In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s there were a pair of similar nouns derived from the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ: ᴱQ. nal (nald-) “dale, dell” and ᴱQ. nalle “dell” (QL/66). The latter was derived from ᴱ✶nḷdle and the former probably from ✱nḷd-. The word nalle also appeared unglossed in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s (PE16/144).
Early Quenya
umbe
noun. dale, dell
Cognates
- G. umbel “a dell”
Derivations
- ᴱ√Ū “under” ✧ QL/096
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√Ū¹ > umbe [umbē] > [umbe] ✧ QL/096
nal
noun. dale, dell
Cognates
- G. nal “dale, vale” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√nḷřḷ > nal [nḹð] > [nalð] > [nald] > [nal] ✧ QL/066 ᴱ✶nḷdle > nalle [nḹðlē] > [nḹðle] > [nalðle] > [naldle] > [naldle] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- nal(lë) ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
- nalle ✧ PE16/144; QL/066
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dale, dell” derived from the root ᴱ√Ū “under” (QL/96). It may have reemerged later as ᴹQ. imbe “dell, deep vale” (EtyAC/IMBE).