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−	'''''Parma''''' is a noun meaning "book" in [[Quenya]].	+	'''''parma''''' is a noun meaning "book" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>
−	[[Image:Parma.gif]]''Parma'' is also the name of the second letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet. It has the value of P in Quenya and [[Sindarin]], and is the first letter of the set of labials, or Parma-téma.	+	[[Image:Parma.gif|left]]''Parma'' is also the name in Quenya of the second letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/>  It is the second letter of the first grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiceless stops" and it is the first letter in the labial or ''p''-series of consonants, the ''[[Parmatéma]]''.  In all modes ''Parma'' represents '''P'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}</ref>  The [[Westron]] name for this letter is '''''Pí'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]].</ref>
−	In [[Westron Tengwar|Westron]] the letter is called '''''Pí''''' and has the value of P.
−	== References ==	+	==Etymology==
−	* [[The Lord of the Rings]], [[Appendix E]]	+	The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[PAR]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, PAR-</ref>
−	* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]	+
−	[[Category:Quenya words]]	+	==See Also ==
		+	* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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		+	{{references}}
		+	{{title|lowercase}}
		+	[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
	[[Category:Tengwar letters]]		[[Category:Tengwar letters]]

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parma is a noun meaning "book" in Quenya.^[1]

Parma is also the name in Quenya of the second letter of the Tengwar alphabet.^[1] It is the second letter of the first grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiceless stops" and it is the first letter in the labial or p-series of consonants, the Parmatéma. In all modes Parma represents P.^[2] The Westron name for this letter is Pí.^[3]

[edit] Etymology

The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root PAR.^[4]

[edit] See Also

• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
3. ↑ See Westron Tengwar.
4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", PAR-