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*[[Lossoth]] (Loss'''(h)oth''') | *[[Lossoth]] (Loss'''(h)oth''') | ||
*[[glamhoth|''glam'''hoth''''']] | *[[glamhoth|''glam'''hoth''''']] | ||
*''[[Orcs#Orcs in Tolkien's languages|Orc'''hoth''']]'' | |||
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*''[[faloth]]'' | *''[[faloth]]'' | ||
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hoth is a Sindarin word meaning "host, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)".[1][2]
In Noldorin (an early version of Sindarin) the word hoth means "host, crowd" and is "frequent in people-names". It derives from Primitive Quendian khotsē "assembly" (root KHOTH- "gather").[3]
Examples
See also
- faloth
- Gondothlimbar
- rim ("people")
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan" (Note 24)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 364
