(noun) caun (i gaun, o chaun) (clamour, outcry, shout), pl. coen (i choen), coll. pl. conath, the latter often used = "lamentation" (PM:345, 362). Note: a homophone of caun means "valour".
Sindarin
can-
verb. to cry out, shout, call
can-
verb. to cry out, shout, call
Cognates
- T. can- “to cry aloud, call; to summon or name a person” ✧ PM/362
Derivations
- √KAN “cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule, cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule; [ᴹ√] dare” ✧ PM/361
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KAN > can- [kan-] ✧ PM/361
canad
cardinal. four
canad
cardinal. four
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kanata > canad [kanata] > [kanat] > [kanad] ✧ VT42/24 √KENET > cened [kenet] > [kened] ✧ VT47/41 Variations
- can(ad ✧ PE17/095
- cened ✧ VT47/41
cened
ordinal. four
nalla-
verb. to cry
nallon
verb. I cry
can
cry out
caun
cry
caun
cry
(i gaun, o chaun) (clamour, outcry, shout), pl. coen (i choen), coll. pl. conath, the latter often used = "lamentation" (PM:345, 362). Note: a homophone of caun means "valour".
canad
cardinal. four
canad;
canad
four
;
canath
fourth part
(i ganath, o chanath) (farthing), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of the more valuable coin called mirian. (PM:45)
cannui
fourth
. The reading in VT42:25 is "canthui", but the phonology presupposed in LotR would require ✱cannui. David Salo regards "canthui" as a dialectal form.
nalla
cry
(i nalla, in nallar). Attested in the 1st person present-tense form nallon ”
(i gân, i chenir) (shout, call). Compare