Eldamo : Quenya : rimbë

Q. rimbë n. “host, great number” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)

Q. rimbë, n. “host, great number, [ᴹQ.] crowd” (Category: Crowd, Multitude): ᴱQ. horma “horde, host”; ᴱQ. rimbë “edge, lip, brim”

A word for a “great number” (PE17/50), “host” (Let/382), or “crowd” (Ety/RIM). In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was derived from ᴹ✶rimbē based on the root ᴹ√RIM (Ety/RIM).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. limbe “a number” under the early root ᴱ√LĪ (QL/53). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the word limbe was given as a cognate to G. lim¹ “many” (GL/54).

References ✧ Let/178, 382; PE17/50; SA/rim; UT/318

Glosses

“great number” ✧ PE17/50
“great number, host” ✧ SA/rim; UT/318
“host” ✧ Let/178; Let/382

Cognates

S. -rim “collective or group plural” ✧ Let/178
S. rim “host, great number, people (of one kind or origin)” ✧ Let/382 (rīm); PE17/50 (†rim(b)); SA/rim; UT/318

Derivations

< ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number”

ᴹQ. rimbe n. “crowd, host” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)

Reference ✧ Ety/RIM ✧ “crowd, host”

Cognates

N. rhim¹ “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
ON. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM

Derivations

< ᴹ✶rimbē “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
- < ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number” ✧ Ety/RIM

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶rimbē > rimbe

[rimbē] > [rimbe]

✧ Ety/RIM

ᴱQ. limbe n. “a number” (Category: Number)

See Q. rimbë for discussion.

References ✧ GG/15; GL/54; LT2A/Gondothlim; QL/53

Glosses

“a number” ✧ QL/53

Cognates

G. -lim “many” ✧ LT2A/Gondothlim
G. lim¹ “many” ✧ GG/15; GL/54

Derivations

< ᴱ√LĪ “*many” ✧ QL/53

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LĪ > limbe

[limbē] > [limbe]

✧ QL/53