andamunda

noun. elephant

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).

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

anda

adjective. long

Cognates

• N. ann “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD

Derivations

• ᴹ✶andā “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
  • ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Element in

• ᴹQ. á e·ndanne anda né “Oh! he went back long ago” ✧ PE22/096
• ᴹQ. Andalóke “Long Serpent”
• ᴹQ. andalúme “for a long while” ✧ PE22/125
• ᴹQ. andamunda “elephant”
• ᴹQ. andatehta “long mark” ✧ PE22/011
• ᴹQ. andatelko “long stem, long leg” ✧ PE22/020
• ᴹQ. andólama “long consonant” ✧ PE22/011
• ᴹQ. andul “long pole”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶andā > anda	[andā] > [anda]	✧ Ety/ÁNAD

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