ráma

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ráma (pl. rámar, rámali) is a Quenya word meaning "wing" and poetically "branch" of a tree.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

PQ râmâ from root RAM[1]

Other forms[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

Examples[edit | edit source]

"Yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron! ('long years numberless as the wings of trees!')[5]"
Namárië

Inspiration[edit | edit source]

In Latin, rāmus means "branch"[8] which mirrors the poetic usage of rámar as "wings (of trees)" > "branches" in Namárië[5]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry RAM
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 1 & Quenya Verb Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXII (edited by Christopher Gilson and Arden R. Smith)
  3. 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)
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)
  5. 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)", line 2
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries "AYAR-/AIR-", "RAM-"
  7. Paul Strack, "Q. Númerrámar pn.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 21 February 2024)
  8. Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary