AM

AM is an Elvish root, with two different meanings.

AM1

Meaning: "mother"

  • Quenya: amil or amme
  • Ilkorin: aman (pl. emnin)
  • Exilic Noldorin poetic: emil
AM2

Meaning: "up" (usually in form amba-) or "go up"

  • Quenya: am- ("up", prefix); amba ("up(wards)", adverb); ambon ("upward slope, hill-side"); ambo ("hill")
  • Noldorin (Sindarin): am ("up"); am-bend, amben ("uphill"); amon ("hill"); am-rún ("uprising, sunrise"; hence Quenya ambaron, "Orient" cf. Ambaróna])

Obsolete forms

In the Qenya Lexicon, appears the Qenya form AM(U) ("up(wards)").

Referencias

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