Quenya 

nos(së)

noun. kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people

Changes

  • onos → nos ✧ PE17/111

Cognates

  • S. nos(s) “family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people” ✧ PM/320
  • Wes. nas “people” ✧ PM/320

Derivations

  • ✶nōse “race, tribe, people”
    • √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/169
  • √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/111

Element in

  • ᴺQ. nossetur “patriarch, family head”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√ONO > nos[nos]✧ PE17/111

Variations

  • nos ✧ PE17/111
  • onos ✧ PE17/111 (onos)
  • nossë ✧ PM/320
Quenya [PE17/111; PM/320] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hos

folk

hos noun "folk" (LT2:340)

nossë

clan, family, 'house'

nossë noun "clan, family, 'house' " (NŌ), "kindred, family" (PM:320), "kin, people" (LT1:250, LT1:272, LT2:338)

tulco

support, prop

tulco ("k") noun "support, prop". Given the primitive form ¤tulku, the word would have the stem-form *tulcu*- and the plural form tulqui**. (TULUK)

rendë

noun. kinship, kin, kindred, clan

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. RE(N)D “kinsman, *cousin”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. orendë “(nuclear) family”
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Sindarin 

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Sindarin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nost

noun. kindred, family, house

Sindarin [PM/360] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nothrim

noun. kindred, family, house

The word was rejected in favor of nost , but it may be interpreted as a valid class plural "those of the house"

Sindarin [Nothrim [> Nost] Finarfin PM/360] noss/nost + rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

tulu

support

tulu (i dulu, o thulu) (prop), pl. tyly (i thyly)

tulu

support

(i dulu, o thulu) (prop), pl. tyly (i thyly)

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath. See WILD MAN.

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath

drúnos

folk

Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath.

noss

clan

noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, house)

noss

clan

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (family, house)

dornhoth

thrawn folk

(WJ:388, 408)

Black Speech

-hai

suffix. folk

Element in

Adûnaic

lâi

collective noun. folk

A noun appearing only as an element in kadar-lâi “city folk” (SD/435). It may be related to Q. lië “people”, as suggested by various authors (AAD/18, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/LAI). In at least one Avari dialect, this word was lai (WJ/410).

Cognates

  • Q. lië “people, folk”

Element in

Variations

  • lāi ✧ SD/435

Primitive elvish

kin

root. *small

kit

root. *small

Tolkien gave the roots √KIN and √KIT with the gloss “small” in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957; given Sindarin derivative S. cidinn, √KIT is the likelier of the two possibilities (PE17/157).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I recommend against using the Quenya derivative of this root, as there are other better-known Quenya words for “small”. In Sindarin, however, we have fewer options, and I think it is worth retaining this root for that branch of the Eldarin languages.

Derivatives

  • Q. cinta “small” ✧ PE17/157
  • S. cidinn “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/157
  • S. cinnog “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/157

Variations

  • KIN ✧ PE17/157
Primitive elvish [PE17/157] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

nos

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tulu

noun. support, prop

Noldorin [Ety/395] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

rest

noun. kinship

An archaic noun for “kinship” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√redh- (GL/65).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√REÐE “kinsman” ✧ GL/65

Element in

  • G. gwarest “cousinhood, -ship” ✧ GL/44

Variations

  • rest ✧ GL/44 (rest)
Gnomish [GL/44; GL/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nos

noun. kin, people

Cognates

  • Eq. nosse “folk, kin, people” ✧ LT1A/Valinor

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born”

Element in

Gnomish [LT2A/Duilin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

ʒete

root. *kin

A root for “kin” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing only as an element in the primitive form ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- > G. gwaid “kinsmen, relations; companion”, but with a number of other obvious derivatives such as G. ged “kinsman†; friend, chum” and G. geth “clan, kindred, folk” (GL/38, 43). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • G. geth “clan, kindred, folk” ✧ GL/43
  • G. ged “kinsman†; friend, chum” ✧ GL/43

Element in

Variations

  • ʒet- ✧ GL/43 (ʒet-)
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/43] Group: Eldamo. Published by

piki

root. *small

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

pini

root. *small

Derivatives

  • Eq. -pin(ke) “diminutive” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. pí “speck, spot, dot, mote” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. pin “little thing, mite” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. pinilya “small”
  • Eq. pinqe “slender, thin” ✧ QL/073
  • G. pim “bead, any small round thing, seed”
  • G. pî “anything very small, a bit, mote”
  • G. pibin “small berry, haw”
  • G. pinig “tiny, little”

Element in

  • Eq. kampin “hips, (wild-rose) berries”

Variations

  • PIKI ✧ QL/073
  • PĪ ✧ QL/073
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/073; QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pī

root. *small

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

dala Reconstructed

root. support

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

tala

root. support

Derivatives

  • Eq. talta- “to lade, burden, load charge; to enjoin; to oppress, weigh down” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talka “heavy” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talme “weight (abst.)” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talante “scales” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. tal- “to end”
  • Eq. tala “foot; bottom, lowest part” ✧ LT2A/Talceleb; QL/088
  • Eq. tala- “to carry, bring; to weigh (intr.)” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talan “burden” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talar “beast of burden” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talat “dry land”
  • Eq. talas “sole” ✧ LT2A/Talceleb; QL/088
  • Eq. talma “weight, measure” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talma “end”
  • G. dal “cairn”
  • G. tâl “foot” ✧ LT2A/Talceleb
  • G. talc “upright”
  • G. taltha “foot (of things), base, pedestal, pediment” ✧ LT2A/Talceleb
Early Primitive Elvish [LT2A/Talceleb; QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

nosse

noun. folk, kin, people

Cognates

  • G. nos “kin, people” ✧ LT1A/Valinor

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born” ✧ LT1A/Valinor; QL/066

Element in

  • Eq. Aulenosse “Kindred of Aulë” ✧ LT1A/Aulenossë; LT1A/Valinor
  • Eq. Eanosse “People of the Eagles”
  • Eq. Nosse Tuilinda “*People of Tuilindo” ✧ LT2A/Duilin

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NŌ > nosse[nossē] > [nosse]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • nossë ✧ LT1A/Aulenossë; LT1A/Valinor
  • Nossë ✧ LT2A/Duilin
  • Nosse ✧ PE13/104 (Nosse)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Aulenossë; LT1A/Valinor; LT2A/Duilin; PE13/104; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hosta

noun. folk

rendi

noun. *kinship, kin, kindred, clan

Derivations

  • ᴱ√REÞE “aid, support” ✧ QL/079
  • ᴱ√REÐE “kinsman” ✧ QL/079

Element in

  • Eq. ettarendi “cousinship”
  • Eq. lerendi “brotherhood, association, college” ✧ QL/052

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√reðe > rendi[renðī] > [renði] > [rendi]✧ QL/079
Early Quenya [QL/052; QL/079] Group: Eldamo. Published by

resta

noun. support; kinship, kin, kindred, clan

Cognates

  • G. grest “succour, salvation”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√REÞE “aid, support” ✧ QL/079

Element in

  • Eq. soresta “family” ✧ QL/085

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√RESE > res+sta > resta[reθstā] > [reθsta] > [ressta] > [resta]✧ QL/079
Early Quenya [QL/079; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by