Q. Ercambo m. “Onehand(ed), One-hand Man”
The Quenya equivalent of S. Erchamion “One-handed” (VT47/8). It is a compound of er “one” and camba “(cupped) hand”, masculinized by changing the final letter to -o.
Conceptual Development: Tolkien rarely gave a Quenya equivalent for this name, but an early Qenya translation ᴱQ. Elmavoite appeared in the Lost Tales (LT2/34), the cognate of the Gnomish name G. Ermabwed. Its final element is clearly mavoite “having hands” (LT2A/Ermabwed, QL/57), and its initial element is probably er¹ “one” (PE14/47), which according to the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s could appear as el- in its prefixal form (GL/32).
In the Early Qenya Grammar from the 1920s, Tolkien wrote the words ᴱQ. erumaili (PE14/47) and erumaite (PE14/84), both glossed “one handed”, but whether this was a name or simply an ordinary adjective is unclear.
References ✧ PE21/86; VT47/7
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| er | “one, alone” | |
| camba | “(cupped) hand, hollow of the hand” | ✧ VT47/8 (kamba) |
Cognates
ᴱQ. erumaili adj. “one handed” (Category: Hand (other))
References ✧ PE14/51, 84
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| eru² | “once” | ✧ PE14/51; PE14/84 |
| #maili | “handed” | ✧ PE14/51 (#maili); PE14/84 (#maite) |
ᴱQ. Elmavoite m. “One-handed”
References ✧ LT2/34; LT2A/Elmavoitë, Ermabwed; LT2I/Elmavoitë
Glosses
Elements
| er¹ | “one, only, alone, a single” | |
| mavoite | “having hands” | ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed |
Cognates