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'''''rómen''''' is a noun meaning "east" in [[Quenya]], and by extension "uprising" and "sunrise". Compare with ''[[rhûn]]'' in [[Sindarin]].
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'''''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]]''Rómen'' is also the name of the twenty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.
[[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>


Examples:
* [[Rómendacil]] = "East-victor"
* [[Rómenna]] = "Eastward"


== References ==
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
==Etymology==
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[RO]]+[[MEN]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, RO -</ref>


==Examples==
* ''[[Rómendacil I|Rómendacil]]'' = "East-victor"
* ''[[Rómenna]]'' = "Eastward"
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]]: ''[[rhûn]]''<ref name="SApp"/>
==See Also ==
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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rómen is a noun meaning "uprising", "sunrise"[1] and "east" in Quenya.[2]

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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

Cognates

See Also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", rómen
  2. 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
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
  4. See Westron Tengwar
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", RO -