Appendix:Sindarin/cabor

Sindarin

Etymology

Only attested in Tolkien’s earlier conception of the language (‘Noldorin’), where it originally meant ‘dog’ before being changed to ‘frog’. Diegetically explained as inherited from Primitive Elvish *kapro, from the root *kap- (‘to leap’).

Noun

cabor • zw#6Y (plural cebyr)

1. frog

References

• Paul Strack (2008–2023) “cabor”, in Eldamo – An Elvish Lexicon‎^[1]