A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.
Gnomish
bar
noun. home, dwelling
baur
noun. house
bar(n)a-
verb. to dwell in (a land), till (land)
bara dhair haithin
place name. Cottage of the Lost Play
-bar
suffix. dweller; home, -ham
-vran
suffix. dwelling
-vron
suffix. dwelling
annor(in)
adjective. lofty
annuir
adjective. lofty
bridhil
feminine name. *Queen
dara
adjective. lofty
gwast
noun. dwelling
A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).
hermon
noun. lord
malc
noun. lord
man
masculine name. Man
redhos
noun. land
turinthir
noun. *queen
túrin
masculine name. Lord
A verb appearing as G. {bartha- >>} bara- or barna- “dwell in, till (tr.)” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/21), clearly derived from the early root ᴱ√MBARA “dwell, live” (QL/63). Its gloss is followed by a parenthentical comment “(land)”. Likely the original sense was “dwell in (a land)”, and from there it gained the sense “✱prepare a land for dwelling” = “till (land), ✱cultivate”.
Neo-Sindarin: Since √MBAR continues to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, for purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would retain transitive ᴺS. barna- “to till (land), ✱cultivate” with an original sense “to dwell in (a land)”. Given this verb’s association with cultivation, however, I would use the later verb [N.] dortha- as the primary verb for “to dwell, stay, settle, ✱live (in a place)” (Ety/NDOR).