OR
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OR (also ORO and RŌ) is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "rise, mount". The reverse root is said to be NŪ, NDŪ ("sink, go down").[1]
In a letter, Tolkien noted the root ŌR/RO, signifying "rise up, go high".[2]
Derivatives[edit | edit source]
- Quenya: Rōme(n); ornā; oro, orto ("mount, mountain"); oro- ("up, aloft"); órta-[1]
- Sindarin: orod[1]
Quenya óre ("heart (inner mind)", Telerin ōre, and Sindarin gûr, are said to be associated with Common Eldarin OR,[note 1] although probably not "semantically connected".[3]
Other versions[edit | edit source]
In the Qenya Lexicon appears the roots ORO (with the descendant Qenya form oro- "rise") and RŌ, ROHO (with the descendant Qenya rōna- "arise, rise, ascend").[4]
In the Etymologies appears the roots ORO- ("up; rise; high") and RŌ- ("rise"). Among the derivatives are:[5]
- ORO-
- RŌ-
- Quenya: rómen; rómenya ("eastern"); róna ("east")
- Old Noldorin: róna ("east")
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes
- ↑ Editor Carl F. Hostetter links the mention of "√OR" to the base ORO- appearing in the Etymologies.
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. 63-4, 112, 171 (roots appearing as "√OR-", "ORO", "RŌ", "√OR/RŌ")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972), p. 426 (root appearing as "√ŌR/RO")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes on Óre" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000, p. 11 (root appearing as "√OR")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 379, 384
