Q. erma n. “(physical) matter” (Category: Thing)

Q. erma, n. “(physical) matter” (Category: Thing)

References ✧ MR/218, 338, 349, 359, 470-471; NM/14, 250

Glosses

• “matter” ✧ MR/338; MR/349
• “physical matter” ✧ MR/470; MR/471 (orma)

Variations

• erma ✧ MR/338; MR/349; MR/359; MR/470; MR/471; NM/14; NM/250
• orma ✧ MR/218; MR/359; MR/471; MR/471

Related

• orma [per Christopher Tolkien, is a variation of] erma ✧ MR/359

Element In

• ᴺQ. !ermangolmë “study of matter, physics, [possibly also] chemistry”
• ᴺQ. !necermëa “insubstantial, immaterial”

Q. hrón n. “matter, substance, flesh; body” (Category: Thing)

References ✧ MR/209, 218, 229, 231, 233, 470-471; PE17/183

Glosses

• “body” ✧ MR/229 (rhōn); MR/471 (rhón)
• “body (of an incarnate being)” ✧ MR/470 (hrón)
• “flesh or substance” ✧ MR/231 (hrōn)
• “flesh/substance of Arda, matter” ✧ PE17/183 (hrōn)
• “matter” ✧ MR/231 (hrōn)
• “physical matter” ✧ MR/471

Variations

• hrón ✧ MR/471; MR/218 (hrón); MR/470 (hrón)
• hrôn ✧ MR/209
• rhōn ✧ MR/229
• hrōn ✧ MR/231; MR/231; PE17/183
• hrōn/hróm/hrôn ✧ MR/231
• rhón ✧ MR/471

Changes

• hrôn >> hrondo ✧ MR/209
• hrón >> orma ✧ MR/218
• rhōn “body” >> hrondo ✧ MR/229
• hrōn/hróm/hrôn >> hrondo ✧ MR/231
• hróni >> hrondor ✧ MR/233
• hrón “body (of an incarnate being)” >> hrondo ✧ MR/470
• hrón “physical matter” >> erma ✧ MR/471
• rhón “body” >> hrón “body (of an incarnate being)” ✧ MR/471

Inflections

Cognates

• S. rhû² “matter” ✧ PE17/183

Derivations

• < √SRON “flesh, substance, matter” ✧ MR/231 (s-ron); PE17/183
  • < √RON² “solid, tangible, firm” ✧ PE17/183
    • < RON, variant ✧ PE17/183

Phonetic Developments