ulu-

pour

ulu- vb. "pour" (transitive?) (LT1:270; in Tolkien's later Quenya ulya- pa.t. ulyanë)

ulto-

pour

ulto- vb. "pour" (intransitive?) (LT1:270; in Tolkien's later Quenya ulya- pa.t. ullë)

ulya-

pour

ulya- vb. "pour", intr. pa.t. ullë, tr. ulyanë (ULU). Cf. ullier "poured", a pl. past tense of ulya- occurring in LR:47; read probably *uller in Tolkien's later Quenya. In SD:247, ullier is translated "should flow".

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".

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.

ul

root. pour (out), flow, pour (out), flow, [ᴱ√] flow fast

This root was used for “pour, flow” for much of Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as ᴱ√ULU⁽⁾ “pour, flow fast” with derivatives like ᴱQ. Ulmo and ᴱQ. ulto- “pour” (QL/97). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. ulin “liquid” and G. ultha- “pour out” (GL/74), but rejected forms like G. gul- “ooze, trickle” and G. gulta- “pour out” indicate Tolkien considered making the root be ✱ᴱ√ƷULU (GL/43). In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root was ᴹ√ULU “pour, flow” with derivatives like ᴹQ. ulunde “flood”, ᴹQ. ulya- “pour”, N. eil- “it is raining”, and N. oll “torrent, mountain-stream” (Ety/ULU). The root √UL(U) appeared a number of times in Tolkien’s later writings with glosses like “flow” (PE17/168), “pour” (PE22/133), and “pour out” (WJ/400). It may have been connected to ᴹ√LU “time” (PE17/168); see that entry for discussion.

Derivatives

• ✶ul- “to pour” ✧ PE22/133
• Q. lúmë “time, period of time, hour” ✧ PE17/168
• ᴺQ. minul(da) “ingot”
• Q. ul- “to rain”
• Q. ulo “rain”
• ᴺS. minol “ingot”
• ᴺS. ol- “to pour”
• ᴺS. olla- “to ooze, *trickle”
• ᴺS. ylin “liquid”

Element in

• ᴺQ. ulma “flagon, *pitcher”
• Q. Ulmo “Pourer”
• ᴺS. olf “jar, flagon, *pitcher”

Variations

• ULU ✧ PE17/168; PE17/188

ulu

masculine name. Ulu

Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Ulmo from The Etymologies from the 1930s, derived from the same primitive form ᴹ✶Ulumō (Ety/ULU).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Ulmo ✧ Ety/ULU

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Ulumō ✧ Ety/ULU
  • ᴹ√ULU “pour, flow” ✧ Ety/ULU

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶Ulumō > Ulu	[ulumō] > [ulumo] > [ulumo] > [ulum] > [uluv] > [ulu]	✧ Ety/ULU

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.

Variations

• Nûron ✧ Ety/NU

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).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Ulmo ✧ Ety/LEP

Derivations

• ᴹ√WAY “enfold” ✧ Ety/LEP; Ety/ULU
• ᴹ✶Wāyārō ✧ Ety/WAY

Element in

• N. Ar Uiar “Day of Ulmo, second day of the Valian week” ✧ Ety/LEP

Elements

Word	Gloss
ui	“ever”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶wā́yārō̆/Vā́yārō̆ > Uiar	[wājāro] > [wājaro] > [wājar] > [wǭjar] > [wǭiar] > [wuiar] > [uiar]	✧ Ety/WAY

Variations

• Guiar ✧ Ety/ULU