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'''''rómen''''' is a noun meaning "east" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | '''''rómen''''' is a noun meaning "uprising", "sunrise"<ref name="SApp">{{S|Appendix}}, ''rómen''</ref> and "east" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | ||
[[Image:Romen.gif|left]]''Rómen'' is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> In all modes this letter represents "full" trilled '''R''', unlike ''[[Óre]]'' which is used for "weak" untrilled '''R'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The additional letters''</ref> ''Rómen'' was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "east" even in languages that used a very different term.<ref name="Names"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Aro'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | [[Image:Romen.gif|left]]''Rómen'' is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> In all modes this letter represents "full" trilled '''R''', unlike ''[[Óre]]'' which is used for "weak" untrilled '''R'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The additional letters''</ref> ''Rómen'' was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "east" even in languages that used a very different term.<ref name="Names"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Aro'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
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*[[Sindarin]]: ''[[rhûn]]'' | *[[Sindarin]]: ''[[rhûn]]''<ref name="SApp"/> | ||
==See Also == | ==See Also == | ||
Revision as of 18:57, 21 October 2012
rómen is a noun meaning "uprising", "sunrise"[1] and "east" in Quenya.[2]
Rómen is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[2] In all modes this letter represents "full" trilled R, unlike Óre which is used for "weak" untrilled R.[3] Rómen was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "east" even in languages that used a very different term.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Aro.[4]
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root RO+MEN.[5]
Examples
- Rómendacil = "East-victor"
- Rómenna = "Eastward"
Cognates
See Also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", rómen
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", RO -
