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'''Aicanáro''' is the original name of the Elf better known as [[Aegnor]] and it means "Fell fire"
'''Aikanáro''' (pron. [ˌa͡ɪkaˈnaːro]) is [[Aegnor]]'s original [[Amilessë|mother-name]], meaning "Fell Fire" in [[Quenya]].<ref>{{PM|Shibboleth}}, ''The names of Finwë's descendants'', p. 347</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''[[aica]]'' "sharp" and ''[[nár]]'' "fire"
''[[aica]]'' = "fell, dire", ''[[nár (Quenya)|nár]]'' = "fire", and -o = pronominal suffix.
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Aikanáro (pron. [ˌa͡ɪkaˈnaːro]) is Aegnor's original mother-name, meaning "Fell Fire" in Quenya.[1]

Etymology

aica = "fell, dire", nár = "fire", and -o = pronominal suffix.

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", The names of Finwë's descendants, p. 347