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[[Image:Harma.gif|left]]''Harma'' (the ''h'' was pronounced as ''ch'') was also the name in Quenya of the eleventh letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> It is the third letter of the third grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiceless spirants" and it is the third letter in the third series of consonants. | [[Image:Harma.gif|left]]''Harma'' (the ''h'' was pronounced as ''ch'') was also the name in Quenya of the eleventh letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> It is the third letter of the third grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiceless spirants" and it is the third letter in the third series of consonants. | ||
For written Quenya, the third series is used for the ''k''-series, the ''[[Calmatéma]]''.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref> Originally ''Harma'' represented spirant '''CH''' in all positions. | *For written Quenya, the third series is used for the ''k''-series, the ''[[Calmatéma]]''.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref> Originally ''Harma'' represented spirant '''CH''' in all positions. Over time the initial sound softened into breath '''H''' at the beginning of words (a sound for which Quenya originally used a letter called ''[[Halla]]''); the letter ''Harma'' was then used only in medial positions, where the original '''CH''' sound was retained, and to reflect this, it was renamed ''[[Aha]]''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters'', footnote 1</ref> | ||
*In [[Sindarin]] this letter represents '''CH'''. | |||
In [[Westron]], the third series is used for a variety of consonantal sounds and this letter represents '''SH'''.<ref name="Letters"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Shé'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | *In [[Westron]], the third series is used for a variety of consonantal sounds and this letter represents '''SH'''.<ref name="Letters"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Shé'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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harma is a noun meaning "treasure" in Quenya.[1]
Harma (the h was pronounced as ch) was also the name in Quenya of the eleventh letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the third letter of the third grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiceless spirants" and it is the third letter in the third series of consonants.
- For written Quenya, the third series is used for the k-series, the Calmatéma.[2] Originally Harma represented spirant CH in all positions. Over time the initial sound softened into breath H at the beginning of words (a sound for which Quenya originally used a letter called Halla); the letter Harma was then used only in medial positions, where the original CH sound was retained, and to reflect this, it was renamed Aha.[3]
- In Sindarin this letter represents CH.
- In Westron, the third series is used for a variety of consonantal sounds and this letter represents SH.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Shé.[4]
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root ƷAR.[5]
See Also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters, footnote 1
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", ƷAR-
