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==Quenya==
'''''laurë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "gold (of light and colour, not metal)",<ref name="silmap">{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''laurë''</ref> "light of the golden Tree ''Laurelin'', gold",<ref name="etym">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry ''[[LAW|LÁWAR-]]''</ref> or just simply "golden light".<ref name="letters">{{L|230}}</ref>
'''''laure'''''<ref name=PE17/><ref name=L230/><ref name=etym/> (or '''''laurë'''''<ref name=silmap/><ref name=UTG/>) is a [[Quenya]] word glossed as:
==Etymology==
#"gold, not the metal but the colour, what we would should call golden light"<ref name=L230>{{L|230}}, p. 308</ref><ref name=silmap>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''laurë''</ref>
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[LAW|LÁWAR-]]<ref name="etym"/>
#"golden colour of sunshine or golden flowers"<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 80, 159</ref>
== Examples ==
#"light of the golden Tree ''Laurelin'', gold"<ref name=etym>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 368 (entry [[LAW|LÁWAR]])</ref>
*''Ingalaurë'', "[[Vanyar#Etymology|Inga]]-gold"; the [[Amilessë|mother-name]] of [[Finarfin]] due to his golden hair of his mother's people<ref name="morg">{{MR|P3II4}}</ref>
#"gold"<ref name=PE17/><ref name=UTG>{{UT|Galadriel}}, note 5</ref>
*[[Laurelin]], "Song of Gold"; name of one of the [[Two Trees]] of [[Valinor]] <ref name="silmindex">{{S|Index}}</ref>
 
*[[Lothlórien|Laurelindórenan]], "Valley of Singing Gold";<ref name="utlaur">{{UT|6}}, note 5</ref> and older name for [[Lothlórien]]<ref name="rotk">{{TT|IV5}}</ref>
===Etymology===
*Laurenandë, "Valley of Gold"; another name for Lothlórien<ref name="utlaur" />
 
*''laurië'' (plural adjective), "golden"<ref name="rgeo">{{RGEO|5}}, p. 66</ref>
In the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems", ''laure'' derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[LAW]].<ref name=PE17/>
*''laurina'', "golden"<ref name="bolt">{{LT1|Appendix}}</ref>
 
*''[[laurinquë]]'', possible "gold-ful one";<ref name="arda">[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]], ''[[Ardalambion]]'', [http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/wordlists.htm Quenya Wordlists]</ref> a tree in [[Hyarrostar]] in [[Númenor]] with yellow flowers<ref name="uttree">{{UT|3}}</ref>
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], ''laure'' derives from root [[LAW#Other versions|LÁWAR-]].<ref name=etym/>
*Makalaurë, "forging gold"; a prophetic mother-name for [[Maglor]]<ref name="pome">{{PM|XI}}</ref>
===Examples===
==See Also==
*''Ingalaurë'', "[[Vanyar#Etymology|Inga]]-gold"; the [[Amilessë|mother-name]] of [[Finarfin]] due to his golden hair of his mother's people<ref name=morg>{{MR|P3II4}}</ref>
*''[[KUL|cul-]]'', "golden-red"
*[[Laurelin]], "Song of Gold"; name of one of the [[Two Trees]] of [[Valinor]]<ref name=silmindex>{{S|Index}}</ref>
*[[Gate of Gold]]
*[[Lothlórien|Laurelindórenan]], "Valley of Singing Gold";<ref name=UTG/> and older name for [[Lothlórien]]<ref name=rotk>{{TT|IV5}}</ref>
*''[[malt]]'', "gold"
*Laurenandë, "Valley of Gold"; another name for Lothlórien<ref name=UTG/>
*''[[malta]]'' and ''[[malda]]'', "gold (the metal)"
*''laurië'' (plural adjective), "golden"<ref name=rgeo>{{RGEO|5}}, p. 66</ref>
*[[Ormal]]
*''[[laurinquë]]'', possible "gold-ful one";<ref name=arda>[[Helge Fauskanger]], ''[[Ardalambion]]'', [http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/wordlists.htm Quenya Wordlists]</ref> a tree in [[Hyarrostar]] in [[Númenor]] with yellow flowers<ref name=uttree>{{UT|3}}</ref>
*''[[pharaz]]'', "gold" ([[Adûnaic]])
*Makalaurë, "forging gold"; a prophetic mother-name for [[Maglor]]<ref name=pome>{{PM|XI}}</ref>
*''[[telpë]]'', "silver"
==Qenya==
 
'''''laure''''' is a [[Qenya]] word meaning "gold". The word derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] LAURE.<ref>{{PE|12}}</ref> A related form is ''laurina'', "golden".<ref name=bolt>{{LT1|Appendix}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[KUL]] ("golden-red")
*For other words glossed as "gold", see ''[[Gold#Names|Gold: Names]]''
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Quenya

laure[1][2][3] (or laurë[4][5]) is a Quenya word glossed as:

  1. "gold, not the metal but the colour, what we would should call golden light"[2][4]
  2. "golden colour of sunshine or golden flowers"[1]
  3. "light of the golden Tree Laurelin, gold"[3]
  4. "gold"[1][5]

Etymology

In the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems", laure derives from root LAW.[1]

In the Etymologies, laure derives from root LÁWAR-.[3]

Examples

Qenya

laure is a Qenya word meaning "gold". The word derives from root LAURE.[13] A related form is laurina, "golden".[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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), pp. 80, 159
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 368 (entry LÁWAR)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry laurë
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", note 5
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: Later versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
  7. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  8. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Window on the West"
  9. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)", p. 66
  10. ↑ Helge Fauskanger, Ardalambion, Quenya Wordlists
  11. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor"
  12. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
  13. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)
  14. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I
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