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The word ''haudh'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''khabdā'' ("pile, (artificial) mound", itself deriving from [[Sundocarme|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").<ref name=PE19/> | The word ''haudh'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''khabdā'' ("pile, (artificial) mound", itself deriving from [[Sundocarme|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").<ref name=PE19/> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*[[Haudh in Gwanûr]] | *''[[Haudh-en-Arwen#Etymology|Haudh-en-Arwen]]'' | ||
*''[[Haudh-en-Elleth]]'' | |||
*[[Hill of the Slain|''Haudh-en-Ndengin''/''Haudh-en-Nirnaeth'']] | |||
*''[[Haudh in Gwanûr]]'' | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*Sindarin ''[[cerin]]'' ("artificial mound") | *Sindarin ''[[cerin]]'' ("artificial mound") | ||
Revision as of 11:39, 7 July 2011
haudh is a Sindarin word meaning "funeral mound".[1]
Etymology
The word haudh derives from Primitive Quendian 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
See also
- 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
