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'''''more''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "dark(ness)".<ref name=L297>{{L|297}}</ref> | |||
''more'' also perhaps have the same meaning in [[Telerin]].{{fact}} | |||
It is seen as ''mori-'' in compounds (see etymology below). | It is seen as ''mori-'' in compounds (see etymology below). | ||
==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){{or}} [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[MOR]].<ref name=L297/> | ||
From primitive ''mori'', the ''i'' remains so in compounds: <s>''morequendi''</s> is wrong because *''morikwendî'' > ''moriquendi''.{{or}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Morifinwë]]/[[Moryo]] = "Dark Finwë" | * [[Morifinwë]]/[[Moryo]] = "Dark Finwë" | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 9 June 2011
more is a Quenya word meaning "dark(ness)".[1]
more also perhaps have the same meaning in Telerin.[source?]
It is seen as mori- in compounds (see etymology below).
Etymology
Primitive Quendian mori (the short final i becoming e in Common Eldarin stage)Template:Or Root MOR.[1]
From primitive mori, the i remains so in compounds: morequendi is wrong because *morikwendî > moriquendi.Template:Or
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"
Cognates
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)
