nalda

valley

nalda adj. "valley" (used as an adjective), also "lowly" (LT1:261, QL:66)$

nalda

adjective. bright, polished (of metal)

Derivations

• √Ñ(G)AL “gleam, sheen, shine (by reflection)” ✧ NM/350; NM/353

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ñal- > ñalda	[ŋalda] > [nalda]	✧ NM/350
√ÑAL > ñalda	[ŋalda] > [nalda]	✧ NM/353

Variations

• ñalda ✧ NM/350; NM/353

Nando

valley, wide valley

nando (2) "valley, wide valley", variant of nandë #1, q.v. (PE17:80)

nandë

valley

nandë (1) noun "valley" in Laurenandë (UT:253), elided nand in the name Nand Ondoluncava (k") "Stonewain Valley" (PE17:28). Possibly the complete word is here meant to be the variant nando (PE17:80), as suggested by the alternative form Ondoluncanan(do) ("k") "Stonewain Valley". Also nan, nand- noun "valley" (Letters:308); Nan-Tasarion "Vale of Willows" (LotR2:III ch. 4) (Note that this and the next nandë would be spelt differently in Tengwar writing, and originally they were also pronounced differently, since nandë "harp" was ñandë in First Age Quenya.)

nandë

noun. valley