Primitive elvish

ulmō

masculine name. Ulmō

Primitive elvish [PE18/106; PE21/75; PE21/76; PE21/77] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quenya 

ulmo

masculine name. Pourer

A Vala, Lord of the Waters (S/26). This name was originally derived from his Valarin name or title Ul(l)ubōz (WJ/400). Later it was interpreted as a combination of the root √UL “pour” and the agental suffix -mo, thus meaning “Pourer”, and this interpretation influenced its final Quenya form (WJ/401).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Ulmo appeared in the earliest Lost Tales as a replacement for very early ᴱQ. Linqil (LT1/58, 61), and the name kept this form in all of Tolkien’s later writings. At the earliest stage, ᴱQ. Ulmo appeared in the Qenya Lexicon as a derivative of the root ᴱ√ULU “pour, flow fast”, and in The Etymologies from the 1930s the name ᴹQ. Ulmo still had this derivation, from the root ᴹ√ULU “pour, flow”. The idea that his name was derived from Valarin did not emerge until the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 (WJ/400), but Tolkien retained the earlier derivation of his name as a false etymology.

Quenya [MRI/Ulmo; PE21/80; PMI/Ulmo; SI/Ulmo; UTI/Ulmo; WJ/400; WJI/Ulmo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Ulmo

the pourer

Ulmo masc. name, used of the Vala of all waters (ULU), interpreted "the Pourer" by folk etymology, but the name was actually adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:400)

Ar Ulmon

day of ulmo

Ar Ulmon noun *"Day of Ulmo" (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -n.)

Ulmo

Ulmo

The name Ulmo is said to derive from the Valarin Ullubōz. Alternatively, Ulmo is a Quenya title, which means "He who pours" (cf. ulya- "to pour" and agentive ending -mo "-er").[source?] In the earlier writings his Noldorin name was Ylmir, among them Tuor's The Horns of Ylmir.[source?] (Another Noldorin translation of his name is given as Nûron.) The Sindarin form is Ulu ([ˈulu]), though he is also called Guiar ([ˈɡuɪ.ar]) and Gulma ([ˈɡulma]).[source?] In Eriol's Old English translations, Ulmo is referred to by various names: Garsecges frea "Ocean ruler", ealwaeter-frea "All-waters ruler" or agendfrea ealra waetera "owning lord of all waters".

Quenya [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

hyalma

shell, conch, horn of ulmo

hyalma noun "shell, conch, horn of Ulmo" (SYAL). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, hyalma was also the name of tengwa #33 (VT46:16), which letter Tolkien would later call hyarmen instead.

Noldorin 

uiar

masculine name. Ulmo

Noldorin name of ᴹQ. Ulmo from The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/WAY), also appearing as Guiar (Ety/ULU), derived from the primitive form ᴹ✶Wāyārō.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, his name was given as G. Gulma (GL/18, 43), but appears as Ulm or Ulum in “Official Name List” for the Lost Tales (PE13/101). In the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s, his name was first given as Gulma but was revised to ᴱN. Ylmir (LB/93), a form that reappeared in the earliest Silmarillion drafts (SM/13).

Noldorin [Ety/LEP; Ety/ULU; Ety/WAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

núron

masculine name. Ulmo

A Noldorin name for Ulmo appearing only in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/NU), apparently a masculinized form of nûr “deep” and with the suffix -on.

Noldorin [Ety/NU; EtyAC/NU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ar uiar

proper name. Day of Ulmo, second day of the Valian week

The Noldorin name for the 2nd day of the Valian 5-day week, a combination of the prefix ar- “day” and Uiar, the Noldorin name of Ulmo (Ety/LEP).

Noldorin [Ety/LEP; EtyAC/LEP] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

Ulu

ulmo

Ulu, but ”usually” this Vala was called Guiar or Uiar (LR:392 s.v. WAY, LR:396 s.v.

ulu

ulmo

but ”usually” this Vala was called Guiar or **Uiar **(LR:392 s.v.


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Qenya 

ulmo

masculine name. Ulmo

Qenya [Ety/LEP; Ety/ULU; LRI/Ulmo; PE19/060; PE22/022; SDI2/Ulmo; SMI/Ulmo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ar ulmon

proper name. Day of Ulmo, second day of the Valian week

The Quenya name for the 2nd day of the Valian 5-day week, a combination of are “day” and the genitive of Ulmo (Ety/LEP).

vaiaro

masculine name. Ulmo

Another name for Ulmo appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/WAY), apparently an agental formation combining Vaiya “Ocean” with the agental suffix -ro.

Conceptual Development: Similar names ᴱQ. Vailimo and ᴱQ. Vaimo appeared in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s and the earliest Lost Tales (GL/22, QL/100, LT1A/Vai, LT1/101).

hyalma

noun. conch, shell, horn of Ulmo

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “shell, conch, horn of Ulmo” derived from primitive ᴹ✶syalmā under the root ᴹ√SYAL (Ety/SYAL). In this document hyalma was given as the name of tengwa #33 [9], and it appeared again as the name of this tengwa in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s (PE22/22) and 1940s (PE22/51) with the glosses “conch” and “conch, shell” respectively. In the 1940s document, hyarmen “south” was given as an alternate name of the tengwa, and hyarmen was the name Tolkien used in The Lord of the Rings proper.

Qenya [Ety/SYAL; EtyAC/SYAL; PE22/022; PE22/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ulmo

masculine name. Valon of the Seas

Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/22; GL/43; LB/093; LBI/Gulma; LBI/Ulmo; LBI/Ylmir; LT1/061; LT1A/Uin; LT1A/Ulmo; LT1I/Ulmo; LT2A/Ulmonan; LT2I/Ulmo; PE13/101; PE14/012; QL/097; SM/013; SMI/Ylmir] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ulmonan

place name. Ulmo’s Halls

Name of the halls of Ulmo in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/68, 85), the etymology of its second element is unclear.

Early Quenya [GL/51; LT1/061; LT1/085; LT1A/Ulmonan; LT1I/Ulmonan; LT2A/Ulmonan; LT2I/Ulmonan; PE13/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

ulumō

masculine name. Ulumō

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ULU; PE19/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

syalmā

noun. shell, conch, horn of Ulmo

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SYAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Valarin 

ul(l)ubōz

masculine name. Ulmo