mámandil noun *"sheep-friend" (máma + -ndil), i.e. "shepherd"? (UT:209)
Quenya
mavar
shepherd
mámandil
sheep-friend
Taimavar
shepherd of the sky
Taimavar masc. name "Shepherd of the Sky", Orion (LT1:268; Orion is called Telumehtar or Menelmacar in Tolkien's later Quenya)
lér
man
**lér noun "man" (NI1; hypothetical Q form of PQ dēr; the form actually used in Quenya was nér)
nér
man
nér (1) (ner-, as in pl. neri) noun "man" (adult male elf, mortal, or of other speaking race) (MR:213, VT49:17, DER, NDER, NI1, VT45:9; see also WJ:393)
nér
noun. man
mehtar
noun. warrior
Element in
- Q. Calimehtar “*Bright Warrior”
- Q. Telumehtar “Orion, (lit.) Warrior of the Sky” ✧ WJ/411
mordo
warrior, hero
mordo (2) noun "warrior, hero" (LT1:268 - probably obsoleted by # 1 above)
ohtar
warrior, soldier
ohtar noun "warrior, soldier" (UT:282)
ohtar
masculine name. Warrior
The squire of Isildur (LotR/243, UT/272). This name is simply the word ohtar “warrior” used as a name. Since it is a name out of legend, this name might have originally been the man’s title instead of his name, with his true name now lost (UT/282, note #17).
Elements
Word Gloss ohtar “warrior”
ohtar
noun. warrior
Element in
Elements
Word Gloss ohta “war” -r(o) “agental suffix” Variations
- Ohtar ✧ UT/282
mahtar
warrior
mahtar noun "warrior" (MAK; original gloss "swordsman", VT45:32)
ohtacáro
warrior
[ohtacáro] ("k")noun "warrior" (KAR). In the Etymologies as printed in LR, the accent of the word ohtacáro was omitted (VT45:19).
vëo
man
†vëo noun "man" (WEG; etymologically connected to vëa "manly, vigorous"; the more neutral word for "man" is nér. According to VT46:21, Tolkien indicated that vëo is an archaic or poetic word.) Tolkien at a later point defined the word as "living creature" (PE17:189). Cf. variant wëo, q.v.
emerro
noun. shepherd, herdsman
A neologism coined by Damien Bador, the male equivalent of Q. emerwen “shepherdess”.
Elements
Word Gloss emer- “?to herd (sheep)”
mavar noun "shepherd" (LT1:268, GL:58)