Eldamo : Sindarin : tol-

S. #tol- v. “to come” (Category: to Come)

S. #tol-, v. “to come” (Category: to Come): G. lentha- “to come towards speaker, approach, draw near”

The basic Sindarin verb for “to come”, well attested from the 1930s-1960s and derived from the root √TUL of similar meaning (Ety/TUL; PE17/166; PE22/168; VT44/25). The Sindarin o was the result of the usual sound change whereby short [u] became [o] in Sindarin’s phonetic development.

Conceptual Development: A verb G. tul- appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but there its meaning was “(1) bring; (2) come to” (GL/71), and in one place Tolkien said its original meaning was “to support” (GL/69). This is in keeping with the broader meaning of the early root ᴱ√TULU, which was glossed “fetch, bear, bring; move, come; (originally) uphold, support, bear, carry” (QL/95).

References ✧ PE17/166; PE22/168; VT44/25; WJ/254, 301

Inflections

tolo	imperative	“*come”	✧ VT44/25
Tôl	present	“is coming”	✧ PE17/166
Tôl	present	“comes”	✧ WJ/254
Tûl	present		✧ WJ/301
tolen	present 1st-sg		✧ PE22/168

Element In

ᴺS. !ethol- “to come forth, come out”
ᴺS. !maedol “welcome”
ᴺS. !ordolel “tomorrow”
ᴺS. !ostol- “to circumnavigate, come around”
ᴺS. !toled “coming, arrival”
ᴺS. !tolol “coming, approaching”
ᴺS. !túliel “having come, having arrived”
S. dandol- “to return, come back”
S. rhudol “unwelcome, coming with evil omen or intent”
S. tôl acharn “vengeance comes” ✧ PE17/166; WJ/254; WJ/301
S. tolen cared “I am coming, drawing near to eating [doing], I am going to eat/shall eat [do]” ✧ PE22/168
S. tolo i arnad lín “thy kingdom come” ✧ VT44/21

Cognates

Q. tul- “to come”

Derivations

< √TUL “come, approach, move towards (point of speaker)”

N. #tol- v. “to come” (Category: to Come)

See S. #tol- for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TUL

Inflections

tôl	3rd-sg present	“he comes”	✧ Ety/TUL
teli	infinitive	“to come”	✧ Ety/TUL

Cognates

ᴹQ. tul- “to come” ✧ Ety/TUL (tulin)

Derivations

< ᴹ√TUL “come, approach, move towards (point of speaker)” ✧ Ety/TUL
< ON. tul-
- < ᴹ√TUL “come, approach, move towards (point of speaker)”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TUL > tôl

[tul-] > [tol-]

✧ Ety/TUL

G. tul- v. “to bring; to come to; †to support” (Category: to Bring)

See S. #tol- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/69, 71; LT1A/tulielto

Glosses

“bring; come” ✧ LT1A/tulielto
“bring; come to” ✧ GL/71
“come, arrive, come to” ✧ GL/71 (tul-)
“†to support” ✧ GL/69

Variations

tul- ✧ GL/69; GL/71; LT1A/tulielto; GL/71 (tul-)

taul “a pillar” cp. tul- “†to support” ✧ GL/69

Changes

tul- “come, arrive, come to” >> tul- “bring; come to” ✧ GL/71

Inflections

tauli	past	✧ GL/71
tulthi	past	✧ GL/71

Cognates

ᴱQ. tulu- “to bring, carry, fetch; to move (intr.), come; to produce, bear fruit” ✧ LT1A/tulielto

Derivations

< ᴱ√TULU “fetch, bear, bring; move, come; (originally) uphold, support, bear, carry” ✧ LT1A/tulielto