Early Quenya
moalin
noun. sheepfold
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!
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!
moalin
noun. sheepfold
The word ᴱQ. moalin “sheepfold” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, perhaps a combination of ᴱQ. moa “sheep” and lin “many” (QL/60).
Neo-Quenya: Damien Bador adapted this word as ᴺQ. mámalin using the later word Q. máma for “sheep”.