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'''''unquë''''' is a [[Quenya]] noun meaning "hollow".
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'''''unque''''' is a noun meaning "a hollow" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>
  
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[[Image:Unque.gif]]''unque'' is also the name of the sixteenth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.
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[[Image:Unque.gif|left]]''Unque'' is also the name in Quenya of the sixteenth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/>  It is the fourth letter of the fourth grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiced spirants" and it is the fourth letter in the fourth series of consonants.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref>    In the standard spelling of Quenya this letter represents '''NKW''' (or transcribed in English as '''NQU''')<ref name="Names"/> while in [[Sindarin]] this letter represents '''GHW'''.  In [[Westron]] the fourth series is used for the ''k''-series, the ''[[Calmatéma]]'', and this letter represents '''GH'''.<ref name="Letters"/>  The Westron name for this letter is '''''Agha'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref>
  
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==References==
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==Etymology==
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* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Appendix E]]
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The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[UNUK]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, UNUK-</ref>
  
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==See Also ==
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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Latest revision as of 09:19, 9 November 2012

unque is a noun meaning "a hollow" in Quenya.[1]

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Unque is also the name in Quenya of the sixteenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the fourth letter of the fourth grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiced spirants" and it is the fourth letter in the fourth series of consonants.[2] In the standard spelling of Quenya this letter represents NKW (or transcribed in English as NQU)[1] while in Sindarin this letter represents GHW. In Westron the fourth series is used for the k-series, the Calmatéma, and this letter represents GH.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Agha.[3]

[edit] Etymology

The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root UNUK.[4]

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ↑ See Westron Tengwar
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", UNUK-
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