lumbulë
(heavy) shadow
lumbulë
noun. dark shadow, heavy shadow; deep in shadow
A noun used in the Namárië poem and loosely translated as “deep in shadow” (LotR/377), but more accurately “heavy shadow, dark shadow” (PE17/72, 168; RGEO/59). It is a derivative of the root √LUB “shadow” (PE17/168), perhaps an elaboration of ᴹQ. lumbe “gloom, shadow” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LUM).
Neo-Quenya: Based on its use, I suspect lumbulë refers to a great expanse of shadow (“shadowness”) rather than an individual cast shadow, which is Q. hala.
Derivations
- √LUB “shadow, darkness” ✧ PE17/168
Element in
- Q. ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë “and all paths are drowned deep in shadow” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
- Q. ar lumbulë undulávë ilyë tier “and (heavy) shadow swallowed (lit. down-licked) all roads” ✧ RGEO/59
Elements
Word Gloss lumbe “gloom, shadow” -lë “abstract noun, adverb” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LUM > lumbule [lumbule] ✧ PE17/168 Variations
- lumbule ✧ PE17/072; PE17/072; PE17/072; PE17/168; RGEO/59
- lúmbulè ✧ RGEO/58
Lumbar
lumbar
Lumbar name of a star (or planet), tentatively identified with Saturn (MR:435), evidently connected to lumbo, lumbulë (Silm)
lumbulë noun "(heavy) shadow" (Nam, RGEO:67, PE17:168)