um

root. abound; teem, throng; large, abound; teem, throng; large [in quantity]

A root appearing in various notes from around 1968 having to do with “large & small”, variously gloss “large”, “abound” and “teem, throng”, along with derivatives like Q. úma- “teem”, Q. umba “swarm”, and Q. úmë “great collection or crowd; throng” (VT48/32; PE17/115). √UM “large” was also mentioned in passing in notes on Variation D/L in Common Eldarin, also from 1968 (VT48/25). This √UM is probably a later iteration of ᴹ√UB “abound” from The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. úve “abundance, great quantity” and N. ovor “abundant” (Ety/UB). Based on its derivatives, it seems √UM means “large [in quantity]” rather than size.

Derivatives

• Q. úma- “to teem” ✧ VT48/32
• Q. umba “swarm” ✧ VT48/32
• Q. -úmë “[large], of quantity” ✧ VT48/32
• Q. úmë “great collection or crowd of things of the same sort, throng, great collection or crowd of things of the same sort; [ᴹQ.] abundance, great quantity; [Q.] throng” ✧ PE17/115; VT48/32; VT48/32
• Q. úmëa “abundant, swarming, teeming, abundant, swarming, teeming; [ᴹQ.] in very great number, very large, [ᴱQ.] large” ✧ PE17/115; VT48/32

Variations

• um ✧ VT48/32 (um); VT48/32

am-

prefix. intensive prefix

Derivations

• √AMA “addition, increase, plus”

Derivatives

• Q. amba “more” ✧ PE17/090
• Q. an- “intensive prefix” ✧ PE17/090; PE17/092

Variations

• am ✧ PE17/090; PE17/092; PE17/092
• an- ✧ PE17/092
• añ ✧ PE17/092