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'''otso''' is the [[Quenya]] word for the number seven.   
'''''otso''''' is the [[Quenya]] word for the number seven.   
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
It comes from the [[PQ]] [[root]] [[OT]]OS/OTOK<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]]</ref>
It comes from the [[PQ]] [[root]] [[OT]]OS/OTOK<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]], OT</ref>
==Other forms==
==Other forms==
*''[[otosta]], [[osta]](t)'' "one seventh" (1/7)
*''[[otosta]], [[osta]](t)'' "one seventh" (1/7)
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Otselen]]
*[[Otselen]]
==Cognates==
*[[Telerin]] ''[[otos]](o)''
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[odog]]


==Inspiration==
==Inspiration==
Otso is one of the many words for <i>karhu</i> ('bear') in Finnish. [[Karhu]] is also the name of the frequent polar bear character in [[The Father Christmas Letters]] which Tolkien wrote to his children during the years 1920-1943<ref>W.G. Hammond - C. Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien : Artist & Illustrator, Boston - New York 1995, 69, fig. 66</ref>
Otso is one of the many words for ''karhu'' ("bear") in Finnish. Karhu is also the name of the frequent [[North Polar Bear]] character in ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]'', which Tolkien wrote to his children during the years 1920-1943.<ref>{{HM|AI}}, p. 69, fig. 66</ref>
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Quenya numbers

otso is the Quenya word for the number seven.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

It comes from the PQ root OTOS/OTOK[1]

Other forms[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

Inspiration[edit | edit source]

Otso is one of the many words for karhu ("bear") in Finnish. Karhu is also the name of the frequent North Polar Bear character in Letters from Father Christmas, which Tolkien wrote to his children during the years 1920-1943.[2]

References