Pitya-naucor

petty-dwarves

Pitya-naucor pl. noun "Petty-dwarves" (sg. #Pitya-nauco, cf. nauco) Also Picinaucor (WJ:389)

pitya-naucor

collective name. Petty-dwarves

Quenya name of the “Petty-dwarves” (S. Nogoth Niben) (WJ/389). It is a compound of the pitya “little” and the plural of nauco “Dwarf”. It also appeared as Pikinaukor, containing the root ᴹ√PIK “small” from which pitya is derived.

Variations

• Pikinaukor/Pitya-naukor ✧ WJ/389; WJI/Pikinaukor

Picinaucor

petty-dwarves

Picinaucor ("k") pl. noun "Petty-dwarves" (sg. #Picinauco, cf. nauco). Also Pitya-naucor (WJ:389). A distinct term nuxo is listed in PE17:45.

pitya

little

#pitya adj. "little" in Pityafinwë, Pitya-naucor

nitya

adjective. little

Derivations

• √NIK “small”

Element in

• Q. Nityafinwë “Little Finwë” ✧ PM/365

Variations

• Nitya ✧ PM/365 (Nitya)

pincë

adjective. little

picina

adjective. little

Derivations

• ᴹ√PIK “*tiny”

Variations

• pikina ✧ PE17/115
• pinke ✧ PE17/115

nuxo

petty dwarf

nuxo noun "Petty dwarf" (PE17:45; the spellings "nukso" and "nuxo" both occur in the source). Elsewhere the Petty-dwarves are called Picinaucor or Pitya-naucor, q.v.

pia

little

pia adj. "little" (PE17:115); variants picina ("k"), pincë ("k"), pitya

pia

adjective. little

Derivations

• √PEY “*little” ✧ PE17/115

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PEYE > pia	[peja] > [pia]	✧ PE17/115

titta

little, tiny

titta adj. "little, tiny" (TIT)