Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : NAL

[ᴱ]*√NAL root. “call, cry”

[ᴱ]*√NAL root. “call, cry”

A root implied by the Sindarin words S. nalla- “to cry” and S. nallan “call” (LotR/729; PE17/94). It might be related to ᴹ√ÑGYAL(AM) “talk loud or incoherently” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ÑGAL) and ᴱ√NALA “ring, play” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/64). The true form of the latter might be *ᴱ√NDALA given the Gnomish word G. dala- “sing or ring” vs. ᴱQ. nala- of the same meaning (GL/29).

*NAL “call, cry” may be related to ᴹ√ÑGYAL(AM) “talk loud or incoherently”

Derivatives

> S. #nalla- “to cry”
> S. nallan “call”

*ᴱ√N(D)ALA root. “ring, play”

See *√NAL for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/64 ✧ NALA “ring, play”

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. nala- “to sing or ring”
> ᴱQ. nalie “playing of tunes, ringing of bells” ✧ QL/64
> G. dala- “to sing or ring”
> G. dólin “song”
- ⇒ G. Gondolin “Stone of Song” ✧ LT1A/Gondolin