malt

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Sindarin

malt is a Sindarin word meaning "gold".[1]

David Salo has suggested the Neo-Sindarin word malad, or malt, meaning "gold (metal)".[2]

Examples

Noldorin

malt is a Noldorin word meaning "gold (as metal)".[4]

Etymoloy

Other versions

A rejected Noldorin word for "gold (metal)" was côl, derived from root KUL.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor: Author's notes to the account of the Eldarin numerals" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 27 (Note 5)
  2. David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, p. 324
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  4. 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 386
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 365