Quenya 

tumna

lowlying, deep, low

tumna adj. "lowlying, deep, low" (TUB); early "Qenya" glosses: "deep, profound, dark or hidden" (LT1:269, 271)

lún

deep

lún adj.??? a word of obscure meaning, perhaps "deep" as used of water (VT48:28)

núra

deep

núra adj. "deep" (NŪ)

Sindarin 

im

deep vale

(dell), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad (VT45:18, VT47:19)

tofn

deep

tofn (lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.

tofn

deep

(lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.

tofn

low, low-lying

tofn (lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (deep);

tofn

low, low-lying

(lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (deep);

tovn

adjective. lowlying, deep, low

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

toss

low-growing tree

(i doss, o thoss, construct tos), pl. tyss (i thyss). Tolkien mentioned ”maple, hawthorn, blackthorn, holly, etc.” as examples of the low-growing trees covered by this word.

maeg

going deep in

(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, penetrating). (WJ:337);

angol

deep lore

(magic), pl. engyl. Note: a homophone means "stench".

falch

deep cleft

(ravine[?]), pl. felch;

tûm

deep valley

tum- (i** dûm, o thûm, construct tum), pl. t**uim (i** thuim**)

dannen

low tide

(i nannen, o ndannen) (ebb), pl. dennin (i ndennin). (VT48:26) Notice the homophone dannen ”fallen” (but this past participle has different mutations).****

imlad

deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides

(glen), pl. imlaid;

Noldorin 

tofn

adjective. lowlying, deep, low

Noldorin [Ety/394] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tofn

adjective. lowlying, deep, low

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tumna “lowlying, deep, low, lowlying, low; deep, [ᴱQ.] profound; dark, hidden” ✧ Ety/TUB

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tubnā “deep” ✧ Ety/TUB
    • ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water” ✧ Ety/TUB

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tubnā > tofn[tubnā] > [tubna] > [tumna] > [tomna] > [tomn] > [tovn]✧ Ety/TUB

nûr

adjective. deep

Noldorin [Ety/378] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nûr

adjective. deep

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. núra “deep” ✧ Ety/NU

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nūrā “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
    • ᴹ√NUR “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
    • ᴹ√NU/UNU “*down, under” ✧ Ety/NU

Element in

  • N. Núron “Ulmo” ✧ Ety/NU

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nūrā > nûr[nūrā] > [nūra] > [nūr]✧ Ety/NU

Variations

  • nûr ✧ Ety/NU

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Qenya 

tumna

adjective. lowlying, deep, low, lowlying, low; deep, [ᴱQ.] profound; dark, hidden

Cognates

  • N. tofn “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB
  • Ilk. tovon “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tubnā “deep” ✧ Ety/TUB
    • ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water” ✧ Ety/TUB

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tubnā > tumna[tubnā] > [tumnā] > [tumna]✧ Ety/TUB

núra

adjective. deep

Cognates

  • N. nûr “deep” ✧ Ety/NU

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nūrā “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
    • ᴹ√NUR “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
    • ᴹ√NU/UNU “*down, under” ✧ Ety/NU

Element in

  • ᴺQ. núrie “depth (abstract)”
  • ᴹQ. Nurqendi “Deep-elves” ✧ Ety/NU

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nūrā > núra[nūrā] > [nūra]✧ Ety/NU

Doriathrin

tovon

adjective. lowlying, deep, low

An adjective meaning “lowlying, deep, low” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tubnā (Ety/STAB). The [[ilk|short [u] became [o] before the final [a]]], while the [[ilk|[b] spirantalized to [v] after a vowel]], with the [[ilk|[n] becoming syllabic and developing into [-on]]] after it became final. These developments were all suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tovon).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tumna “lowlying, deep, low, lowlying, low; deep, [ᴱQ.] profound; dark, hidden” ✧ Ety/TUB

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tubnā “deep” ✧ Ety/TUB
    • ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water” ✧ Ety/TUB

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tubnā > tovon[tubnā] > [tubna] > [tobna] > [tovna] > [tovn] > [tovon]✧ Ety/TUB
Doriathrin [Ety/TUB] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

tubnā

adjective. deep

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water” ✧ Ety/TUB

Derivatives

  • Ilk. tovon “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB
  • ᴹQ. tumna “lowlying, deep, low, lowlying, low; deep, [ᴱQ.] profound; dark, hidden” ✧ Ety/TUB
  • N. tofn “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TUB] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nur

root. deep

A root mentioned in The Etymologies as an extension of ᴹ√NU with the gloss “deep” and derivatives ᴹQ. núra and N. nûr of the same meaning (Ety/NU). Possibly related is the later word Q. nurtalë “hiding” as in Q. Nurtalë Valinóreva “Hiding of Valinor” (S/102).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NU/UNU “*down, under” ✧ Ety/NU

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶nūrā “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
    • ᴹQ. núra “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
    • N. nûr “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
  • Q. nurta- “*to hide”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nūrā

adjective. deep

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NUR “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
    • ᴹ√NU/UNU “*down, under” ✧ Ety/NU

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. núra “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
  • N. nûr “deep” ✧ Ety/NU
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

um

adjective. lowlying

Derivations

  • ᴱ√Ū “under”

Element in

  • G. umbel “a dell” ✧ GL/74

dolc

adjective. deep

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ndolo- > dolc[ndolk] > [ndolx] > [ndolk] > [dolk]✧ GL/30