Quenya 

adverb. the[?] [?next]

Derivations

Variations

  • ✧ PE22/132

rauro

noun. lion

lion

Quenya [PE 19:99, 104] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

rauro

noun. lion

The common Quenya word for “lion” (more literally “roarer”) appearing in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, as opposed to archaic Q. † (PE19/99, 104); see that entry for further discussion of its conceptual development.

Derivations

  • rāw “lion” ✧ PE19/099
    • ᴹ√RAW “*roar”
  • raurō “roarer” ✧ PE19/104
    • ᴹ√RAW “*roar”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
rāw > raurō[rauro]✧ PE19/099
rau̯rō > rauro[raurō] > [rauro]✧ PE19/104

Variations

  • raurō ✧ PE19/099
Quenya [PE19/099; PE19/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rau

lion

rau (pl. rávi) noun "lion" (LT1:260; the pl. of this "Qenya" form is valid in Tolkien's later Quenya as well, but the sg. he changed to , q.v.)

lion

(2) noun "lion", stem #ráv- as in the pl. rávi (RAW). Compare rau.

noun. lion

An archaic word for “lion” mentioned in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, versus more common Q. rauro (PE19/99, 104).

Conceptual Development: This word has a lengthy history in Tolkien’s conception of Elvish, dating all the way back to ᴱQ. rau “lion” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√RAVA (QL/79). In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, Tolkien had “lion” (PE21/40). It appeared in The Etymologies from later in the 1930s as ᴹQ. “lion” derived from primitive ᴹ✶rāu [rāw] under the root ᴹ√RAW, with plural form rávi (Ety/RAW).

In the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from this period Tolkien had (unglossed) rāva < rāwa (PE19/62), but in Notes for Qenya Declensions from the 1940s Tolkien had (unglossed) rāu < rắwă (PE21/69). The last clear mention in currently published materials is in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, as discussed above.

Cognates

  • ᴺS. raw “lion”

Derivations

  • rāw “lion” ✧ PE19/099; PE19/104
    • ᴹ√RAW “*roar”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. ëarra “seal, sea lion”
  • ᴺQ. picara “leopard”
  • ᴺQ. rimpira “tiger, (lit.) stripe-lion”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
rāw > [rāw] > [rā]✧ PE19/099
rāw > [rāw] > [rā]✧ PE19/104

Variations

  • ✧ PE19/099 (); PE19/104
Quenya [PE19/099; PE19/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rá†

noun. lion

lion

Quenya [PE 19:99] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by