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| + | '''''more''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "dark(ness)".<ref name=L297>{{L|297}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ''more'' also perhaps has the same meaning in [[Telerin]]<ref name="HF">[[Helge Fauskanger]]'s [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/telerin.htm Telerin article] at [[Ardalambion]]: "The independent form of mori- was probably *more, as in Quenya (since final short -i became -e at the Common Eldarin stage), but no Telerin form as such is mentioned in the entry MOR in the Etymologies (LR:373)"</ref>. | ||
It is seen as ''mori-'' in compounds (see etymology below). | It is seen as ''mori-'' in compounds (see etymology below). | ||
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| − | [[Primitive]] ''[[mori]]'' (the short final ''i'' becoming ''e'' in [[Common Eldarin]] stage) [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[MOR]]. | + | [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[mori]]'' (the short final ''-i'' becoming ''-e'' in [[Common Eldarin]] stage)<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]]'s [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/primelv.htm#Heading9 Common Eldarin analysis] in [[Ardalambion]]</ref><ref name="HF"/> [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[MOR]].<ref name=L297/> |
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Morwe]] | ||
* [[Morifinwë]]/[[Moryo]] = "Dark Finwë" | * [[Morifinwë]]/[[Moryo]] = "Dark Finwë" | ||
* [[Moriquendi]]/[[Moripendi]] = "Dark Elves" | * [[Moriquendi]]/[[Moripendi]] = "Dark Elves" | ||
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | * ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | ||
| − | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge | + | * [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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Latest revision as of 08:57, 9 November 2012
more is a Quenya word meaning "dark(ness)".[1]
more also perhaps has the same meaning in Telerin[2].
It is seen as mori- in compounds (see etymology below).
[edit] Etymology
Primitive Quendian mori (the short final -i becoming -e in Common Eldarin stage)[3][2] Root MOR.[1]
[edit] See also
- Morwe
- Morifinwë/Moryo = "Dark Finwë"
- Moriquendi/Moripendi = "Dark Elves"
- morimaitë = "black-handed"
- Moringotto = "Black Foe"
- Morion = "the dark one"
- morna = "dark, black"
- mornië = "darkness"
[edit] Cognates
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Helge Fauskanger's Telerin article at Ardalambion: "The independent form of mori- was probably *more, as in Quenya (since final short -i became -e at the Common Eldarin stage), but no Telerin form as such is mentioned in the entry MOR in the Etymologies (LR:373)"
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger's Common Eldarin analysis in Ardalambion