Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : KHYAR

ᴹ√KHYAR root. “left hand”

ᴹ√KHYAR root. “left hand”: ✶khyar “*before, in front of place”; ᴹ√KURUM “*left”; ‽ᴱ√LEKE “*slow; left”

A root given as {ᴹ√KHAR >>} ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, associated with ᴹQ. hyarmen/N. harad “south” (Ety/KHYAR). These words for “south” reappeared in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115), and the connection between “south” and “left” was reaffirmed in Tolkien’s discussion of the Ambidexters Sentence from the late 1960s, since the Elves aligned the cardinal directions by facing west towards Aman (VT49/6-8).

References ✧ Ety/KHYAR, MEN, PHOR

Glosses

“left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Variations

KHYAR ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/MEN; Ety/PHOR
KHAR ✧ Ety/KHYAR

KHYAR [vs.] PHOR “right-hand” ✧ Ety/PHOR

Changes

KHAR >> KHYAR “left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Derivatives

> ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR; Ety/MEN
- ⇒ ᴹQ. hyarmenya “southern” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
> ᴹQ. hyarya “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR
- ⇒ ᴹQ. hyarmaite “left-handed” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- ⇒ ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand”
  - ⇒ [see above]
> N. harad “south” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- ⇒ N. Harad “The South”
- ⇒ N. Haradhoth “People of Harad”
- ⇒ N. haradren “southern” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
> N. harfen “*south-region” ✧ EtyAC/KHYAR; EtyAC/KHYAR
> N. harn¹ “southern” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- ⇒ 5 compounds
> N. heir “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- ⇒ N. hargam “left-handed” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- ⇒ N. harwed “left-handed”
> Q. hyar- “left-hand, south”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !Hyaralcar “aurora, (lit.) southern radiance”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !hyarnúmen “southwest”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !hyarnúna “southwestern”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !hyarrómen “southeast”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !hyarróna “southeastern”
- ⇒ Q. Hyallondië “South-harbourage” ✧ PE17/28
  - ⇒ Q. Turmen Hyallondiéva “Realm of the South-harbourage” ✧ PE17/28
- > Q. Hyarantë “Southern Lamp”
- ⇒ Q. Hyarastorni “?South Fastness”
- ⇒ Q. hyarma “left hand”
- ⇒ Q. hyarmen “south, (lit.) left-hand direction” ✧ PE17/18
  - ⇒ Q. Hyarmendacil “South-victor, South-slayer” ✧ LotR/1045
  - ⇒ Q. Hyarmentir “*South Watch” ✧ SA/hyarmen
- ⇒ Q. hyarna¹ “southern” ✧ PE17/18
  - ⇒ Q. Hyarantar “?Southern Height”
- ⇒ Q. Hyarnustar “Southwestlands” ✧ UT/165
- ⇒ Q. Hyarrostar “Southeastlands” ✧ UT/165
> S. harn “south, southern”
- ⇒ 14 compounds