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'''Aimênu''' or '''Ai-mênu''' is [[Khuzdul]] for "upon you".<ref>{{App|Other}}</ref> ''Ai'' (short version of [[aya]]) meaning ''upon'', and ''mênu'' meaning ''you'' in plural and object position.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 85</ref>
'''Aimênu''' or '''Ai-mênu''' is [[Khuzdul]] for "upon you".  ''Ai'' (short version of [[aya]]) meaning ''upon'', and ''menû'' meaning ''you'' in plural and object position.  


"[[Khazâd]] aimênu!"
"[[Khazâd]] ai-mênu!"


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Aimênu or Ai-mênu is Khuzdul for "upon you".[1] Ai (short version of aya) meaning upon, and mênu meaning you in plural and object position.[2]

"Khazâd ai-mênu!"

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of Other Races"
  2. 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. 85