Middle Primitive Elvish
ram
root. *wing, fly
Derivatives
- ᴹ✶rāmā “wing” ✧ Ety/RAM
- ᴹQ. ráma “wing” ✧ Ety/RAM
- ᴹ✶rāmalē “pinion, great wing (of an eagle)” ✧ Ety/RAM
- N. rhofal “pinion, great wing (of an eagle)” ✧ Ety/RAM
- ᴹ✶ramna “wing (horn), extended point at side” ✧ Ety/RAM
- N. rhafn “wing (horn), extended point at side” ✧ Ety/RAM
- ᴹ✶ramya- “to fly, sail; to wander” ✧ Ety/RAM
- S. raw “wing”
Element in
- ᴹQ. rámalóke “winged dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
rāmā
noun. wing
Derivations
- ᴹ√RAM “*wing, fly” ✧ Ety/RAM
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. ráma “wing” ✧ Ety/RAM
rambā
noun. wall
Derivations
- ᴹ√RAB “*wall” ✧ EtyAC/RAMBĀ
Derivatives
Variations
- RAMBĀ ✧ EtyAC/RAMBĀ
ranku
noun. arm
Derivations
- ᴹ√RAK “stretch out, reach” ✧ Ety/RAK
Derivatives
An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. ráma “wing”, N. rhofal “pinion”, and N. rhenia- “fly, sail” (Ety/RAM). In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, very similar “wing” words were instead derived from ᴱ√RAHA: ᴱQ. ráma and G. ram (QL/78; GL/64). In Tolkien’s later writings, he continued to use Q. ráma and S. raw for “wing” (PE17/63), indicating the ongoing validity of ᴹ√RAM.