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Early Quenya

nalda

adjective. lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” and variants nalda and nalba, both derived from the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ (QL/66).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NḶĐḶ “*dell” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda; QL/066

Element in

  • Eq. Murmenalda “Vale of Sleep” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√nḷřḷ > nalda[nḹðā] > [nḹða] > [nalða] > [nalda]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • nalba ✧ QL/066
Early Quenya [LT1A/Murmenalda; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nalba

adjective. lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)