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'''''úrë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "heat".
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'''''úre''''' is a noun meaning "heat" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>
  
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[[Image:Ure.gif]]''ure'' is also the name of the thirty-sixth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.
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[[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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==References==
 
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''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Appendix E]]
 
  
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==Etymology==
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The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[UR]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, UR -</ref>
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==See Also ==
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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Latest revision as of 09:19, 9 November 2012

úre is a noun meaning "heat" in Quenya.[1]

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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]


[edit] Etymology

The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root UR.[5]

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
  4. ↑ See Westron Tengwar
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", UR -
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