Pitya-naucor

petty-dwarves

Pitya-naucor pl. noun "Petty-dwarves" (sg. #Pitya-nauco, cf. nauco) Also Picinaucor (WJ:389)

pitya-naucor

collective name. Petty-dwarves

Quenya name of the “Petty-dwarves” (S. Nogoth Niben) (WJ/389). It is a compound of the pitya “little” and the plural of nauco “Dwarf”. It also appeared as Pikinaukor, containing the root ᴹ√PIK “small” from which pitya is derived.

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.