Bantha

=Old Sumrë=

Etymology
From Old Sumrë bant ("blade") + -ha ("almost like").

Pronunciation

 * /bántʰa/

Noun
bantha n7 deer noun
 * Non-specific: übyntha
 * Collective: banthathan
 * Definite: banthá
 * Paucal 1: banttihaši - The irreglar paucal was caused by the fact that instead of deriving a regular paucal from bantha (which would have been *banthaši) the paucal was derived from the paucal form of bant ("blade") which is bantti by applying the suffix -ha onto the paucal form and afterwards applying a regular paucal suffix to form banttihaši.
 * 1) Nail
 * 2) Claw

Descendants

 * Old Naumes: bāndha ("nail, claw, talon, thorn")
 * Old Naumes: ibvāndha ("risk") - via the non-specific form übyntha