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|'''[[:Category:Jaredite GN|Jaredite GN]]'''
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|Old world place on seashore ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/2.13?lang=eng#12 Ether 2:13]). This name is also a [[Personal Name|PN]] according to a statement by Joseph Smith. See [[George Reynolds|George Reynolds]], Era 8, 705 and Alma P. Burton, Discourses of Joseph Smith (1956), p. 18. 
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'''Etymology'''

Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive.

No etymology is suggested. None of the suggestions below appear promising.

East Aramaic ''mrʾn'', “our land” ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). Akkadian ''*mu-iru'', “leader” ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). Akkadian ''kumru'', “priest, eunuch-priest” = biblical [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''kōmer'' ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). Common Semitic ''rām'', 
“exalted.”

Even less likely is [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 69, Aramaic, ''mara'', “lord” or “master,” or [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''mōreh'', “teacher.” ''cume'', “to stand up,” and ''r'', 
“being, making,” ignoring of the ''n'', ''r'' is not Semitic and thus would not be used within a Semitic sentence name. In addition, ''cume'' is an unrecognizable form; the root is 
''qūm'', and does mean *“to stand up.” but an infinitive does not fit. The perfect ''qām'', the imperfect ''*yaqōm'', and the participle ''qōm'' and the imperitive ''*qūm'' do not provide 
the solution unless the ''-er'' can be explained.   

This name is not found in the Book of Mormon but is mentioned as the name of the “brother of [[JARED|J<small>ARED</small>]]” in [[George Reynolds|George Reynolds]], Era 8, 705 and Alma P. Burton, Discourses of Joseph Smith (1956), p. 18. The full name is [[*MAHONRI|M<small>AHONRI</small>]] '''M<small>ORIANCUMER</small>'''. For the latter as a [[Geographical Name|GN]] in the Book of Mormon see the same.

Cf. Book of Mormon [[*MAHONRI|M<small>AHONRI</small>]], [[MORIANTON|M<small>ORIANTON</small>]], [[MORIANTUM|M<small>ORIANTUM</small>]], [[CORIANTUM|C<small>ORIANTUM</small>]], et al.  

See also [[Moriancumer / Morian-cumer Variants]]

'''Variants'''

[[Moriancumer / Morian-cumer Variants|Morian cumer]]

'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐣𐐄𐐡𐐆𐐈𐐤𐐗𐐆𐐅𐐣𐐇𐐡 (moʊrɪænkɪuːmɛr)

'''Notes'''
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