Rómen
rómen is a noun meaning "uprising", "sunrise" and "east" in Quenya.
Rómen is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet. In all modes this letter represents "full" trilled R, unlike Óre which is used for "weak" untrilled R. Rómen was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "east" even in languages that used a very different term. The Westron name for this letter is Aro.
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root RO+MEN.
In the West-lands of Middle-earth the four cardinal directions were Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, and Formen, and they were named in this order, beginning with (and facing) west. Hyarmen meant a left-hand region and Formen meant a right-hand region.
Examples
- Rómendacil = "East-victor"
- Rómenna = "Eastward"
Referencias
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