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)