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-rô and -ro are masculine endings in Primitive Elvish which indicate agentival formations[1] or just masculine endings.

Its feminine counterpart was -rî, -rê.

-rô was usually suffixed to a word root with or without n-infixion, and produce the word. The short form -ro is used after a suffixed stem-vowel.

The ending -ondô was frequently suffixed to it, like lansro-ndo.

Etymology

Perhaps it is related to /so "he". In later Quenya, the sound r is related to s and it's possible that this connection existed even bavk in Primitive Elvish.

Examples

See also

Other agentive suffixes are