Naucon (Naucond-, as in the pl. Naucondi) noun "dwarf", variant of Nauco (PE17:45; not capitalized in the source)
Quenya
Nauco
dwarf
nauco
noun. dwarf
Cognates
Element in
- Q. Pitya-naucor “Petty-dwarves” ✧ WJ/388
Variations
- nauko ✧ PE17/045
- naukon ✧ PE17/045
- Nauko ✧ WJ/388; WJI/Nauko
Naucon
dwarf
naucon
noun. Dwarf
nauca
stunted
nauca ("k")adj. "stunted" (VT39:7), "stunted, shortened, dwarf(ed)" (PE17:45), especially applied to things that though in themselves full-grown were smaller or shorter than their kind, and were hard, twisted or ill-shapen (WJ:413). The word can also be used as a noun "dwarf" (PE17:45), the meaning it also had in Tolkiens early "Qenya" (LT1:261), but the distinct noun-form Nauco may be more usual.
Picinaucor
petty-dwarves
Picinaucor ("k") pl. noun "Petty-dwarves" (sg. #Picinauco, cf. nauco). Also Pitya-naucor (WJ:389). A distinct term nuxo is listed in PE17:45.
Pitya-naucor
petty-dwarves
Pitya-naucor pl. noun "Petty-dwarves" (sg. #Pitya-nauco, cf. nauco) Also Picinaucor (WJ:389)
norno
dwarf
Norno (2) noun "dwarf"; a personalized form of the adjective norna(WJ:413); Nornalië (not *Nornolië) the "Dwarf-people" as a whole (WJ:388)
norno
noun. Dwarf
A word for a Dwarf (WJ/388), a personalized form of the adjective norna “stiff, tough” (WJ/413), patterned after S. dorn.
Cognates
- S. dorn “tough, stiff, thrawn, obdurate” ✧ WJ/388
Element in
- Q. Nornalië “People of the Dwarves” ✧ WJI/Norno
Casar
dwarf
Casar ("k")noun "Dwarf", pl. Casari or Casári, partitive plural Casalli. Adapted from Dwarvish Khazâd. Casarrondo place-name "Khazad-dûm", Moria (WJ:388, 389; pl. Casári also in WJ:402)
casar
noun. Dwarf
Cognates
Derivations
- Kh. Khuzd “Dwarf” ✧ PE17/045; WJ/387
Element in
- Q. Casallië “*Dwarf-folk” ✧ WJ/388; WJI/Kasari
- Q. Casarrondo “Dwarrowvault” ✧ WJI/Kasari
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Kh. khazād > kazār [kazād] > [kazāð] > [kasāð] > [kasað] > [kasar] ✧ PE17/045 Q. kazār > casar [kazār] > [kasar] ✧ PE17/045 Kh. Khazād > Kasar [kazād] > [kazāð] > [kasāð] > [kasað] > [kasar] ✧ WJ/387 Variations
- kazār ✧ PE17/045 (kazār)
- casar ✧ PE17/045
- Kasar ✧ WJ/388; WJI/Kasari
Nauco ("k")noun "Dwarf" (capitalized in WJ:388, but not in Etym, stem NAUK). Naucalië (not *Naucolië) the "Dwarf-people" as a whole. Nauco is a personalized form of the adjective nauca "stunted" (itself sometimes used as a noun "dwarf"); pl. naucor (PE17:45). See also Picinaucor.