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==AM<sup>2</sup>-== | ==AM<sup>2</sup>-== | ||
Meaning: "up" (usually in form ''amba-'') | Meaning: "up" (usually in form ''amba-'') or "go up"<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 146</ref> | ||
*[[Quenya]]: ''am-'' ("up", prefix); ''[[amba]]'' ("up(wards)", adverb); ''amban'' ("upward slope, hill-side") | *[[Quenya]]: ''am-'' ("up", prefix); ''[[amba]]'' ("up(wards)", adverb); ''amban'' ("upward slope, hill-side") | ||
*[[Noldorin]] ([[Sindarin]]): ''[[am]]'' ("up"); ''am-bend'', ''amben'' ("uphill"); ''[[amon]]'' ("hill"); ''[[Amrûn|am-rûn]]'' ("uprising, sunrise"; hence Quenya ''ambaron'', "Orient" [cf. ''[[Ambaróna]]'']) | *[[Noldorin]] ([[Sindarin]]): ''[[am]]'' ("up"); ''am-bend'', ''amben'' ("uphill"); ''[[amon]]'' ("hill"); ''[[Amrûn|am-rûn]]'' ("uprising, sunrise"; hence Quenya ''ambaron'', "Orient" [cf. ''[[Ambaróna]]'']) | ||
===Obsolete forms=== | |||
In the ''Qenya Lexicon'', appears the [[Qenya]] form AM(U) ("up(wards)").<ref>{{PE|12}}</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Roots]] | [[Category:Roots]] |
Revision as of 17:44, 27 November 2010
AM- is an Elvish root, with two different meanings.[1]
AM1-
Meaning: "mother"
AM2-
Meaning: "up" (usually in form amba-) or "go up"[2]
- Quenya: am- ("up", prefix); amba ("up(wards)", adverb); amban ("upward slope, hill-side")
- Noldorin (Sindarin): am ("up"); am-bend, amben ("uphill"); amon ("hill"); am-rûn ("uprising, sunrise"; hence Quenya ambaron, "Orient" [cf. Ambaróna])
Obsolete forms
In the Qenya Lexicon, appears the Qenya form AM(U) ("up(wards)").[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 348
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 146
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)