Early Quenya
nolpa
noun. mole
Cognates
- G. dolfa “mole” ✧ GL/30
Derivations
- ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ndolo- > nolpa [ndolpā] > [ndolpa] > [nolpa] ✧ GL/30
noldare
noun. mole
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Eq. Noldarer
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NDOLO > noldare [ndoldarē] > [ndoldare] > [noldare] ✧ QL/065 Eq. ŇOLDO > noldare [noldarē] > [noldare] ✧ QL/067 Variations
- nᵈoldare ✧ PME/065
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.