(pl. edhryn for archaic ödhryn; coll. pl. odhronnath)
Quenya
ontani
parent
Sindarin
odhron
parent
odhril
parent
1) (fem.) odhril (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. odhrillath. 2) (male) odhron (pl. edhryn for archaic ödhryn; coll. pl. odhronnath):
odhril
parent
(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. odhrillath.
Adûnaic
nuphâr
noun. parent
A noun translated “parent” (SD/434). It also appears in the dual form nuphrât “father and mother”, but this dual form is peculiar. As a weak II noun, the dual form ought to be ✱nuphârat, as for example batân “road” → batânat “pair of roads” (SD/431). Its dual form seems instead to undergo the Adûnaic syncope (vowel loss), which happens nowhere else with a long vowel. There is no obvious explanation for this irregular formation.
Variations
- nuphār ✧ SD/434
Noldorin
odhron
noun. parent
odhron
noun. parent
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “parent” derived from the root ᴹ√ONO “beget” (Ety/ONO), where [[s|[nr] became [ðr]]]. It was originally based on primitive ᴹ✶onrō, but suffixal -ro did not survive in Noldorin/Sindarin, and was replaced by other agental suffixes like -ron.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. ontaro “begetter, parent” ✧ Ety/ONO
Derivations
Elements
Word Gloss NŌ/ONO “beget” -(r)on “agental suffix” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶onrō > odhron [onrondo] > [onrond] > [oðrond] > [oðronn] > [oðron] ✧ Ety/ONO
odhril
noun. parent
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Early Quenya
puyando
noun. parent
A neutral word for “parent” in English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE15/76). Its dual form puyandui referred to both “father and mother” (PE15/72). The dual form also appeared in the Early Qenya Grammar, where Tolkien connected it to the verb ᴱQ. puita- “beget” (PE14/77).
ontani form cited in the Etymologies as printed in LR, entry ONO: supposedly the pl. of ontaro, ontarë noun "parent" (m. and. f.) Comparison with the singulars indicate that the n of ontani should actually be r. Thus ontani could be a misreading for ontari (SD:73), but according to VT46:7 the actual manuscript reading is ontaru, evidently a dual form referring to two parents.