Quenya 

masto

village

masto noun "village" (LT1:251)

farnë

dwelling

#farnë (2) noun "dwelling", in orofarnë (as translated in Letters:224, but in other notes of Tolkiens the word was interpreted "any growing thing or plant", PE17:83)

marda

dwelling

marda noun "dwelling" (PE17:107)

opelë

walled house or village, 'town'

opelë noun "walled house or village, 'town' " (PEL(ES) )

os

house, cottage

os (ost-) noun "house, cottage" (LT2:336; hardly valid in LotR-style Quenya writers may use coa or már)

indo

house

indo (2) noun "house" (LT2:343), probably obsoleted by #1 above (in Tolkiens later Quenya, the word for "house" appears as coa).

Sindarin 

gobel

noun. village, town (enclosure), (walled) village, town (enclosure); [N.] walled house, *manor

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
go-“together, co-, com-”
PEL“fence, border, edge; bound, limit; go round, encircle, fence, border, edge; bound, limit; go round, encircle; [ᴹ√] revolve on fixed point”

bar

noun. dwelling, home

Sindarin [S/428, WR/379-80, SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

bar

noun. inhabited land

Sindarin [S/428, WR/379-80, SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sennas

noun. guesthouse

Sindarin [RC/523] "resting place", from *send, *senn (SED) ?. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobel

village

(i ’obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. ✱göbil.

gobel

village

(walled village or house) gobel (i **obel) (enclosed dwelling, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil** = i ñebil). Archaic pl. *göbil.

bâr

dwelling

bâr (house, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds

bâr

dwelling

(house, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds

dôr

dwelling place

(i nôr, construct dor) (land, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413).

gobel

enclosed dwelling

(i ’obel) (walled house or village, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. göbil.

rhûd

dwelling underground

(construct rhud, with article ?i thrûd or ?i rûd – *the lenition product of rh- is uncertain) (artificial cave, rockhewn hall, mine), pl. rhuid (?idh ruid) (PM:365)*.

sennas

guesthouse

(i hennas), pl. sennais (i sennais), coll. pl. sennassath (RC:523)

grôd

underground dwelling

(i ’rôd, construct grod) (cave, delving, excavation), pl. grŷd (in grŷd) (WJ:414)

car

house

(building, dwelling-place) 1) car or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity. 2) adab (building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb. 3)

car

house

or cardh (i gar[dh], o char[dh]) (building), pl. cerdh (i cherdh) or cair (i chair). Note: cardh also means "deed, feat". Therefore, the form car may be preferred for clarity.

adab

house

(building), pl. edaib. In ”Noldorin”, the plural was edeb.

bâr

house

bâr (dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

bâr

house

(dwelling, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

noss

house

(family) 1) noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan), 2) nost (pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360), 3) nothrim (family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

noss

house

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, clan)

nost

house

(pl. nyst) (family) (PM:360)

nothrim

house

(family); no distinct pl. form (PM:360)

Telerin 

cava

noun. house

Cognates

  • Q. cöa “house; outhouse, shed, hut, booth; building used for a dwelling or other purposes; †body” ✧ WJ/369

Element in

Adûnaic

zadan

noun. house

A noun translated “house” and fully declined as an example of a Strong I noun (SD/430).

Noldorin 

gobel

noun. walled house or village, town

Noldorin [Ety/380] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobel

noun. walled house or village, town

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. opele “walled house or village, town, walled house, manor; village, town, hamlet” ✧ Ety/PEL(ES)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PEL(ES) “revolve on fixed point” ✧ Ety/PEL(ES)

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
go-“together”
PEL(ES)“revolve on fixed point”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PEL(ES) > gobel[gopele] > [gopel] > [gobel]✧ Ety/PEL(ES)
Noldorin [Ety/PEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

car

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cardh

noun. house, building

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

car(dh)

noun. house, house, *construction, structure

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as car or carð with the gloss “house” under the root ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” (Ety/KAR). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. kar (kard-) was glossed “building, house”.

Neo-Sindarin: Given the meaning of its root, I would use cardh for any kind of building-like construction or structure for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. For an ordinary “house” where people live, I would use S. bâr.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kar “building, house” ✧ Ety/KAR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” ✧ Ety/KAR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAR > carð[karda] > [kard] > [karð]✧ Ety/KAR

Variations

  • car ✧ Ety/KAR
  • carð ✧ Ety/KAR

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Westron

ran(u)

noun. village, small group of dwellings on a hill-side

Element in

  • Wes. Hlothran “a common village name” ✧ LotR/1138

Variations

  • rān ✧ PM/049
Westron [LotR/1138; PM/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

opele

noun. walled house or village, town, walled house, *manor; village, town, *hamlet

Cognates

  • N. gobel “walled house or village, town” ✧ Ety/PEL(ES)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PEL(ES) “revolve on fixed point” ✧ Ety/PEL(ES)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PEL(ES) > opele[wapele] > [wopele] > [opele]✧ Ety/PEL(ES)
Qenya [Ety/PEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

pel

suffix. village, hamlet, -ham

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PELE “fence in”

Element in

Gnomish [GL/64; LT1A/Tavrobel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-vran

suffix. dwelling

A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.

Cognates

Variations

  • -vron ✧ GL/24

-vron

suffix. dwelling

gwast

noun. dwelling

A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ GL/47

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ŋwa- > gwast[ŋʷaðt] > [ŋgʷaðt] > [gʷaðt] > [gʷaðt]✧ GL/47

baur

noun. house

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶mbāră ✧ PE13/116; PE13/116

Variations

  • bawr ✧ PE13/116

Early Noldorin

bâr

noun. house

Element in

Variations

  • bar ✧ PE13/122; PE13/138
Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/122; PE13/128; PE13/138; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

sōđā

noun. house

Derivations

Element in

  • ᴱ✶saχsōđa “house of fire” ✧ PE12/021; QL/081

Variations

  • þōra ✧ QL/081
Early Primitive Elvish [PE12/021; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

masto

noun. village

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ QL/060

Element in

  • Eq. -mas “-ton, -by” ✧ LT1A/Eldamar; QL/060

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NGWAÐA > masto[mbaðtō] > [mbaðto] > [mbaθto] > [mbasto] > [masto]✧ QL/060
Early Quenya [LT1A/Eldamar; QL/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ruella

noun. village

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wasto

noun. village

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ẆAÐA “dwell” ✧ QL/102

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ẆAÐA > wasto[ɣʷaðtō] > [ɣʷaθto] > [ɣʷaθto] > [ɣʷasto] > [wasto]✧ QL/102
Early Quenya [QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. dwelling, village, hamlet

Cognates

  • G. “dwelling, house”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RU’U “‽” ✧ QL/080

Element in

  • Eq. ruella “village” ✧ QL/080

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√RU’U > rū¹[ruɣ] > [rū]✧ QL/080

Variations

  • ✧ PME/081
  • rū¹ ✧ QL/080
Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

indo

noun. house

A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).

Cognates

  • G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril

Derivations

  • ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043

Element in

  • Eq. indor “master of house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
  • Eq. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. indolis “domicile” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. indositsina “domestic(ated)” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. indoite “indoors, at home, homely, domestic” ✧ QL/043

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√IŘI > indo[inðō] > [inðo] > [indo]✧ QL/043
Early Quenya [LT2A/Idril; PE16/132; PME/043; QL/042; QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by