form..
lalaith
Lalaith
Lalaith comes from the Sindarin word lalaith, meaning "laughter". Her birth name, Urwen, means "Fire Maiden" (from ûr = "fire, hot" and gwenn = "maiden").
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Early Quenya
kankale
noun. laughter
Cognates
- G. canc “laughter, mirth, merriment”
Element in
- Eq. kankale-malina “daffodil, (lit.) yellow laughter” ✧ QL/044
Name of Túrin’s deceased sister, translated “Laughter” (S/198). It is apparently the noun lalaith used as a name.
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion revisions from the late 1950s, her name was changed to Lalaeth (MR/374), but that was not the name Christopher Tolkien used in the published Silmarillion.