or prep. "over" (CO); in early "Qenya", this preposition was also defined as "on, upon" (LT1:256, MC:216). Prefixed or- is translated "up" in ortil, q.v.
Quenya
olla
over
olla
preposition. over [beyond]
Derivations
- ✶orlā “over” ✧ PE17/065
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶or-lā > olla [orlā] > [ollā] > [olla] ✧ PE17/065
or
over
arta
across, athwart
arta (4) prep. "across, athwart" (LT2:335), perhaps rather olla in Tolkiens later Quenya.
atta
across, over, lying from side to side
atta (ata-) (4) prep. "across, over, lying from side to side" (VT49:32; it is not quite clear whether this is a Quenya word or not)
olla prep "over" (= beyond, of things passed over, as in "I went over a river" or "they went over the hill") (PE17:65)