Quenya 

tuilindo

swallow

tuilindo noun "swallow", etymologically "spring-singer" (TUY, LIN2, LT1:269, LT2:338)

Sindarin 

tuilinn

swallow

(etymologically ”spring-singer”) *tuilinn (i duilinn, o thuilinn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thuilinn). Form normalized from tuilind in source; the latter would be an archaic form.

tuilinn

swallow

(i duilinn, o thuilinn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thuilinn). Form normalized from tuilind in source; the latter would be an archaic form.

Noldorin 

tuilind

noun. swallow (bird)

Noldorin [Ety/395, X/ND4] "spring-singer". Group: SINDICT. Published by

tuilin

noun. swallow (bird)

Noldorin [Ety/395, X/ND4] "spring-singer". Group: SINDICT. Published by

tuilinn

noun. swallow (bird)

Noldorin [Ety/395, X/ND4] "spring-singer". Group: SINDICT. Published by

tuilinn

noun. swallow, (lit.) spring-singer

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for a “swallow” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tuilelindō “spring-singer” (Ety/LIN², TUY).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had G. {duil >>} G. duiling or duilinc “swallow”, apparently a diminutive form based on (archaic) ᴱ✶du̯il “bird” (GL/31). Tolkien also had deleted G. duil “spring” (GL/31), and in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon he gave as its cognate ᴱQ. tuilindo “spring-singer, swallow” under the early root ᴱ√TUẎU that was the basis for “spring” words (QL/96). However, Tolkien marked this Qenya form with a “✱” and said it was “not related”, so perhaps Tolkien reimagined word as a derivative of ✱ᴱ√DUYU that was the basis for “bird” words in the Gnomish Lexicon, since initial d became t in Early Qenya.

ᴱN. {duilen >>} duilin “a swallow” reappeared in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s (PE13/120) and duilin “swallow” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the same period (PE13/142). N. tuilinn “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, as described above.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tuilindo “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer” ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TUY

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tuilelindō “spring-singer, swallow” ✧ Ety/TUY

Elements

WordGloss
tui“sprout, bud”
lhinn“air, tune”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tuilelindō > tuilind > tuilinn[tuilelindō] > [tuilelindo] > [tuilindo] > [tuilind] > [tuilinn]✧ Ety/TUY
Noldorin [Ety/LIN²; Ety/TUY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

tuilindo

noun. swallow, (lit.) spring-singer

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “swallow, spring-singer”, a combination of ᴹQ. tuile “spring” and ᴹQ. lindo “singer” (Ety/LIN², TUY).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. tuilindo “spring-singer, swallow” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TUẎU, apparently with the same derivation as it had in the 1930s (QL/96). Tuilindo “swallow” also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/96).

Cognates

  • N. tuilinn “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer” ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TUY

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tuilelindō “spring-singer, swallow” ✧ Ety/TUY

Elements

WordGloss
tuile“spring, spring-time”
lindo“singer, singing bird”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tuilelindō > tuilindo[tuilelindō] > [tuilindō] > [tuilindo]✧ Ety/TUY
Qenya [Ety/LIN²; Ety/TUY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

lank

root. swallow

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

lak

root. swallow

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “swallow” with variant ᴹ√LANK and derivatives ᴹQ. lanko/N. lhanc “throat” (Ety/LAK¹, LANK), the latter an element in N. tarlanc “stiff-necked, obstinate” (Ety/TÁRAG). This last word was changed to S. tarlang in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/92; RC/536), consistent with an earlier but rejected form ᴹ√LANG for ᴹ√LANK in The Etymologies (Ety/LANK).

In later writings, Q. lango/S. lang meant “neck” rather than “throat”, so it is tempting to retain ᴹ√LAK for “throat” and other swallow-words. But it would be very confusing to have such similar but unrelated words for “neck” and “throat”, so I recommend using the root ᴹ√SLUK for “swallow” instead, and Q. lango, S. lang for both “neck” and “throat”.

Changes

  • LANGLANK ✧ Ety/LANK
  • LAK¹LAK¹ “devour, swallow” ✧ Ety/LAK¹

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. lanko “throat” ✧ Ety/LAK¹; Ety/LANK
  • ᴹQ. lango “throat” ✧ Ety/LANK
  • N. lhanc “throat” ✧ Ety/LANK; Ety/LANK; EtyAC/LAK¹

Element in

  • N. tarlanc “stiff-necked, obstinate” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG

Variations

  • LANK ✧ Ety/LAK¹; Ety/LANK; Ety/TÁRAG
  • LANG ✧ Ety/LANK (LANG)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LAK¹; Ety/LANK; Ety/TÁRAG; EtyAC/LAK¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sluk

root. swallow

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no derivatives (Ety/SLUK).

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. hluc- “to swallow”
  • ᴺQ. hlunco “pharynx, gullet”
  • ᴺS. lhunc “pharynx, gullet”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SLUK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

duilin

masculine name. Swallow

Changes

  • DuilinFuilin ✧ LBI/Fuilin
  • DuliglinDuilin ✧ LT2/203
  • DuliglinDuilin ✧ LT2I/Duilin

Cognates

Element in

  • G. Nos Duilin “*People of Duilin” ✧ LT2A/Duilin; PE15/22
  • G. Thlim Duilin “*Folk of the Swallow” ✧ PE13/104

Variations

  • Duliglin ✧ LT2/203 (Duliglin); LT2I/Duilin (Duliglin)
Gnomish [LBI/Duilin; LBI/Fuilin; LT2/203; LT2A/Duilin; LT2I/bo-Dhuilin; LT2I/Dhuilon; LT2I/Duilin; PE13/104; PE15/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

duilinc

noun. swallow

duilin(g)

noun. swallow

Changes

  • duiliduilinc ✧ GL/31

Cognates

  • Eq. tuilindo “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer” ✧ LT2A/Duilin; QL/096

Element in

  • G. Duilin “Swallow” ✧ LT2A/Duilin

Variations

  • duiling ✧ GL/31; QL/096
  • duilinc ✧ GL/31
  • duili ✧ GL/31 (duili)
  • duirilin ✧ GL/31 (duirilin)
  • duilin ✧ GL/39; GL/54
Gnomish [GL/23; GL/31; GL/39; GL/54; LT2A/Duilin; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

duil

noun. swallow

Derivations

Variations

  • duil ✧ GL/31 (duil)

glindwil

noun. swallow

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s for the bird “swallow” with variants glindwil and lindwil, a combination of G. glin “sound” and the suffixal form -wil of G. bil bird (GL/39, 54).

Elements

WordGloss
glin“sound, voice, utterance”
bil“bird”

Variations

  • lindwil ✧ GL/31 (lindwil); GL/39; GL/54
Gnomish [GL/31; GL/39; GL/54] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

duilin

noun. swallow

Changes

  • duilenduilin ✧ PE13/120

Element in

  • En. urdhuilin “without swallows” ✧ PE13/156

Variations

  • duilen ✧ PE13/120 (duilen)
Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/142; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

tuilindo

masculine name. Tuilindo

Qenya name for Duilin in early name lists (PE13/104; PE15/22), it is simply tuilindo “swallow” used as a name.

Cognates

  • G. Duilin “Swallow” ✧ PE15/22; PE13/104

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
tuilindo“swallow, (lit.) spring-singer”
Early Quenya [PE13/104; PE15/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuilindo

noun. swallow, (lit.) spring-singer

Cognates

  • G. duilin(g) “swallow” ✧ LT2A/Duilin; QL/096

Element in

Variations

  • Tuilindo ✧ LT2A/Duilin; LT2A/Duilin; QL/096
  • tuilind- ✧ QL/053 (tuilind-)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Tuilérë; LT2A/Duilin; PE15/22; PME/096; QL/053; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by