Quenya 

amba

more

amba 2) adj. and noun "more", "used of any kind of measurement spatial, temporal, or quantitative" (PE:17:91). Cf. adverb ambë.

amba

more

Derivations

  • ✶am- “intensive prefix” ✧ PE17/090
    • √AMA “addition, increase, plus”
  • ✶amba “more” ✧ PE17/091
    • √AMA “addition, increase, plus” ✧ PE17/091

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶amba > amba[amba]✧ PE17/091

Variations

  • amba ✧ PE17/090; PE17/091
Quenya [PE17/090; PE17/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amba

up, upwards

amba 1) adv. "up, upwards" (AM2, PE17:157). Apparently also ama (UNU).

amba

adverb. up

Quenya [PE 22:21] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

amba

adverb. up(wards)

Cognates

  • S. am “up, up, [G.] upwards, towards head of, above”

Derivations

  • √AMA “addition, increase, plus” ✧ PE17/091
  • √AM “go up, go up, [ᴹ√] up” ✧ PE17/157

Element in

  • ᴺQ. ambahep- “to maintain, (lit.) upkeep”
  • ᴺQ. ambalasar “stalagmite, (lit.) up-growing stone”
  • Q. ambalotsë “uprising-flower”
  • Q. Ambaráto “*High Champion”
  • Q. Ambaróna “Eastern (Land)” ✧ PE17/082; PE17/091; RC/385
  • Q. ambarónë “dawn, dawn; [ᴹQ.] uprising, sunrise, Orient”
  • Q. Ambarto “*High and Lofty” ✧ PM/354
  • Q. Ambarussa “Top-russet” ✧ PM/354

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√AMA > amba[amba]✧ PE17/091
√AM > amba-[amba]✧ PE17/157

Variations

  • amba- ✧ PE17/082; PE17/157
  • amba ✧ PE17/091; PM/354; RC/385; UT/255
Quenya [PE17/082; PE17/091; PE17/157; PM/354; RC/385; UT/255] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ama

up

ama adv.? element not glossed, evidently meaning "up" like the prefix am-, or an alternative form of amba (UNU)

ambë

more

ambë adv. "more", "used of any kind of measurement spatial, temporal, or quantitative" (PE17:91). As noun or adjective, amba.

ambë

adverb. more

Cognates

  • ᴺS. am “more”

Derivations

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

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

Variations

  • ambe ✧ PE17/091

am-

up

am- (1) prefix "up" (AM2)

am-

prefix. up, up, [ᴱQ.] upwards

Derivations

  • √AM “go up, go up, [ᴹ√] up”

Element in

amu

up, upwards

amu adv. "up, upwards" (LT2:335; in Tolkien's later Quenya amba)

lil

more

lil adverbial particle "more" (PE14:80)

Sindarin 

am

adverb. up, up, [G.] upwards, towards head of, above

Cognates

  • Q. amba “up(wards)”

Derivations

  • √AM “go up, go up, [ᴹ√] up”

Element in

  • S. amdir “hope [based on reason], (lit.) looking up, hope [based on reason], *expectation, (lit.) looking up” ✧ MR/320
  • S. Amlaith
  • S. amloth “helm crest, (orig.) uprising flower”
  • ᴺS. amor “morning, early day”
  • S. Amras “Top-russet”
  • S. Amrod “*High and Lofty”
  • S. Amroth “Up-climber, High Climber”
  • S. amrûn “sunrise, east, (lit.) of the uprising”

Variations

  • Am ✧ MR/320 (Am)

am

adverb/adjective. more

Cognates

Derivations

  • √AMA “addition, increase, plus”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Primitive elvish

amba

?. more

Derivations

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

Derivatives

  • Q. amba “more” ✧ PE17/091
  • Q. ambë “more” ✧ PE17/091
Primitive elvish [PE17/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

am

preposition. up, upwards, upon

Noldorin [Ety/348] Group: SINDICT. Published by

am

adverb. up

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. amba “up(wards)” ✧ Ety/AM²

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AM “up” ✧ Ety/AM²

Element in

  • N. amben “uphill, uphill; [ᴱN.] arduous, difficult, tiresome” ✧ Ety/AM²
  • N. Amroth
  • N. Ammalas
  • N. amrûn “uprising, sunrise, Orient, east” ✧ Ety/AM²; PE22/035

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AM² > am[amba] > [amb] > [amb] > [amm] > [am]✧ Ety/AM²

Variations

  • amb ✧ PE22/035 (amb)
Noldorin [Ety/AM²; PE22/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

amba

adverb. up(wards)

Cognates

  • N. am “up” ✧ Ety/AM²

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶amba- ✧ Ety/AM²
    • ᴹ√AM “up” ✧ Ety/AM²
  • ᴹ√AM “up” ✧ Ety/UNU

Element in

  • ᴹQ. amatikse “dot or point placed above the line of writing” ✧ Ety/UNU (amatekse)
  • ᴹQ. am(ba)penda “uphill, uphill, *sloping up; [ᴱQ.] arduous, difficult, tiresome” ✧ Ety/AM²
  • ᴹQ. ambaróne “uprising, sunrise, Orient” ✧ Ety/AM²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶amba- > amba[amba]✧ Ety/AM²
ᴹ√AM² > ama[ama]✧ Ety/UNU

Variations

  • ama ✧ Ety/UNU
Qenya [Ety/AM²; Ety/UNU; PE22/021] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ama

adverb. up

am-

prefix. up

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AM “up” ✧ Ety/AM²

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AM² > am-[am-]✧ Ety/AM²

Middle Primitive Elvish

am

root. up

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶amba- ✧ Ety/AM²
    • ᴹQ. amba “up(wards)” ✧ Ety/AM²
    • ᴹQ. ambon “upward slope, hill-side” ✧ Ety/AM²
  • ᴹQ. am- “up” ✧ Ety/AM²
  • ᴹQ. amba “up(wards)” ✧ Ety/UNU
  • ᴹQ. ambo “hill” ✧ Ety/AM²
  • N. am “up” ✧ Ety/AM²
  • N. amon “hill” ✧ Ety/AM²

Element in

  • ᴹQ. ampende “upward slope” ✧ Ety/PEN
  • N. amben “uphill, uphill; [ᴱN.] arduous, difficult, tiresome” ✧ Ety/PEN
  • N. amrûn “uprising, sunrise, Orient, east” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Variations

  • AM ✧ Ety/NDŪ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AM²; Ety/NDŪ; Ety/PEN; Ety/UNU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gantha

adverb. more

Cognates

  • Eq. yanta- “to add to, enlarge, increase, augment” ✧ GL/37

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YṆTṆ “*(en)large, increase” ✧ GL/37

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√yṇt > gantha[jṇ̄tā] > [jantā] > [gantā] > [ganta] > [ganθa]✧ GL/37

gaid

adverb. more

orthi

adverb. up

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising”

Early Noldorin

am

adverb. up

Cognates

  • Eq. amba “up” ✧ PE13/137; PE13/159
  • Et. amba ✧ PE13/159

Element in

  • En. amvenn “uphill; arduous, difficult, tiresome”
  • En. amvinn “slope, incline, hillside”
Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Solosimpi

amba

adverb. amba

Cognates

  • En. am “up” ✧ PE13/159
Solosimpi [PE13/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

am(u)

root. up(wards)

Derivatives

  • Eq. am(u)- “up(wards)” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/030
  • Eq. amu “up(wards)” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. amunte “sun-rise, (lit.) lifting” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/030
  • Eq. amun “hill” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/030
  • Eq. amunta “up, risen (of the sun)” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. anwa “high up, place high” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. amu- “to raise” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/030
  • G. am “up, upwards, towards head of, above” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; PE13/109
  • G. amon “hill, mount, steep slope” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth
  • En. amra- “to rise, to rise; [G.] to go up and down, live in the mountains, wander”
  • G. antha “upper”

Variations

  • amū ✧ PE13/109
Early Primitive Elvish [LT2A/Amon Gwareth; PE13/109; QL/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

amba

adverb. up

Cognates

  • En. am “up” ✧ PE13/137; PE13/159

Element in

Early Quenya [PE13/137; PE13/159; PE16/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

am-

prefix. up(wards)

amu

adverb. up(wards)

Cognates

  • G. am “up, upwards, towards head of, above”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AM(U) “up(wards)” ✧ QL/030

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AM(U) > amu[amū] > [amu]✧ QL/030
Early Quenya [QL/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

am(u)-

prefix. up(wards)

Cognates

  • G. am “up, upwards, towards head of, above” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AM(U) “up(wards)” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/030

Element in

  • Eq. Ambalar “the East” ✧ PE16/075
  • Eq. ankasse(a) “lofty, tall, (lit.) up-headed, high-headed” ✧ QL/030

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AM(U) > am-[am-]✧ QL/030

Variations

  • am(u) ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth
  • am- ✧ PE16/075; QL/030
  • amu- ✧ QL/030
Early Quenya [LT2A/Amon Gwareth; PE16/075; QL/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olda

adjective. more

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OLO “*increase, more”

Variations

  • olda ✧ PE14/048; PE14/080; PE15/75
  • lilda ✧ PE14/080; PE15/75
Early Quenya [PE14/048; PE14/080; PE15/75] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oldo(s)

adverb. more

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OLO “*increase, more”

Variations

  • oldo ✧ PE14/048
  • oldos ✧ PE14/048
  • ol ✧ PE14/048
  • lildo(s) ✧ PE14/080; PE15/75
  • lil ✧ PE14/080; PE15/75
Early Quenya [PE14/048; PE14/080; PE15/75] Group: Eldamo. Published by