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'''''taur''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "great wood, forest"<ref group=note>Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.</ref>, a descendant form of [[Primitive Quendian]] ''taurē'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW#Other versions of the legendarium|TÁWAR]].<ref name=LR1>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 391</ref>
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'''''taur''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "great wood, forest",<ref group=note>Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.</ref> a descendant form of [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[taurē]]'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW#Other versions of the legendarium|TÁWAR]].<ref name=LR1>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 391</ref>
  
 
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'''''taur''''' is a poetic/archaic (†) [[Noldorin]] word meaning "king", derived from Primitive Quendian ''tāro'' ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root [[TĀ|TĀ, TAƷ]].<ref name=LR2>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 389</ref>
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'''''taur''''' is a poetic/archaic (†) [[Noldorin]] word meaning "king", derived from Primitive Quendian ''[[tāro]]'' ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root [[TĀ|TĀ, TAƷ]].<ref name=LR2>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 389</ref>
  
 
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[edit] Sindarin

taur is a Sindarin word meaning "forest".[1][2]

[edit] Etymology

Sindarin taur is a descendant form of ?Primitive Quendian tau-rē, derived from root TAW.[1]

[edit] Cognates

[edit] Noldorin

[edit] Etymology 1

taur is a Noldorin word meaning "great wood, forest",[note 1] a descendant form of Primitive Quendian taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]

[edit] Etymology 2

taur is a poetic/archaic (†) Noldorin word meaning "king", derived from Primitive Quendian tāro ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root TĀ, TAƷ.[4]

[edit] Etymology 3

taur is a Noldorin adjective meaning "vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful - also high, sublime" (poetic only or in ancient titles and names), from roots TĀ, TAƷ/TUR.[3][5]

[edit] Ilkorin

The Ilkorin word taur means "great wood, forest" or "wood (place and material), a descendant form of Primitive Quendian taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]

[edit] See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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). pp. 82, 115
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 391
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 389
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 395
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