Ambarto

upwards-exalted

Ambarto masc. name *"upwards-exalted", mother-name (never used in narrative) of Pityafinwë = Amrod (PM:353, 354)

ambarto

masculine name. *High and Lofty

A name that Fëanor gave his youngest son to replace his ominous-sounding mother-name Umbarto (PM/353-4). It is a compound of amba “up” and a masculinized form of the adjective arata “exalted, lofty”, so perhaps meant: “✱High and Lofty” (PM/353). It seems this name was Sindarized as S. Amrod. Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name ᴹQ. Nambarauto “Hammerer of Copper” is given as the Qenya equivalent of his earlier name N. Damrod (Ety/NDAM, RAUTĀ).

Cognates

• S. Amrod “*High and Lofty” ✧ PM/353; PMI/Amrod; VT41/10

Elements

Word	Gloss
amba	“up(wards)”
arata	“high, noble, exalted, lofty”

Umbarto

fated

Umbarto masc. name, "Fated", mother-name (never used in narrative) of Telufinwë = Amras. The ominous name was altered to Ambarto by Fëanor. (PM:353-354)

umbarto

masculine name. Fated

A name given by Nerdanel to one of her youngest children when Fëanor insisted she given them distinct names, though she did not say to which it applied (PM/353). It is a masculinized form of umbar “fate, doom”. Fëanor altered it to the less ominous sounding Ambarto.

Cognates

• S. Amarthan “Fated One” ✧ VT41/10

Elements

Word	Gloss
umbar	“fate, doom, curse”