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'''''umbar''''' is a noun meaning "fate" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>


'''''umbar''''' is a noun meaning "fate" in [[Quenya]]. Compare with ''[[amarth]]'' in [[Sindarin]]. The word ''[[ambar]]'' ("doom") may be a variant of ''umbar''.
[[Image:Umbar.gif|left]]''Umbar'' is also the name in Quenya of the sixth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/>  It is the second letter of the second grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiced stops" and it is the second letter in the labial or ''p''-series of consonants, the ''[[Parmatéma]]''.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref>  In the standard spelling of Quenya ''Umbar'' represents '''MB'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note</ref>  In all other modes this letter represents '''B'''.<ref name="Letters"/>  The Westron name for this letter is '''''Bí'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref>


[[Image:Umbar.gif]]''Umbar'' is also the name of the sixth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.
==Etymology==
The word ''[[ambar]]'' ("doom") may be a variant. The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[MBARAT]]<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, MBARAT-</ref>  It is also possible that ''umbar'' contains the prefix ''[[u-]]'' (''u + ambar''), meaning that it has mainly negative and dark connotations compared to plain ''ambar'', like ''[[Úmarth]]''.


Example:
==Examples==
* [[Umbarto]] = "The Fated"
* [[Umbarto]] "The Fated"


== References ==
==Cognates==
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[Úmarth]]''
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]


[[Category:Quenya words]]
==External links==
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
 
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 6 April 2013

This article is about the Quenya word. For the the Haven south of Gondor, see Umbar.

umbar is a noun meaning "fate" in Quenya.[1]

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Umbar is also the name in Quenya of the sixth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the second letter of the second grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiced stops" and it is the second letter in the labial or p-series of consonants, the Parmatéma.[2] In the standard spelling of Quenya Umbar represents MB.[3] In all other modes this letter represents B.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Bí.[4]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The word ambar ("doom") may be a variant. The word derives from the Primitive Quendian Root MBARAT[5] It is also possible that umbar contains the prefix u- (u + ambar), meaning that it has mainly negative and dark connotations compared to plain ambar, like Úmarth.

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note
  4. ↑ See Westron Tengwar
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", MBARAT-
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