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Banakil is the Westron name for the Hobbits, meaning literally 'halfling'.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
ban(a) means "half", and -kil is an ending meaning "person"
Cognates[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"