Ambarussa

top-russet

Ambarussa masc. name "top-russet", alternation of Umbarto, mother-name (never used in narrative) of Telufinwë = Amras (PM:353-354)

ambarussa

masculine name. Top-russet

The mother-name of both of the twins Amrod and Amras, though at Fëanor’s insistence, she gave one of them a new mother-name: Umbarto, which Fëanor changed to the less ominous Ambarto (PM/353-4). The name is a compound of amba “up” and russa “red-haired”, and refers to the red hair of the twins.

Cognates

• S. Amras “Top-russet” ✧ PM/353; PMI/Ambarussa; PMI/Amros; VT41/10

Elements

Word	Gloss
amba	“up(wards)”
russa	“red-haired”