lú noun "a time, occasion" (LU)
Quenya
elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo
a star shines on the hour of our meeting
Cognates
- T. él síla lúmena vomentienguo “A star shines upon the hour of the meeting of our ways” ✧ WJ/367
Elements
Word Gloss elen “star” sil- “to shine (white)” lúmë “time, period of time, hour” omentië “meeting (of pathways), (lit.) coming together of journey-path, meeting or junction of the directions of two people” Variations
- elen síla lúmenn’ omentielmo ✧ Let/265
- síla lúmenna omentielvo ✧ Let/425
- Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo ✧ LotR/0081
- elen síla lummenn(a) omentielmo ✧ PE17/012
- Elen sīla lúmenn(a)’ omentielmo ✧ PE17/014
- Elen síla lúmenna omentielvo ✧ WJ/367
lúmë
time
lú
time, occasion
lúmë (1) noun "time" (LU, PE17:168) or "hour", locative lúmessë (VT43:34), pl. locative lúmissen "at the times" (VT49:47), allative lúmenna "upon the hour", elided lúmenn' in the greeting elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo "a star shines upon the hour of our meeting", because the next word begins with a similar vowel. The complete form lúmenna omentielvo is found in WJ:367 and Letters:425 (footnote). Cf. also the compounds lumenyárë and lúmequenta, q.v.; see also #sillumë.