Eldamo : Sindarin : coll²

S. coll² adj. “hollow” (Category: Hollow, Concave)

S. coll², adj. “hollow” (Category: Hollow, Concave): G. dûl “hollow (as of trees or dells)”

The most common Sindarin word for “hollow” as mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, derived from primitive ✶kuldā (WJ/414).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. cub “hollow” with deleted variant {cûf >>} (GL/27), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KUPU “hump” (QL/49).

References ✧ WJ/414

Glosses

“hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Variations

coll ✧ WJ/414

coll “hollow” is the more current adjective for naw “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Inflections

goll

soft-mutation; c-mutation

✧ WJ/414

Element In

S. Bar-goll “Hollow Dwelling” ✧ WJ/414

Derivations

< ✶kuldā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414

Phonetic Developments

✶kuldā > coll

[kuldā] > [kulda] > [kulða] > [kolða] > [kolð] > [koll]

✧ WJ/414

G. cub adj. “hollow” (Category: Hollow, Concave)

See S. coll² for discussion.

References ✧ GL/27

Glosses

“hollow” ✧ GL/27

Variations

Cub ✧ GL/27
cûf ✧ GL/27

Derivations

< ᴱ√KUPU “hump”