12.82 Circle ᴹQ. corin n. “circular enclosure, [ᴱQ.] great circular hedge” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “circular enclosure” under the root ᴹ√KOR “round” (Ety/KOR). Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. korin “a circular enclosure, esp. on a hill-top, a dun, tún, or
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Studies on selected elvish words to sort out their semantics.
Select Elvish Words: 12.81 Round
12.81 Round ᴹQ. korna adj. “round, globed” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “round, globed” derived from primitive ᴹ✶kornā under the root ᴹ√KOR “round” (Ety/KOR). It likely means “*round in three dimensions”, as opposed to ᴹQ. rinda “circular”. Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had
Select Elvish Words: 12.77 Cross
12.77 Cross ᴹQ. hwarma n. “crossbar” A word for “crossbar” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SKWAR “crooked” (Ety/SKWAR). ᴱQ. tarwe n. “cross, crucifix” A word appearing as ᴱQ. {taure >>} tarwe “a cross, Crucifix” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TARA¹
Select Elvish Words: 12.76 Angle, Corner
12.76 Angle, Corner Q. nehtë n. “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory; angle” A word given as Q. {nakte >>} nehte or nekke, the equivalent of S. naith “angle”, all based on the root √NEK as described in Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the
Select Elvish Words: 12.74 Crooked
12.74 Crooked ᴹQ. hwarin adj. “crooked” An adjective for “crooked” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SKWAR of the same meaning (Ety/SKWAR). Q. raica adj. “crooked, [ᴹQ.] bent, wrong” A word for “crooked” derived from √RIK “twist” appearing in notes associated with the Quendi and Eldar essay
Select Elvish Words: 12.73 Straight
12.73 Straight ᴹQ. téra adj. “straight, right, *correct” The Etymologies of the 1930s has ᴹQ. téra “straight, right” as a cognate to N. {tîr >>} taer, derived from {ᴹ✶tēra >>} ᴹ✶teñrā based on {ᴹ√TEƷ >>} ᴹ√TEÑ “line, direction” (Ety/TEƷ, TEÑ). Versions of the Lament of Atalante from the 1930s had
Select Elvish Words: 12.72 Hollow, Concave
12.72 Hollow, Concave Q. náva adj. “hollow” A word for “hollow” derived from primitive ✶nābā implied by the name Návarot “Hollowbold” (WJ/389, 414). ᴱQ. rotse adj. “pipe, tube” The Qenya Lexicon had ᴱQ. rotse “pipe (tube)” and ᴱQ. rōta “tube, hollow cylinder”, both under the early root ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” (QL/80).
Select Elvish Words: 12.71 Flat
12.71 Flat ᴹQ. lára adj. “flat” An adjective for “flat” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from either ᴹ✶lāda or ᴹ✶dāla based on the root ᴹ√LAD or its variant ᴹ√DAL (Ety/DAL, LAD). Derivation from ᴹ✶dāla would require some kind of D/L variation, but that seems to be common in
Select Elvish Words: 12.67 Deep
12.67 Deep ᴹQ. núra adj. “deep” An adjective for “deep” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶nūrā under the root ᴹ√NUR of the same meaning (Ety/NUR). Q. orda adj. “profound” An adjective for “profound” in notes from 1968 based on the root √GOR “deep, profound” (NM/176). Q. tumbalë
Select Elvish Words: 12.65-12.66 Thin
12.65 Thin (in Dimension) Q. fimbë adj. “slim, slender” A word for “slim, slender” derived from the root √PHIM and cognate to S. fim of the same meaning (PE17/23). ᴹQ. ninde adj. “slender, *thin” A word for “slender” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NIN-DI “fragile, thin”