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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== | |||
== | From [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kwâra]]'' [[root]] [[KWAR]]<ref>{{HM|PM}} p.318</ref><ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[Etymologies]] p.366</ref> | ||
==Cognates== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[quár]]/quárë'' | |||
*[[Telerin]] ''[[pár]]'' | |||
==See also== | |||
* ''[[Celebrimbor]]'' | * ''[[Celebrimbor]]'' | ||
* ''[[Tegilbor]]'' | * ''[[Tegilbor]]'' | ||
[[Category:Sindarin | [[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | ||
Revision as of 07:16, 23 February 2009
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 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
