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'''AM | '''AM''' is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]], with two different meanings.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 348</ref> | ||
==AM<sup>1</sup> | ==AM<sup>1</sup>== | ||
Meaning: "mother" | Meaning: "mother" | ||
*[[Quenya]]: ''amil'' or ''amme'' | *[[Quenya]]: ''amil'' or ''amme'' | ||
*[[Ilkorin]]: ''aman'' (pl. '' | *[[Ilkorin]]: ''aman'' (pl. ''emnin''<ref name=VT>{{VT|45a}}, p. 5</ref>) | ||
*[[Exilic Noldorin]] poetic: ''emil''<ref name=VT/> | |||
==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); ''ambon''<ref name=VT/> ("upward slope, hill-side"); ''ambo'' ("hill")<ref name=VT/> | |||
*[[Noldorin]] ([[Sindarin]]): ''[[am]]'' ("up"); ''am-bend'', ''amben'' ("uphill"); ''[[amon]]'' ("hill"); ''[[Amrûn|am-rún]]''<ref name=VT/> ("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> | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Roots]] | [[Category:Roots]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:20, 28 November 2010
AM is an Elvish root, with two different meanings.[1]
AM1[edit | edit source]
Meaning: "mother"
- Quenya: amil or amme
- Ilkorin: aman (pl. emnin[2])
- Exilic Noldorin poetic: emil[2]
AM2[edit | edit source]
Meaning: "up" (usually in form amba-) or "go up"[3]
- Quenya: am- ("up", prefix); amba ("up(wards)", adverb); ambon[2] ("upward slope, hill-side"); ambo ("hill")[2]
- Noldorin (Sindarin): am ("up"); am-bend, amben ("uphill"); amon ("hill"); am-rún[2] ("uprising, sunrise"; hence Quenya ambaron, "Orient" [cf. Ambaróna])
Obsolete forms[edit | edit source]
In the Qenya Lexicon, appears the Qenya form AM(U) ("up(wards)").[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 348
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 5
- ↑ 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)
