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'''iâ''' ([[Sindarin]]) means "abyss, void".
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'''''iâ''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "void, abyss".<ref name=L>{{L|297}}, p. 383</ref><ref name=App>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[Old Sindarin]] *''jaga'' from [[root]] [[YAG]]
The word is a descendant form of ''yagā'', deriving from the [[Sundocarme|root]] YAG.<ref name=L/>


==See also==
==Examples==
*[[Moria]]
*''[[Moria|Mor'''ia''']]''<ref name=L/><ref name=App/>


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Latest revision as of 20:53, 19 October 2012

is a Sindarin word meaning "void, abyss".[1][2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The word is a descendant form of yagā, deriving from the root YAG.[1]

Examples[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967), p. 383
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"