roaring-rain, name of a loud waterfall
Quenya
raurossë
place name. Roaring-rain
Cognates
- S. Rauros “Roaring Spray”
Elements
Word Gloss RAW “*roar” rossë “rain; foam, (fine) rain; [ᴹQ.] dew; *spray, [Q.] foam” Variations
- Rauros(se) ✧ PE19/099
Rauros(se)
noun. roaring-rain
The Quenya equivalent of S. Rauros (PE19/99). Its initial element is some derivative of the root ᴹ√RAW “✱roar” and the second element is rossë “fine rain, dew”. See S. Rauros for further discussion.