Qenya
anda
adjective. long
Cognates
- N. ann “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶andā > anda [andā] > [anda] ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
andave
adverb. *long
Element in
- ᴹQ. andave laita ✧ SD/047
ando
adverb. long
Element in
- ᴹQ. Eldar ando kakainen loralyar Koivienenissen “the Elves were long lying asleep at Koivienéni” ✧ VT27/07
Variations
- ando ✧ VT27/07
andamunda
noun. elephant
Cognates
- N. annabon “elephant” ✧ Ety/MBUD
Derivations
- ᴹ✶andambundā “long-snouted” ✧ Ety/MBUD
Elements
Word Gloss anda “long” mundo “snout, nose; cape [of land]” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶andambundā > andamunda [anda-mbundā] > [anda-mundā] > [anda-munda] ✧ Ety/MBUD
A noun for “elephant” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. anda “long” and an adjectival form of ᴹQ. mundo “snout” (Ety/MBUD), hence literally “long snouted”.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave ᴱQ. hunto “elephant” (QL/41).