Eldamo : Quenya : ambarónë

Q. ambarónë n. “dawn” (Category: Dawn)

Q. ambarónë, n. “dawn; [ᴹQ.] uprising, sunrise, Orient” (Category: Dawn): ᴹQ. ára “dawn, day”; ᴹQ. artuilë “dayspring, early morn”; ᴱQ. candóra “bright dawn, red sky in morning”

A word for “dawn” serving as the basis for Ambaróna “Eastern (Land)” = “*of the dawn” (PE17/82; RC/385). It is a combination of amba “up” and (h)róna a noun from of “east” [originally = “*rising”]. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, this word appeared as ᴹQ. ambaron or Ambaróne “uprising, sunrise, Orient” under the root ᴹ√AM² “up” (Ety/AM²).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. amunte “sun-rise (lifting)” under the early root ᴱ√AM(U) “up(wards)” (QL/30).

References ✧ PE17/82; RC/385

Glosses

“dawn” ✧ PE17/82; RC/385

Elements

amba¹	“up(wards)”
(h)róna	“eastern, east”

Element In

Q. Ambaróna “Eastern (Land)” ✧ PE17/82

ᴹQ. ambaróne n. “uprising, sunrise, Orient” (Category: Dawn)

See Q. ambarónë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/AM²

Glosses

“uprising, sunrise, Orient” ✧ Ety/AM² (ambaron/Ambaróne)

Variations

ambaron/Ambaróne ✧ Ety/AM²

Inflections

ambarónen

genitive

✧ Ety/AM²

Elements

amba

“up(wards)”

✧ Ety/AM²

Cognates

N. amrûn “uprising, sunrise, Orient, east” ✧ Ety/AM² (am-rún)

ᴱQ. amunte n. “sun-rise, (lit.) lifting” (Category: Dawn)

See Q. ambarónë for discussion.

References ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; PE13/110; PME/30; QL/30

Glosses

“sun-rise (lifting)” ✧ QL/30
“sunrise” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth

amunte = oronte ✧ PME/30

Cognates

G. amon¹ “hill, mount, steep slope” ✧ PE13/110
G. am(b)ros(t) “dawn”

Derivations

< ᴱ√AM(U) “up(wards)” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/30

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√AM(U) > amunte

[amuntē] > [amunte]

✧ QL/30