Quenya 

nossë

clan, family, 'house'

nossë noun "clan, family, 'house' " (NŌ), "kindred, family" (PM:320), "kin, people" (LT1:250, LT1:272, LT2:338)

nos(së)

noun. kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people

Changes

  • onos → nos ✧ PE17/111

Cognates

  • S. nos(s) “family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people” ✧ PM/320
  • Wes. nas “people” ✧ PM/320

Derivations

  • ✶nōse “race, tribe, people”
    • √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/169
  • √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/111

Element in

  • ᴺQ. nossetur “patriarch, family head”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√ONO > nos[nos]✧ PE17/111

Variations

  • nos ✧ PE17/111
  • onos ✧ PE17/111 (onos)
  • nossë ✧ PM/320
Quenya [PE17/111; PM/320] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hos

folk

hos noun "folk" (LT2:340)

Sindarin 

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Sindarin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nost

noun. kindred, family, house

Sindarin [PM/360] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nothrim

noun. kindred, family, house

The word was rejected in favor of nost , but it may be interpreted as a valid class plural "those of the house"

Sindarin [Nothrim [> Nost] Finarfin PM/360] noss/nost + rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

clan

noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, house)

noss

clan

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, house)

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath. See WILD MAN.

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath.

dornhoth

thrawn folk

(WJ:388, 408)

Black Speech

-hai

suffix. folk

Element in

Adûnaic

lâi

collective noun. folk

A noun appearing only as an element in kadar-lâi “city folk” (SD/435). It may be related to Q. lië “people”, as suggested by various authors (AAD/18, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/LAI). In at least one Avari dialect, this word was lai (WJ/410).

Cognates

  • Q. lië “people, folk”

Element in

Variations

  • lāi ✧ SD/435

Noldorin 

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

noun. clan, family, ‘house’

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nosse “clan, family, ‘house’” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Element in

  • N. Nos Feanor “*House of Feanor” ✧ Ety/NŌ
  • N. Nos Finrod “House of Finrod” ✧ Ety/NŌ
  • N. Sethnoss “Firstborn, Elves” ✧ EtyAC/SET (Sethnoss)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NŌ > noss[nosse] > [noss]✧ Ety/NŌ
Noldorin [Ety/NŌ; EtyAC/SET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nos

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

nosse

noun. clan, family, ‘house’

Cognates

  • N. noss “clan, family, ‘house’” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/NŌ

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NŌ > nosse[nosse]✧ Ety/NŌ

Early Quenya

nosse

noun. folk, kin, people

Cognates

  • G. nos “kin, people” ✧ LT1A/Valinor

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born” ✧ LT1A/Valinor; QL/066

Element in

  • Eq. Aulenosse “Kindred of Aulë” ✧ LT1A/Aulenossë; LT1A/Valinor
  • Eq. Eanosse “People of the Eagles”
  • Eq. Nosse Tuilinda “*People of Tuilindo” ✧ LT2A/Duilin

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NŌ > nosse[nossē] > [nosse]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • nossë ✧ LT1A/Aulenossë; LT1A/Valinor
  • Nossë ✧ LT2A/Duilin
  • Nosse ✧ PE13/104 (Nosse)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Aulenossë; LT1A/Valinor; LT2A/Duilin; PE13/104; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hosta

noun. folk