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==Other forms== | ==Other forms== | ||
*''i-Pheriannath'': demostrating [[nasal mutation]] (''i'''n-P'''eriannath'')<ref name=AppE>{{App|E1i}}, p. 1114 ([[The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)|50th Anniv. Ed.]])</ref> | *''i-Pheriannath'': demostrating [[nasal mutation]] (''i'''n-P'''eriannath'')<ref name=AppE>{{App|E1i}}, p. 1114 ([[The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)|50th Anniv. Ed.]])</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 66</ref> | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
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perian (lit. "Halfling"), plural periain and collective plural Periannath, is the Sindarin name for Hobbits.[1][2][3][4]
Other forms
- i-Pheriannath: demostrating nasal mutation (in-Periannath)[4][5]
Cognates
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Houses of Healing", p. 859 (50th Anniv. Ed.): "[...] a hobbit, a perian [...]")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 75 ("Periannath, 'the Hobbits (as a race),' as collective pl. of perian 'halfling' (pl. periain)"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Pronunciation of Words and Names", "Consonants", p. 1114 (50th Anniv. Ed.)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 66
