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==Sindarin== | |||
'''''taur''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "forest".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}. pp. 82, 115</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref> | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
Sindarin ''taur'' is a descendant form of ?[[Primitive Quendian]] ''tau-rē'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW]].<ref name=PE17/> | |||
===Cognates=== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[taure]]''<ref name=PE17/> | |||
==Noldorin== | |||
===Etymology 1=== | |||
'''''taur''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "great wood, forest",<ref group=note>Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.</ref> a descendant form of [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[taurē]]'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW#Other versions of the legendarium|TÁWAR]].<ref name=LR1>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 391</ref> | |||
===Etymology 2=== | |||
'''''taur''''' is a poetic/archaic (†) [[Noldorin]] word meaning "king", derived from Primitive Quendian ''[[tāro]]'' ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root [[TĀ|TĀ, TAƷ]].<ref name=LR2>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 389</ref> | |||
===Etymology 3=== | |||
'''''taur''''' is a [[Noldorin]] adjective meaning "vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful - also high, sublime" (poetic only or in ancient titles and names), from roots [[TĀ|TĀ, TAƷ]]/[[TUR]].<ref name=LR1/><ref name=LR3>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 395</ref> | |||
==Ilkorin== | |||
The [[Ilkorin]] word '''''taur''''' means "great wood, forest" or "wood (place and material), a descendant form of [[Primitive Quendian]] ''taurē'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW#Other versions of the legendarium|TÁWAR]].<ref name=LR1/> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[daur#Daur in the Song of Praise|''Daur'' in the Song of Praise]] | |||
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Sindarin
taur is a Sindarin word meaning "forest".[1][2]
Etymology
Sindarin taur is a descendant form of ?Primitive Quendian tau-rē, derived from root TAW.[1]
Cognates
Noldorin
Etymology 1
taur is a Noldorin word meaning "great wood, forest",[note 1] a descendant form of Primitive Quendian taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]
Etymology 2
taur is a poetic/archaic (†) Noldorin word meaning "king", derived from Primitive Quendian tāro ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root TĀ, TAƷ.[4]
Etymology 3
taur is a Noldorin adjective meaning "vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful - also high, sublime" (poetic only or in ancient titles and names), from roots TĀ, TAƷ/TUR.[3][5]
Ilkorin
The Ilkorin word taur means "great wood, forest" or "wood (place and material), a descendant form of Primitive Quendian taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.
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). pp. 82, 115
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 391
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 389
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 395
