ONO
ONO is a Primitive Quendian root.
ON/NO (or ONO/NŌ) signifies "beget/be born". NŌ (or NO) signifies "generation, people, folk, large group regarded as of common ancestry".[1]
While ONO shortly is explained as signifying "beget, give birth to", a longer signification is given as "family, tribe or group having a common ancestry, the land or region in which they dwelt".[2] The latter signification shows the blending with NDOR/DORO.[1][2]
Derivatives[edit]
- Quenya: onta ("beget"); nosta ("be begotten"); onwe, onna ("child")[1]
- blended with NDOR/DORO
Other versions[edit]
NŌ-, ONO-[edit]
In the Etymologies appear the related roots NŌ- and ONO-, both signifying "beget". From these roots derive:[3]
- NŌ-
- Quenya: onóro ("brother"), onóne ("sister")
- Old Noldorin: wanūro[4]
- Noldorin: gwanur
- ONO-
NŌ-[edit]
In the Qenya Lexicon appears the root NŌ-, signifying "become, be born".[5]
NŌ-, NOWO? (NONO?)[edit]
Also in the Qenya Lexicon appears the root NŌ-, NOWO? (NONO?), signifying "ahead, in front; after, of time; tomorrow" (one of the derivatives is Qenya nuo "tomorrow").[5] Patrick H. Wynne therefore connects this early root to the late Quenya word noa ("tomorrow" or "yesterday").[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 26, 168, 170-171 (root appearing as "ON/NO", "√ONO/NŌ", "NO; NŌ." and "√NŌ")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", pp. 387, 413 (root appears as "*ONO")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 378-379
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, pp. 6-7
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 66
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 34 (note 23)
