falmari
collective name. Sea-elves, (lit.) Wave-folk
falmari
Falmari
The name is Quenya and related to the word falma "wave". The singular term may have been Falmar or Falmaro meaning "wave-er" (cf. ending -ro).[source?] In The Silmarillion the Teleri of Aman are simply known as 'the Teleri', from the Vanyar and Noldor point of view; in fact the Teleri of Aman were properly just the branch of that people.
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falmar
noun. wave (as it breaks), foamcrest
ar laiqali linqi falmari
and the green wet waves
falmarin
proper name. Foam-rider, Shore-Elf
Another name for the Teleri appearing in its plural form in name lists and The Etymologies from the 1930s (LR/403, Ety/PHAL). Its singular form appears in some lingusitic notes from the early 1930s, where Tolkien noted that it belonged to a class of nouns whose stem form was “usual[ly] reformed ... with -ind” (PE21/33, 36).
A name for the Teleri as Elves of the sea (S/53). It is an elaboration on falma “wave” (SA/falas) and its literal meaning is “Wave-folk” (PM/386).
Conceptual Development: Earlier Quenya words connecting the third tribe of Elves to the sea include ᴱQ. Solosimpe “Shore Piper” (LT1/50; QL/35, 85), ᴹQ. Solonyeldi “✱Surf Singers” (Ety/NYEL, SOL) and ᴹQ. Falanyel “✱Beach Singer” (Ety/PHAL).