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Gloss of the hour

hên

noun. child

Derivations

  • ✶khīnā “child” ✧ WJ/403
    • √KHIN “child” ✧ WJ/403

Cognates

  • Ad. -hin “child, patronymic”
  • Q. hína “child” ✧ SA/híni; WJ/403

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶khīnā/khinā > hên[kʰinā] > [kʰina] > [xina] > [xena] > [xen] > [hen] > [hēn]✧ WJ/403
✶khīnā/khinā > hîn[kʰinī] > [kʰini] > [xini] > [xin] > [hin] > [hīn]✧ WJ/403
Sindarin [LR/322; MR/373; S/198; SA/híni; UT/057; UT/140; VT50/12; VT50/18; WJ/160; WJ/403] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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     ⸱      ⸱      ⸱       :      ⸱      ⸱     ⸱    :

Ill i mall law thilia, Law ill idh reniar gwenwin; Iaur i bell law firatha, Law na chell thynd nuir raethennin. Od i lith naur echuidathar, Calad od iñ gwaith tuiatha; Megil i rangen cýrathar, Alrin aran adolatha.

A Neo-Sindarin translation of the Riddle of Strider.

Sindarin [Fellowship of the Ring] by Elaran

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