Eldamo : Early Quenya : nalda

ᴱQ. nalda adj. “lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” (Category: Dale, Valley)

⚠️ᴱQ. nalda, adj. “lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” (Category: Dale, Valley): Q. tumba “[ᴹQ.] deep, lowlying; ⚠️[Q.] deep valley”

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” and variants nalda and nalba, both derived from the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ (QL/66).

References ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda; QL/66

Glosses

“lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” ✧ QL/66
“valley” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda

Variations

nalda ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda; QL/66
nalba ✧ QL/66

Element In

ᴱQ. Murmenalda “Vale of Sleep” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda

Derivations

< ᴱ√NḶĐḶ “*dell” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda (NḶDḶ); QL/66 (nḷřḷ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√nḷřḷ > nalda

[nḹðā] > [nḹða] > [nalða] > [nalda]

✧ QL/66