N. tuilinn n. “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer” (Category: Bird (other))
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for a “swallow” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tuilelindō “spring-singer” (Ety/LIN², TUY).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had G. {duil >>} G. duiling or duilinc “swallow”, apparently a diminutive form based on (archaic) ᴱ✶du̯il “bird” (GL/31). Tolkien also had deleted G. duil “spring” (GL/31), and in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon he gave as its cognate ᴱQ. tuilindo “spring-singer, swallow” under the early root ᴱ√TUẎU that was the basis for “spring” words (QL/96). However, Tolkien marked this Qenya form with a “*” and said it was “not related”, so perhaps Tolkien reimagined word as a derivative of *ᴱ√DUYU that was the basis for “bird” words in the Gnomish Lexicon, since initial d became t in Early Qenya.
ᴱN. {duilen >>} duilin “a swallow” reappeared in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s (PE13/120) and duilin “swallow” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the same period (PE13/142). N. tuilinn “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, as described above.
References ✧ Ety/LIN², TUY
Glosses
Elements
| tui | “sprout, bud” | ||
| lhinn | “air, tune” | soft-mutation | |
| ᴹ√TUY | “sprout, spring” | ✧ Ety/LIN² | |
| ᴹ√LIN² | “sing” | ✧ Ety/LIN² | |
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Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶tuilelindō > tuilind > tuilinn | [tuilelindō] > [tuilelindo] !!! [tuilindo] > [tuilind] > [tuilinn] | ✧ Ety/TUY |
ᴱN. duilin n. “swallow” (Category: Bird (other))
References ✧ PE13/120, 142, 156
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| i·nuilenin | nasal-mutation plural; d-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 | |
| i·nuilin | nasal-mutation plural; d-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 | |
| i·nuiliniath | nasal-mutation plural; d-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 | |
| duilinniath | plural | ✧ PE13/142 | |
| duilinnin | plural | ✧ PE13/142 | |
| #dhuilin | soft-mutation; d-mutation | “swallow” | ✧ PE13/156 |
| i·dhuilen | soft-mutation; d-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 | |
| i·dhuilin | soft-mutation; d-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 | |
| no·duilin | stop-mutation; d-mutation | “to a swallow” | ✧ PE13/120 |
| i·nuilent | stop-mutation dual; d-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 |
Element In
G. duilin(g) n. “swallow” (Category: Bird (other))
References ✧ GL/23, 31, 39, 54; LT2A/Duilin; QL/96
Glosses
Variations
Related
Changes
Elements
| ᴱ✶du(w)il | “*bird” | ✧ GL/31 (du̯il) |
| inc | “little” | ✧ GL/31 (#inc) |
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