Q. lóna n. “(deep) pool, mere, river-feeding well” (Category: Lake, Pond)
A noun lóna glossed “pool, mere” derived from the root √LON and distinct in origin from Sindarin lô “flood” < √LOG (VT42/10).
Conceptual Development: This word seems to be a remnant of Tolkien’s investigation into the origin of the river-name S. Lhûn (PE17/136-137; VT48/27-28), where Tolkien first considered having a related Quenya word hlōna “a river” (PE17/136), then another related word lōn(e) “deep pool or lake” (PE17/137), but this notion was rejected and Tolkien said:
The stem (S)LOW- does not appear in Quenya, where it is replaced by √LŎNŎ, as in lōn/lōne (pl. lōni) “deep pool or river-feeding well” (PE17/137).
This word and its derivation seems to have reemerged as lóna “pool, mere” in the notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the end of the 1960s, as described above (VT42/10).
References ✧ PE17/136-137; VT42/10; VT48/27-28
Glosses
Variations
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Inflections
| lōni | plural | ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28 |
| lōni | plural | ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶Slōnā > ‽hlōna | [slōnā] > [l̥ōnā] > [l̥ōna] | ✧ PE17/136 |
| √LŎNŎ > lōn | [lōn] | ✧ PE17/137 |
| √LOW > lou > lū | [low] > [lou] > [lū] | ✧ PE17/137 |
| √LOW > lounē̆ > lūn | [loune] > [loun] > [lūn] | ✧ PE17/137 |
| √LON > lóna | [lōna] | ✧ VT42/10 |