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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
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preposition. above, above, [ᴱQ.] upon; on
A preposition for “above” in the phrase ar i Eru i or ilyë mahalmar ëa tennoio “and of the One who is above all thrones for ever” (UT/305), clearly the Quenya equivalent of N. or “above” and thus based on the root √ORO “rise” (Ety/ORO).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s gave ᴱQ. or the gloss “on”, though it was already derived from the root ᴱ√ORO at this early stage (QL/70). It was glossed “above” in English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE15/68), but was translated “upon” in Earendel Poem from around 1930 (MC/216). It has what appears to be an inverted form ro in a sentence in Early Qenya Word-lists from around this period: ᴱQ. sinda nekka ui sara ro sinda hyalin me sinda móro, untranslated but probably something like “✱this pen is not writing [up]on this paper with this ink” (PE16/146).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use the word or for both “above [but not touching]” and “upon = above and touching”.