Gloss “ambë” by Eldamo Import

ambë

adverb. more

Variations

  • ambe ✧ PE17/091

Derivations

  • amba “more” ✧ PE17/091
    • AMA “addition, increase, plus” ✧ PE17/091

Cognates

  • ᴺS. am “more”

Element in

  • Q. ambela “further still beyond, far away beyond” ✧ PE17/091
  • Q. am(be)na “nearer to” ✧ PE17/091

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
amba > ambe[ambe]✧ PE17/091
Tom Bombadil #382

So how can one say "more than ... "? Is that amba lá? Or maybe it is already ambela? Or anything else??

Quildamo #383

According the Ardalambion Quenya course:

Lá is also a preposition "beyond", and as such it is used in phrases having to do with comparison: VT42:32 cites the formula "A ná calima lá B" for "A is brighter than B" (literally "A is bright beyond B" – notice that the adjective calima "bright" appears in its simplest form, with no ending corresponding to the -er of "brighter").

From what I saw and IIRC, ambë can be used for comparison, but I'm not sure how.

Tamas Ferencz #384

Your question has got me thinking and I have started a discussion on it over on G+ - I will post whatever conclusion we come to here, but of course you are also welcome to follow it there: plus.google.com