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'''inbar''' is an element from the [[Khuzdul]] name ''[[Barazinbar]]'' and is translated as "horn". | '''inbar''' is an element from the [[Khuzdul]] name ''[[Caradhras|Barazinbar]]'' and is translated as "horn". | ||
The actual word is not known, but perhaps it was *''nibar'' or *''mibar'' since words of three radical vowels such this (look below) don't begin with a vowel. | The actual word is not known, but perhaps it was *''nibar'' or *''mibar'' since words of three radical vowels such this (look below) don't begin with a vowel. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word derives from the [[ | The word derives from the [[Sundocarmë|Root]] M-B-R<ref>{{HM|TI}}, p. 174</ref> but it is possible that it is perhaps a mistype for *N-B-R.<ref>[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_khuzdul.html An analysis of Dwarvish] by [[Magnus Åberg]]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:29, 13 September 2015
inbar is an element from the Khuzdul name Barazinbar and is translated as "horn".
The actual word is not known, but perhaps it was *nibar or *mibar since words of three radical vowels such this (look below) don't begin with a vowel.
Etymology
The word derives from the Root M-B-R[1] but it is possible that it is perhaps a mistype for *N-B-R.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, p. 174
- ↑ An analysis of Dwarvish by Magnus Åberg
