Sindarin 

com

adjective. bellied

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2019 specifically for Eldamo, the Sindarin equivalent of ᴹQ. kumba “bellied”, where the vowel *o* is the result of *a*-affection.

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

go-

prefix. together, co-, com-

The Sindarin suffix go- “together” was established early in Tolkien’s life. It was derived from √WO and had a variant gwa- depending on ancient patterns of stress, since ancient wo > wa > gwa when stressed but when unstressed wo > gwo > go (WJ/367-368). The go-variant is the normal form, and gwa- survived only in a few two-syllable words such as gwanon “twin = ✱together-born”.

Conceptual Development: The go-/gwa- variation dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but in that document the primitive form was ᴱ✶ŋu̯a which become go- when unstressed (GL/40). The derivation of N. go- from ᴹ√WŌ was introduced in The Etymologies of the 1930s which when stressed produced gwa-, but this gwa-variant was already limited to old formations in the 1930s (Ety/WŌ).

Sindarin [PE17/016; PE17/191; WJ/367; WJ/368] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwa-

prefix. together, co-, com-

gwa

co-, com

(together)

gwa

co-, com-

(prefix) gwa- (together)