Eldamo : Quenya : hondo

Q. hondo n. “[metaphorical] heart, (seat of the) deepest feelings” (Category: Heart)

Q. hondo, n. “[metaphorical] heart, (seat of the) deepest feelings” (Category: Heart)

A variant of hón “(physical) heart” used of more metaphorical expressions which Tolkien said was: “often used as the (seat of the) deepest feelings such as pity or hate parallel to ōre ‘innermost mind’ (NM/176)”. It also appears as in element in compounds such as hondoringa “cold-hearted” (CPT/1298) or sincahonda “flint-hearted” (LotR/979), where such expressions were figurative rather than literal.

References ✧ CPT/1298; NM/176

Glosses

“(seat of the) deepest feelings” ✧ NM/176
“hearted” ✧ CPT/1298

Element In

ᴺQ. !hondolauca “warm-hearted”
Q. #hondoringa “cold-hearted” ✧ CPT/1298 (hondoringe)
Q. sincahonda “flint-hearted” ✧ NM/176

Cognates

ᴺS. !hond “(emotional) heart, (seat of the) deepest feelings”

Derivations

< ✶khomdō “(seat of the) deepest feelings” ✧ NM/176
- < √KHOM “heart (physical organ)” ✧ NM/176

Phonetic Developments

✶khomdō > hondo

[kʰomdō] > [kʰondō] > [xondō] > [hondō] > [hondo]

✧ NM/176