Eldamo : Sindarin : moth

S. moth n. “dusk” (Category: Dusk)

S. moth, n. “dusk” (Category: Dusk): G. cwelm “evening, dusk”

A word for “dusk” as an element in the name Nan Elmoth (SA/moth).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. math “dusk” (GL/56), likely based on the early root ᴱ√MAÞA as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2A/Umboth-muilin; QL/63).

Reference ✧ SA/moth ✧ “dusk”

Element In

ᴺS. ^mothren “dusk, dusky”
S. Gilammoth
S. Nan Elmoth “*Valley of Starry Dusk” ✧ SA/moth

G. math n. “dusk” (Category: Dusk)

See S. moth for discussion.

References ✧ GL/56, 61-62; LT2A/Mathusdor, Umboth-muilin; QL/59

Glosses

“dusk” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor; QL/59

Element In

N. Math-Fuin-delos “Deadly Nightshade”
G. mathrin “dusk, dusky” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor
G. mathusgi “twilight” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor
G. mathwen “evening” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor
G. nuimath “‘second twilight’, first signs of dawn” ✧ GL/61
G. obromath “the twilight that follows the night, ‘second twilight’, just before dawn” ✧ GL/62

Cognates

ᴱQ. maske “dusk” ✧ QL/59

Derivations

< ᴱ√MAÞA “dusk” ✧ LT2A/Umboth-muilin (maþ-)