Sindarin 

rhaw

noun. flesh, body

A Sindarin word appearing in documents from 1959, a melding of primitive ✶srawā “body” and ✶srāwe “flesh”, both based on the root √SRAW (MR/349-350). It reappeared in notes from 1968 with just the gloss “flesh” as a derivative for primitive srā (VT47/12).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would only use rhaw for “flesh” (of a living body), and would retain the 1957 word S. rhond for “body”; see that entry for discussion.

Cognates

  • Q. hrávë “flesh” ✧ MR/471; MR/350; MR/470
  • Q. hröa “body, bodily form, flesh; physical matter” ✧ MR/350

Derivations

  • srāwe “*flesh” ✧ MR/350
    • SRAW “body, flesh”
  • SRAW “body, flesh” ✧ VT47/35

Element in

  • ᴺS. rhofelf “body-feeling, [physical] sensation”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
srāwe > rhaw[srāwe] > [r̥āwe] > [r̥ǭwe] > [r̥auwe] > [r̥auw] > [r̥au]✧ MR/350

Variations

  • rhaw ✧ MR/350; MR/470; MR/471; VT47/12
Sindarin [MR/350; MR/470; MR/471; VT47/12] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhaw

adjective. wild

adj. wild. Q. hráva. Tolkien wrote this entry as "rhaw [f]" (PE17:78).

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:78] < S-RAB wild, in the senses 'not tamed, domesticated'; hence often 'fierce, savage, hostile (to Elves and Men)' < RAB astray, wa. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhaw

adjective. wild, wild, [N.] untamed

Cognates

  • Q. hráva “wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed” ✧ PE17/078

Derivations

  • SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078

Element in

  • S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
S-RAB > rhaw(f)[srāba] > [r̥āba] > [r̥ǭba] > [r̥ǭva] > [r̥auva] > [r̥auv] > [r̥au]✧ PE17/078

Variations

  • rhaw(f) ✧ PE17/078
Sindarin [PE17/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhaw

noun. flesh, body

Sindarin [MR/350, VT/47:12] Group: SINDICT. Published by

raw

noun. lion

Sindarin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

raw

noun. bank (especially of a river)

Sindarin [Ety/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhaw

wild

1) rhaw (untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”, 2) braig (fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34), 3) lothren (waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)

rhaw

flesh

rhaw (?i thraw or ?i raw the lenition product of rh is uncertain) (body), pl. rhoe (?idh roe). Note: a homophone means ”wild, untamed”. (MR:350)

rhaw

body

rhaw (?i thraw or ?i raw the lenition product of rh is uncertain) (flesh), pl. rhoe (?idh roe). Note: a homophone means ”wild, untamed”. (MR:350).

rhaw

untamed

rhaw (wild). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”.

rhaw

wild

(untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”

rhaw

flesh

(?i thraw or ?i raw – *the lenition product of rh is uncertain) (body), pl. rhoe (?idh roe). Note: a homophone means ”wild, untamed”. (MR:350)*

rhaw

body

(?i thraw or ?i raw – *the lenition product of rh is uncertain) (flesh), pl. rhoe (?idh roe). Note: a homophone means ”wild, untamed”. (MR:350)*.

rhaw

untamed

(wild). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”.

raw

lion

*raw (pl. roe, idh roe). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhaw, pl rhui. Homophones mean ”bank” (of river) and also ”rush, roaring noise”.

raw

lion

(pl. roe, idh roe). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhaw, pl rhui. Homophones mean ”bank” (of river) and also ”rush, roaring noise”.

raw

noun. lion

Cognates

  • Q. “lion”
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raw

bank

(esp. river-bank) raw (pl. roe, idh roe), coll. pl. ?rawath or ?roath. Note: homophones mean ”lion” and also ”rush, roaring noise”.

raw

bank

(pl. roe, idh roe), coll. pl. ?rawath or ?roath. Note: homophones mean ”lion” and also ”rush, roaring noise”.

raw

noun. bank (especially of a river)

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rhond

noun. body

A Sindarin word for “body”, cognate of Q. hrondo, appearing as rhonn in Quenya Notes from 1957 (QN: PE17/183) and as rhond or rhonn in notes concerning spirit, also probably from 1957 (NM/237). In the former document, it was derived from the root √SRON, a variant of √RON “solid, tangible, firm” (PE17/183).

Neo-Sindarin: Its Quenya cognate hrondo was replaced by Q. hröa < ✶srawā in notes from 1958-59 (MR/209, 350). However, the Sindarin equivalent of hroa was rhaw, a word that also meant “flesh” along with many other (Neo) Sindarin meanings such as “wild” and “lion”. As such, I would retain rhond as “body” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin; the continued viability of the root √RON is indicated by other words like S. Grond.

Cognates

  • Q. hrondo “(physical) body, corporeal form” ✧ PE17/183

Derivations

  • SRON “flesh, substance, matter, substance, matter, flesh” ✧ PE17/183
    • RON “solid, tangible, firm” ✧ PE17/183

Element in

  • S. Elrond “Star-dome” ✧ PE17/183

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
SRON > rhond > rhonn[srondo] > [r̥ondo] > [r̥ond] > [r̥onn]✧ PE17/183

Variations

  • rhonn ✧ NM/237; PE17/183
Sindarin [NM/237; PE17/183] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhavan

noun. wild man

Sindarin [WJ/219] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhond

noun. body

n. body. >> rhonn, rhû

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:183] < RON solid, tangible, firm. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhonn

noun. body

n. body. >> rhond, rhû

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:183] < RON solid, tangible, firm. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

bellas

bodily strength

(i vellas), pl. bellais (i mellais) if there is a pl.

braig

wild

(fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34)

fân

manifested body of a vala

(veil, cloud), construct fan, pl. fain.

lothren

wild

(waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)