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'''''ondo''''' means "stone" or "rock" in [[Quenya]]. | '''''ondo''''' means "stone" or "rock" in [[Quenya]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
From [[OS]] *''gondo'', [[PQ]] ''[[gondo|gon(do)]]''<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 359 (entry ''GOND-'')</ref><ref>{{HM|PM}}, p. 374</ref> from possible [[root]] *GON | |||
From [[OS]] *''gondo'', [[PQ]] ''[[gondo|gon(do)]]''<ref>{{ | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Ondoher]] = "Stone Lord" | * [[Ondoher]] = "Stone Lord" | ||
* [[Ondolindë]] = "Rock of the Music of Water" | * [[Ondolindë]] = "Rock of the Music of Water" | ||
*[[ | * [[Gondor|Ondonórë]] = Stone land, [[Gondor]] | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[gond]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[gond]]'' | ||
==Real-world inspiration== | |||
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was inspired by the early Celtic word ''ond'', also meaning "rock".<ref>{{HM|RB}}, pp. 849, 853</ref><ref>{{L|324}}</ref> | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
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[[Category: Quenya nouns]] | [[Category: Quenya nouns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:05, 9 November 2012
ondo means "stone" or "rock" in Quenya.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From OS *gondo, PQ gon(do)[1][2] from possible root *GON
Examples[edit | edit source]
Cognates[edit | edit source]
Real-world inspiration[edit | edit source]
J.R.R. Tolkien was inspired by the early Celtic word ond, also meaning "rock".[3][4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 359 (entry GOND-)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 374
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Return to Bag End, pp. 849, 853
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 324, (dated 4-5 June 1971)
