ría is a Quenya and Telerin word meaning "wreath, garland".[1]
Etymology
The word is a descendant form of Primitive Quendian rīgā, deriving from the Common Eldarin stem RIG ("twine, wreathe").[1]
Cognates
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 347