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Gnomish

galaduir

proper name. Sun

aur(a)

noun. Sun

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as Aur “Sun” (GL/20), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. Ûr from the root ᴱ√URU as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ûr; QL/098). It appeared as aura in G. nalos·aura “sunset” and G. orosaura “sunrise” (GL/59, 62). The word G. aur “sun” was also mentioned in Gnomish Lexicon Slips with corrections for that document (PE13/114), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. aur meant “day”, whereas N. Anor became the name of the Sun (Ety/ANÁR, AR¹).

Cognates

  • Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

  • ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√URU > Aur[ūra] > [aura] > [aur]✧ LT1A/Ûr

Variations

  • Aur ✧ GL/20; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur
  • aura ✧ GL/59; GL/62 (aura)
  • aur ✧ PE13/114
Gnomish [GL/20; GL/59; GL/62; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uril

proper name. Sun

Cognates

  • Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

  • ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Gnomish [GL/75; LT1A/Ûr] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hŷr

noun. sun

A word appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s as {ŷr >>} hŷr “sun” beside a variant G. aur of the same meaning (PE13/114).

Changes

  • ŷrhŷr ✧ PE13/114

Element in

  • G. Aura-nûmin “Sunset” ✧ PE13/114 (Hyrnymi)
  • G. Aurfaiglim “the Sun at noon” ✧ PE13/114 (Hýrfaiglin)
  • G. Auros ✧ PE13/114
  • G. hyrost “*dawn” ✧ PE13/114

Variations

  • ŷr ✧ PE13/114 (ŷr)