rissë noun? The word is not clearly glossed but apparently means "cut" or "cleft" (ravine), the cognate of the final element of Imladris, Sindarin name of Rivendell. (PE17:87)
Quenya
rista
cut
rista
noun. *cut, [ᴹQ.] cut
Derivations
- √RIS “cut, cleave, cut, cleave; [ᴹ√] slash, rip” ✧ PE17/087
Element in
- ᴺQ. hórista “citation, quotation, (lit.) something cut out”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √RIS > rista [rista] ✧ PE17/087
rissë
cut
rista (2) noun "cut" (RIS), cf. #1 above.