nalláma
echo
nan-
backwards
nan- (prefix) "backwards" (NDAN) or "back", as in nanwen- "return" (go/come back, PE17:166), cf. also nanquernë *"turned back", the pl. form of nanquerna _(VT49:17-18). _Apparently assimilated nal- in nalláma "echo" (if this represents nan-láma "back-sound", sound coming back).
lam
noun. echo
Cognates
- north S. lóm “echo”
Derivations
- √LAM “(inarticulate voiced) sound”
Element in
- S. Lammoth “Great Echo” ✧ S/106
- S. Lanthir Lamath “Waterfall of Echoing Voices” ✧ PM/349
Variations
- lam ✧ S/106 (lam)
lammad
echo
pl. lemmad. May also be spelt with a single m.
lam
echoing voice
pl. laim, coll. pl. lammath.
glamor
echo
(noun) glamor (i **lamor), banalogical pl. glemyr (in glemyr**). Archaic *glamr, glambr. ECHO (or, sound of voices) lammad, pl. lemmad. May also be spelt with a single m.
glamor
echo
(i ’lamor), banalogical pl. glemyr (in glemyr). Archaic ✱glamr, glambr.
glambr
noun. echo
glamor
noun. echo
glamor
noun. echo
Derivations
- ᴹ√GLAM “*noise, echo” ✧ Ety/GLAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√G-LAM > glambr > glamr > glamor [glambro] > [glambr] > [glambr] > [glammr] > [glamr] > [glamor] ✧ Ety/GLAM
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lóm
noun. echo
Cognates
- S. lam “echo”
Derivations
- √LAM “(inarticulate voiced) sound”
Element in
- north S. Dor-lómin “*Echoing-land” ✧ SA/lóm
- north S. Ered Lómin “Echoing Mountains” ✧ SA/lóm
- north S. lómin “echoing”
nalláma
noun. echo
Elements
Word Gloss nan- “backwards” láma “ringing sound, echo; sound” Variations
- nallā̆ma ✧ Ety/LAM
nan-
prefix. backwards
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAN “back, backwards” ✧ Ety/NDAN
Element in
- ᴹQ. nalláma “echo”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDAN > nan- [ndan-] > [nan-] ✧ Ety/NDAN Variations
- nan- ✧ Ety/NDAN
lóm
noun. echo
A Doriathrin noun for “echo” derived from the root ᴹ√LAM (Ety/LAM). Its Quenya cognate láma suggests a primitive form ✱✶lāmā, from which the [[ilk|long [ā] became [ō]]], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/lóm).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. láma “ringing sound, echo; sound” ✧ Ety/LAM
Derivations
- ᴹ√LAM “*sound” ✧ Ety/LAM
Element in
- Ilk. lómen “echoing” ✧ Ety/LAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LAM > lóm [lāmā] > [lāma] > [lōma] > [lōm] ✧ Ety/LAM
nalláma, nallama noun "echo" (LAM). The initial element may be nan- "back", hence "back-sound", sound that comes back (cf. láma).