A word for “robin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with a variant [kilap]ink, related to the verb ᴱQ. kilapitya- “to chirp” (QL/46) and G. cilobinc “robin” from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/26).
Early Quenya
karneambar
noun/adjective. robin, (lit.) red-breast
Cognates
- G. amosgarn “robin”
- G. crinthammos “robin, (lit.) red-breast”
Element in
- Eq. karneambara “*red-breasted” ✧ QL/048
kilapink
noun. robin
kilapi
noun. robin
Cognates
- G. cilobinc “robin”
Element in
- Eq. kilapitya- “to chirp” ✧ QL/046
Variations
- [kilap]ink ✧ QL/046
A word appearing as ᴱQ. karneambar “robin” in both the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. karne “red” and ᴱQ. ambar “breast” (QL/48; PME/49). Somewhat oddly, Tolkien specified this word was both “adj. or noun”, but then hinted at a specifically adjectival form ᴱQ. [[eq|[karneambar]a]] by adding —a on the line below it.
Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. carniambos “robin, (lit.) red-breast” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, combining Q. carnë (carni-) “red” with ᴺQ. ambos “breast”.