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'''''lambë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "tongue" or "language".
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'''''lambe''''' is a noun meaning "tongue" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>
  
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[[Image:Lambe.gif]]''lambë'' is also the name of the twenty-seventh letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.
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[[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==
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The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[LAB]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, LAB -</ref>
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==See Also ==
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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 08:54, 9 November 2012

lambe is a noun meaning "tongue" in Quenya.[1]

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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]


[edit] Etymology

The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root LAB.[4]

[edit] See Also

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