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Qenya 

halatir(no)

noun. kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as halatir(no) “fish-watcher, kingsfisher”, a combination of ᴹQ. hala “fish” and an agental form ᴹQ. tirno “watcher” of the root ᴹ√TIR “watch” (Ety/SKAL², TIR). Fish-watcher is the literal translation of the name, and kingfisher is the name of the terrestrial species.

Cognates

  • N. heledir(n) “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” ✧ Ety/KHAL¹; Ety/SKAL²; Ety/TIR

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
hala“(small) fish”
tir-“to watch”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ > halatir[kʰalatirno] > [kʰalatirn] > [xalatirn] > [halatirn] > [halatir]✧ Ety/TIR

Variations

  • halatir ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ (halatir); Ety/TIR
Qenya [Ety/KHAL¹; Ety/SKAL²; Ety/TIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by