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==Sindarin== | ==Sindarin== | ||
'''''a''''' is [[Sindarin]] for "and" as well as "O!" | '''''a''''' is [[Sindarin]] for "and"<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, (entry ''ar-'')</ref><ref name=L230/> as well as "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/o#Interjection O!]"<ref name=L230>{{L|230}}</ref>. | ||
===Cognates=== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[ar]]'' | |||
==Gnomish== | ==Gnomish== | ||
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Sindarin
a is Sindarin for "and"[1][2] as well as "O!"[2].
Cognates
Gnomish
a is a Gnomish prefix, used to (1) cause an "initial consonant change; (2) form several adjectives and nouns.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", (entry ar-)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 17
