Eldamo : Quenya : ríma

Q. ríma n. “fillet, snood” (Category: Hat, Cap)

Q. ríma, n. “fillet, snood, *headband, hairnet” (Category: Hat, Cap)

A word glossed “fillet, snood” in 1968 notes on the name of Galadriel, derived from the √RIƷ “wind about, wreathe” (NM/353). A “fillet” is a ribbon or strip used as a headband for holding hair and “snood” is an older English word for a decorative hairnet.

Reference ✧ NM/353 ✧ “fillet, snood”

ᴺQ. ^hríma “edge, hem, border” vs. ríma “fillet, snood”
ᴺQ. ríma “line of seeds planted, row, series, furrow” vs. ríma “fillet, snood”

Derivations

< √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ NM/353 (RIƷ)

Phonetic Developments

√RIƷ > ríma

[riɣma] > [rīma]

✧ NM/353