Old Sindarin Semantic Categories



1. Physical World

2. Mankind

3. Animals

4. Body Parts and Functions

5. Food and Drink

6. Clothing and Adornment

7. Dwelling and Furniture

8. Agriculture and Vegetation

9. Physical Acts and Materials

9.21 to Hit, Strike, Beat

#ton n. “*tap”

10. Motion and Transportation

11. Possession and Trade

12. Spatial Relations

13. Quantity and Number

14. Time

15. Sense Perception

16. Emotion

16.31 Pain, Suffering

amphala n. “death agony”

17. Mind and Thought

18. Language and Music

19. Social Relations

20. Warfare and Hunting

21. Law and Judgment

22. Religion and Beliefs

23. Grammar