Quenya 

yal-

summon

yal- vb. "summon". In enyalië "to recall" (Notes on CO, UT:317)

naham-

to summon

naham- vb. "to summon", passive participle nahamna "summoned" (also in LR:47). Tolkien tentatively considered the alternative forms nahom- with pp. nahomna or natyam- with pp. natyamna; as the passive participle he also considered the form nahemna (cf. nahémë under nahámë below) (VT45:21)

yal-

verb. to summon, to summon, *call (out to)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YAL “to cry, cry, *call”

Element in

  • Q. enyal- “to recall, to recall, *remember” ✧ UT/317
  • Q. enyalië “memory, (lit.) recalling” ✧ UT/317

tulta-

send for, fetch, summon

tulta- vb. "send for, fetch, summon" (TUL). Tultanelyes "you summoned him", changed by Tolkien to leltanelyes "you sent him" (possibly tulta- was meant to have the meaning "send" here, but Tolkien decided to use another word) (VT47:22)

ello

call, shout of triumph

[ello] noun "call, shout of triumph" (GYEL (< GEL) )

yello

call, shout of triumph

yello (2) noun "call, shout of triumph" (GYEL); changed by Tolkien from ello.

tulu-

fetch, bring, bear; move, come

tulu- vb. "fetch, bring, bear; move, come" (LT1:270; compare tulta- in Tolkien's later Quenya)

tulta-

verb. to send (from point of view of receiver), to send (from point of view of receiver), [ᴹQ.] to send for, send hither, fetch, summon, (lit.) cause to come

Derivations

  • tultā- “to make come, fetch, send (from point of view of receiver)” ✧ PE22/156; PE22/164
    • TUL “come, approach, move towards (point of speaker), come, approach, [ᴹ√] move towards (point of speaker); [ᴱ√] fetch, bear, bring; (originally) uphold, support, bear, carry” ✧ PE22/156; PE22/157

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
tultā- > tultā-[tultā] > [tulta]✧ PE22/156

Variations

  • tultā- ✧ PE22/156
Quenya [PE22/156; PE22/157; PE22/164; VT47/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

nalla

noun. call

nallan

noun. call

A word appearing in the 1st edition of The Lord of the Rings from 1954 in the phrase le nallan sí di’nguruthos. In Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien translated {nallon >>} nallon as “a call”, followed by another form nalla, with alternates nalla, nalloth, nallar in the upper margin. Christopher Gilson suggested that the gloss might instead be “to call” or “my call”; if the latter is correct, then nallan might be the 1st sg. possessive form of nalla.

In the 2nd edition of The Lord of the Rings from 1965 Tolkien changed nallan to nallon. In The Road Goes Ever On (RGEO) from 1967 he confirmed that this new form was a verb form meaning “I cry” (RGEO/64).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I think we can retain nallan as a noun for “a call”. While it is tempting to use the form nalla instead, I have no idea how the a might have survived at the end of this word, so I think nallan is better.

Changes

  • nallonnallan ✧ PE17/094

Derivations

  • NAL “call, cry”

Element in

Variations

  • nalla ✧ PE17/094
  • nallon ✧ PE17/094 (nallon)
  • nalloth ✧ PE17/094
  • nallar ✧ PE17/094

nallar

noun. call

nalloth

noun. call

ialla-

call

(VT46:22), also can- (i gân, i chenir) (shout, cry out). See also

esta

call

1) (vb.) esta- (to name) (i esta, in estar), 2) (call out) ialla- (VT46:22), also can- (i gân, i chenir) (shout, cry out). See also CRY (OUT).

esta

call

(to name) (i esta, in estar)

toltha

fetch

(make come) toltha- (i doltha, i tholthar)

toltha

fetch

(i doltha, i tholthar)

Primitive elvish

tulyā-

verb. to cause to come, send for, fetch, summon

Derivations

  • TUL “come, approach, move towards (point of speaker), come, approach, [ᴹ√] move towards (point of speaker); [ᴱ√] fetch, bear, bring; (originally) uphold, support, bear, carry”

Derivatives

  • Q. tulya-to lead, to lead; [ᴱQ.] to bring, send”

Variations

  • tuljā ✧ PE22/135; PE22/135
Primitive elvish [PE22/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

toltha-

verb. to fetch, summon, make come

Noldorin [Ety/395] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ialla-

verb. to call

Noldorin [VT/46:22] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ial

noun. (?) a call, (?) a cry

Noldorin [VT/46:22] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

naham-

verb. to summon

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHAM “call to, summon, name by name” ✧ EtyAC/KHAM²

Element in

  • ᴹQ. nahamna “summoned” ✧ EtyAC/KHAM²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHAM² > naham-[nakʰam-] > [naxam-] > [naham-]✧ EtyAC/KHAM²
Qenya [EtyAC/KHAM²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tulta-

verb. to send for, fetch, summon, send hither, (lit.) cause to come

Cognates

  • N. toltha- “to fetch” ✧ Ety/TUL
  • Ilk. tolda- “to fetch” ✧ Ety/TUL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tultā- “make come” ✧ Ety/TUL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tultā- > tulta-[tultā] > [tulta]✧ Ety/TUL

Variations

  • tultā́ ✧ PE22/114
Qenya [Ety/TUL; PE22/107; PE22/114; PE22/117] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

kham

root. call to, summon, name by name

A root that was a later entry in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “call to, summon, name by name” and having rejected variants ᴹ√KHAL², ᴹ√KYAM and ᴹ√KHEM. Tolkien’s introduction of this root seems to have caused him to restore ᴹ√KHAD over ᴹ√KHAM “sit”; see the entry on √KHAD for further discussion. Meanwhile, ᴹ√KHAM² was probably introduced to explain ᴹQ. nahamna “summoned” in the version of the Lament of Atalante from the 1930s (LR/47). The phrase where it appeared underwent quite a few changes thereafter, ultimately becoming ar Sauron túle nukumna Númenórenna “and Sauron came humbled [to Númenor]” by the 1940s, so the future status of ᴹ√KHAM² “summon” is unclear.

It is a useful root for purposes of Neo-Eldarin, however, and I think it is worth retaining.

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. naham- “to summon” ✧ EtyAC/KHAM²
  • ᴹQ. naháme “summons” ✧ EtyAC/KHAM²

Variations

  • KHAL² ✧ EtyAC/KHAM (KHAL²)
  • KYAM ✧ EtyAC/KHAM (KYAM)
  • KHEM ✧ EtyAC/KHAM (KHEM)
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/KHAM; EtyAC/KHAM²] Group: Eldamo. Published by