pitya

little

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

pitya

adjective. petty, little

Pityo

pityo

Pityo see Pityafinwë

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.

Pitya-naucor

petty-dwarves

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

Pityafinwë

little finwë

Pityafinwë masc. name "Little Finwë"; he was called Amrod in Sindarin. Short Quenya name Pityo (PM:353)

pityafinwë

masculine name. Little Finwë

nitya

adjective. little

pia

little

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

pia

adjective. little

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.

nityafinwë

masculine name. Little Finwë

The father name of Amrod (PM/353). It is a compound of the nitya “little” and the name of his grandfather Finwë.

Conceptual Development: Tolkien first wrote this name as Pityafinwë, but then changed the initial pitya >> nitya. He also wrote the short form of this name as Pityo, but this name was not revised (PM/365).

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.

Ambarto

upwards-exalted

Ambarto masc. name *"upwards-exalted", mother-name (never used in narrative) of Pityafinwë = Amrod (PM:353, 354)

picina

adjective. little

pincë

adjective. little

titta

little, tiny

titta adj. "little, tiny" (TIT)