Middle Primitive Elvish
abar
root. *refuser
abāro
noun. refuser, one who does not go forth
belē
noun. strength
tū
noun. strength
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abar
root. *refuser
abāro
noun. refuser, one who does not go forth
belē
noun. strength
tū
noun. strength
A “root” in The Etymologies from the 1930s that was an extension of ᴹ√AB “refuse, deny” (Ety/AB). It seems to just be ᴹ√AB(A) with the usual agental suffix -ro added. Its main derivative was Avari, a term that survived into Tolkien’s later writings as the name of the Elves that refused to go to Valinor.