S. dangen [nd-] adj. “slain” (Category: to Kill)
An adjective for “slain” derived from primitive ✶dankĭna (PE17/133), best known from its (mutated plural) appearance in the name Haudh-en-Ndengin “Hill of Slain” (S/197). N. dangen “slain” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDAK “slay” (Ety/NDAK). This adjective is likely the passive participle of the verb dag- “to slay”.
Conceptual Development: A similar adjective ᴱN. danc “killed in battle” appeared in the Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s, also related to ᴱN. dag- “slay” (PE14/66).
References ✧ PE17/97, 133
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| N(d)engin | mixed-mutation plural; nd-mutation | “slain” | ✧ PE17/97 |
| N(d)engin | mixed-mutation plural; nd-mutation | “dead” | ✧ PE17/97 |
| nenghin | nasal-mutation plural | ✧ PE17/133 | |
| denghin | plural | ✧ PE17/133 |
Elements
| #dag- | “to slay” | passive-participle | ✧ PE17/133 (dangen) |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶dankĭna > daŋχen > danghen > dangen | [daŋkina] > [daŋkʰina] > [daŋxina] > [daŋxena] > [daŋxen] > [daŋgen] | ✧ PE17/133 |
| ✶dankĭna > nenghin | [daŋkini] > [daŋkʰini] > [daŋxini] > [deŋxini] > [deŋxin] > [deŋgin] | ✧ PE17/133 |
N. dangen adj. “slain” (Category: to Kill)
References ✧ Ety/NDAK
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| Ndengin | nasal-mutation plural; nd-mutation | “slain” | ✧ Ety/NDAK |
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√NDAK > dangen | [ndaŋkina] > [ndaŋkʰina] > [ndaŋxina] > [daŋxina] > [daŋxena] > [daŋxen] > [daŋgen] | ✧ Ety/NDAK |
| ᴹ√NDAK > Ndengin | [ndaŋkini] > [ndaŋkʰini] > [ndaŋxini] > [daŋxini] > [deŋxini] > [deŋxin] > [deŋgin] | ✧ Ety/NDAK |