pl. n. voices. glim maewion, ** maewia '(the) voices of gulls'.
Quenya
óma
voice
Sindarin
glim
noun. voice, voice, *utterance
Element in
- S. glim maewion “(the) voices of gulls” ✧ PE17/097
glim
noun. voices
glîn
noun. gleam, glint (usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light, particularly applied to light of eyes)
glînn
noun. gleam, glint (usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light, particularly applied to light of eyes)
glîn(n)
noun. gleam, glint
Derivations
- √GLIM “gleam, glint” ✧ WJ/337
Element in
Variations
- glîn ✧ SA/glîn
- glînn ✧ WJ/337
lamath
noun. echoing voices
conath
noun. lamentation
conath
noun. many voices
û
noun. voice
Cognates
- Q. óma “voice, resonance of the vocal chords, vowel”
Derivations
- √OM “of resonant sounds”
Primitive elvish
glim
root. gleam, glint
A Sindarin-only root glossed “gleam, glint” Tolkien coined to explain the name Maeglin (PM/337). Tolkien said it was used “usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light ... particularly applied to light of eyes”.
Derivatives
Variations
- glim ✧ WJ/337
ōma
noun. voice
Derivatives
- Q. óma “voice, resonance of the vocal chords, vowel” ✧ PE17/076
Element in
- ᴺS. úvae “vowel; vocalic”
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Qenya
óma
noun. voice
Derivations
- ᴹ√OM “*sound” ✧ Ety/OM
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√OM > óma [ōma] ✧ Ety/OM Variations
- ōma ✧ PE22/023
Gnomish
glim
adjective. shimmering
Derivations
- ᴱ√GILI “*shine (pale)”
Element in
- G. glimri “sheen” ✧ GL/39
ûm
noun. voice
Cognates
- Eq. óma “voice”
Derivations
- ᴱ√OHO “cry”
Early Quenya
silína
adjective. shimmering
Variations
- silīna ✧ QL/083
- silaina ✧ QL/083
silaina
adjective. shimmering
óma
noun. voice
Cognates
- G. ûm “voice”
Derivations
- ᴱ√OHO “cry” ✧ QL/069
Element in
- Eq. ómalingwe lir’ amaldar “*sang a gentle tune with many voices” ✧ VT40/08
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√OHO² > ōma [oxmā] > [oxma] > [oɣma] > [ōma] ✧ QL/069 Variations
- ōma ✧ PME/069; QL/069
óma noun "voice" (OM), "voice, resonance of the vocal chords" (VT39:16), "voice /vowel" _(PE17:138, where it is said that the root _OM refers to "drawn-out" sounds; contrast tomba, q.v.). With pronominal suffix #ómarya "his/her voice", genitive ómaryo "of his/her voice" (Nam, RGEO:67). Instrumental pl. ómainen "with voices" _(WJ:391). Adj. ómalóra "voiceless" (VT45:28)_. The term óma is closely associated with vowels, see óma-tengwë, ómëa; cf. also the compounds ómataina "vocalic extension", the addition to the base a final vowel identical to the stem-vowel (WJ:371, 417; also called ómataima, VT42:24, 25), ómatehtar "vowel-signs", signs used for vowels (usually called simply tehtar, but the latter term strictly includes all kinds of diacritics, not just the vowel-signs) (WJ:396)