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'''''orta-''''' is a [[Quenya]] verb meaning "rise, raise, lift up".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 63-4</ref><ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 379</ref><ref>{{L|347}}, p. 426</ref> The form of the past tense is '''''ortane''''' ("lifted up") | '''''orta-''''' is a [[Quenya]] verb meaning "rise, raise, lift up".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 63-4</ref><ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 379</ref><ref>{{L|347}}, p. 426</ref> The form of the past tense is '''''ortane''''' ("lifted up, raised")<ref>{{RGEO|Notes}}, p. 67</ref><ref name=PE17/> when transitive or causative, and '''''oronte''''' ("rose")<ref name=PE17/> when intransitive. | ||
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In "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Words, Phrases and Passages]]", the word derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[OR|OR, ORO, RŌ]] ("rise, mount").<ref name=PE17/> | In "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Words, Phrases and Passages]]", the word derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[OR|OR, ORO, RŌ]] ("rise, mount").<ref name=PE17/> | ||
Latest revision as of 00:30, 22 June 2015
orta- is a Quenya verb meaning "rise, raise, lift up".[1][2][3] The form of the past tense is ortane ("lifted up, raised")[4][1] when transitive or causative, and oronte ("rose")[1] when intransitive.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
In "Words, Phrases and Passages", the word derives from root OR, ORO, RŌ ("rise, mount").[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
Inspiration[edit | edit source]
In Latin the verb for "rise up" is orior, and orta is a feminine form meaning "she who is raised". It is unknown if Tolkien was inspired by these similarities.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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), p. 63-4
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 379
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972), p. 426
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 67
