Eldamo : Quenya : Avamanyar

Q. Avamanyar coll. “Elves who would not go to Aman”

Q. Avamanyar, coll. “Elves who would not go to Aman”

Another name of the Avari meaning “Elves who would not go to Aman”. This term was coined to distinguish them from the Úmanyar “Elves who did not go to Aman, but not because they refused” (that is, the Sindar). It is a combination of Amanyar (“Elves of Aman”) with the prefix ava-² for refusal. Unlike the other elaborations of Amanyar, this term appears in the singular in at least one place: avamanya “not (willing to go to) Aman” (PE17/143).

References ✧ PE17/143; WJ/370; WJI

Glosses

“Elves who would not go to Aman” ✧ WJI/Avamanyar
“those who did not go to Aman because they would not” ✧ WJ/370

Variations

Avamanyar ✧ WJ/370; WJI/Avamanyar

Avamanyar “those who did not go to Aman because they would not” is an equivalent of Avari ✧ WJ/370
Úamanya “who did not actually go to Aman” is distinguished from avamanya “not (willing to go to) Aman” ✧ PE17/143
Úmanyar “those who did not in the event reach Aman” compared with Avamanyar “those who did not go to Aman because they would not” ✧ WJ/371

Inflections

avamanya

singular

“not (willing to go to) Aman”

✧ PE17/143

Elements

ava-²	“negation (refusing or forbidden)”	✧ PE17/143; WJ/370
Amanyar	“Those of Aman”