A species of Númenorean bird that Tolkien described as “no bigger than wrens, but all scarlet, with piping voices on the edge of human hearing”, appearing only in its plural form kirinki (UT/169; NM/337). It is not clear what, if any, terrestrial species it equated to. It might be a diminutive form based on √KIR “cut”, so perhaps literally “✱little cutter”.
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noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
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Word Gloss KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” -incë “diminutive ending”
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noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
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Word Gloss KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” -incë “diminutive ending”
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noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
A species of Númenorean bird that Tolkien described as “no bigger than wrens, but all scarlet, with piping voices on the edge of human hearing”, appearing only in its plural form kirinki (UT/169; NM/337). It is not clear what, if any, terrestrial species it equated to. It might be a diminutive form based on √KIR “cut”, so perhaps literally “✱little cutter”.
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Word Gloss KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” -incë “diminutive ending”
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Changes recorded: Informationcirincë
noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
A species of Númenorean bird that Tolkien described as “no bigger than wrens, but all scarlet, with piping voices on the edge of human hearing”, appearing only in its plural form kirinki (UT/169; NM/337). It is not clear what, if any, terrestrial species it equated to. It might be a diminutive form based on √KIR “cut”, so perhaps literally “*little cutter”.
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Word Gloss KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” -incë “diminutive ending” Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source kirinki plural - ✧ NM/337; UT/169; UTI/kirinki
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noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
A species of Númenorean bird that Tolkien described as “no bigger than wrens, but all scarlet, with piping voices on the edge of human hearing”, appearing only in its plural form kirinki (UT/169; NM/337). It is not clear what, if any, terrestrial species it equated to. It might be a diminutive form based on √KIR “cut”, so perhaps literally “*little cutter”.
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Word Gloss KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” -incë “diminutive ending” Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source kirinki plural - ✧ NM/337; UT/169; UTI/kirinki
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cirincë
noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
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Word Gloss cir- “to cut, to cut, [ᴱQ.] cleave; *to sail” -incë “diminutive ending” Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source kirinki plural - ✧ NM/337; UT/169; UTI/kirinki
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cirincë
noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
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Word Gloss cir- “to cut, to cut, [ᴱQ.] cleave; *to sail” -incë “diminutive ending” Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source kirinki plural - ✧ NM/337; UT/169; UTI/kirinki
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cirincë
noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
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Word Gloss cir- “to cut, *[ᴱQ.] cleave, **to sail” -incë “diminutive ending” Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source kirinki plural - ✧ UT/169; UTI/kirinki
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cirincë
noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
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Word Form Gloss Source kirinki plural - ✧ UT/169; UTI/kirinki
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cirincë
noun. scarlet-plumed species of bird
Inflections
Word Form Gloss Source kirinki plural - ✧ UT/169 kirinki plural - ✧ UTI/kirinki
A species of Númenorean bird that Tolkien described as “no bigger than wrens, but all scarlet, with piping voices on the edge of human hearing”, appearing only in its plural form kirinki (UT/169; NM/337). It is not clear what, if any, terrestrial species it equated to. It might be a diminutive form based on √KIR “cut”, so perhaps literally “✱little cutter”.