Quenya 

orna

tall, high, lofty

orna adj. (2) "tall, high, lofty" (PE17:112, 186), also orwa

orwa

tall, high, lofty

orwa adj. (2) "tall, high, lofty" (PE17:112, 186), also orna

halda

adjective. tall, tall; [ᴱQ.] wide, broad

halla

tall

halla (1) adj. "tall" (Appendix E, footnote)

halla

adjective. tall

Derivations

  • KHAL “raise; lift up or extend upwards, raise; lift up or extend upwards, [ᴹ√] uplift, erect, lift from ground, (make) stand up” ✧ PE17/184

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
KHAL > halda[kʰalda] > [xalda] > [halda]✧ PE17/184

Variations

  • halda ✧ PE17/184
Quenya [LotR/1123; PE17/184] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aiqualin

tall

aiqualin ("q")adj. "tall", plural form (???) (MC:216; this is "Qenya" - but cf. aiqua above.)

tunda

tall

tunda adj. "tall" (TUN)

orohalla

adjective. superior

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
halla“tall”
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Sindarin 

orchal

adjective. tall, tall; [N.] superior, eminent, lofty

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
or“above, above; [G.] onto, on top, on”
hall“exalted, high”

Variations

  • Orchal ✧ WJ/305; WJI/Galdor; WJI/Orchal
Sindarin [WJ/305; WJI/Galdor; WJI/Orchal] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orchal

adjective. superior, lofty, eminent

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Sindarin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchal

adjective. tall

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Sindarin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

arod

adjective. tall

_ adj. _tall, eminent. Q. aratā.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:39] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

raud

tall

adj. tall, high, lofty, eminent, noble. Q. arta (< áratā). >> Nimrodel, rodel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:49:118] < _(a)rātā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

orchall

superior

orchall (lofty, eminent), pl. erchail (for archaic örchail)

orchall

superior

(lofty, eminent), pl. erchail (for archaic örchail)

orn

tall

(pl. yrn). Note: a homophone of the latter means ”tree”.

tond

tall

1) tond (lenited dond; pl. tynd), 2) †orn (pl. yrn). Note: a homophone of the latter means ”tree”.

tond

adjective. tall

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

tond

tall

(lenited dond; pl. tynd)

Noldorin 

orchal

adjective. superior, lofty, eminent

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Noldorin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchal

adjective. tall

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Noldorin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchal

adjective. superior, eminent, lofty

Derivations

  • On. orkhalla “superior” ✧ Ety/KHAL²

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
or“above, above; [G.] onto, on top, on”
hall“exalted, high”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. orkhalla > orchel[orxalla] > [orxall] > [orxal]✧ Ety/KHAL²

Variations

  • orchel ✧ Ety/KHAL²; Ety/ORO
  • orchall ✧ Ety/ORO
Noldorin [Ety/KHAL²; Ety/ORO; EtyAC/KHAL²; EtyAC/ORO] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orchall

adjective. superior, lofty, eminent

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Noldorin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchall

adjective. tall

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Noldorin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchel

adjective. superior, lofty, eminent

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Noldorin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchel

adjective. tall

In his article Probable errors in the Etymologies, Helge Fauskanger lists orchel as a misreading, following Christopher Tolkien's note admitting that the e is uncertain. However, though orchal is attested in WJ/305, it does not necessarily mean that the form orchel is incorrect. It might be constructed by analogy with words such as hathol "axe" (from WJ/234 and the name of a Númenórean, Hatholdir, UT:444), which is also found as hathal (in Hathaldir, name of a companion of Barahir, LR/433, untranslated but conceivably cognate) and hathel (LR/389). Without entering into the details, such words end with a syllabic consonant (as in English "people"), and several vocalizations are apparently possible in Sindarin. The epenthetical vowel is generally o, but it seems that a or e are also allowed. Regarding orchal, its origin is of course different, as it is a compound word where the second element clearly derives from KHAL, but it may have been assimilated, later, to this class of words by analogy. We may therefore consider that orchel is a perfectly valid dialectal variant

Noldorin [Ety/363, Ety/379, WJ/305] or+hall, OS *orkʰalla. Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchel

adjective. superior, eminent, lofty

tond

adjective. tall

Noldorin [Ety/395, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tonn

adjective. tall

Noldorin [Ety/395, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tonn

adjective. tall

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tunda “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tundā “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
    • ᴹ√TUN “*tall; mound” ✧ Ety/TUN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tundā > tond > tonn[tundā] > [tunda] > [tonda] > [tond] > [tonn]✧ Ety/TUN

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Qenya 

halda

adjective. tall

halla

adjective. tall

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHAL “uplift, erect, lift from ground, (make) stand up” ✧ PE22/103

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHAL > halda[kʰalda] > [xalda] > [halda]✧ PE22/103

Variations

  • halda ✧ PE22/103
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tunda

adjective. tall

Cognates

  • N. tonn “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
  • Ilk. tund “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tundā “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
    • ᴹ√TUN “*tall; mound” ✧ Ety/TUN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tundā > tunda[tundā] > [tunda]✧ Ety/TUN

Doriathrin

tund

adjective. tall

An adjective for “tall” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tundā (Ety/TUN). It is an example of how the Ilkorin a-affection was prevented or reverted before [nd], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tund).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tunda “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tundā “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
    • ᴹ√TUN “*tall; mound” ✧ Ety/TUN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tundā > tund[tundā] > [tunda] > [tonda] > [tunda] > [tund]✧ Ety/TUN
Doriathrin [Ety/TUN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

orkhalla

adjective. superior

Cognates

Derivatives

  • N. orchal “superior, eminent, lofty” ✧ Ety/KHAL²
Old Noldorin [Ety/KHAL²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

tundā

adjective. tall

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TUN “*tall; mound” ✧ Ety/TUN

Derivatives

  • Ilk. tund “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
  • ᴹQ. tunda “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
  • N. tonn “tall” ✧ Ety/TUN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TUN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

tyulu

root. tall

Derivatives

  • Eq. tyulin “tall” ✧ QL/050
  • Eq. tyulma “mast” ✧ QL/050
  • Eq. tyulta- “to rear up, stick up” ✧ QL/050
  • Eq. tyulusse “poplar” ✧ QL/050
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

tyulin

adjective. tall

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TYULU “tall” ✧ QL/050

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TYULU > tyulin[tʲulin]✧ QL/050
Early Quenya [PME/050; QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by