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'''''ampa''''' is a noun meaning "hook" in [[Quenya]]. | '''''ampa''''' is a noun meaning "hook" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | ||
[[Image:Ampa.gif]]''Ampa'' is also the name of the fourteenth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet. | [[Image:Ampa.gif|left]]''Ampa'' is also the name in Quenya of the fourteenth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> It is the second letter of the fourth grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiced spirants", and it is the fourth letter of the series of labial consonants, the ''[[Parmatéma]]''.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref> In standard Quenya spelling ''Ampa'' represents '''MP'''<ref name="Names"/> but in all other modes it represents '''V'''.<ref name="Letters"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Ivi'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge | |||
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Revision as of 22:01, 8 November 2012
ampa is a noun meaning "hook" in Quenya.[1]
Ampa is also the name in Quenya of the fourteenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the second letter of the fourth grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiced spirants", and it is the fourth letter of the series of labial consonants, the Parmatéma.[2] In standard Quenya spelling Ampa represents MP[1] but in all other modes it represents V.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Ivi.[3]
See Also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
