(name of a coin) mirian (i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)
Sindarin
mirian
noun. piece of money, coin used in Gondor
mirian
noun. Gondorian coin
mirian
coin
mirian
penny
(name of a coin) mirian (i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)
mirian
coin
(i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)
mirian
penny
(i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)
canath
noun. "quarter", silver coin used in Gondor, the fourth part of a "mirian"
canath
noun. quarter, quarter, *one fourth
canath
fourth part
(i ganath, o chanath) (farthing), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of the more valuable coin called mirian. (PM:45)
canath
farthing
canath (i ganath, o chanath) (fourth part), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of a mirian. (PM:45)
canath
farthing
(i ganath, o chanath) (fourth part), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of a mirian. (PM:45)
canad
cardinal. four
canad
cardinal. four
The Sindarin word for “four” based on the root √KANAT of the same meaning (PE17/95; VT42/24; VT48/6; Ety/KÁNAT).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. cant “four” (GL/25). Some rough notes from the 1960s had a variant form cened “four”, but this seems to have been a ephemeral concept according to Patrick Wynne (VT47/41 note #69).
cened
ordinal. four
canad
cardinal. four
canad;
canad
four
;
cannui
fourth
. The reading in VT42:25 is "canthui", but the phonology presupposed in LotR would require ✱cannui. David Salo regards "canthui" as a dialectal form.
pant
noun. money
pennig
noun. coin
A Gondorian coin mentioned in drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendixes (PM/45). It is likely related to mîr “precious thing”. Vyacheslav Stepanov suggested it might be an adjectival formation from an otherwise unattested verb ✱miria- “to esteem, value”, so meaning “a thing valued”.