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ᴹQ. andamunda n. “elephant” (Category: Elephant)

ᴹQ. andamunda, n. “elephant” (Category: Elephant)
?ᴱ√ǶUNU

A noun for “elephant” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. anda “long” and an adjectival form of ᴹQ. mundo “snout” (Ety/MBUD), hence literally “long snouted”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave ᴱQ. hunto “elephant” (QL/41).

Reference ✧ Ety/MBUD ✧ “elephant”

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Elements

anda “long”
mundo “snout, nose; cape [of land]”

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Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶andambundā > andamunda [anda-mbundā] > [anda-mundā] > [anda-munda] ✧ Ety/MBUD

ᴱQ. hunto n. “elephant” (Category: Elephant)

See ᴹQ. andamunda for discussion.

References ✧ PME/41; QL/41

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