ronta

hollow

ronta adj.? noun? "hollow" (also rotwa) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)

rotwa

hollow

rotwa adj.? noun? "hollow" (also ronta) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)

náva

adjective. hollow

Derivations

• ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Element in

• Q. Návarot “Hollowbold” ✧ WJ/389
• Q. Návatar “*Dwarf-father”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nābā > Náva	[nābā] > [nāβā] > [nāβa] > [nāva]	✧ WJ/414

Variations

• Náva ✧ WJ/389 (Náva)

unqua

hollow

unqua ("q")adj. "hollow" (UNUK)

rosta-

verb. to hollow out, excavate

A neologism created by Boris Shapiro in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s inspired by N. rosta- of the same meaning (Ety/ROD). I think the attested word Q. felehta- from 1957 (PE17/118) might also mean “to excavate”, so I prefer it for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Cognates

• N. rosta- “to hollow out, excavate”

Derivations

• ᴹ√ROD “roof, cave”