An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.
Early Quenya
úrin
adjective. (blazing) hot
Derivations
- ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√URU > ūrin [ūrin] ✧ QL/098 Variations
- ūrin ✧ PME/098; QL/098
úrin
proper name. Sun, (lit.) Fire
ûr
proper name. Sun, (lit.) Fire
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
Element in
- Eq. alkantaniéren úrio kalmainen “made it shine in the lights of the sun” ✧ MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104
- Eq. úri nienaite híse “a bleared sun” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. Urwen(di) “Sun-maiden” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; LT1A/Urwen; QL/098
- Eq. karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite “amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist” ✧ MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. karnevaite úri kilivande hísen nie nie nienaite “*red-skied the sun will gaze through a haze of tears” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. Úrinki “Orbed Sun” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; LT1A/Urwen; QL/098
- Eq. Úrion ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√URU > Ur [ur] ✧ QL/098 Variations
- Úri ✧ LT1A/Ûr
- úri ✧ MC/214; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/074; PE16/075
- úrin ✧ PE15/77
- uuri ✧ PE16/072; PE16/077
- Ur ✧ PME/098; QL/098
- Ūri ✧ QL/098
ahúra
noun. Sun
Element in
- Eq. ahúrasilqi “sun and moon” ✧ PE15/77
auro
noun. sun
A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).
Changes
ūru→ auro ✧ PE13/155Cognates
- En. úr “sun” ✧ PE13/155
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ourū̆ > auro [ouru] > [ouro] > [auro] ✧ PE13/155 Variations
- ūru ✧ PE13/155 (
ūru)
sári
proper name. Sun
A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).
Derivations
- ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári
Variations
- Sāri ✧ PE14/014
uru
noun. fire
Cognates
- G. ûr “smith” ✧ GL/75
Derivations
- ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
Element in
- Eq. (uru)purnie “conflagration” ✧ QL/075
- Eq. uruvoite “fiery, having fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
- Eq. urúva “like fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√URU > uru [urū] > [uru] ✧ QL/098
torqa
adjective. blazing hot
Derivations
- ᴱ√TORO “*bake” ✧ QL/094
Element in
- Eq. torqele “tropic heat” ✧ QL/094
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TORO > torqa [torkʷā] > [torkʷa] ✧ QL/094
sá
noun. fire
Cognates
- G. sâ “fire” ✧ LT1A/Sári
Derivations
- ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári; QL/081
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SAHA > Sā [sax] > [saɣ] > [sā] ✧ QL/081 Variations
- sâ ✧ LT1A/Sári
- Sá ✧ PME/081
- Sā ✧ QL/081
tan(y)a
noun. fire
An element meaning “fire” in some early names: tanya in ᴱQ. Tanyasalpe (LT1/187), tana in ᴱQ. Tana Qentima equivalent of G. Tôn a Gwedrin “Tale-fire” (PE15/7; LT2/197), and possibly also in ᴱQ. Fatanyu “Hell” (GL/51). Tan(y)a is likely a derivative of the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69, 71).
Cognates
- G. tôn “fire (on a hearth)”
Derivations
- ᴱ√TANA “*fire, kindle”
Element in
- Eq. Fatanyu “Hell”
- Eq. Tana Qentima “Tale-fire” ✧ PE15/07
- Eq. Tanyasalpe “Bowl of Fire” ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë
Variations
- Tanya ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë
- Tana ✧ PE15/07
Name of the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/187), sometimes appearing as úri (MC/214, 221), derived from the root ᴱ√URU having to do with heat (QL/98).