ᴹQ. hosto n. “crowd, assembly” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)
A word for “assembly, crowd” in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s with a reduced form hos, host- typically used when inflected (PE21/20, 27). It is probably derived from the root ᴹ√KHOTH “gather” (Ety/KHOTH); compare later N./S. hoth “crowd, host, horde”.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. horma “horde, host” and ᴱQ. hostar {“town” >>} “tribe” under the early root ᴱ√HOSO [XOÞ-] (QL/41). In the Official Name List for the Lost Tales from this same period, hosta/hos- was given as the equivalent of G. hoth “folk” (PE13/102).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would stick to the longer form hosto “assembly, crowd”, since the reduced forms from DN are rare in Tolkien’s later writings.
References ✧ PE21/20, 27
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| hosta | accusative | ✧ PE21/27 |
| hostin | nominative plural | ✧ PE21/27 |
| hostulin | nominative plural | ✧ PE21/27 |
| †host- | stem | ✧ PE21/20 |
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ᴱQ. hostar¹ n. “tribe” (Category: Tribe, Clan, Family)
References ✧ LT2A/Glamhoth; PE13/102; QL/41
Glosses
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Changes
Inflections
| hos- | stem | ✧ PE13/102 |
| hostar- | stem | ✧ QL/41 |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√HOSO > hostar | [xostar] > [hostar] | ✧ QL/41 |
ᴱQ. horma n. “horde, host” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)
References ✧ LT2A/Glamhoth; QL/41
Glosses
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√HOSO > horma | [xosmā] > [xosma] > [xozma] > [xorma] > [horma] | ✧ QL/41 |