_suff. _often used of regions in proper names or peoples. >> gwaith, -weith
Quenya
lie
noun. people
lië
people
Sindarin
-waith
suffix. often used of regions in proper names or peoples
-weith
suffix. often used of regions in proper names or peoples
_suff. _often used of regions in proper names or peoples. >> -waith
gwaith
noun. people; region, people, [ᴱN.] men, folk; [N.] manhood; man-power, troop of able bodied men, host, regiment; [S.] region
Cognates
- Q. vehtë “[a span of] life; habitat, haunt” ✧ PE17/190
Derivations
Element in
- S. Danwaith
- S. Drúwaith “the wilderness of the Drû-folk”
- S. Eluwaith
- S. Enedwaith “Middle-region, Middle-folk” ✧ Let/224; SA/gwaith
- S. Forodwaith “North-region, Northmen” ✧ Let/224
- S. Gaurwaith “Wolf-men”
- S. Gwaith-i-Mírdain “People of the Jewel Smiths” ✧ SA/gwaith
- S. Haradwaith “South-folk, the Harad”
- S. Tawarwaith “Forest People”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶weg-tē > gwaith [wegtē] > [wektē] > [wekte] > [wektʰe] > [wexθe] > [gwexθe] > [gweiθe] > [gweiθ] > [gwaiθ] ✧ PE17/189
gwaith
people
gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith**).
gwaith
people
(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).
denwaith
people of denwe
(WJ:385);
gwathuirim
people of dunland
(”shadowy people”) (PM:330);
iathrim
people of doriath
(”Fence-people”) (WJ:378);
ilphen
noun. everyone
il- (every/all) + pen (someone/somebody).
galadhrim
people of the trees
(Elves of Lórien)
haradrim
people of the south
(southerners, southrons);
rohirrim
people of rohan
(Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see
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Westron
nas
noun. people
Cognates
- Q. nos(së) “kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people” ✧ PM/320
Derivations
Element in
- Wes. tudnas ✧ PM/320
Gnomish
gwaith
noun. people
Element in
- G. gweithiad “nation, folk” ✧ PE13/117
Elements
Word Gloss gweg “man, male of the Elda” Variations
- gwaith ✧ LT1A/Bronweg
- gweith ✧ PE13/117
gweith
noun. people
lië noun "people" (LI, Narqelion, VT39:6), in Eldalië, losselië, Ornelië (q.v.); possessive #liéva in Mindon Eldaliéva (q.v.); maybe also compounded in #rohtalië, #ruhtalië (q.v.)