Ilk. tindum n. “(starry) twilight, starlight” (Category: Starlight)
A noun meaning “(starry) twilight, starlight”, a combination of tim “star” and dûm “twilight” (Ety/DOMO, TIN), also appearing in its genitive form tinduma (Ety/THIN). Either the compound preserved the original [n] from tim < ᴹ✶tinmē, or the [n] reformed by assimilation to the [d].
References ✧ Ety/DOMO, THIN, TIN
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| Tinduma | genitive | “Twilight” | ✧ Ety/THIN |
Elements
| tim | “spark, star” | ✧ Ety/TIN | |
| dûm | “twilight” | ✧ Ety/DOMO | |
| ᴹ√TIN | “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” | ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/THIN | |
| ᴹ√DOM | “faint, dim” | ✧ Ety/TIN | |
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