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'''OR''' (also '''ORO''' and '''RŌ''') is a [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "rise, mount". The reverse root is said to be [[NŪ|NŪ, NDŪ]] ("sink, go down").<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 63-4, 112, 171 (roots appearing as "√OR-", "ORO", "RŌ", "√OR/RŌ")</ref> | '''OR''' (also '''ORO''' and '''RŌ''') is a [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "rise, mount". The reverse root is said to be [[NŪ|NŪ, NDŪ]] ("sink, go down").<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 63-4, 112, 171 (roots appearing as "√OR-", "ORO", "RŌ", "√OR/RŌ")</ref> | ||
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**Quenya: ''[[orne]]''<ref name=L347/> | **Quenya: ''[[orne]]''<ref name=L347/> | ||
**Sindarin: ''[[orn]]''<ref name=L347/> | **Sindarin: ''[[orn]]''<ref name=L347/> | ||
Quenya ''[[óre]]'' ("heart (inner mind)", [[Telerin]] ''ōre'', and Sindarin ''gûr'', are said to be be associated with [[Common Eldarin]] OR,<ref group=note>Editor [[Carl F. Hostetter]] links the mention of "√OR" to the base ORO- appearing in the ''Etymologies''.</ref> although probably not "semantically connected".<ref>{{VT|41c}}, p. 11 (root appearing as "√OR")</ref> | |||
==Other versions== | ==Other versions== | ||
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In the ''Qenya Lexicon'' appears the roots ORO (with the descendant [[Qenya]] form ''oro-'' "rise") and RŌ, ROHO (with the descendant Qenya ''rōna-'' "arise, rise, ascend").<ref>{{PE|12}}</ref> | In the ''Qenya Lexicon'' appears the roots ORO (with the descendant [[Qenya]] form ''oro-'' "rise") and RŌ, ROHO (with the descendant Qenya ''rōna-'' "arise, rise, ascend").<ref>{{PE|12}}</ref> | ||
In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'' appears the roots ORO- ("up; rise; high") RŌ- ("rise"). Amongs | In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'' appears the roots ORO- ("up; rise; high") and RŌ- ("rise"). Amongs the derivatives are:<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 379, 384</ref> | ||
*ORO- | *ORO- | ||
**[[Quenya]]: ''[[óre]]'' ("rising"); ''[[ | **[[Quenya]]: ''[[óre]]'' ("rising"); ''[[orta-]]'' ("rise, raise") | ||
**[[Noldorin]]: ''[[or]]'' ("above"); ''ortho'' ("raise"); ''erio'' ("rise") | **[[Noldorin]]: ''[[or]]'' ("above"); ''ortho'' ("raise"); ''erio'' ("rise") | ||
**ÓROT- ("height, mountain") | **ÓROT- ("height, mountain") | ||
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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[oron#Sindarin|oron]]'' ("†tree") | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[oron#Sindarin|oron]]'' ("†tree") | ||
{{references}} | {{references|note}} | ||
[[Category:Roots]] | [[Category:Roots]] |
Revision as of 22:55, 1 November 2012
OR (also ORO and RŌ) is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "rise, mount". The reverse root is said to be NŪ, NDŪ ("sink, go down").[1]
In a letter, Tolkien noted the root ŌR/RO, signifying "rise up, go high".[2]
Derivatives
- Quenya: Rōme(n); ornā; oro, orto ("mount, mountain"); oro- ("up, aloft"); órta-[1]
- Sindarin: orod[1]
Quenya óre ("heart (inner mind)", Telerin ōre, and Sindarin gûr, are said to be be associated with Common Eldarin OR,[note 1] although probably not "semantically connected".[3]
Other versions
In the Qenya Lexicon appears the roots ORO (with the descendant Qenya form oro- "rise") and RŌ, ROHO (with the descendant Qenya rōna- "arise, rise, ascend").[4]
In the Etymologies appears the roots ORO- ("up; rise; high") and RŌ- ("rise"). Amongs the derivatives are:[5]
- ORO-
- RŌ-
- Quenya: rómen; rómenya ("eastern"); róna ("east")
- Old Noldorin: róna ("east")
See also
Notes
- ↑ Editor Carl F. Hostetter links the mention of "√OR" to the base ORO- appearing in the Etymologies.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 63-4, 112, 171 (roots appearing as "√OR-", "ORO", "RŌ", "√OR/RŌ")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972), p. 426 (root appearing as "√ŌR/RO")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes on Óre" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000, p. 11 (root appearing as "√OR")
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 379, 384