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'''''ampa''''' is a noun meaning "hook" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>
'''Ampa''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: 'hook') is the name of the Quenya letter mp.


[[Image:Ampa.gif|left]]''Ampa'' is also the name in Quenya of the fourteenth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/>  It is the second letter of the fourth grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiced spirants", and it is the fourth letter of the series of labial consonants, the ''[[Parmatéma]]''.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref>  In standard Quenya spelling ''Ampa'' represents '''MP'''<ref name="Names"/> but in all other modes it represents '''V'''.<ref name="Letters"/>  The Westron name for this letter is '''''Ivi'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref>
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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 06:44, 16 June 2020

ampa is a noun meaning "hook" in Quenya.[1]

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Ampa is also the name in Quenya of the fourteenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the second letter of the fourth grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiced spirants", and it is the fourth letter of the series of labial consonants, the Parmatéma.[2] In standard Quenya spelling Ampa represents MP[1] but in all other modes it represents V.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Ivi.[3]

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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