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'''Fauna/Bestiary of Arda''' | |||
==Alphabetical list== | |||
*'''[[Kelvar|Animals]]''' | |||
*'''[[:Category:Birds|Birds]]''': [[Noldorin|Gnomish]] ''aigli'' ("bird" (especially larger)");<ref name=PE11/> ''bilin'' or ''bilinc'' ("a small bird, especially sparrow")<ref name=PE11>{{PE|11}}</ref> | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Dragonfly|Dragonflies]]: [[Noldorin|Gnomish]] ''sithagong'' ("dragonfly") or ''sithaling'' ("([[Wikipedia:Snakefly|fly snake]]) dragonfly")<ref name=PE11>{{PE|11}}</ref> | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Moth|Moths]]: [[Noldorin|Gnomish]] ''fufril''<ref name=PE11/> | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Sparrow|Sparrows]]: [[Noldorin|Gnomish]] ''bilin'' or ''bilinc'' ("a small bird, especially sparrow")<ref name=PE11/> | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Swift|Swifts]]: [[Noldorin|Gnomish]] <del>''dwindi'', ''lindwil'', ''glindwil'' ("a swift (bird)")</del><ref name=PE11/> | |||
*'''[[Swans]]''' | |||
==Uncertain== | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Mole (animal)|Moles]] (various meanings in English): [[Qenya]] ''noldare'', ''nolpa'' ("a mole"); [[Noldorin|Gnomish]] ''dolfa'', ''dolmeg'' ("a mole")<ref name=PE11/> | |||
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Revision as of 01:38, 15 March 2011
Fauna/Bestiary of Arda
Alphabetical list
- Animals
- Birds: Gnomish aigli ("bird" (especially larger)");[1] bilin or bilinc ("a small bird, especially sparrow")[1]
- Dragonflies: Gnomish sithagong ("dragonfly") or sithaling ("(fly snake) dragonfly")[1]
- Moths: Gnomish fufril[1]
- Sparrows: Gnomish bilin or bilinc ("a small bird, especially sparrow")[1]
- Swifts: Gnomish
dwindi, lindwil, glindwil ("a swift (bird)")[1] - Swans
Uncertain
- Moles (various meanings in English): Qenya noldare, nolpa ("a mole"); Gnomish dolfa, dolmeg ("a mole")[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)