umba
swarm
umba
noun. swarm
Derivations
- √UM “abound; teem, throng; large, abound; teem, throng; large [in quantity]” ✧ VT48/32
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √um > umba [umba] ✧ VT48/32
niwrim
noun. swarm
Elements
Word Gloss nîw “bee”
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nigrim
noun. to swarm
niogrim
noun. swarm
A word appearing as niogrim or nigrim “smarm” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a collective form of G. nio “bee” with a suffix G. grim “host” (GL/60). It is not clear why the suffix did not become -rim as in other collective words.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this words as ᴺS. niwrim “swarm”, a class plural of ᴺS. nîw “bee”.
Derivations
- ᴱ√NEHE “*honey” ✧ GL/59
Elements
Word Gloss nio(s) “bee” grim “host, folk” Variations
- nigrim ✧ GL/60
iƀi
root. to swarm
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to swarm”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. imbe “hive” (QL/41). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Derivatives
- Eq. imbe “hive” ✧ QL/041
umba noun "swarm" (VT48:32)