Eldamo : Gnomish : aur(a)

G. aur(a) n. “Sun” (Category: Sun)

⚠️G. aur(a), n. “Sun” (Category: Sun): S. aur “(whole) day, sunlight, [N.] morning”; S. Anor “Sun”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as Aur “Sun” (GL/20), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. Ûr from the root ᴱ√URU as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ûr; QL/098). It appeared as aura in G. nalos·aura “sunset” and G. orosaura “sunrise” (GL/59, 62). The word G. aur “sun” was also mentioned in Gnomish Lexicon Slips with corrections for that document (PE13/114), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. aur meant “day”, whereas N. Anor became the name of the Sun (Ety/ANÁR, AR¹).

References ✧ GL/20, 59, 62, 75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur; PE13/114

Glosses

“Sun” ✧ GL/20 (Aur); LT1A/Ûr (Aur)

Variations

Aur ✧ GL/20; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur; PE13/114
aura ✧ GL/59; GL/62 (#aura)

†Aura “Smith” m. [as opposed to] f. Aur “Sun” ✧ GL/20
hŷr “sun” or aur ✧ PE13/114
†Uril “Sun” = Aur ✧ GL/75

Element In

G. Aura-nûmin “Sunset” ✧ GL/20 (Aura·nûmin)
G. Rost’aura “Sunrise”
G. Aurfaiglim “the Sun at noon” ✧ GL/20
G. Auros ✧ GL/20
G. Fôs Aura “Sun’s Bath” ✧ LT2A/Fôs’Almir
G. haurost “dawn” ✧ GL/20 (aurost); LT1A/Ûr (aurost)
G. Nalos·Aura “Sunset” ✧ GL/59
G. orosaura “sunrise” ✧ GL/62

Cognates

ᴱQ. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

< ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√URU > Aur

[ūra] > [aura] > [aur]

✧ LT1A/Ûr