Early Quenya
nalda
adjective. lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)
Derivations
- ᴱ√NḶĐḶ “*dell” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda; QL/066
Element in
- Eq. Murmenalda “Vale of Sleep” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√nḷřḷ > nalda [nḹðā] > [nḹða] > [nalða] > [nalda] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- nalba ✧ QL/066
nalba
adjective. lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)
An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” and variants nalda and nalba, both derived from the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ (QL/66).