haudh
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haudh is a Sindarin word meaning "funeral mound".[1]
Etymology[edit]
The word haudh derives from Common Eldarin khabdā ("pile, (artificial) mound"), itself deriving from root KHAB ("heap up, pile up"). Since haudh also carried a connotation of a funeral mound "in which weapons and other valuables were also buried", the word shows an apparent influence from root KHAW ("cover up, hide away, lay in store").[1]
Examples[edit]
See also[edit]
- Sindarin cerin ("artificial mound")
- Exilic Quenya haura ("funeral mound")
- Quenya/Telerin hamna ("funeral mound")
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 91
