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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[môr]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[môr]]'' | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | * ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 25 January 2010
morë is a word meaning "dark" or "darkness" in Quenya and perhaps Telerin.
It is seen as mori- in compounds (see etymology below).
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Etymology
Primitive mori (the short final i becoming e in Common Eldarin stage) root MOR.
From primitive mori, the i remains so in compounds: morequendi is wrong because *morikwendî > moriquendi.
See also
- Morifinwë/Moryo = "Dark Finwë"
- Moriquendi/Moripendi = "Dark Elves"
- morimaitë = "black-handed"
- Moringotto = "Black Foe"
- Morion = "the dark one"
- morna = "dark, black"
- mornië = "darkness"