Eldamo : Noldorin : nana

N. nana n. “mother (hypocoristic), *mommy” (Category: Mother)

N. nana, n. “mother (hypocoristic), *mommy” (Category: Mother): G. babi “mummy, mamma”

A hypocoristic (pet name) for “mother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√NAN (Ety/NAN).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had the affectionate or childish diminutives {ami, ama >>} G. (m)ami, (m)ama “mummy” (GL/19), as well as G. babi “mummy, mamma” (GL/21).

Neo-Sindarin: I would use S. emig from the late 1960s as the normal diminutive word for “mother” in Neo-Sindarin, but would retain N. nana as a variant.

References ✧ Ety/AM¹, NAN

Glosses

“mother (hypocoristic)” ✧ Ety/AM¹; Ety/NAN

naneth “mother”

Derivations

< ᴹ√NAN “*mother” ✧ Ety/AM¹; Ety/NAN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NAN > nana

[nana]

✧ Ety/NAN

G. (m)ami n. “mummy” (Category: Mother)

See N. nana for discussion.

References ✧ GL/19

Glosses

“mummy” ✧ GL/19 ((m)ami/(m)ama)

Variations

(m)ami/(m)ama ✧ GL/19
ami/ama ✧ GL/19

(m)ami “mummy” cf. (n)ada “daddy, father”
babi “mummy, mamma” is similar in meaning to (m)ami “mummy”

Changes

ami/ama >> (m)ami/(m)ama “mummy” ✧ GL/19

Elements

amil

“mother”

✧ GL/19