Taniquetild-
place name. Taniquetil
Taniquetil
Taniquetil
amon uilos
place name. Hill of Ever-snow
The Sindarin name of the mountain Q. Oiolossë (S/37). The first element is amon “hill” and the second element Uilos “Ever-snow” is the cognate of its Quenya name.
Conceptual Development: The earliest form of this name was N. Amon Uilas with an a corresponding to earlier ᴹQ. Ialasse (SM/81), but it was revised to N. Amon Uilos in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/210). This form of the name also appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/OY).
Cognates
- Q. Oiolossë “Ever (Snow) White” ✧ Let/278; SI/Oiolossë; SI/Amon Uilos; UT/055; UTI/Amon Uilos; UTI/Oiolossë; S/037; WJ/403
Elements
Word Gloss amon “hill, mountain with steep sides; lump, clump, mass, hill, (isolated) mountain; lump, clump, mass; [G.] steep slope” Uilos “Ever-snow” Variations
- Amon-Uilos ✧ WJ/403
Amon Uilos
taniquetil
Amon Uilos
Amon Uilos
Amon Uilos (name)
amon uilos
place name. Amon Uilos
Changes
- Amon Uilas → Amon Uilos ✧ LR/210
- Amon-Uilas → Amon-Uilos ✧ SMI/Amon-Uilas
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss amon “hill” Uilos “Everlasting Snow” Variations
- Amon Uilas ✧ LR/210
- Amon-Uilas ✧ SM/081; SMI/Amon-Uilas
- Amon-Uilos ✧ SMI/Amon-Uilas
Taniquetil (or Taníquetil) is Quenya (pronounced [taˈnikʷetil]) and means "high-snow-peak". The name can be analyzed as ta- (cf. tára) "high", nique "white" and til "point".