imbë (or imbe) is a word with two different meanings.
Quenya
The Quenya word imbë (or imbe) means "between".[1][2]
Examples
"i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië" ('on the foaming waves between us, and mist')[1]
Elvish
The word imbe, in an unidentified Elvish language, is said to mean "in(wards)".[3]
Helge Fauskanger has suggested that the word likely is Quenya.[4]
Etymology
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)", pp.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Farewell to Lórien"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 18
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Quenya Wordlists" at Ardalambion (accessed 16 June 2011)