N. annabon n. “elephant” (Category: Elephant)
A noun for “elephant” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of N. ann “long” and N. bon(n) “snouted”, from primitive ᴹ✶andambundā (Ety/MBUD). Its historical development would have produced **annammonn, but Tolkien said it was with “with dissimal[itive] alter[ation] of medial mb” (EtyAC/MBUD). The similar forms {Andabund >>} Andrabonn for “elephant” appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave G. funt as the equivalent of ᴱQ. hunto “elephant” (QL/41).
References ✧ Ety/MBUD; WR/136; WRI/Andabund
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| ann | “long” | prefix | ✧ Ety/MBUD (#anna-) |
| #bon(n) | “snouted” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/MBUD (#bon) |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶andambundā > andabon > annabon | [andambundā] > [andambunda] > [andambonda] > [andambond] ? [andabond] > [annabond] > [annabonn] > [annabon] | ✧ Ety/MBUD |