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Quenya
laure[1][2][3] (or laurë[4]) is a Quenya word glossed as:
- "gold, not the metal but the colour, what we would should call golden light"[2][4]
- "golden colour of sunshine or golden flowers"[1]
- "light of the golden Tree Laurelin, gold",[3]
Etymology
In the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems", laure derives from root LAW.[1]
In the Etymologies, laure derives from root LÁWAR-.[3]
Examples
- Ingalaurë, "Inga-gold"; the mother-name of Finarfin due to his golden hair of his mother's people[5]
- Laurelin, "Song of Gold"; name of one of the Two Trees of Valinor[6]
- Laurelindórenan, "Valley of Singing Gold";[7] and older name for Lothlórien[8]
- Laurenandë, "Valley of Gold"; another name for Lothlórien[7]
- laurië (plural adjective), "golden"[9]
- laurina, "golden"[10]
- laurinquë, possible "gold-ful one";[11] a tree in Hyarrostar in Númenor with yellow flowers[12]
- Makalaurë, "forging gold"; a prophetic mother-name for Maglor[13]
Qenya
laure is a Qenya word meaning "gold". The word derives from root LAURE.
See also
- Root KUL ("golden-red")
- For other words glossed as "gold", see Gold: Names
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 159
- ↑ 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), p. 308
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 368 (entry LÁWAR)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry laurë
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: Later versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", note 5
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Window on the West"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)", p. 66
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I
- ↑ Helge Kåre Fauskanger, Ardalambion, Quenya Wordlists
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor"