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Early Quenya

moar(do)

noun. shepherd

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶mau̯ard- > moar[maward] > [mawar] > [mauar] > [moar]✧ PE12/014

Variations

  • moar ✧ PE12/014; QL/060
  • moardo ✧ QL/060
Early Quenya [PE12/014; QL/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mavar(do)

noun. shepherd

This Early Qenya word for “shepherd” had many variant forms: in some cases the first vowel a was preserved as in māvar (alternately mavar, mavardo or māwar) and in other cases it collapsed onto oa as in moar(do), all derived from the early root ᴱ√MAWA (QL/60, 62). This reflects differing phonetic developments for ancient āwa, awá (> āva, avá) vs ắwa (> oa), as discussed in The Qenya Phonology (PE12/14).

Cognates

  • G. mort “warrior, champion, hero; man; †sword, †shepherd” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Telimektar; QL/062

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶mau̯ard- ✧ PE12/014
    • ᴱ√MAWA “‽cry, bleat”
  • ᴱ√MAWA “‽cry, bleat” ✧ QL/060

Element in

  • Eq. Taimavar “Shepherd of the Sky” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; QL/062

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶mau̯ardī > mawardi[mauárdī] > [mauárdi] > [mawárdi]✧ PE12/014
ᴱ√MAWA > mavardo[mauárdō] > [mauárdo] > [mawárdo]✧ QL/060

Variations

  • mavar ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Telimektar; QL/062
  • māwar ✧ PE12/014
  • māvar ✧ QL/060
  • mavardo ✧ QL/060
Early Quenya [GL/58; LT1A/Telimektar; PE12/014; QL/060; QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by