unque is a noun meaning "a hollow" in Quenya.[1]
Unque is also the name in Quenya of the sixteenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the fourth letter of the fourth grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiced spirants" and it is the fourth letter in the fourth series of consonants.[2] In the standard spelling of Quenya this letter represents NKW (or transcribed in English as NQU)[1] while in Sindarin this letter represents GHW. In Westron the fourth series is used for the k-series, the Calmatéma, and this letter represents GH.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Agha.[3]
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root UNUK.[4]
See also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ See Alphabet of Fëanor: Numenian, or Westron, Mode
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", UNUK-