inca

idea

inca ("k")noun "idea" (VT45:18, where the word is cited with a final hyphen, though its gloss would indicate that it is a noun not a verb. Originally, the triple glosses "idea, notion, guess" were provided.)

náva

adjective. hollow

Derivations

• ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

• Q. Návarot “Hollowbold” ✧ WJ/389
• Q. Návatar “*Dwarf-father”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nābā > Náva	[nābā] > [nāβā] > [nāβa] > [nāva]	✧ WJ/414

Variations

• Náva ✧ WJ/389 (Náva)

ronta

hollow

ronta adj.? noun? "hollow" (also rotwa) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)

unqua

hollow

unqua ("q")adj. "hollow" (UNUK)

lá

interjection. yes

rotwa

hollow

rotwa adj.? noun? "hollow" (also ronta) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)

(a)lá

interjection. yes

Changes

• lá/alá → alá ✧ PE17/158

Derivations

• √LĀ “interjection of pleasure/assent” ✧ PE17/158; VT42/33
  • √AL(A) “good (physically), blessed, fortunate, prosperous, health(y)”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LĀ > lá	[lā]	✧ PE17/158

Variations

• lá ✧ PE17/158; VT42/33
• alá ✧ PE17/158
• lá/alá ✧ PE17/158 (lá/alá)
• ála ✧ PE17/158 (ála)

naw

adjective. hollow

Derivations

• ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nābā > nauv > naw	[nābā] > [nāba] > [nǭba] > [nǭva] > [nauva] > [nauv] > [nau]	✧ WJ/414

athon

verb. yes, I will

raudh

adjective. hollow, cavernous

coll

adjective. hollow

coll

adjective. hollow

Derivations

• ✶kuldā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

• S. Bar-goll “Hollow Dwelling” ✧ WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kuldā > coll	[kuldā] > [kulda] > [kulða] > [kolða] > [kolð] > [koll]	✧ WJ/414

Variations

• coll ✧ WJ/414

naw

idea

(pl. noe). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. form was *nui***. Coll. pl. ?nawath or ?noath**.

naw

interjection. yes

Cognates

• Q. ná “yes, it is so, it is a fact”

Derivations

• √NĀ “be (the same as another), exist”

naw

hollow

(adj.) 1) *naw (attested in the form nov- as part of the name Novrod, Hollowbold), pl. noe. (WJ:414) Note: a homophone is the noun ”idea”. 2) coll (lenited goll; pl. cyll). (WJ:414) Note: homophones mean "red, scarlet" and also "cloak". 3) raudh (cavernous), pl. roedh

naw

hollow

(attested in the form nov- as part of the name Novrod, Hollowbold), pl. noe. (WJ:414) Note: a homophone is the noun ”idea”.

nabor

verb. booty

Derivations

• √NAP “take (hold), pick up, grasp, seize quickly (with fingers)”

inc

idea

1) inc (guess, notion), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite); coll. pl. ingath; 2) naw (pl. noe). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. form was nui. Coll. pl. ?nawath or ?noath.

inc

idea

(guess, notion), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite); coll. pl. ingath

raudh

hollow

(cavernous), pl. roedh

coll

hollow

(lenited goll; pl. cyll). (WJ:414) Note: homophones mean "red, scarlet" and also "cloak".

nābā

noun. hollow

Derivatives

• Q. náva “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
• S. naw “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
• north S. nôf “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

• ✶nāba-grota ✧ WJ/414

kuldā

adjective. hollow

Derivatives

• S. coll “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

naw

noun. idea

naw

noun. idea

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nó “conception, idea, thought” ✧ Ety/NOWO

Derivations

• ᴹ√NOW “think, form idea, imagine” ✧ Ety/NOWO

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NOWO > naw	[nou] > [nou] > [nau]	✧ Ety/NOWO

rhaudh

adjective. hollow, cavernous

rosta-

verb. to hollow out, excavate