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-o (pl. -ion and -ron) is the Quenya and Telerin element that marks the genitive of nouns. [1]
It is derived from the element HO "from" used as an enclitic and eventually as a suffix.
Examples
- Oromëo: "coming from Orome, of Orome" [1]
- Elenna-nórëo: "of the Land of the Star" [2]
- Rithil-Anamo"Doom Ring" [3]
- Rúmilo"of Rúmil" [4]
- aran Lestanórëo"King of Doriath"[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 369
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", "(iii) Cirion and Eorl"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 401
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 398