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'''''laurë''''' is a [[quenya]] word meaning "the color gold".
==Quenya==
'''''laurë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word glossed as:
#"gold, not the metal but the colour, what we would should call golden light"<ref name=L230>{{L|230}}, p. 308</ref><ref name=silmap>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''laurë''</ref>
#"golden colour of sunshine or golden flowers"<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 80, 159</ref>
#"light of the golden Tree ''Laurelin'', gold"<ref name=etym>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "[[LAW|LÁWAR]]")</ref>
#"gold"<ref name=PE17/><ref name=UTG>{{UT|Galadriel}}, note 5</ref>


[[Category:Quenya words]]
===Etymology===
In the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems", ''laure'' derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[LAW]].<ref name=PE17/>
 
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], ''laure'' derives from root [[LAW#Other versions|LÁWAR-]].<ref name=etym/>
 
===Examples===
*''Inga'''laurë''''', "[[Vanyar#Etymology|Inga]]-gold"; the [[Amilessë|mother-name]] of [[Finarfin]] due to his golden hair of his mother's people<ref name=morg>{{MR|P3II4}}</ref>
*''[[Laurelin|'''Laure'''lin]]'', "Song of Gold"; name of one of the [[Two Trees]] of [[Valinor]]<ref name=silmindex>{{S|Index}}</ref>
*''[[Lothlórien|'''Laure'''lindórenan]]'', "Valley of Singing Gold";<ref name=UTG/> and older name for [[Lothlórien]]<ref name=rotk>{{TT|IV5}}</ref>
*'''''Laure'''nandë'', "Valley of Gold"; another name for Lothlórien<ref name=UTG/>
*''laurië'' (plural adjective), "golden"<ref name=rgeo>{{RGEO|5}}, p. 66</ref>
*''[[laurinquë|'''laur'''inquë]]'', possible "gold-ful one";<ref name=arda>[[Helge Fauskanger]], ''[[Ardalambion]]'', [http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/wordlists.htm Quenya Wordlists]</ref> a tree in [[Hyarrostar]] in [[Númenor]] with yellow flowers<ref name=uttree>{{UT|3}}</ref>
*''Maka'''laurë''''', "forging gold"; a prophetic mother-name for [[Maglor]]<ref name=pome>{{PM|Feanor}}, p. 353</ref>
 
==Qenya==
'''''laurë''''' is a [[Qenya]] word meaning "gold". The word derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] LAURE.<ref>{{PE|12}}</ref> A related form is ''laurina'', "golden".<ref name=bolt>{{LT1|Appendix}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[glaur]]''
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[KUL]] ("golden-red")
*For other words glossed as "gold", see ''[[Gold#Names|Gold: Names]]''
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Quenya[edit | edit source]

laurë is a Quenya word glossed as:

  1. "gold, not the metal but the colour, what we would should call golden light"[1][2]
  2. "golden colour of sunshine or golden flowers"[3]
  3. "light of the golden Tree Laurelin, gold"[4]
  4. "gold"[3][5]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems", laure derives from root LAW.[3]

In the Etymologies, laure derives from root LÁWAR-.[4]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Qenya[edit | edit source]

laurë is a Qenya word meaning "gold". The word derives from root LAURE.[13] A related form is laurina, "golden".[14]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry laurë
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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. 80, 159
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "LÁWAR")
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", note 5
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: Later versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
  7. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  8. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Window on the West"
  9. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)", p. 66
  10. ↑ Helge Fauskanger, Ardalambion, Quenya Wordlists
  11. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor"
  12. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", "The names of the Sons of Fëanor", p. 353
  13. ↑ 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)
  14. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I
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