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[[Primitive Elvish]] was ''[[b'randâ]]''<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[Etymologies]] p. 351</ref>, apparently representing an even more primitive adjective *''barándâ'' (stem [[BARÁD]]). | [[Primitive Elvish]] was ''[[b'randâ]]''<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[Etymologies]] p. 351</ref>, apparently representing an even more primitive adjective *''barándâ'' (stem [[BARÁD]]). | ||
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'''branda''' in [[Westron]] means "border, march"<ref>[[Appendix F]]</ref>. | |||
==Etymology== | |||
Perhaps it comes from a possible [[Adûnaic]] *''barrad'', root BAR. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Branda-nîn]] | |||
*[[Brandagamba]] | |||
[[category:Telerin adjectives]] | [[category:Telerin adjectives]] | ||
[[category:Westron words]] | |||
Revision as of 13:55, 22 February 2009
branda in Telerin means "lofty, noble, fine".
Etymology
Primitive Elvish was b'randâ[1], apparently representing an even more primitive adjective *barándâ (stem BARÁD).
branda in Westron means "border, march"[2].
Etymology
Perhaps it comes from a possible Adûnaic *barrad, root BAR.
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Etymologies p. 351
- ↑ Appendix F
