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*[[Quenya]]: ''-rīna'' ("garlanded, crowned"); ''[[rië]]'' ("garland"); ''riende''<ref name=Eld/>
 
*[[Quenya]]: ''-rīna'' ("garlanded, crowned"); ''[[rië]]'' ("garland"); ''riende''<ref name=Eld/>
  
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*[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''rīgā'' ("wreath, garland")
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*[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''rīgā'' ("wreath, garland")<ref name=Shibb/>
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**[[Quenya]]: ''[[ría]]''
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**[[Quenya]]: ''[[ría]]''<ref name=Shibb/>
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**[[Telerin]]: ''[[ría]]''
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**[[Telerin]]: ''[[ría]]''<ref name=Shibb/>
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**[[Sindarin]]: ''rî''
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**[[Sindarin]]: ''rî''<ref name=Shibb/>
  
 
==Other versions==
 
==Other versions==

Latest revision as of 01:04, 11 July 2011

RIG is a Common Eldarin root signifying "twine, wreathe"[1] or "wreath, garland, crown"[2]. A detailed signification is given as "twine, especially of flower-garlands, or those of gems etc. made in their likeness".[3]

[edit] Derivatives

  • Quenya: -rīna ("garlanded, crowned"); rië ("garland"); riende[3]

[edit] Other versions

In the Etymologies appears the root RIG, with the descendant forms Quenya ríe ("crown") and Noldorin rhî ("crown") and rhîs ("queen").[4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 347 (root appearing as "RIG")
  2. ↑ 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), p. 59 (root appearing as "√RIG-")
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 182 (root appearing as "√RIG-")
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 383 (root appearing as "RIG-")
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 11
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