Q. oro n. “mount, mountain, hill” (Category: Hill, Mountain)
An element meaning “mountain” or “hill” given as a derivative of √ORO/RŌ (PE17/64, 83) and appearing in various Quenya compounds in the 1950s and 60s: Q. Orocarni “Red Mountains” (MR/77), Q. Orofarnë “Mountain Ash” (PE17/83), Q. oromandi “mountain dweller[s]” (PE16/96), and Q. Pelóri “Mountain Wall” (PE17/26). It also appeared as ᴱQ. oro “hill” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√ORO¹ (QL/70).
See the discussion in the entry for Q. oron “mountain” for more details on the conceptual developments of this and related words.
References ✧ PE17/64, 83
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| oro- | prefix | “hill” | ✧ PE17/83 |
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| √OR/ORO > oro | [oro] | ✧ PE17/64 |
ᴱQ. oro n. “hill” (Category: Hill, Mountain)
References ✧ LT1/85; LT1A/Kalormë; PME/70; QL/70; VT28/30
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| I oros | plural | ✧ LT1/85 |
| Toros | plural | ✧ VT28/30 |
| orō- | stem | ✧ QL/70 |
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| ᴱ√ORO¹ > oro | [orō] > [oro] | ✧ QL/70 |