The Noldorin equivalent of Ilk. Nan Dungorthin in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/DUN, ÑGOROTH), a combination of nann “vale”, donn “black” and goroth “horror”.
Noldorin
nan
preposition. of
naneth
noun. mother
nan dongoroth
place name. Vale of Black Horror
nann orothvor
place name. Vale of Black Horror
The Noldorin variant of Ilk. Nan Dungorthin in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/DUN, ÑGOROTH), a combination of nann “vale”, the lenited form of goroth “horror” and the lenited form of morn “black”.
nan-eregdos
place name. Hollin
nan-tathren
place name. Land of Willows
nan-tathrin
place name. Land of Willows
nan gurunír
place name. Valley of Saruman
na
preposition. with, by; of
na
preposition. with, by (also used as a genitive sign)
na
preposition. to, towards, at
nana
noun. mother, mummy
nand
noun. wide grassland, land at foot of hills with many streams
nand
noun. valley
naneth
noun. mother
nann
noun. wide grassland, land at foot of hills with many streams
nann
noun. valley
taur-nan-erig
place name. Forest of Region
cûm-nan-arasaith
place name. Mound of Avarice
A remnant of earlier G. Cûm an-Idrisaith appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s (SM/133, 323), though its elements resemble early Gnomish more than later Noldorin.
pennas-na-ngoelaidh
proper name. History of the Noldoli
a(n)
preposition. of
an-
prefix. with, by
an-
prefix. with, by
emil
noun. mother
emil
noun. mother
eregion
place name. Hollin
glambr
noun. echo
glamor
noun. echo
glamor
noun. echo
imlad
noun. deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides (but a flat habitable bottom)
lhû
noun. a time, occasion
pel
noun. fenced field (= Old English tún)
rîdh
noun. sown field, acre
tathor
noun. willow-tree
tum
noun. deep valley, under or among hills
A noun for “mother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√NAN (Ety/NAN). It apparently replaced archaic/poetic N. †emil (Ety/AM¹; EtyAC/AM¹).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon had a similar set of words for “mother”: G. maba, mabir, baba, and mavwin from the early root ᴱ√maƀ “something nice” (GL/57). The last of these appeared as G. mavwen “ancestress” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, with an archaic meaning of “mother” and variant forms mafwyn and mavuin (PE13/115). In these slips, it seems the normal “mother” word was G. nân (originally glossed “father”) with variant nanwin (PE13/115). This last word is likely the direct precursor of N. naneth.
Neo-Sindarin: I would use S. emel from the late 1960s as the normal word for “mother” in Neo-Sindarin, but would retain N. naneth as a dialectical or more formal variant.