umbar(umbart-)

as in dat.sg. umbarten noun "fate, doom" MBARAT, also name of tengwa \#6 Appendix E.Cf. Umbarto. In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, umbar was the name of letter \#18 VT45:33, which tengwa Tolkien would later call malta instead – changing its Quenya value from mb to m. – In the word Tarumbar "King of the World" q.v., umbar appears to be a variant of Ambar q.v. instead.