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'''''haudh''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "funeral mound".<ref name=PE19>{{PE|19}}, p. 91</ref>
'''''haudh''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "funeral mound".<ref name=PE19>{{PE|19}}, p. 91</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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 [[Common Eldarin]] ''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-en-Arwen#Etymology|Haudh-en-Arwen]]''
*''[[Haudh-en-Arwen#Etymology|Haudh-en-Arwen]]''
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
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Latest revision as of 21:10, 19 October 2012

haudh is a Sindarin word meaning "funeral mound".[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 91