Quenya 

noi

lament

noi noun "lament" (NAY)

nairë

lament

nairë noun "lament" (NAY)

nainië

noun. lament, lament, *lamentation

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
naina-“to lament”
-ië“gerund suffix, -ing”

nyéna-

lament

nyéna- vb. "lament" (LT1:262). Compare naina- in Tolkiens later Quenya.

náva

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶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.)

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.)

unqua

hollow

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

naina-

lament

naina- vb. "lament" (NAY), also reduplicated nainaina- (VT45:37). Gerund nainië, "lament" as a noun (RGEO:66)

Sindarin 

naergon

noun. woeful lament

Sindarin [PM/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naw

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

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

coll

adjective. hollow

Sindarin [WJ/414] Group: SINDICT. Published by

coll

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶kuldā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶kuldā > coll[kuldā] > [kulda] > [kulða] > [kolða] > [kolð] > [koll]✧ WJ/414

Variations

  • coll ✧ WJ/414

raudh

adjective. hollow, cavernous

Sindarin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noe

lament

(noun) *noe (no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” nui.

noe

lament

(no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” nui.

naergon

woeful lament

(pl. naergoen)

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”.

coll

hollow

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

raudh

hollow

(cavernous), pl. roedh

Primitive elvish

nābā

noun. hollow

Derivatives

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

Element in

Primitive elvish [WJ/414] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kuldā

adjective. hollow

Derivatives

  • S. coll “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
Primitive elvish [WJ/414] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

rosta-

verb. to hollow out, excavate

Noldorin [Ety/384] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhaudh

adjective. hollow, cavernous

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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North sindarin

nôf

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

  • north S. Novrod “Hollowbold” ✧ WJ/414; WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶nābā > nǭv > nōf[nābā] > [nāta] > [nǭba] > [nǭba] > [nǭva] > [nǭv]✧ WJ/414

Variations

  • nōf ✧ WJ/414
North sindarin [WJ/414] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

nui

noun. lament

unqa

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ᴹ√UNUK “*hollow” ✧ Ety/UNUK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√UNUK > unqa[uŋkwa]✧ Ety/UNUK

Old Noldorin 

nuinor

feminine name. Lament

Variations

  • Nuinoer/Nuinor ✧ Ety/NAY
Old Noldorin [Ety/NAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nui

noun. lament

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nāyǝ “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY
    • ᴹ√NAY “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Element in

  • On. Nuinor “Lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nāyǝ > noi > nui[nājǝ] > [nāj] > [nǭj] > [nǭi] > [nui]✧ Ety/NAY
Old Noldorin [Ety/NAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

nay

root. lament

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶nāyǝ “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY
    • On. nui “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY
  • ᴹQ. nai “alas” ✧ Ety/NAY
  • ᴹQ. naina- “to lament” ✧ Ety/NAY
  • ᴹQ. naire “lament, sorrow, sorrow, *sadness, lament” ✧ Ety/NAY
  • N. nae “alas” ✧ Ety/NAY
  • N. noer “sad, lamentable” ✧ Ety/NAY

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NAY; Ety/NEI; EtyAC/NEI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kab

root. hollow

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶kambā
    • On. kamba “hand” ✧ PE21/59; PE21/59
    • N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
  • ᴹQ. kambe “hollow (of hand)” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB
  • ᴹQ. kapsa “case, vessel, case, vessel, *container”
  • N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB
  • On. kamba “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ
    • N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Element in

  • N. Cambant “Full Hand” ✧ Ety/KWAT
  • N. Camlost “Empty-hand(ed)” ✧ Ety/LUS
  • N. forgam “righthanded” ✧ Ety/PHOR
  • N. hargam “left-handed” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Variations

  • KAB ✧ Ety/KAB; Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KWAT; Ety/LUS; Ety/MAƷ; Ety/PHOR; EtyAC/KAB (KAB); EtyAC/MAƷ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KAB; Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KWAT; Ety/LUS; Ety/MAƷ; Ety/PHOR; EtyAC/KAB; EtyAC/MAƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nāyǝ

noun. lament

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAY “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Derivatives

  • On. nui “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Variations

  • naye ✧ EtyAC/NAY
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NAY; EtyAC/NAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

cub

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUPU “hump”

Variations

  • Cub ✧ GL/27
  • cûf ✧ GL/27 (cûf)

dûl

adjective. hollow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ndolo- > dûl[ndōl] > [ndūl] > [dūl]✧ GL/30
Gnomish [GL/30; GL/31] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rothrin

adjective. hollow

Cognates

  • Eq. ronta “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin

Derivations

  • G. roth “cave, grot” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin
    • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin
Gnomish [GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tum

noun. hollow

Changes

  • tûm → tum “hollow” ✧ GL/71

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUM(B)U “‽” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Variations

  • tûm ✧ GL/71 (tûm)
Gnomish [GL/71; LT1A/Tombo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

roto

root. hollow

Derivatives

  • Eq. ronta “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. róta “tube, hollow cylinder” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. rotse “pipe, tube” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. orot “cave” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. rótele “cave” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
  • Eq. rotl “cave, hollow, grot” ✧ QL/080
  • G. groth “earth, soil”
  • G. roth “cave, grot” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin
    • G. rothrin “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin
  • G. rod “tube, stem” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin
  • G. rogli “little pipe (especially musical)” ✧ GL/65
  • G. rodos “cavern” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin
  • G. grûd “cavern”
  • G. ront “high, steep” ✧ GL/65
  • G. ross “pipe” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin

Variations

  • roto ✧ GL/65
  • roto- ✧ QL/071
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/071; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ronta

adjective. hollow

Cognates

  • G. rothrin “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ROTO > ronta[rontā] > [ronta]✧ QL/080

Variations

  • rotwa ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080
Early Quenya [LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rotwa

adjective. hollow