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Early Quenya

noldare

noun. mole

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. Noldo “Gnome” ✧ QL/067

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NDOLO > noldare[ndoldarē] > [ndoldare] > [noldare]✧ QL/065
Eq. ŇOLDO > noldare[noldarē] > [noldare]✧ QL/067

Variations

  • nᵈoldare ✧ PME/065
Early Quenya [GL/30; PME/065; QL/065; QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nolpa

noun. mole

A noun appearing ᴱQ. nolpa and noldare “mole” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/30). In the Qenya Lexicon proper, only noldare appeared under the early root ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” (QL/65), though it was initially grouped with ᴱQ. Noldo under the root ᴱ√ŊOLO (GL/67). The form nᵈoldare “mole” also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/65).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain the word ᴺQ. nolpa “mole”, reconceived of as a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDOL “✱hill, head”, describing these creatures as hill-makers.

Cognates

  • G. dolfa “mole” ✧ GL/30

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ndolo- > nolpa[ndolpā] > [ndolpa] > [nolpa]✧ GL/30
Early Quenya [GL/30] Group: Eldamo. Published by