Eldamo : Quenya : am-

Q. #am- pref. “up” (Category: Up, Above, Over)

Q. #am-, pref. “up, [ᴱQ.] upwards” (Category: Up, Above, Over)

A prefix for “up”, very well attested and derived from √AM of the same meaning (Ety/AM²).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. am(u)- “up(wards)” reflecting the earliest form of the root ᴱ√AM(U) (QL/30), but by the 1920s the u was dropped (PE16/75), and it was only am- thereafter. In Tolkien’s later conception, it probably became ama- when seperation from a following consonant or cluster was needed (PE17/92), as in ᴹQ. amatikse “above dot” (Ety/TIK).

Reference ✧ MC/223

Element In

ᴺQ. !amacarastië “upbuilding”
ᴺQ. !amaquat- “to fulfill, (lit.) up fill”
ᴺQ. !amatengw(i)ë “supertitle(s)”
ᴺQ. !amavil- “to fly up, soar”
Q. Amanar “Yule”
Q. #amorta- “to heave”
Q. *amaurë “dawn, early day, morning” ✧ MC/223 (*amaurë)

Derivations

< √AM² “go up”

ᴹQ. am- pref. “up” (Category: Up, Above, Over)

See Q. #am- for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/AM² ✧ “up”

Element In

ᴹQ. #ampana- “to build”
ᴹQ. ampende “upward slope”

Derivations

< ᴹ√AM² “up” ✧ Ety/AM²

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√AM² > am-

[am-]

✧ Ety/AM²

ᴱQ. am(u)- pref. “up(wards)” (Category: Up, Above, Over)

See Q. #am- for discussion.

References ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; PE16/75; QL/30

Glosses

“up” ✧ PE16/75 (am-)
“up(wards)” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/30 (am-)

Variations

am(u) ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth
am- ✧ PE16/75; QL/30
amu- ✧ QL/30

Element In

ᴱQ. Ambalar “the East” ✧ PE16/75
ᴱQ. ankasse(a) “lofty, tall, (lit.) up-headed, high-headed” ✧ QL/30 (ankasse)

Cognates

G. am¹ “up, upwards, towards head of, above” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth

Derivations

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

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√AM(U) > am-

[am-]

✧ QL/30