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Alda

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* [[Aldamir]] = "Bejeweled Tree"
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* ''[[Aldamir]]'' = "Bejeweled Tree"
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* [[Tar-Aldarion|Aldarion]] = "Son of the Trees"
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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 23:24, 21 October 2012

alda is a noun meaning "tree" in Quenya.[1] The genitive plural is aldaron.[2] Compare with galadh in Sindarin.

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Alda is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-eighth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] In written Quenya Arda is used for LD. In other modes this letter represents voiceless L (or LH).[3] The Westron name for this letter is Lhó.[4]


[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Cognates

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[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, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
  4. ↑ See Westron Tengwar
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", GALÁD -
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