nossë
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Quenya
nossë is a Quenya word meaning "kindred, family".[1]
In the Quenya of the Etymologies, nosse is glossed as "clan, family, 'house'", derived from the root NŌ ("beget").[2]
Cognates
Examples
- Nos Finrod ("House of Finrod")[2]
- Nos Feanor ("House of Feanor")[3]
Qenya
nosse (or nossë) is a Qenya noun meaning "folk, kin, people".[4][5][6]
Etymology
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", p. 320 (note 11)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 378
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 6
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, pp. 250, 272 (form: nossë)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part II", p. 338 (form: nossë)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 66 (form: nosse)
