Sindarin
ram
noun. wall
ram
noun. wall
Cognates
- Q. ramba “wall” ✧ SA/ram
Derivations
- ᴹ√RAB “*wall”
Element in
- S. Andram “Long Wall” ✧ SA/ram
- S. Ramdal “Wall’s End” ✧ SA/ram
- S. rammas “great wall”
- S. Rammas Echor “Great Wall of the Outer Circle” ✧ SA/ram
ranc
noun. arm
raw
wing
raw
noun. wing
The Sindarin word for “wing” (PE17/63) based on the root ᴹ√RAM (Ety/RAM). Its Quenya cognate ráma indicates its ancient vowel ā was long, and this long ā became au (aw) in Sindarin. Meanwhile, the ancient m became v, which then vanished after the diphthong aw: ✱rāmā > raum(a) > rau(v) > raw.
Conceptual Development: The word G. ram “wing, pinion” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s was similarly derived (GL/64), but in Gnomish m did not become v.
Cognates
- Q. ráma “wing, wing; [ᴱQ.] arm” ✧ PE17/063
Derivations
- ᴹ√RAM “*wing, fly”
Element in
- S. roval “winged, winged; [N.] pinion, great wing (of an eagle)” ✧ PE17/063
rafn
noun. wing (horn), extended point at side, etc.
roval
wing
rov-
wing
poll
noun. ram
A neologism for “ram” coined by Gábor Lőrinczi appearing in VQP (VQP) derived from primitive ✶pollō (PE21/82).
Cognates
- ᴺQ. pollo “ram”
Derivations
ram
wall
1) ram, pl. raim (idh raim), coll. pl. rammath; 2) rammas, pl. remmais (idh remmais), coll. pl. rammassath.
ram
wall
pl. raim (idh raim), coll. pl. rammath
rammas
wall
pl. remmais (idh remmais), coll. pl. rammassath.
ranc
arm
ranc (pl. rengy or rainc, with article idh rengy/rainc), coll. pl. rangath
ranc
noun. arm
ranc
arm
(pl. rengy or rainc, with article idh rengy/rainc), coll. pl. rangath
rafn
wing
(horn, extended point at the side), pl. raifn (idh raifn).
roval
wing
1) roval (pinion, great wing [of eagle]), pl. rovail (idh rovail). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhoval_ _pl. rhovel. 2) rafn (horn, extended point at the side), pl. raifn (idh raifn).
roval
wing
(pinion, great wing [of eagle]), pl. rovail (idh rovail). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *rhoval* pl. *rhovel*.
aglonn
pass between high walls
(defile), pl. eglynn.
thangail
shield wall
(shield wall). No distinct pl. form? (UT:281)
The Sindarin word for “wall”, an element in several names such as Andram “Long Wall” and Ramdal “Wall’s End” (S/122).
Conceptual Development: The word was N. rham “wall” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, where it was derived from ᴹ✶rambā under the root ᴹ√RAB (Ety/RAMBĀ; EtyAC/RAMBĀ). The root form did not appear in The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road (LR/382), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne noted the actual root in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/10). The rh in the 1930s Noldorin form was because initial r was unvoiced in Noldorin, something that was not the case in later Sindarin.
The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. bant “wall” appearing between G. bada- “build” and G. bad “building”, so perhaps derived from an early root ✱ᴱ√BATA (GL/21).