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'''Ambarussa''' was [[Nerdanel|Nerdanel's]] [[mother-name]] for her twin sons [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]. It translates as "top-russet", referring to the color of their hair.  After [[Fëanor]] their father insisted on giving them each seperate names Nerdanel named Amras ''[[Umbarto]]'', the fated, and Fëanor changed it to ''[[Ambarto]]''.  But the twins each still called the other ''Ambarussa''.
'''Ambarussa''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˌambaˈrusːa]}}) was [[Nerdanel|Nerdanel's]] [[Amilessë|mother-name]] for her twin sons [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]. It translates as "top-russet", referring to the color of their hair.  After [[Fëanor]] their father insisted on giving them each separate names Nerdanel named Amras ''[[Umbarto]]'', the fated, and Fëanor changed it to ''[[Ambarto]]''.  But the twins each still called the other ''Ambarussa''.<ref>{{PM|Shibboleth}}, ''The names of the Sons of Fëanor with the legend of the fate of Amrod'', p. 353</ref>


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Ambarussa (Q, pron. [ˌambaˈrusːa]) was Nerdanel's mother-name for her twin sons Amrod and Amras. It translates as "top-russet", referring to the color of their hair. After Fëanor their father insisted on giving them each separate names Nerdanel named Amras Umbarto, the fated, and Fëanor changed it to Ambarto. But the twins each still called the other Ambarussa.[1]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", The names of the Sons of Fëanor with the legend of the fate of Amrod, p. 353