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==Quenya== | |||
'''or''' means "above | '''''or''''' means "above" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="C">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> | ||
In Quenya, it is also a prefix of words, such as ''[[ortil]]'' (cf. [[oro-]]). | In Quenya, it is also a prefix of words, such as ''[[ortil]]'' (cf. [[oro-]]).{{fact}} | ||
===Examples=== | |||
==Examples== | |||
*(Quenya) "...''[[i]] [[Eru]] i '''or''' [[ilya|ilyë]] [[mahalma]]r [[ea (verb)|eä]] [[tennoio]]''" ("the One who is '''above''' all thrones for ever")<ref name="C"/> | *(Quenya) "...''[[i]] [[Ilúvatar|Eru]] i '''or''' [[ilya|ilyë]] [[mahalma]]r [[ea (verb)|eä]] [[tennoio]]''" ("the One who is '''above''' all thrones for ever")<ref name="C"/> | ||
==Noldorin== | |||
'''''or''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "above".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}} p. 379</ref> | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[OR#Other versions|ORO]]<ref name=LR/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[oro-]] | *''[[oro-]]'' | ||
*[[erin]] | *''[[erin]]'' | ||
*[[ortil]] | *''[[ortil]]'' | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
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[[Category:Noldorin prepositions]] | |||
[[Category:Quenya affixes]] | [[Category:Quenya affixes]] | ||
[[Category:Quenya prepositions]] |
Revision as of 20:46, 19 October 2012
Quenya
or means "above" in Quenya.[1]
In Quenya, it is also a prefix of words, such as ortil (cf. oro-).[source?]
Examples
Noldorin
or is a Noldorin word meaning "above".[2]
Etymology
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" p. 379