Ilk. tôr n. “king” (Category: King)
A noun for “king” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tār(ō), also appearing in its plural form tórin (Ety/TĀ, BAL). Tolkien said that it was “only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes”, though apparently it also survived in compounds like Torthurnion “King of Eagles” (Ety/THOR) and Balthor “Vala-king” (Ety/BAL). It is an example of how [ā] became [ō] in Ilkorin, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tôr).
References ✧ Ety/BAL, TĀ, THIN, THOR; EtyAC/BAL
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| tōrin | plural | “kings” | ✧ Ety/BAL |
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| ᴹ✶tārō > tôr | [tārō] > [tāro] > [tōro] > [tōr] | ✧ Ety/TĀ |