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'''UB''' is a [[Primitive Quendian]] [[root]] with the sense "consider; have in mind; ponder".<ref name=VT48/> | '''UB''' is a [[Primitive Quendian]] [[root]] with the sense "consider; have in mind; ponder".<ref name=VT48/> | ||
It is the origin of the [[Quenya]] future suffix ''-uva''.<ref name=VT48>{{VT|48a}} pp. 25, 32 (note 15)</ref> | It is the origin of the [[Quenya]] future suffix ''-uva''.<ref name=VT48>{{VT|48a}}, pp. 25, 32 (note 15)</ref> | ||
==Derivatives== | ==Derivatives== | ||
*Quenya: ''úvie'' ("considering a matter (with a view to decision)")<ref name=VT48/> | *Quenya: ''[[úvie]]'' ("considering a matter (with a view to decision)")<ref name=VT48/> | ||
*[[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]]: ''ūba-'' ("to brood on, ponder")<ref name=VT48/> | *[[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]]: ''[[ūba-]]'' ("to brood on, ponder")<ref name=VT48/> | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Roots]] | [[Category:Roots]] |
Latest revision as of 21:53, 25 June 2011
UB is a Primitive Quendian root with the sense "consider; have in mind; ponder".[1]
It is the origin of the Quenya future suffix -uva.[1]
Derivatives[edit | edit source]
- Quenya: úvie ("considering a matter (with a view to decision)")[1]
- Old Noldorin: ūba- ("to brood on, ponder")[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, pp. 25, 32 (note 15)