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''''' | '''''úre''''' is a noun meaning "heat" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | ||
[[Image:Ure.gif]]'' | [[Image:Ure.gif|left]]''Úre'' is the name in Quenya of the thirty-sixth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> When used as a consonant it represents '''W'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The additional letters''</ref> However, in the [[Mode of Beleriand]], as seen as in the inscription on the [[Doors of Durin|West-gate]] of [[Moria]], ''Yanta'' represents '''U'''.<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Au'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
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==Etymology== | |||
The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[UR]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, UR -</ref> | |||
==See Also == | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | |||
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Revision as of 09:19, 9 November 2012
úre is a noun meaning "heat" in Quenya.[1]
Úre is the name in Quenya of the thirty-sixth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] When used as a consonant it represents W.[2] However, in the Mode of Beleriand, as seen as in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, Yanta represents U.[3] The Westron name for this letter is Au.[4]
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root UR.[5]
See Also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", UR -
