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''''' | '''''lambe''''' is a noun meaning "tongue" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | ||
[[Image:Lambe.gif]]'' | [[Image:Lambe.gif|left]]''Lambe'' is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-seventh letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet. <ref name="Names"/> In all modes this letter represents '''L'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The additional letters''</ref> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Alo'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
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==Etymology== | |||
The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[LAB]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, LAB -</ref> | |||
==See Also == | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | |||
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[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
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Revision as of 06:27, 28 July 2012
lambe is a noun meaning "tongue" in Quenya.[1]
Lambe is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-seventh letter of the Tengwar alphabet. [1] In all modes this letter represents L.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Alo.[3]
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root LAB.[4]
See Also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", LAB -
