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Post by artanaro on Nov 19, 2005 11:52:02 GMT -5
ANIMALS: General word celva "moving animal", cf. also laman (used of four-footed animals, not of insects or reptiles) andamunda "elephant", huo "dog" (ronyo "hound of chase") hyalma "shell, conch" (at least technically an animal and not a plant!) leuca "snake" (also ango pl. angwi) lingwë "fish" (hala "small fish") lókë "worm, dragon" (also longer angulókë; cf. also rámalókë "winged dragon", urulókë "fire-dragon", lingwilókë "sea-serpent") máma "sheep" morco "bear" mundo "ox" (this word may also mean "snout"), *nyaro "rat" (misreading "nyano" in LR:379) rá "lion" (pl. rávi) ráca and narmo "wolf" (nauro "werewolf"), rocco "horse" rusco "fox" wilwarin "butterfly" Early material has mëoi "cat", but this word looks weird in mature Quenya (no other singulars in -oi). An early source also has nion or nier for "bee" noldarë or nolpa for "mole" yaxë (or yaxi) for "cow". Birds: aiwë or filit "(small) bird" (pl. filici), alqua "swan", ammalë a yellow bird or "yellow hammer", cu or cua "dove" halatir or halatirno "kingfisher" lindo "singer" (singing bird) lómelindë "nightingale" (kenning tindómerel = Sindarin tinúviel) maiwë "gull" soron or sornë "eagle" tambaro "woodpecker" tuilindo "swallow" quáco "crow" (also corco).
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