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'''''am''''' is a preposition meaning "up, upwards, upon" in [[Sindarin]]. It is the root of ''[[amon]]'', meaning "hill". Compare with ''[[amba]]'' in [[Quenya]].
'''''am''''' is a preposition meaning "up, upwards, upon" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]</ref> It derives from the [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[AM-|AM<sup>2</sup>-]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 348</ref>


Examples:
Examples:
* [[Amlach]] = "Uprising Flame"
* ''[[Amlach|'''Am'''lach]]'' = "Uprising Flame"
* [[Amroth]] = "Up-climber"
* ''[[Amroth|'''Am'''roth]]'' = "Up-climber"
* [[amloth]] = "Uprising Flowers"
* ''[[amloth|'''am'''loth]]'' = "Uprising Flowers"
* ''[[amon|'''am'''on]]'' = "Hill"


== References ==
==Cognates==
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]
*[[Quenya]]: ''[[amba]]''


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Latest revision as of 08:52, 14 May 2021

am is a preposition meaning "up, upwards, upon" in Sindarin.[1] It derives from the Elvish root AM2-.[2]

Examples:

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References