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Select Elvish Words: 12.62 Narrow

12.62 Narrow

ᴹQ. arka adj. “narrow”

An adjective for “narrow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶akrā under the root ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” (Ety/AK).

Q. náha adj. “narrow, *thin”

An adjective for “narrow” in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD) derived from √NAKH “narrow, thin” (PE17/166).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would assume this adjective can also mean “*thin” of things given the meaning of its root. Compare also fimbë “slender, *thin”

N. agor adj. “narrow”

An adjective for “narrow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶akrā under the root ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” (Ety/AK).

S. úlan(n) adj. “narrow, (lit.) not broad”

An adjective meaning “not broad, narrow” in notes from around 1959, appearing as ú-land or (reduced) úlan(n) and thus a negation of S. land “broad” (PE17/144).

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