londa

path

[londa noun "path"], changed by Tolkien to londë noun "road (in sea)" (VT45:28)

londë

noun. (land-locked) haven, (land-locked) haven; [ᴹQ.] road (in sea), fairway, entrance to harbour; gulf

Cognates

• S. lond “(land-locked) haven, (land-locked) haven; [N.] narrow path, strait, pass” ✧ SA/londë; VT42/10

Derivations

• √LON “*haven, harbour” ✧ VT42/10

Element in

• Q. Alqualondë “Haven of the Swans” ✧ SA/londë
• Q. Eldalondë “Haven of the Eldar”
• Q. Hirilondë “Haven-finder”
• Q. londië “harbourage”
• Q. Vinyalondë “New Haven” ✧ UT/176

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LON > londe	[londē] > [londe]	✧ VT42/10

Variations

• londe ✧ VT42/10

arca

narrow

arca (1) adj. "narrow" (AK)

axa

narrow path, ravine

axa ("ks") (1) noun "narrow path, ravine" (AK)

cópa

harbour, bay

[cópa] ("k")noun "harbour, bay" (KOP; changed to hópa, KHOP). Early "Qenya" likewise hascópa (also cópas) ("k")"harbour" (LT1:257).

hópa

haven, harbour, small landlocked bay

hópa noun "haven, harbour, small landlocked bay" (KHOP)

náha

narrow

náha adj. "narrow" (PE17:166)

náha

adjective. narrow, narrow, *thin

Derivations

• √NAKH “narrow, thin” ✧ PE17/166

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NAKH > nāha	[nākʰa] > [naxa] > [naha]	✧ PE17/166

Variations

• nāha ✧ PE17/166

tier

path

tier is, besides the pl. form of tië "path" above, an ephemeral word for "so", abandoned by Tolkien in favour of tambë (VT43:17)

tië

path, course, line, direction, way

tië noun "path, course, line, direction, way" (TE3, VT47:11); pl. tier in Namárië(Nam, RGEO:67); tielyanna "upon your path" (UT:22 cf. 51; tie-lya-nna "path-your-upon")

lond

noun. (land-locked) haven, (land-locked) haven; [N.] narrow path, strait, pass

Cognates

• Q. londë “(land-locked) haven, (land-locked) haven; [ᴹQ.] road (in sea), fairway, entrance to harbour; gulf” ✧ SA/londë; VT42/10

Derivations

• √LON “*haven, harbour” ✧ VT42/10

Element in

• S. Aglon “Narrow Pass”
• S. Edhellond “Elf-haven” ✧ UT/255
• S. Forlond “North Haven”
• S. Harlond “South Haven”
• S. Lond Daer “Great Haven”
• S. Lond Daer Enedh “Great Middle Haven” ✧ UT/264
• S. lonnas “harbourage”
• S. Mithlond “Grey Havens” ✧ SA/londë

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LON > lond > lonn	[londē] > [londe] > [lond] > [lonn]	✧ VT42/10

Variations

• lonn ✧ SA/londë; VT42/10
• Lond ✧ UT/264

lond

noun. narrow path or strait

lond

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. (land-locked) haven, (land-locked) haven; [N.] pass

lond

haven

lond (harbour, pass, strait; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294)

lond

narrow path

lond (harbour, haven, pass, strait), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294).

lond

narrow path

lond (harbour, haven, pass, strait), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294). Verb

lond

strait

lond (harbour, haven, pass; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294)

lond

haven

(harbour, pass, strait; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294)

lond

harbour

(haven, pass, strait; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294)

lond

narrow path

(harbour, haven, pass, strait), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294).

lond

pass

(harbour, haven, strait; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294).

lond

strait

(harbour, haven, pass; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294)

lorn

haven

lorn (anchorage, harbour, quiet water), pl. lyrn (VT45:29)

lorn

haven

(anchorage, harbour, quiet water), pl. lyrn (VT45:29)

lorn

harbour

lorn (anchorage, haven, quiet water), pl. lyrn (VT45:29)

lorn

harbour

(anchorage, haven, quiet water), pl. lyrn (VT45:29)

cirith

pass

(noun) 1) cirith (i girith, o chirith) (cleft, cutting), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chirith), 2) lond (harbour, haven, strait; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294). 3) (pass between mountains, hills or through trackless forest) imrad (path), pl. imraid.

hûb

harbour

1) hûb (i chûb, o chûb, construct hub) (harbour, haven, small landlocked bay), pl. huib (i chuib), 2) lond (haven, pass, strait; narrow path), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294); 3)

círbann

noun. haven

lonnath

noun. havens

aglonn

pass between high walls

(defile), pl. eglynn;

agor

narrow

agor (analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.

agor

narrow

(analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.

bâd

pathway

(i vâd, construct bad) (beaten track), pl. baid (i maid).

cirbann

noun. haven

@@@ círbann in HSD

cirith

pass

(i girith, o chirith) (cleft, cutting), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chirith)

círbann

haven

círbann (i gírbann, o chírbann, construct círban), pl. círbain (i chírbain).

círbann

haven

(i gírbann, o chírbann, construct círban), pl. círbain (i chírbain).

cîl

pass between hills

(i gîl, o chîl) (cleft, gorge), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chîl), coll. pl. cíliath. . A homophone means ”renewal”.

fû Speculative

noun. path

Element in

• S. Fui ’Ngorthrim “Paths of the Dead” ✧ RC/526

hûb

haven

hûb (i chûb, o chûb, contruct hub) (harbor, small landlocked bay), pl. huib (i chuib)

hûb

haven

(i chûb, o chûb, contruct hub) (harbor, small landlocked bay), pl. huib (i chuib)

hûb

harbour

(i chûb, o chûb, construct hub) (harbour, haven, small landlocked bay), pl. huib (i chuib)

imlad

narrow valley with steep sides

(glen, deep valley), pl. imlaid.

imrad

path

(between mountains, hills or through trackless forest) imrad (pass), pl. imraid.

imrad

path

(pass), pl. imraid.

imrad

pass

(path), pl. imraid.

imrath

narrow valley

(pl. imraith)

pada

walk

(i bada, i phadar)

râd

path

râd (track), construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh).

râd

path

(track), construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh).

nek

root. narrow, narrow; *angular, sharp

A root appearing in notes on words and phrases from The Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, serving mainly as the basis for S. naith “angle” (PE17/55). It was also mentioned in a discussion of the death of Isildur at the Gladden Fields, again as the basis for S. naith among other words, where the root √NEK was glossed “narrow” (UT/281-2, note #16). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. naith was derived from ᴹ√SNAS or ᴹ√SNAT, but the precise derivation was unclear, and in any cases seems to have been replaced by Tolkien with a more straightforward derivation from √NEK.

The root √NEK also appeared in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 with the gloss “deprive”, serving among other things as the basis for S. neithan “one deprived” (PE17/167), which was the name adopted by Túrin after he became an outlaw (S/200). The root appeared again in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s glossed as either “divide, part, separate” (VT47/16) or “divide, separate” (VT48/9), where it served as the basis for √ENEK “six” as the dividing point between the lower and upper set of numbers in the Elvish duodecimal system.

It is not clear whether Tolkien intended all these various meanings for the root √NEK to be connected. For purposes of analysis, I’ve split √NEK “narrow” from √NEK “separate; deprive”, but conceivably the sense “narrow” could be a semantic extension of “separate” or vice-versa.

Derivatives

• ✶nektē “angle” ✧ PE17/055
  • Q. nehtë “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ PE17/055; PE17/055
  • S. naith “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ PE17/055; PE17/055
• Q. necel “thorn” ✧ PE17/055
• Q. nehtë “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ UT/282
• Q. nexa “sharp, angular” ✧ PE17/055
• S. naith “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ UT/282
• S. negen “sharp, angular” ✧ PE17/055

Variations

• NEK ✧ PE17/055; PE17/167
• nek ✧ UT/282

skey

root. pass

A root in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 given as √SKEY “pass” serving as the basis for Q. xiétë “passing, impermanent”, and illustrating certain phonetic developments for the suffix Q. -itë (PE22/155).

Derivatives

• ᴺQ. xéya- “to pass (of time, intransitive)”
• Q. xiétë “passing, impermanent” ✧ PE22/155
• ᴺQ. xíta- “to pass, spend (time, transitive)”
• ᴺS. hída- “to (come to) pass, happen”

lond

noun. narrow path or strait

lond

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. path

lorn

noun. haven

lhonn

noun. (narrow) path, strait, pass

Cognates

• ᴹQ. londe “road (in sea), fairway, entrance to harbour; gulf” ✧ Ety/LOD

Derivations

• ᴹ√LOD “*pass, path” ✧ Ety/AK
• ᴹ✶londē “narrow path, strait, pass” ✧ Ety/LOD
  • ᴹ√LOD “*pass, path” ✧ Ety/LOD

Element in

• N. Aglon “defile, pass between high walls” ✧ Ety/AK; Ety/LOD
• N. Airlond “(?sea-stead)”
• N. Alflon “*Swan-haven”
• N. Lonnath-Ernin
• N. Mithlond “?Grey Havens, Grey Gulf”
• N. othlon “paved way” ✧ Ety/LOD

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LOD > lond > lonn	[londē] > [londe] > [lond] > [lonn]	✧ Ety/AK
ᴹ✶londē > lhonn	[londē] > [londe] > [lond] > [l̥ond] > [l̥onn]	✧ Ety/LOD

Variations

• lonn ✧ Ety/AK
• lond ✧ Ety/LOD (lond)

agor

adjective. narrow

agor

adjective. narrow

Cognates

• ᴹQ. arka “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK

Derivations

• ᴹ✶akrā “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK
  • ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” ✧ Ety/AK

Element in

• S. Aglon “Narrow Pass”
• N. Aglon “defile, pass between high walls” ✧ Ety/AK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶akrā > agr > agor	[akrā] > [akra] > [akr] > [agr] > [agor]	✧ Ety/AK

agr

adjective. narrow

cirban

noun. haven

cirban

noun. haven

cobas

place name. Haven

The bay north of Dol Amroth in early maps of Gondor from the 1940s (TI/312, WR/434), unnamed in the maps published in The Lord of the Rings. The name is similar to N. hobas “harbourage” and ᴱQ. kópas “harbour”. It was probably derived from the root ᴹ√KOP, a (rejected) variant of ᴹ√KHOP > hobas from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KOP, Ety/KHOP). See the entry on ᴹ√KHOP for details.

Derivations

• ᴹ√KHOP “*harbour, bay”

hûb

noun. haven, harbour, small land-locked bay

lhonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lhonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

râd

noun. path, track