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'''''úvanimo''''', or ''úvano'', means "a [[Monsters|monster]], corrupt or evil creature" in [[Quenya]].<ref name=PE150>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 150</ref> The word ''úvanimo'' also appears in the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', given the meaning "monster (creature of [[Morgoth|Melko]])" (wrongly rendered as capitalized "''Úvanimor''" in the published text).<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 351</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 7</ref> | '''''úvanimo''''', or ''úvano'', means "a [[Monsters|monster]], corrupt or evil creature" in [[Quenya]].<ref name=PE150>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 150</ref> The word ''úvanimo'' also appears in the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', given the meaning "monster (creature of [[Morgoth|Melko]])" (wrongly rendered as capitalized "''Úvanimor''" in the published text).<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 351</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 7</ref> | ||
Such creatures that were identified | Such creatures that were identified by this term include [[Giants]], [[Ogres]], and [[Gongs]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Revision as of 12:55, 20 September 2012
úvanimo, or úvano, means "a monster, corrupt or evil creature" in Quenya.[1] The word úvanimo also appears in the Etymologies, given the meaning "monster (creature of Melko)" (wrongly rendered as capitalized "Úvanimor" in the published text).[2][3]
Such creatures that were identified by this term include Giants, Ogres, and Gongs.
Etymology
Cognates
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 150
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 351
- ↑ 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. 7
