Quenya 

ontar

begetter, parent

ontar noun prob. *"begetter, parent" (a gender-neutral term, applied to a woman in the source; compare the various gender-specific forms below) (VT44:7). Dual ontaru "(two) parents" (see ontani above).

ontaro

begetter, parent

ontaro noun "begetter, parent" (evidently masc.); pl. ontari or dual ontaru (see ontani) covers both sexes. (ONO, VT46:7)

ontarë

begetter, parent

ontarë noun "begetter, parent" (fem); the pl. ontari or dual ontaru (see ontani) covers both sexes. (ONO, VT46:7)

ontarië

begetter, parent

ontarië noun "begetter, parent" (fem.) (VT44:7)

ontani

parent

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.

Sindarin 

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.

odhron

parent

(pl. edhryn for archaic ödhryn; coll. pl. odhronnath)

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

Primitive elvish

ontarō

noun. begetter

Changes

  • ontārō → ontărō ✧ PE21/74

Variations

  • ontărō ✧ PE21/74
  • ontārō ✧ PE21/74 (ontārō)
Primitive elvish [PE21/73; PE21/74] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

odhril

noun. parent

Noldorin [Ety/379] Group: SINDICT. Published by

odhron

noun. parent

Noldorin [Ety/379] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

  • ᴹ✶onrō ✧ Ety/ONO
    • ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/ONO

Elements

WordGloss
NŌ/ONO“beget”
-(r)on“agental suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶onrō > odhron[onrondo] > [onrond] > [oðrond] > [oðronn] > [oðron]✧ Ety/ONO

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Qenya 

ontaro

noun. begetter, parent

Cognates

  • N. odhron “parent” ✧ Ety/ONO

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ontā́ro “begetter, parent” ✧ Ety/ONO
    • ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/ONO

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ontā́ro > ontaro[ontāro] > [ontaro]✧ Ety/ONO

Variations

  • ontani ✧ EtyAC/ONO
Qenya [Ety/ONO; EtyAC/ONO; SD/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

ontā́ro

noun. begetter, parent

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/ONO

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. ontaro “begetter, parent” ✧ Ety/ONO
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ONO] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [PE14/077; PE15/72; PE15/76] Group: Eldamo. Published by