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==Quenya== | |||
'''orna''' is a [[Quenya]]<ref> | '''''orna''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "tall, high, lofty".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 112, 186</ref> Another gloss given is "hasty".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 359</ref> | ||
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===Etymology=== | |||
In "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Words, Phrases and Passages]]", the word derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[OR|OR, RŌ]].<ref name=PE17/> | |||
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Quenya ''orna'' ("hasty") derives from root [[GOR]] ("violence, impetus, haste").<ref name=LR/> | |||
==Elvish== | |||
In the ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' is noted the [[Elvish]] "ancient adjectival form" '''''ornā''''' ("uprising, tall"), given no designated language.<ref>{{UT|6e}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 19 October 2012
Quenya[edit | edit source]
orna is a Quenya word meaning "tall, high, lofty".[1] Another gloss given is "hasty".[2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
In "Words, Phrases and Passages", the word derives from root OR, RŌ.[1]
In the Etymologies, Quenya orna ("hasty") derives from root GOR ("violence, impetus, haste").[2]
Elvish[edit | edit source]
In the Unfinished Tales is noted the Elvish "ancient adjectival form" ornā ("uprising, tall"), given no designated language.[3]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. 112, 186
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 359
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix E: The Names of Celeborn and Galadriel"
