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Middle Primitive Elvish

khyar

root. left hand

A root given as {ᴹ√KHAR >>} ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, associated with ᴹQ. hyarmen/N. harad “south” (Ety/KHYAR). These words for “south” reappeared in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115), and the connection between “south” and “left” was reaffirmed in Tolkien’s discussion of the Ambidexters Sentence from the late 1960s, since the Elves aligned the cardinal directions by facing west towards Aman (VT49/6-8).

Changes

  • KHARKHYAR ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Derivatives

  • Q. hyar- “left-hand, south”
  • ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR
  • ᴹQ. hyarya “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR
  • N. heir “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
  • N. harad “south” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
  • N. harfen “*south-region” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
  • S. harn “south, southern”
  • N. harn “southern” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Element in

  • ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/MEN

Variations

  • KHAR ✧ Ety/KHYAR (KHAR)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHYAR; Ety/MEN; Ety/PHOR] Group: Eldamo. Published by