Eldamo : Middle Quenya : andamunda

ᴹQ. andamunda n. “elephant” (Category: Elephant)

ᴹQ. andamunda, n. “elephant” (Category: Elephant): ?ᴱ√ǶUNU

A noun for “elephant” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. anda “long” and an adjectival form of ᴹQ. mundo “snout” (Ety/MBUD), hence literally “long snouted”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave ᴱQ. hunto “elephant” (QL/41).

Reference ✧ Ety/MBUD ✧ “elephant”

ᴺQ. !rassemunda “rhinoceros, (lit.) horn-snout”

Elements

anda	“long”
mundo	“snout, nose; cape [of land]”

Cognates

N. annabon “elephant” ✧ Ety/MBUD

Derivations

< ᴹ✶andambundā “long-snouted” ✧ Ety/MBUD

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶andambundā > andamunda

[anda-mbundā] > [anda-mundā] > [anda-munda]

✧ Ety/MBUD

ᴱQ. hunto n. “elephant” (Category: Elephant)

See ᴹQ. andamunda for discussion.

References ✧ PME/41; QL/41

Glosses

“elephant” ✧ PME/41; QL/41

Cognates

G. funt “elephant” ✧ QL/41

Derivations

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