Primitive elvish

pī

noun. small insect, fly

Changes

  • pī → pī “small bird” ✧ VT47/35

Derivations

Derivatives

  • Q. pí “small insect, fly, small insect, fly, *mite, gnat; [ᴱQ.] speck, spot, dot, mote” ✧ VT47/35

Element in

  • ᴺS. píeg “mosquito”
Primitive elvish [VT47/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kin

root. *small

kit

root. *small

Tolkien gave the roots √KIN and √KIT with the gloss “small” in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957; given Sindarin derivative S. cidinn, √KIT is the likelier of the two possibilities (PE17/157).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I recommend against using the Quenya derivative of this root, as there are other better-known Quenya words for “small”. In Sindarin, however, we have fewer options, and I think it is worth retaining this root for that branch of the Eldarin languages.

Derivatives

  • Q. cinta “small” ✧ PE17/157
  • S. cidinn “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/157
  • S. cinnog “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/157

Variations

  • KIN ✧ PE17/157
Primitive elvish [PE17/157] Group: Eldamo. Published by