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Qenya 

halda

adjective. tall

halda

adjective. veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady” derived from the primitive ᴹ✶skalnā based on the root ᴹ√SKAL “screen, hide (from light), overshadow” (Ety/SKAL¹). A similar form halda “hidden, veiled” appeared in the entry for a deleted root ᴹ√SKAL³ “cover, hide” (EtyAC/SKAL³), probably abandoned when Tolkien adjusted the meanings of the roots ᴹ√SKAL and ᴹ√SKEL; see those entries for details. This word might be consider an adjectival form of hala “cast shadow” from 1966-67 (PE17/154).

Changes

  • haldahalda “hidden, veiled” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹

Cognates

  • On. skhalla “veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹
  • N. hall “veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶skalnā “veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹; EtyAC/SKAL³
    • ᴹ√SKAL “screen, hide (from light), overshadow” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹; EtyAC/SKAL³

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶skalnā > halda[skalnā] > [xalnā] > [xaldā] > [haldā] > [halda]✧ Ety/SKAL¹

Variations

  • halda ✧ Ety/SKAL¹; EtyAC/SKAL³ (halda)
Qenya [Ety/SKAL¹; EtyAC/SKAL³] Group: Eldamo. Published by

halla

adjective. tall

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHAL “uplift, erect, lift from ground, (make) stand up” ✧ PE22/103

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHAL > halda[kʰalda] > [xalda] > [halda]✧ PE22/103

Variations

  • halda ✧ PE22/103
Qenya [PE22/051; PE22/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

landa

adjective. wide, wide, [ᴱQ.] broad

Cognates

  • N. lhann “wide, wide, [ᴱN.] broad” ✧ Ety/LAD
  • S. land “wide, broad, wide, broad; [N.] open space, level”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” ✧ Ety/LAD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAD > landa[landa]✧ Ety/LAD

Variations

  • landa ✧ Ety/LAD

tunda

adjective. tall

Cognates

  • N. tonn “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
  • Ilk. tund “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tundā “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
    • ᴹ√TUN “*tall; mound” ✧ Ety/TUN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tundā > tunda[tundā] > [tunda]✧ Ety/TUN