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'''''paur''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning ''fist'', as in a hand clenched around a tool or implement. In names it is often shortened to ''-bor''. | '''''paur''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning ''fist'', as in a hand clenched around a tool or implement. In names it is often shortened to ''-bor''. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
From [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kwâra]]'' [[root]] [[KWAR]]<ref>{{HM|PM}} p.318</ref><ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[Etymologies]] p.366</ref> | From [[Old Sindarin]] *''pâra'', from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kwâra]]'' [[root]] [[KWAR]]<ref>{{HM|PM}} p.318</ref><ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[Etymologies]] p.366</ref> | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[quár]]/quárë'' | *[[Quenya]] ''[[quár]]/quárë'' | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 4 April 2010
paur is a Sindarin word meaning fist, as in a hand clenched around a tool or implement. In names it is often shortened to -bor.
Etymology
From Old Sindarin *pâra, from Primitive Quendian kwâra root KWAR[1][2]
Cognates
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth p.318
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Etymologies p.366
