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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]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | ||
[[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|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> | ||
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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[Úmarth]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[Úmarth]]'' | ||
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:49, 6 April 2013
umbar is a noun meaning "fate" in Quenya.[1]
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]
- Umbarto "The Fated"
Cognates[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", MBARAT-
