Quenya 

nóna

adjective. born

An adjective meaning “born” in the name for Men: Apanónar “After-born” (WJ/387), also appearing as an element in several other words like Minnónar “First-born” (WJ/403) and onóna “twin-born, (lit.) ✱together-born” (WJ/367).

Cognates

Derivations

  • NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become”

Element in

Sindarin 

onnen

noun. born

Sindarin [Abonnen, Eboennin WJ/387] Group: SINDICT. Published by

onnen

adjective. born

An adjective meaning “born” in the name for Men: Abonnen “After-born” (WJ/387). It appears to be a (reduced?) passive participle of the verb onna- “✱to give birth to”.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. nuin “born” (GL/61) based on the early root ᴱ√ “become, be born” (QL/66).

Cognates

Element in

  • S. Abonnen “After-born” ✧ WJ/387; WJ/387

onna-

verb. *to birth, give birth to

A verb implied by the adjective (passive participle?) onnen “born” as in Abonnen “After-born” (WJ/387). It also appeared as an element in N. ed-onna “beget” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ONO “beget”, but it is not clear whether it could function as an independent verb in this period (Ety/ONO).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use this verb to refer primarily to the actions of the mother = “✱to birth, give birth to”, and would reserve edonna- “to beget” for actions of the father.

Derivations

  • NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ WJ/387

Element in

  • ᴺS. onnad “birth”
  • S. onnen “born” ✧ WJ/387

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ONO > onnen[onnina] > [onnena] > [onnen]✧ WJ/387
ONO > oennin[onnini] > [œnnini] > [œnnin] > [ennin]✧ WJ/387

onnen

born

?onnen (pl. ennin for archaic önnin)

onnen

born

(pl. ennin for archaic önnin)


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Gnomish

nuin

adjective. born

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ “become, be born”