Quenya 

ambarónë

noun. dawn, dawn; [ᴹQ.] uprising, sunrise, Orient

Element in

  • Q. Ambaróna “Eastern (Land)” ✧ PE17/082

Elements

WordGloss
amba“up(wards)”
(h)róna“eastern, east”

Variations

  • ambaróne ✧ PE17/082; RC/385
Quenya [PE17/082; RC/385] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ára

dawn

ára noun "dawn" (AR1). According to VT45:6, ára is also the name of the long vowel carrier of the Tengwar system; it would be the first letter of the word ára if spelt in Tengwar.

amaurëa

dawn, early day

†amaurëa noun "dawn, early day" (Markirya)

amuntë

sunrise

amuntë noun "sunrise" (LT2:335; Tolkien's later Quenya has anarórë)

anarórë

sunrise

anarórë noun "sunrise" (ORO)

amaurëa

adjective. dawn, early day, morning

Element in

Quenya [MC/222; MC/223] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orontë

sunrise

orontë, oronto noun "Sunrise" (LT1:264). Notice that in Tolkiens later Quenya, orontë is also the intransitive pa.t. ("rose") of the verb orta- "rise/raise" (q.v.)

amaurë Reconstructed

noun. dawn, early day, morning

Cognates

  • ᴺS. amor “morning, early day”

Element in

  • Q. amaurëa “dawn, early day, morning” ✧ MC/223

Sindarin 

minuial

noun. "morrowdim", the time near dawn, when the star fade

Sindarin [LotR/D] min+uial "first twilight". Group: SINDICT. Published by

minuial

dawn

minuial (i vinuial) (morrowdim, twilight), pl. minuiail (i minuiail)

minuial

dawn

(i vinuial) (morrowdim, twilight), pl. minuiail (i minuiail)

amrûn

sunrise

amrûn (orient, east, uprising), pl. emrŷn

amrûn

sunrise

(orient, east, uprising), pl. emrŷn

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Qenya 

ára

noun. dawn, day

Cognates

  • N. aur “day, morning” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AR “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹

Element in

  • ᴹQ. áratenkele “writing of A, (lit.) daywriting” ✧ PE22/047

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AR¹ > ára[āra]✧ Ety/AR¹

Variations

  • āra ✧ PE22/018; PE22/023
Qenya [Ety/AR¹; EtyAC/AR¹; PE22/018; PE22/023; PE22/047; PE22/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anaróre

noun. sunrise

Elements

WordGloss
Anar“Sun”
óre“rising, rising, *rise; [ᴱQ.] dawn, Sunrise, East”

Gnomish

am(b)ros(t)

noun. dawn

Changes

  • ambros(t) → am(b)ros(t) ✧ GL/19

Cognates

  • Eq. amunte “sun-rise, (lit.) lifting”

Variations

  • ambros(t) ✧ GL/19 (ambros(t))
  • amrost ✧ PE13/110; PE13/114
Gnomish [GL/19; PE13/110; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amrost

noun. dawn

aurost

noun. dawn

haurost

noun. dawn

Changes

  • aurost → haurost “dawn” ✧ GL/20

Derivations

Variations

  • aurost ✧ GL/20 (aurost); LT1A/Ûr; PE13/114
Gnomish [GL/20; LT1A/Ûr; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hyrost

noun. *dawn

Variations

  • Hyrost ✧ PE13/114

glóna-

verb. to dawn

glô

noun. sunrise, dawn, daybreak

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KALA “shine golden”

Element in

Gnomish [GL/40; GL/41] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orosaura

noun. sunrise

rost’aura

proper name. Sunrise

Elements

WordGloss
rosta“ascent, uprising, rising”
aur(a)“Sun”

Variations

  • Oros·Aura ✧ GL/66
Gnomish [GL/66; LT1A/Tavrobel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

galad

noun. dawn

Early Noldorin [PE13/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amrost úr

sunrise

Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

oðo

root. *dawn

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶Ŏrŏmǣ
  • Eq. oronte “sun-rise” ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070
  • Eq. óre “dawn, Sunrise, East” ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070
  • Eq. Orome ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070
  • Eq. osto “gates of the Sun” ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070
  • Eq. oronto “East, rising (of the sun)” ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070
  • G. Orma ✧ LT1A/Oromë

Variations

  • ORO² ✧ LT1A/Oromë
  • OŘO ✧ QL/070
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Oromë; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ořo

root. *dawn

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

óre

noun. dawn, Sunrise, East

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OÐO “*dawn” ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070

Element in

  • Eq. órea “of the dawn, Eastern” ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070
  • Eq. lindórea “singing at dawn (esp. of birds)” ✧ QL/054
  • Eq. lintuilindórea “of autumn; when many swallows congregate and sing at dawn”
  • Eq. óresse oilima “in the last morning” ✧ MC/214
  • Eq. Oreros “Eastwind” ✧ QL/070
  • Eq. Oresul “Eastwind” ✧ QL/070
  • Eq. Orodáni “East Danes”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OŘO > ōre[ōðē] > [ōðe] > [ōze] > [ōre]✧ QL/070

Variations

  • órë ✧ LT1A/Oromë
  • ōre ✧ QL/054 (ōre); QL/070
Early Quenya [LT1A/Oromë; MC/214; QL/054; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by