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Ómar

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Ómar, also called Amillo,[1] was a Vala who knew all languages.[2] He was considered to be the youngest of all the Valar.[1]

Ómar only appeared in the earliest version of the legendarium, The Book of Lost Tales.

[edit] Etymology

Ómar and Amillo are Qenya names. The former (Ûmor in Gnomish) is related to Qenya ōma "voice", while the latter is glossed as "one of the Happy Folk; Hilary", where Hilary derives from Latin hilaris "cheerful". The Gnomish equivalent of Amillo is Gamlos (likely meaning "one who shouts with joy").[3]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor", p. 67
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "The Music of the Ainur"p. 47
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script", in Parma Eldalamberon XIV (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 13
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